Warhammer Quest (1995) Rebuilt

Still learning to use the Project system on the site so this is the second time making this post later entries should be better organized.

Time to see what we have to work with for the project. I found my original set and a second I bought from a friend back in the day. Taking it all out of the boxes I see that all that I had is still here. The books are still on my bookshelves so we will be looking at the counters and miniatures.

Looking at the contents we have double the amount of all the miniatures and somehow I have the base heroes in triplicate! I also have all of the expansion heroes and the two expansion dungeons that were sold. There is a charm to these old models but I can certainly see they could use a glow up with some modern pieces.

What I’d like to do is replace the cardboard pieces for some 2.5 or 3D items. Thinks like the Power and Webbed tokens for example. For the dungeon tiles I have some dungeon pieces from a kickstarter I backed ages ago and they will be perfect. Fat Dragon Games

Card components will be reprinted to make the new and old content match and allow for expansion. Again another opportunity for a glow up. I love the old style but this expanded set is an opportunity for me to learn some layout skills and practice them.

As for the miniatures I’m going to break this into three parts: Expanded Bestiary, Base Miniatures, Heroes. The goal of this project is to create miniatures for the monsters that are in the Roleplay book that aren’t included in the set. Back in the day you’d buy existing range models and use those. Since those miniatures are out of production for now (and who knows when something like Chaos Dwarves will get an update) 3D printed options are the way to go.

However, it will be hard to match the sculpt style of the old and the new. This is why I’ll be updating the base monsters and heroes eventually. I also want to pick artists whose styles match together really well. From initial searches on MyMiniFactory has produced some favorable results. I will share what I have found in a future planning post so if you want to build your own you can buy the same STLs or get a starting point to pick your own.

For now this is where we will stop and I’ll gather my research notes for the next.