Pixels to Minis

 So ever since I played it at a friends house I've loved playing 'just one more turn' in Heroes of Might and Magic.  Obviously I had to join in on the board game kickstarter and it was not a disapointment!  The game is great (though in need of a rulebook overhaul) and the minis are stupendous!!!

The tower faction, not one I ever really play but I like the minis!  lots of fun colors and every mini is a unique sculpt so not tired hordes of goblins here!

The necropolis is mine and many other players favorite in the computer games.

Rampart might be the beginings of my elvish hatred as those guys still hurt in the board game!

I always enjoy painting micro scale castles and terrain.  I should really play something at those small scales...

Just for fun they included a few little greebles to place around the map!

Found a few treasure chests to put all the curancy in.

ALL of the coins were in single colors originally thus making it a pain to distinguish between the denominations.

I really don't think you'd want to use the plastic coins at all without painting them but it doesn't take long at all to accomplish that so get to it!

Why is everyone against the Ogres?!?!

 Annnnnd Heroquest is fully painted again!  

Finished up the stellar Ogre Horde expansion with top notch models and what looks to be fun non elf related quests!

First up the Rogue Heir (fitting how the elf is the thief) and a pair of Monks!

The druids are a big improvement over the crowd funded druid IMO plus they come with a puppy.

The ranged monsters were a top notch idea to add some variety.

Also helps that the sculpts were solid and fun to paint.

Some ogres are really dead set on high sticking.

The commander reminds me of a cross between GW ogres and Conan

I would like to know why the champion had weird colored skin on the card but it was a nice departure from the norm and fun to experiment with matching it.

This guy is the reason to buy this expansion, I want two he is so much fun to paint, has a ton of character and just that awesome ogre personality!

Again top o the line furniture every time,  The gates even open!

This is my favorite expansion so far by a mile and a half.  Keep it up!

Elves don't dread the moon...

 I've never played the Rise of the Dread Moon quests but just looking at the elves I can only assume the plot goes something like this: "Hey fellow elves!  Let's form a dark cult to bring forth an ancient evil and mess with the occult to wipe out all peace from the world!".  Dunno just probably what they are doing.

Still a much more fun expansion to paint than the first elf questing.

The cultists are cute and do their best to praise the sun so they get a win!

No these aren't the same elves from last time, I had to paint yet more of them for this expansion.

Another easy minute or two paint job to get the ghosts all ghosting!

The magus guard are honestly pretty sweet models and easy to paint to boot.

And the mercenaries and knight all ready to quest!

Again more top notch furniture these HQ remakes and expansions are worth it for the dungeon furniture alone!

Another big happy family ready to be hidden away for all time!

Elf Quest?

 Yes despite my obvious hatred towards the pointed eared, world devastating, bungling demonic elves I did want to finish all my heroquest expansions.  So the Mage in the Mirror needed a painting...

So many evil elves painted, just look at them!  They are plotting to create some artefact that ends the world as we speak!

Ogres on the other hand have layers and are very enjoyable to paint.

Elf? Dark Elf? Needs some time in the sun for sure for the Arch Mage.

And puppy dogs!  Its nice when there's something super easy to paint in a set.

The new furniture is absolutely impressive and fun to paint up!

Always have to have a new door or 6 with every expansion.

And the whole expansion painted and ready to go back in the box!

Let there be LEDs!

 Printed out a few of the LED augmented furniture from moonshine miniatures.  Love to dress up the dungeon with these things they look so amazing!

Just so much shiny fun to be had with thsese!  They print up great and paint up super fast too.

Had to do some fun action photos too!

Hard to say no to doing more of these They have a new set of sci fi ones coming out too so go check it out!

Carverns and Cave Beasts

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Proving as usual my santiy is a lost cause I've finished up another expansion for Warhammer Quest this time focusing on caves and caverns.  This fleshes out both the Orcs and the Beastmen bestiary to its final

Not my favorite wyvern sculpt but I do have a soft spot for giant orcs with tiny shields.

 

Speaking of for the Orc Big Un's I decided to make one giant orc that has the large monster rule instead of just slightly beefier orcs.

Squigs are magical and no one can convince me other wise.  Love me some squigs.

These snotlings I found as fre STL files and frankly they look amazing!

Same thing for the orc boar riders though I had a print failure on every single one causing me to fix them through the bits box instead of wasting resin.

I used to use these as Hobglin wolf riders in my chaos dwarf army now they've found new life!

For the beastmen I wanted the various gods represented more so themed minotaurs and beastmen were all added in.

I may be the only one who didn't like this tzeentch sculpt but he still turned out ok.  I don't like when they sculpt on tatoos which seems to be the sigmar way.

For slaanesh I got this awesome STL of a murder unicorn from a fellow questor!

Another free 3d model gives me a khrone-a-taur with bloody hands to boot.

The Tzaangors are awesome sculpts but assembly is a major pain, do not buy those boxes!

For the Khorne-gors I went with the old and much maligned furry bloodletters.  They honestly fit better than the real khorne gors in my oppions.

Combining some slaanesh parts with the mantic succubus models gets me the slaangors!

And one big happy family!  Last year I begun the insane project of basing all the WHQ minis and it has finally come to its conclusion.  I'll be posting more pics of the finished hoard of minis over time its a ton of bases and they really make things look better even on those old paint jobs!