The Beholder

Ok, so this has been a very fun and surprising paint job. I have absolutely loved how this print has turned out and will defiantly be reprinting this again when my resin printer turns up.

My husband found the Beholder on Thingiverse created by Megs3d. You can check out their site at www.facebook.com/megs3d. He printed it off to use in DND as well as to add an extra monster to our collection. The beholder was printed on our Ender 3 using eSUN PLA+ Filament plastic. I painted this in August of 2019 with a variety of Army Painter, Vallejo and Citadel paints. With this miniature however I used mostly Army Painter paints as it is my largest collection of paints I currently have.

I was tossing up between painting the beholder blue or purple but went with blue as it’s my favourite colour. I decided to paint every eye a different colour for a cool effect and went with a red eye for the centre as it was the most striking.

I have used a vehicle filler primer to cover some of the prints layer lines. Then I did a base layer in dark blue and dry brushed up the multiple layers of lighter blue. The rest of the details I have used a variety of Army Painter, Vallejo and Citadel paints. To achieve some of the finer details I have used the Monte Morte mini detail brush set.

Even though the miniature is designed like this, it would be nice to be able to put it on a floating base.