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    This is another Inshon With Multiple Eyes from Iron Wind Metal's line of Arcana Unearthed minis based on the creatures of Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed.
    Because inshon are froggy and poisonous, I decided to paint it like it was related to real-world poisonous frogs, which often have very bright coloration and interesting patterns to warn away predators. Though the inshons are tough, at some point in their evolutionary history they were probably prey to some other creatures, and therefore may have developed similar coloring to protect themselves.

    This inshon is painted to somewhat resemble a dendrobates azureus poison frog, which has a light blue body spotted with black and dark blue limbs. For the mini I went with a two-color (light blue/turquoise) color mix for the main body because I felt it was a little more interesting on the tabletop, and I put little green spots on his black eyes to make them stand out from his black head spots, but other than that he's very much like the real frog species I used as a model.

    Leg color is Ocean Blue, with leg highlights done using a mix of that and Bloodstone. The hips, back, shoulders, neck, and head are all Bloodstone. Spots on the back are completely black. The belly and chest are Dragon Blue with spots of Bloodstone. Eyes are black with a dot of Slime on each. Arms shade from Bloodstone or Dragon Blue (depending on whether you're looking at the front or back) to black on the elbows and below. Loincloth is Volcano Brown with a wash of black ink. The weapon and bracelet are Steel Plate and Truesilver. He has two fish tied to the back of his loincloth strap, one brown, one silver with a red stripe.