HeroQuest Lockdown Revisited

There are 35 miniatures in the standard Hero Quest game so I was undertaking a pretty big project. I knew that if I didn’t tackle it in one hit I would likely get distracted by something else and string it out for years to come. I decided the best approach would be to get the biggest jobs done first so that things would get easier and more enjoyable as I went on.

For me this meant starting with the monsters, who for the most part consist of multiples of the same sculpt. I would work through the hoard before taking a little more time over the individual heroes.

Setting the Gargoyle and Chaos Sorcerer model aside with the heroes, I began by priming the monsters. The Orks, Fimir and Goblins (known collectively as the Green Monsters), were sprayed with a Kahki primer from Halfords. The ‘White’ monsters (Skeletons, Zombies and Mummies), were sprayed with GW Wraithbone. The Chaos Warriors were sprayed with Lead Belcher.

I wanted to get the set painted as quickly as I could so I set myself the slightly ambitious task of painting one monster type each evening! I had planned to begin with the Orks as they were the biggest group, eight in total. It made sense to get them behind me but at the last minute I chickened out and went with the Six Goblins instead!

In some way I think my guilt must have played on my mind as once I was under way I found myself adding the three Fimir to the painting table. Rather than finishing one of the monster groups that night, as planned, I split my time over two.

On my second night of painting I finished up the Goblins and Fimir and made a start on the Skeletons. I was actually getting ahead of schedule!