HeroQuest Compatible Miniatures

[Spacemunkie]

Cheers for the kind words. Haven't painted many figures in recent years and these have rekindled my interest. Original Rogue Trader era Eldar next

There's nothing flash about the way I blend: thinned paint, wet on dry, then feather the edges to make the blend. For bright primaries such as the cloaks, I begin with the midtone then shade down and tint up as opposed to starting dark and just applying highlights.

You're bang on with the off white comment - sand, bone, ivory and pale flesh are my tints of choice as they don't go as chalky as pure white and 'soften' the highlights a bit. Likewise for the shading, I almost never use black.

The only genuinely 'magic' thing I use is Revell Matt Enamel varnish. Amazing stuff. Completely flat!

[Anderas]

Wow these are really really good. I follow KK in every sentence of his post!

[Redav]

The only genuinely 'magic' thing I use is Revell Matt Enamel varnish. Amazing stuff. Completely flat!

Good to hear, I've been wondering what I should try for finishing these things

[Sjeng]

I've seen those minis for sale on a webstore a long while back... They were pretty expensive if I recall correctly.
But that paintjob... man... First seb with his amazeballs paintjobs, and now this... Amazing. One one hand it makes me wanna quit painting, because I will never learn how to do that (and it's not just skill that's lacking but also TIME), but it also kinda inspires me to try and paint more often...

[Baylor_OgreBane]

Don't forget any of the GW Mordhiem range.
Many many moons ago my sister came back with a load of minis she got from a car boot sale for me, they were all from "the legend of zagor" at the time I thought they were pretty cool, but that might have been because they were new, but I didn't get the complete game. Now though I have found some of the minis again and though that they would be awesome for HQ games, but being the child I was I have lost many of the minis, especially the cool hero's, such as the fighter with the turtle shell shield, they might be hidden in a box in my loft somewhere or possibly thrown away But I would love to get my hands on them again. I know that I have Zagor and the dragon as well as a hand full of the monsters, on my DVD shelves as ornaments.
Still can't help but what happened to the hero's. I think I also have the dodgy electronic noise making thing too somewhere!

[Daedalus]

I think there's another proxy thread somewhere here with many pictures and examples of other models and size comparisons.

I believe Sjeng means this: HeroQuest Compatible Miniatures

[Saiyaforthelight]

Hi all. As a resident of the UK, I'm finding it tricky to get hold of a copy of the Barbarian and Elf Quest packs at a reasonable price. Does anyone know the best place in the UK to get alternatives to the wolves, yetis, Frozen Horror etc?

[Baylor_OgreBane]

do you mean proxy/substitute models from other ranges, or re-casts of the originals?

[Saiyaforthelight]

Either really. I'm looking for substitutes at the moment, didn't think about recasts.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Miniatures/Manufacturers/

here is a link to a huge list of mini makers for you to trawl through and see if you can find anything.

I think there is another thread about good recasts, mainly sellers that can be found on ebay, don't know its link though! I'm sure if you just search for recasts yo'll find it.