Heroquest Redo
Posted: May 7th, 2017, 4:31 pmHi Everyone,
A few words of introduction as this is my first post.
I used to be a hardcore role player for 15 years (Warhammer fantasy roleplay among others) - playing boardgames was mostly an excuse to paint miniatures at the time.
Now I am much older, and board games have become the only way to reconnect with the nostalgia of this era (as role playing campaigns require way more time and involvement than I can afford now).
Played dungeon quest, space hulk and talisman back then, and got my first copy of heroquest during a trip school to Germany, even before it was released in France (89 I guess). Despite cards and contents in German, I had an absolute blast with my friends playing it.
I hadn't played HQ for more than 25 years (Space hulk is the one GW game I still play regularly), but did a few weeks back with my 7 year old son - and not only does he get it, but is completely taken by it...
So now we play regularly - needless to say, my paint job at the time needed a serious upgrade - so I stripped the miniatures in Dettol, got an army painter set and got to work.
Here is the result - still work in progress for a few details.
Strange for me to get to do this again. At the time i was painting, no internet and very few ways to learn about painting techniques.
Drybrushing and heavy washes were the extend of my knowledge then - now tutorials everywhere but still this is a learning curve, and that's were I am now.
These HQ minis are pretty hard to paint, not the most detailed/defined minis, a bit of paint build up and things turn to a mess. The wizard is the one I am most dissatisfied with and might give it another go all together (I have another set of minis).
Anyway hope you like it,comments welcomed!
Cheers!
A few words of introduction as this is my first post.
I used to be a hardcore role player for 15 years (Warhammer fantasy roleplay among others) - playing boardgames was mostly an excuse to paint miniatures at the time.
Now I am much older, and board games have become the only way to reconnect with the nostalgia of this era (as role playing campaigns require way more time and involvement than I can afford now).
Played dungeon quest, space hulk and talisman back then, and got my first copy of heroquest during a trip school to Germany, even before it was released in France (89 I guess). Despite cards and contents in German, I had an absolute blast with my friends playing it.
I hadn't played HQ for more than 25 years (Space hulk is the one GW game I still play regularly), but did a few weeks back with my 7 year old son - and not only does he get it, but is completely taken by it...
So now we play regularly - needless to say, my paint job at the time needed a serious upgrade - so I stripped the miniatures in Dettol, got an army painter set and got to work.
Here is the result - still work in progress for a few details.
Strange for me to get to do this again. At the time i was painting, no internet and very few ways to learn about painting techniques.
Drybrushing and heavy washes were the extend of my knowledge then - now tutorials everywhere but still this is a learning curve, and that's were I am now.
These HQ minis are pretty hard to paint, not the most detailed/defined minis, a bit of paint build up and things turn to a mess. The wizard is the one I am most dissatisfied with and might give it another go all together (I have another set of minis).
Anyway hope you like it,comments welcomed!
Cheers!
