Heroquest Restoration
It's the Elves!
Chose the two elf heroes to start the painting stage. The original paints used were glossy testors paints. I decided to try and see what happens if I don’t try to prime over the original paint job. I’m concerned about losing details by re-priming. Depending on how these go, I may begin the process of stripping paint off first.
My normal method of painting is to put a single layer of paint of each color, then go back and layer up, then wash, then put a final layer.
This method does seem to work to do a quick paint that looks decent.
Step 1 – using Tanned Shadow by reaper, I paint all the exposed skin, and also used this for the male elf hair.
Step 2 – wanted to stick with the original paint scheme, so I painted the male elf tunic with a Reaper Red Brick. Also used the same color to change the color of the female elf’s dress.
Step 3 – Painted the male elf’s pants and the top of his tunic using Reaper Soft Blue. Nothing on the female got this color.
Step 4 – using reapers Walnut Brown, painted all the leather bits, so boots, bags, belts and the like.
Step 5 – next was the weapon and metal bits with Oily Steel from Vallejo, and the female’s cloak with reaper Stone Grey.
That finishes off the first layer for the mini’s.
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