Dungeon Delvers

Looking to clear some miniatures which have been hanging around for years in the backlog. Couldn’t look further than the classic hero quest dungeon party and a repaint of the advanced hero quest party which were painted 15 plus years ago. This will be fun.

For my hero quest party I used the character cards from the set as source material. I was looking to get as close to these as possible

First mini off the rank was the wizard. I have used pro acryl paints from monument hobbies for the last few years. They give great coverage and you will struggle to over thin them so once you have used them for a while. Generally I only use the base coat colour and highlight up by adding pale yellow gradually for each highlight. I feel that this helps give a good transition. I ten to do an all over wash with army painter strong tone after the base coats are applied. I know this is not popular among high end painters but it works for me. Iwill note the colours used assume they are pro acryl unless stated.

skin – base shadow flesh, highlights tan flesh

trousers – Dark grey blue

tunic – Golden Brown

boots and belts – Dark umber

hair and gloves – Sandro dust (citadel)

silver – dark silver

gold – Rich Gold.

Cloak  – Bold pyrolle Red

Next was the elf. The Swiss Army knife of the party not a bad fighter and magic. See wizard entry for my method.

Skin – base shadow flesh, highlights tan flesh.

shoulder jerkin/ trousers – Dark golden brown

shirt – cavalry brown (Vallejo)

boots – dark umber

hair – dark warm grey

gold – Rich gold

silver – dark silver

bag and belt – mournfang brown (citadel)

I do love a dwarf. Have a huge kings of war army using old citadel miniatures from the 80’s and 90’s so enjoyed this one. See wizard for my method.

skin – base shadow flesh, highlights tan flesh.

shirt – Bold pyrrole red

sliver – Dark silver

gold – rich gold

Gloves – Dark Golden brown

boots and belt- dark umber

bag – mournfang brown (citadel)

The tank of the party. This was my favourite character as a child. Who doesn’t love wading into combat ?. See the wizard entry for more details on my paint/method. I put a six o’clock shadow on this one with watered down strong tone.

skin – base shadow flesh, highlights tan flesh.

pants – zandri dust (citadel)

leopard spots (pants) – dark umber

hair – coal black

boots- dark golden brown

silver – dark silver

gold rich gold

I was quite happy with how these turned out without to much effort. Some of the details are a little soft but that’s to be expected from miniatures which are over 30 years old. I was indecisive on whether to texture the bases but think the painted flagstones have worked out ok. Painting these sparked joy and great memories. Receiving this on Christmas Day after watching the epic advert for months. Then getting round the table with my family (some of them no longer with us) and playing out quests Christmas Day evening.

Moved on next to the advanced heroquest models starting with the knight. See my heroquest wizard entry for more detail on my method and paints.

trousers – ivory

metal – dark silver

gold – rich gold

blue areas – blue (simple ?)

boots – dark umber

gloves – dark golden brown

skin – base shadow flesh, highlights tan flesh