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If you're brave, you can disassemble your KA and paint it yourself. It's intimidating at first, but actually a lot easier than I thought. I started with a plain white Classic Plus. Here's how I did it:

Download the disassembly (repair) manual (.pdf) available at: http://store.mendingshed.com/kitaidparts.html

I drew some designs with colored pencils first. I decided I want a light green base color with medium green bulls eyes scattered about. I went to the hardware store and bought the 2 colors I want (outdoor-grade spray paint) and a clear semi gloss enamel. I also bought a couple feet of contact paper, slightly sticky, transparent, and I can draw on it.

I cut circles of various sizes out of paper towel, misted them with water to make them pliable, and stuck them all over my mixer until I had the layout to my liking. I used a small sharpie to dot outlines around the paper towel circles. Later, I will use them as a guide for laying down the medium green.

I followed the disassembly directions, then protected the greasy parts with some taped off plastic wrap. Keep all the screws and small parts in a container and take pictures before you disconnect the three power cord wires from the controller, incase you forget which way to plug them back in.

With the mixer disassembled, I masked off the parts I don't want to get paint on, I wiped the surface clean with rubbing alcohol, and sprayed my medium green color, making sure it completely and evenly filled inside the dotted lines (and then some). I allowed this to dry for 4-5 hours, then I used a compass to draw bulls eyes on my contact paper and an x-acto knife to cut them out. I stuck the contact paper rings over the green paint the same way I stuck the paper towels on earlier, leaving only the space in between, and around the rings, exposed. Then I sprayed my base color on top of everything (seems backwards, eh?). When that dried tack-free in another 4-5 hours, I removed the contact paper rings, exposing my medium green bulleyes, and sprayed the clear semi gloss enamel on top of everything to make it last!

Good luck!