YOU need to find a good Wargames club or even a few smaller clubs then its a GREAT START...
I am very lucky my club has a good 50 members and we always get a good turn out. As soon as members know that you paint and can see your stuff on the table then . they will b happy to part with the cash.
A Few pointers start slow.. .
If you can paint fast and clean thats great .
I Find that players would rather have 2-3 units painted in a week than 1 good unit that takes 3 weeks to turn out.. and a wargamer would rather pay £60 for 3 unit than 1 unit.
They will hand over more units for you to do ..you watch there little faces light up when you give them back to them..
Lets face it how many of us wargamers have armies to paint up ..And if they see you doing a good job for one member then others will follow .Dont over price yourself start cheap then work your way up slowly .. its better to have some work than not have ANY..
You need to put your face round the club and be friendly to all as it going to be your job after all once people see that you do a good clean FAST job .. your made Never be late for a dead line .. that way they can rely on you and they keep the money flowing in.
to paint a 28mm For £10 /£15 you need to paint him to a good standard with at least 2-3 shades on them and lets face it you aint going to do that day in day out ! for 40hrs + a week .GO Small scale is the way ..
and large units of 28mm figs for £80+ dont work look at ebay !
I find that the smaller scale is best 10mm-15mm is great
They are fast to paint i can paint around 30 in 2hours @ £1 each that £15 an hour
you never get 1-2 figs the customer will always give you a batch 20+ figs (He does not mind giving you £20 every week get 5 members like that and thats £100 at least.
You can do a whole army in 2 weeks which is more money ..
They are dress nearly always the same or very close , easyer for you to paint.
I find it will be a good start if you can get into a club you will never be short of work.. plus you dont have the pain or time wasting of p&P ect .. you will get your cash on time. It always nice to see your work on the Clubs wargames table if it was not for you they would still be in the box..++ all round
Good luck with the job I know i could never do it full time(i could not sit down for 40+hrs a week ) i manage to paint around 6-15hrs a week on average in the evenings , last year i painted up over 2100 + figs which payed from my hobby and a holiday with the family ..
Happy gaming dave.v