Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[j_dean80]

Mythic Tier is now available in New Zealand and Australia according to Twitter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/heroquest?s=11

Very,very interesting.
So will sales go up again....

According to the sites, they are 3rd party buyers participating in the Hasbro Pulse. So yes it will count towards the total. Wouldn’t be surprised if the same happens for other countries as well. Maybe we will unlock more stretch goals.

[Pancho]

It looks like they must have at least some of the models in physical form. Just noticed a post on the new HeroQuest web page about painting the dungeon.

https://avalonhill.hasbro.com/en-us/article/heroquest_painting_the_dungeon

The furniture and Iron door look really good painted up.

[FainFlynn]

That is totally not fair. It says the article date is 9/22 but I've been checking that page since the start of this campaign but hadn't seen it until you pointed it out.

Also, I hope this doesn't mean the minis will be made all in gray and almost forcing us to become mini painters... Now I'm worried again.

I can understand that from those who don't like to paint, or don't have an interest in it. What I'd suggest is, if they are all gray, just use spray paint to blast them into the appropriate colors. No detailing required. It's quite easy to do, just make sure it's done somewhere ventilated and you do it in a cardboard box or something.

[AerynB]

I actually have tried that and it didn't work out as well as I'd like. There's a D&D board game and the first 3 games came with 30 monsters in 3 different colors. However the fourth game had its 30 monsters all in the same light green color. I missed the different colors so I tried spray painting them. The problems I had were: getting the spray paint everywhere especially under arms or between legs, and also using too much paint on some figures and getting paint globs and covering up the figure's details.

I agree it's an option but I would very much prefer Hasbro to remain true to the original game (as they've done so far with other aspects) and give us different colored figures.

[FainFlynn]

I actually have tried that and it didn't work out as well as I'd like. There's a D&D board game and the first 3 games came with 30 monsters in 3 different colors. However the fourth game had its 30 monsters all in the same light green color. I missed the different colors so I tried spray painting them. The problems I had were: getting the spray paint everywhere especially under arms or between legs, and also using too much paint on some figures and getting paint globs and covering up the figure's details.

I agree it's an option but I would very much prefer Hasbro to remain true to the original game (as they've done so far with other aspects) and give us different colored figures.

Gotta work on that technique! LOL Done right with the right paint, and it's not bad. But I get you. It's not a super simple fix, but it can help.

[Kurgan]

It is challenging if you've never done it before (and a shame if you screw up an expensive set like that... I guess soak it in simple green and hope for the best?).

Holding the paint can far away and giving it a few light coats (rather than one heavy coat). I agree though, it would BE BEST if they made them different colors to differentiate easily, and even better if they are in the classic colors (I realize we had different SHADES of green, red, gray and white for different editions, but still, same basic color scheme).

But all the same dull gray is just a bad idea. It will turn off many potential buyers who will see it as a hobbyist only type of product. Even if it's "pre-primed" (like those "WizKidz" minis all are) they can use different shades of primer. I've seen minis sold that are primed gray, white, black... but how hard would it be to have them "primed" red and green (and brown, for furniture) as well? Not hard at all I would imagine. But the BEST would be the plastics already that color. Not hard to do these days, what with nearly $2 million already pledged...

[Kurgan]

I actually have tried that and it didn't work out as well as I'd like. There's a D&D board game and the first 3 games came with 30 monsters in 3 different colors. However the fourth game had its 30 monsters all in the same light green color. I missed the different colors so I tried spray painting them. The problems I had were: getting the spray paint everywhere especially under arms or between legs, and also using too much paint on some figures and getting paint globs and covering up the figure's details.

I agree it's an option but I would very much prefer Hasbro to remain true to the original game (as they've done so far with other aspects) and give us different colored figures.

Gotta work on that technique! LOL Done right with the right paint, and it's not bad. But I get you. It's not a super simple fix, but it can help.

Speaking of which, what type of Spray Paint would you recommend for 1 inch plastic models? I have no idea what kind of plastic they're using on these, but I would GUESS its like the WizKids figures (rigid plastic rather than the bendy rubberish plastic used by Reaper Bones minis). (WizKids are pre-primed gray, as it turns out)

The type of Spray Paint I have is Rustoleum which is supposed to be okay for plastics (not just metal) but I've never tried to use it on miniatures, I figured it would lose too much detail potentially. The only spray I have "approved" for minis is this old "The Armory" matte sealer (the can is I kid you not about 20 years old!) which is for miniatures (they recommend a very light spray held far away from the target).

[Kurgan]

Hmmm...

Pre-painted miniatures DO EXIST out there in game shops. They tend to be more expensive of course. If I had to choose between beautifully painted miniatures and gray I would choose painted. But if I had to choose between pre-painted and "classic" color coded, I would choose the latter. That gives us the option to paint them later if we choose but have them perfectly serviceable without paint too.

Then again there would be nothing stopping someone from RE-painting a set to their liking... the paints used would have to be okay for regular handling since it IS a board game after all.


If they only Pre-Painted the Furniture, that would actually make a lot of sense since the originals had colors and detail on them (well the cardboard portions of each that is, the rest being solid gray or brown on the plastic).

Looking at the post it sounds like they're talking if you chose to paint them yourself.

Brian Wilk wrote 10/6/20:

If you are like me, I bet you love painting your miniatures as much as playing with them. I thought I would take a shot at painting my way through all the minis included in the HeroQuest game. I will be posting them weekly as I go along. Now, to be honest, I have been painting minis for as long as I can remember, but that does not mean I have gotten much better at it. Yes, I have acquired some tricks over the years and have had the honor and privilege of learning from some of the best. But I would say that the important things that I’ve come to know are that I must be patient, work in thin layers and wait for the paint to dry, and, if all else fails, a great wash can hide anything.

Now, a good benefit of painting these miniatures is that we get to test to make sure we are designing them to not just look great, but to really pick up the paint so that some areas of the model really pop. We wanted to make sure textures could be seen and highlighted with a brush and that the faces were well defined. We really pushed the iconography throughout the whole HeroQuest universe and this shows up in the details on the miniatures.

For me the best place to start was on the original dungeon décor, always such an integral part of HeroQuest. I chose the iron door, the throne, and the torture rack. Considering these were mostly made of cardboard in my older set, it was great to have them to paint now. I wanted them to look finely painted, to highlight some of the beautifully sculpted details, but also to show that they are in an underground dungeon. I wanted the torture rack to appear as if it had seen some serious action.

I cannot wait to share with you what I tackle next and I am excited get these into your hands so you can have as much fun with them as I have.

[Leathaface79]

Mythic Tier is now available in New Zealand and Australia according to Twitter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/heroquest?s=11

Very,very interesting.
So will sales go up again....

According to the sites, they are 3rd party buyers participating in the Hasbro Pulse. So yes it will count towards the total. Wouldn’t be surprised if the same happens for other countries as well. Maybe we will unlock more stretch goals.

They must be tracking it separately and will manually add them later. We are only at $18k since 1:30pm yesterday. So either New Zeland and Australia are not huge HeroQuest fans or their numbers are not feeding back to the US page automatically.

[Kurgan]

It's because of the extra time it takes to convert the Kangaroo pelts into US currency...


(JUST KIDDING! Some of my best friends & favorite people are Aussies... really)



I think if we give it time that will help. Just look at how quickly this thing took off from practically no publicity. But c'mon, get the UK into the action!