Huge Air Elemental

A Huge Air Elemental from Pathfinder, though it’ll be used for playing Dungeons & Dragons.

This miniature actually comes as a semi-transparent material, but I decided to paint it with solid colors, as they’d better give the bright white effect I was going for. Still feels like an unfortunate waste of the transparent opportunity, though.

Anyway, this miniature was almost entirely dry-brushingDry-brushing is the technique of wiping most of the paint off your brush and lightly brushing a miniature, in order to only catch the raised edges with a light dusting of a highlight color.. After priming, I base coated with a light grey-blue, then dry-brushed a lighter grey-blue and then white. Since painting realistic air is impossible, as air is invisible, painting like a cloud was the best option here.

This miniature comes with pre-attached terrain at the base. However, the terrain doesn’t fill the base perfectly, so I blended the edges into the circular base using some Green Stuff epoxy. To give it more of a rocky look, I base-coated with a grey that wasn’t blue (this helped to contrast with the figure) and then washedWashes are paints diluted with water, which can be "washed" onto a miniature in order for the paint to flow into the recesses, usually for shading purposes. with a brown shade. Then, to keep things coherent, I highlighted by dry-brushing the same lighter grey-blue and white as I did on the miniature.

This miniature features some ugly mold lines, as I forgot to remove them until after priming. Since the mini was just for playing Dungeons & Dragons, and not a fancy display piece, I decided to just leave it and continue.

Overall, the dry-brushing turned out a little more chalky and less smooth than I would’ve hoped for, but it’s table-readyTable-ready is a term to describe a miniature that may not look as good as the painter would like, but looks good enough that it’s ready to be played with on in tabletop games. so I’m happy with the result.