how much would you pay (or charge) to paint TTRPG minis? (I'm in the US, but numbers from other countries are useful too if you specify your location) 
asking because I offered to paint a couple minis for someone and am now trying to figure out what to charge. I have a little bit of experience and high standards, know a few tricks, but I don't have a ton of work under my belt, and they have to provide all the materials.
etsy has a pretty big range but I'm dismayed by how low some of the rates are 🙃 like surely I can charge more than $35 USD per figure? ugh why is capitalism
@twistylittlepassages do you have material costs eg. are they providing the figs or are you? is it totally custom in terms of what they can request or are you just asking for vibes and then doing what you want? will you accept revision requests?
generally speaking, i’d figure out about how long i thought it would take and multiply that by a hourly price and then tweak up/downwards according to the above questions (down slightly for more artist freedom, up significantly for anything that might add to the time it takes to do)
@twistylittlepassages yeah unfortunately i dont have minifig specific advice, but i’ve found that the considerations for setting commission rates are *remarkably* similar across industries so i figured it might at least be a helpful starting point :)
also unfortunately basically every industry that does commissions has a subgroup of commissioners who are doing this as a hobby and dont value their skills/time that highly as a result bc they are just trying to recoup costs. cue infinite discourse as people debate whether this behavior is appropriate and if no how to get the hobbyists to stop (they will not stop)
@Satsuma yeah that's 100% true, sigh. thank you, it is helpful! 💚
@Satsuma they're covering all material costs. painting to match provided images. would 100% do revisions if asked.
it's hard for me to estimate time because I haven't done this in about 20 years, but this is a good framework to build from, thank you!