Mini Paintings

Not sure if the full Greek odyssey will ever make it to the Reaper store, but I managed to snag these 2 months ago. The first reaper models that appealed to me in a while.

Another early model of mine, the gelatinous cube from the ‘Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures’ line. I struggled with this one. The cube itself didn’t take paint well. I ended up mixing paint and alcohol and trying to paint it like that. 

 I suspect if I used ink washes instead of just thinning paint it might’ve gone better. 

The top of the cube comes off, and the inside allows for one of most of the standard PC minis to fit inside. (Bigger races like the Goliath and Dragonborn had trouble fitting). 

Finally painted one of my beholders! I’m not keeping this one though, it’s up for sale in my etsy shop. The color scheme is based on the Xanathar even though the sculpt definitely isn’t.

This is the third beholder I've painted.

I might have a problem :T

I just really like them. Maybe its because each gets to be unique and different.

Maybe it's because they're such iconic monsters.

Maybe it's because, unlike regular minis, the eyes aren't tiny little specks that require perfect pinpoint precision to paint.

Anyway, I really like how this one came out. I played around a bit with the airbrush on this one, and tried out doing a little bit of purple undershading in which I think turned out quite well, though it could've been maybe just a touch lighter in retrospect.

I printed the support piece separate from the mini and base, so I could do it in transparent resin and give it a purple stain. My thought is it's meant to be a sort of psionic pillar of anti-gravity or something. (because psionics are purple, as we all know).

I also had a go at making a glow effect on the base around the support, something I've been nervous to experiment with so far. I'm always worried about ruining a paint job I spent hours on, but since this base is a simple and quick paint job it was the perfect bit of low-stakes practice.