[WHQst] Forgotten dungeons of old.. (large compilation images)

[Mr Feral]

Nothing like an oldschool model getting the modern paint treatment.

Speaking of which, I have managed to blag some old monopose plastic Chaos Dwarves to experiment with.

Less about me though!

That corridor design looks spiffing, the eerie green glow reminds me of a typical Skaven warren. That's exactly what I had in mind for whenever I get around to doing such a themed piece.

[Shas'El Tael]

A few things going on over the week.

Spent time base edging everything in black. I feel it finishes the models better than a earth coloured rim. Also it will help when using models in various dungeons as a visual separator from the colour of differing tiles. No photos as this sort of production work is exceedingly dull.

I do however have current WIP of a few heroes and a support character.



Redid the skin tones on the Elf (although his moss green leggings have over saturated in the photo) and also on the Fighter; currently redoing their gear with other recent tricks I've learned. The Fighter particularly receiving grimed armor attention. Last being the man from Talebecland, associate to Adalhein the down on his luck empire militiaman shown earlier. More work on the beard and patch etc.

And last but not least :



The trusted and faithful companion to any party worth their salt. Working on the various bags and chest, he's about 80%. Perfect candidate for encounters in the wild when the heroes are between dungeons and civilisation. This is the classic Citadel Miniatures version, you can still get him and several other pack animals via Foundry Miniatures. I'm actually exploring many more options out there, expect a Baggage Train post in the future.

I'll add some artwork soon, redoing Character cards for specific heroes this week. Enjoying posting to the blog, keeping me focussed and set to finish out the various models before the campaign really kicks into gear.

- Seb

[Botjer]

awesome
i keep my bases matt black, to fit on any terrain.

[Nachie]

Donkey! Yes!

My upcoming big project is going to be having mounted models for every member of the party. Should prove to be a rewarding challenge, but the Dwarf will obviously feel left out. Once he gets really high in levels though, I might let him get mounted on a war bear and use that new Scribor mini

[Shas'El Tael]

@Botjer
Agreed, after some deliberation I put a bunch side by side on my browser and realised I do indeed like the black trim bases better, only took me a couple of years to come to that conclusion!

@Nachie
Yes, Donkey! I also am aiming for mounts for each hero. Fully intending to have mobile fights in the countryside. Hoping to finish them before players get enough gold to buy 'em!

The List :

Bret. Knight - Warhorse (Easiest of the lot, except rider will need extensive conversion)
Empire/Misc Types - Steed (Again, a couple of conversion bits)
Priest - Mule
Halfling - Sheep (may have to sculpt up the sheep, nothing catches my eye in the market as yet)
Dwarf - Boar (captured from an Orc, presently ongoing bet as to who will eat the other in time)

Love to do an Ogre on and oxen, but hey..

In other news, I never got around to editing my character card blank in Bretonnian themes last night, client work got in the way. (Earning money.. how annoying) More on that soon. For now, this is the re-imagined WHQuest card I've rebuilt from the ground up (all art full res), in the original style. I've used it for various internet 'aftermarket heroes' I've downloaded over time.



Just noticed some artifacts on the edges, the card is clean edged. I imagine my rushed black fill for Warseer background caused that.

Cheers!
Seb

[Botjer]

I actually have the whole base totally black for my warhammer quest minis

[Chickenbane]

That donkey is great, and not just for WQ! Great paint jobs as usual.

[Nachie]

Consider obtaining the Luthor Huss model for the mounted warrior priest, it's the only thing out there that I think really does it justice. Of course, WP's back in the 1990's were a little more wimpy than the ultra-violent champions they portray them as in WHFB nowadays, so if you're sticking with the former characterization I'd say the mule works fine. My WP player is definitely more of the latter, so I'm also letting him take blessings of Sigmar from the Mordheim rules to beef up his character.

Mobile fights in the countryside sounds excellent. I just love hearing about more people who are taking WHQ to its logical conclusions and not just playing it as a dungeon bash/gold mining expedition.

[Shas'El Tael]

Hi All,

Wow, busy week.

@Mobile Fights
I was inspired by all the hollywood chase scenes and ambushes. I'm pretty sure mountain passes are watched for interloping heroes or once a magic sword is stolen the successor Goblin chief would like it back etc.

On foot these will be brutal, but mounted.. well, Lord of the Rings, escape to Helms Deep anyone?

With regard a WP on a Mule; remember my WP player is a drunken bum, so he either lost his ride, had it revoked or sold it for more booze. So he's on a mule.. which reminds me:



I'm all for being outside "Dungeons", when I have enough examples.. I'll show you more of my "Dungeon" tiles. :

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Thanks for the feedback and reactions; it's great reading everyone's opinions on the elements that make up Warhammer Quest to each of us. On the topic of Elementals; here's one I did earlier :



The real magic trick is to ensure this guy is on your side. The model is am old ral partha piece I believe. I'll double check when I am working on the other three. Water, Wind and Fire, ..Oh my.

I'm also considering a couple of Grenadier figures for NPC/Heroes, I used to use them in RPGs and DnD, fun times but I like the Just Smash Stuff^TM of WHQst.



I think on of my mates is up for using the fighter on the left, while an Empire knight may just see some sword fighting as an NPC. Additionally, I am experimenting with the bases after stripping them.

The 'dirt' is greenstuff base, white basecoat, stripped with brushes, washed with Flat Earth Vallejo. The paint goes matte and flakes nicely, it looks like dried earth. I'm sorely tempted to keep fiddling with this technique...

And lastly, my WIP Bretonnian Hero warband card. There will be one for each member of his direct retinue (whom show up for solo knight quests). I've been meaning to do this for awhile, and since it looks like he won't die anytime soon (touch wood) he deserves his own Character card



All for now, updates this weekend. My girl is out of town visiting her folks, so time for action videos, loud Drum'nBass/Trance/Chill and beer. Oh and miniatures.

- Seb

Oh and hey, my website, the Scythes of the Emperor Chapter, is celebrating it's 14th birthday today. Check out the birthday post here.

[Shas'El Tael]

Oooh.. life of a bachelor; beer, action movies, loud club music and painting small nasty goblineses.. (okay, I rode around a bit, played fetch with the dog and generally got up to everything the Gf doesn't approve of hehe)

Been good to make a real mess of the place, to that end I've been converting more than painting and trialling a muesli biscuit recipe. Some of it for my space marine website, other Tau and a few pieces for this Quest project.

First up is the long overdue mountain Goblin warband. A more regimented, dour and grim set group. In game I'll give them a special card and see how the heroes handle a bunch of hardcore runts with wall shields and decent armor.



Additionally, I've begun building the back story for my Bretonnian saga-quest, starting with modelling the Baron. It's fun converting massively old, rare miniatures. Encourages a lack of mistakes



Need to do the last foot and add some detailing to the chainmail coif about his neck. I chose this head, because if you look, there is some resemblence in the eyeline, brow and nose compared to the young knight on the left. Next step is painting to exaggerate those similarities.

Oh and the Muesil? Delish :




Also made some Cat Kibble for my girl, found a great cooking die and scratched the eyes and whisker details in before cooking (the small lines would get exaggerated in the oven). Tasty ginger and cinnamon shortbread. That's right guys, always have on hand a back up gift should something go amiss on your girls return.



"Oh my god what happened to the sofa!"
"I made you this"
"Oh wow.. nom nom nom..what was I saying"
"No idea, another cookie?"

update during the week, thanks all!
Seb..

[azhagmorglum]

Nice goblins, and the cookies looks delicious

[Eboli]

This whole thread is looking good - been watching it for a while now in "Lurker Mode" but thought you deserve a "job well done comment". Definitely need to post a few picks of my own WHQ 3D dungeon pieces I am building using Hirst Arts Egyptian molds.

Cheers!

[onlinewarrior094]

I know this info is probably around the posts or on your other threads somewhere, but I was wondering if you could tell me what models you used for some of your work.

The knight model, especially what was used for the lantern arm and the adventuring gear on his back.
The town guard (don't recognize the models), as well as the guard-looking guys on the same post as the lantern knight.
The bearded, dual-sword wielding warrior with an eyepatch.
The mace, head and adventuring gear of the barbarian (the one using an ogre gutplate as a shield)
The goblins with maces and broken shield (I think you mentioned using 4th ed. goblins as a base)

If you could answer my post, I would be really grateful. Your work is just amazing, keep it up!

[Shas'El Tael]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the comments Azhagmorglum, Eboli and OnlineWarrior

You should put up your dungeon images Eboli, absolutely love seeing 3D work. Dying to get my own moulds, for now it's digitally creating dungeon tiles

@OnlineWarrior
Lantern arm.. by taking the forearm+hand off the Weapon arm of a Chaos Knight, then attached this onto the Shield arm rotated so palm down, I could make it appear as if he was holding the lantern aloft by a ring.

The town guard are actually classic Advanced Heroquest Men at Arms, modified in general. I hope to get some more soon to make a new set of Town guard for variety. The other guards I believe you mean, are Bretonnian plastics with modified heads and weapons. (I used Mordheim parts mostly to add details)

The old warrior? Gosh.. hmm, mostly Empire Swordsman pieces from 6th edition Warhammer, eBay is your friend there. The head is from the new General's boxed set. Bag is Mordheim again.

Barbarian.. mace is....jeez, good Q.. BRB.. (scrummages parts drawers).. Chaos Marauder flail I think, added to the haft after removing the chains. Head is from same plastic set. Adventuring gear as ever.. Mordheim and Bretonnian accessories.. oh and an Empire knife from the State troops I believe. (New plastics).

Goblin maces are from Bretonnian troops, and the broken shield is from the new Undead skeleton range. Great source of worn out equipment by the way.

I'll update soon, thought best to answer some questions, now for the rest of my coffee break.. checking out the other Quest posts about our sub-forum

- Seb.

[Shas'El Tael]

You sir, are a cool Dad. Also, damn... very nice work. Particularly like the uncovered mummy tomb. What's your average man hours for turning around a room? Also.. you hear that? Yup, that's a group vote for you to start up a Work In Progress thread forthwith.

I'm presently compiling art for my alternate generic dungeon tiles :



More soon on that front; for now? I think I'm browsing Hirst Arts mould store again, all wistful.

- Seb

[ashc]

gorgeous tiles, they need pro printing!

[Purplebeard]

Are you going to make your Amazonian tileset available for download?

[Eboli]

Very nice tiles Shas'El Tael. You definitely have talent!

Yes - I think I will start up my own thread. At the time of posting I was unable to start a thread myself as I was new to posting on Warseer. Each piece probably takes me maybe 5 hours total. It is hard to tell as I tend to do it at night while my wife and I watch tv. The casting of pieces takes up a fair amount of time (not included in the estimate) and allowing for glue to dry adds to it as well.

The biggest aspect is actually working on layout. For the unpainted T-junction I spent the whole night dry building it to see how it would look and then making additional changes till I was happy. Then pull it apart and start gluing one layer at a time. I could probably work faster at the project if I wanted to but I like to do it when relaxing.

Cheers, Eboli.

[Shas'El Tael]

Glad to hear folks like my idea of a Rumble in the Jungle

Thanks for the run down Eboli; certainly intensive work, but if enjoyable, one doesn't notice. I can spend ages on my digital tiles too

I'm halfway through making those tiles, about the same for Caverns set and a couple of other ideas. I hadn't really thought of downloadable PDFs, the imagery and colouration would ruin a home printer. You would always have a sub-par result. I'm going to go professional print run on photo cardstock. I'll keep folks updated on how that goes.

Talking the group, two of the lads have been shipped out to South Australia and Queensland (job stuff); so we're down the drunken priest and Adalhein, well he finally lucked out I guess. Now to find couple more regulars, just me and one other at this point. I will say it is a relief, because now I'm down two Epic Showdown projects enders. Gives me time to focus on the Knight and the Barbarian.

Anyhow; more miniatures!





Finished Fire and Water, just Wind needing some shading. I decided to use the darkest shade as the base rim colour, worked better than black edging for these unique pieces.

Also focussed on some gribbly bases.. these are Crypt Maggots, from DnD miniatures :



Always liked that scene in King Kong, where folks are getting snacked on by giant maggot like things. So eerie and grim. These should do nicely for terrorising future players!

Updates soon,
Seb.

[Purplebeard]

@Shas'El Tael: Good point about the printing. Well mark me down to buy some. I've been wanting to run some Lustrian-themed adventures for a long while.