This is my paint job on Yasashii’s “Mind Flayer / Illithid Tabletop Miniature” from Thingiverse.
This was one of the first prints off of my resin printer, and the first piece I attempted air brushing; to make both of these a little easier, I scaled him up a bit, so he isn’t quite “tabletop minature” scale, but still much smaller than what I’d been used to painting (~70mm tall).
Everything except for the red eyes and purple highlights on the armor was done with a 0.3mm airbrush.
Here are a couple different angles:
Unfortunately one of the robe dangly bits snapped off the back before I could start painting. I didn’t expect the paint job to turn out this decent so I didn’t bother reprinting, kinda wish I had.
Looks great! Did you prime the mini before painting? I see some grey shining through at a few edges, that can happen when the paint doesn’t stick to the plastic
Thank you! Yes, he was primed, I think that the bits were they gray is peaking out happened when I was applying the wash at the end, I may have wore away some of the paint with my brush.
Here are some progress pics before and after a prime + zenithal shade: