HeroQuest Lockdown Revisited

I always felt this guy must have been based on the White Dwarf or possibly the other way around? I’m not sure when he started appearing on the magazine. In any event he is a great little model, arguably the best model in the set.

As with the other miniatures the Dwarf doesn’t have quite the level of detail depicted on the player board. I matched the colours as best I could but most of this model would be done with metallics.

I painted the helmet, chain mail and axe with Lead Belcher. The shoulder pads and helmet crest were done with Dwarf Bronze. All the metallics were then washed down with Nuln Oil before a dry brush of Runefang Steel was applied to the silver areas. The bronze areas had the Dwarf Bronze reapplied. The Axe then had a selective wash of Agrax Earthshade to give the impression it had been well used!

For the boots and gloves I painted Wyldwood contrast directly over the Khaki primer, while what little fabric can be seen at the elbows and hem of his jacket were Skeleton Hoard. These areas were also given a wash of Agrax Earthshade. The beard and eyebrows were painted Screaming Skull and given a thinned down wash of Agrax, then dry rushed back to Screaming Skull. I wanted a slightly ruddier complexion for the Dwarf so I used Vallejo Brown Rose flesh paint with a little Kislev flesh mixed to taste. I intentionally left his nose almost pure Brown Rose! As with the other heroes this was given a wash of Ogryn Flesh.

All the heroes were given the same Soft Tone and Matt Varnish treatment as the monsters and this certainly enhanced the shading and gave a nice, resilient finish.

With the last of the heroes done the miniatures from the set are complete. I’m taking a break to work on some other projects for a bit but I’m planning to come back to this project when I get around to printing and painting some of the missing furniture elements.