Calling this model finished, it was a really fun model I painted as a gift for a friend.
They are super into mermaids and said they like the coloration of the blanket octopus so i tried to use that as inspiration.
My start to finish process for the mermaid was as follows:
Model was sold by @bluejayandclover3d on etsy.
Started with an air brush prime with pro acryl neutral grey, then zenithal with liquitex bolt titanium white acrylic ink.
Basecoat was somber grey by vallejo air, which was also applied by air brush.
Lower body was layered with blue grey, blue, and faded plum by pro acryl.
Torso was mostly the same but also glazed in more grey and green using vivid volt by army painter fanatic and space wolves grey contrast by citadel.
The clothes I used various purple shades by pro acryl and army painter fanatic, sadly, I cannot recall the exact colors or ratios used, same with the shoulder armor, I cann9t recall the exact colors used.
The hair was done with a base layer of vivid volt by army painter fanatic when drybrushing various other shades of yellows and greens which was the washed in Atonian camo shade by citadel.
Red spots were various shades of red using pro acryl glaze and wash medium to blend, but the vase red patches were made with liquitex red acrylic ink through an air brush.
Lips and nails were done with pro acryl coal black.
Eyes were army painter fanatic royal purple and yellow green.
The base was something I had some fun with and got really experimental with.
The sand is just a cheap bag if sand I bought from Walmart attached with mod podge.
The plant is actually an old plastic aquarium plant that I painted over to make it look more natural.
Now, what I am really proud of us the coral bits, I have a lot of extra sylvaneth bits from my age of sigmar collection and noticed while sorting my extra bits into storage that some of their bits looked close enough to coral that I decided to give it a shot.
Bonus picture is my hand, I regularly use my hand and fingers to test colors and blends.