Premium Content: Painting the Marilith

March 4, 2021

So I’ve promised a demon or a dragon to paint. And I’m delivering!

I looked at the Nalfeshnee, and it looks…well, boring. Not a fun miniature to paint. So I looked again, and decided for a much more interesting mini to paint. The marilith.

Here’s the package she came in:

A D&D miniature of a naga, a humanoid with a snake tail and multiple arms wielding swords.

Isn’t she pretty? I thought so.

So here goes nothing.

Gray miniature figure of a woman with six arms wielding swords, atop a snake-like body.

She has an imperfection behind her, so I used some green stuff to fix the seam.

A light-colored sculpted snake figure with a dark green spot on its back; sunny setting.

So looking at this girl, I decided to start with her “not-legs-tail-thingy.” I used Army Painter Camo Green for her underbelly, and Venom Wyrm (also Army Painter) for the main portion of her tail-thing.

Sculpture of a warrior fighting a large, gold-colored serpent, atop a stone base.

Yes, I know it looks sloppy, but it’s a first coat, and I have to let it dry. So I’m looking at something else to paint.

I’m thinking the swords. Except the bent one. I’m going to have to fix that before painting it. I’ll deal with that later. Some hot water and patience.

Oh, look…the paint’s dry. Never mind the swords, let’s do another coat.

A miniature figure of a woman with multiple arms holding swords, atop a snake-like base.

A partially painted tabletop game miniature of a snake-bodied woman with six arms holding swords, on a wooden table.

Much better! Still needing more coats, but it’s really coming along!

Now on to the swords…and since I’m not just going to sit down with it, I’ll do the skin as well. For the swords I’m using Army Painter Gun Metal. For the skin, I wanted to go for that olive-y color tone. So I mixed the Army Painter Bone with the Venom Wyrm and got a great color. I may have to drybrush her with that Venom Wyrm.