KrautScientist finally paints his HeroQuest set

[Thor-in]

That is an absolutely lovely paint job and work you have done. Well done.

[Stig]

Absolutely superb! You've done a terrific paint job, I am very jealous. You now HAVE to get back playing!

[Weltenlaeufer]

Yessss! Very cool!

[lestodante]

Thanks for pleasing my eyes with such beautiful pictures!

[defttitan]

Wow! This is a top-notch paint job, and the clear and brilliant photography only highlights it!
The entire game board pops with color and personality. Well done, sir!

[arch8ngel]

Looks amazing all together like that!

Really fantastic!

[KrautScientist]

Thanks a lot for the enthusiastic feedback, everyone! I really appreciate the kind words, and they make this success feel even sweeter!

I am also pretty sure I wouldn't have finished the entire set without this forum -- at the very least, it would have been a less inspiring project, so thank you all for the feedback and suggestions!

[Stig]

Wow you've done a SUPER job! You've really shown us what's possible if you put your head down and get on with it, and really given me impetus to achieve my hobby goal

[KrautScientist]

Thanks a lot, Stig!

So, just to prove to you all that this thread hasn't been abandoned for good, allow me to share some small HQ-related things I am currently working on:

First up, not really all that exciting, admittedly, but I cleaned up a HeroQuest and Advanced HeroQuest Man-at-arms each, and I think figuring out a proper colour scheme for these is going to be one of my next painting projects:



I have also created another custom character for my collection, so to speak: "The Trial" from the second edition quest book has a more powerful mummy in it that is described as the corpse of a legendary warrior. And I knew I had an old Tomb Kings skeleton head in my bitzbox that might work rather well for glitzing up a standard mummy...

I started with an (already horribly painted) stock mummy model that was in pretty rough shape -- hence I had no qualms about cutting it up



And I used some plastic bits to turn it into a mummy champion, so to speak:



Now the bitz I used for this conversion are all a bit more modern than the actual HQ models, but I still think the vintage look is retained. What do you guys think?

[Pancho]

I love a good thoughtful conversion like this. Can’t wait to see it painted.

Methinks it would be useful for Return of the Witch Lord too. One of the Spirit Riders maybe, or even Skulmar.