HeroQuest: Elf

Here is the second hero, the Elf!

For those out there familiar with the miniature, you will notice he is holding a slightly different sword. The reason is that long time ago, some kid (my wife!) step on it and managed to bend it in such a way that a repair was no longer possible. Therefore, I cut it and attached a new one. I did not have a longsword, only a short one, but the overall effect is ok, although perhaps a bit too broad.

For the colour scheme, I have chosen the classic yellow/red following the art. Overall I am quite happy with the result, although the photo is quite bad.

Please pay attention to the nice Easter egg, in the Spanish edition of HeroQuest, the Elf was wrongly translated as "El Troll" (The Troll) which is just hilarious. You can see that in the picture below.

Painted in 2020

Silver Tower: Mistweaver Saith

This is a female elf model representing some kind of Witch. The figure is quite unique with the mist surrounding and making her float. I was really not sure how to tackle it, but in the end I decided to apply different shades of green for the clothes as if she was some kind of Wood Elf and greys for the mist.

The hair was painted in a similar way as with the Fireslayer, with washes and a bit of yellow and orange on top.

Painted in 2019.

Tyrion

I am really happy to share this post today because it is another milestone reached, the third objective for the year is accomplished!

For this year, I needed to paint all the Sons of Horus, Tyrion, the remaining Blood Bowl figures and start my Pantheon of Chaos miniatures. Right now only the Pantheon is missing, and it is already on the painting table, so it is safe vet that I will make all the objectives this year!

Tyrion is the first -ever- high elf that I have painted, it only took me 23 years to start. Previously I had only painted Dark Elves or Wood Elves.

He joins my small collection of villains and heroes of Fantasy, next to Aekold Helbrass, the Doombull, a Trollslayer, Harry the Hammer, Morglum Necksnapper, Archaon and the Green Knight.

I have decided not to use a mini diorama as a base but rather keep it simple, with some foliage and regular basing flock so that the focus remains on the figure itself.

As for the style, I have tried simple NMM, with not too much contrast and keeping the scheme simple yet powerful, white, blue and gold.

All the gems have a thin layer of gloss varnish.

For the horse cloth I tried a simple geometric decoration with a lighter blue, although it looks to me that it is difficult to see it with the photos I did.

I am quite happy with the result, although there are some areas in which I could have done a better work of the layering and highlighting. The best thing about this miniature has been the chance to change from the tedious work of painting Sons of Horus :D

Painted in 2018