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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: black hat miniatures on September 28, 2013, 02:58:44 PM
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I have been planning to work on some dungeon crawling figures and terrain for a while and bought the reaper bones Kickstarter package and some Ainsty terrain.
I also picked up a cheap copy of Heroquest a while back but hadn't played it until last weekend. I really enjoyed the game and realised with all the extra quests available and addons it would be the perfect system for what I wanted.
So, I am working on a new project to create the Heroquest game in 3-d using Ainsty dungeon pieces.
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/hqboard1.jpg)
So far I have created a board base from two pieces of foamboard covered in ferro-sheeting. it is 4' x 3' and folding in the middle. I then created a set of magnetically backed card pieces to form a border around the Heroquest playing area.
The picture above shows a quick test of some of the terrain pieces I've finished. I am painting them dark grey, light grey dry-brush and then Supershader black wash.
I have also started painting up the heroes and other pieces from the basic Heroquest game. More pictures once they are finished.
I'm quite excited by doing this - need quite a lot more dungeon terrain though to create even a basic board (I have another basic floor set to paint and a lot of walls!).
Mike
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LOOKIN' GOOD! Even at this early stage, this has a lot of potential. In my AD&D Days, having my Little Adventurers explore detailed model dungeons was a favorite dream/project that in reality always lost the battle for table space to the dips & chips. That aside, keep up the SPLENDID WORK!
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Agree, it does look splendid so far. Keep on posting, there's a lot of potential here. I'm looking Forward to seeing more.
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Great idea about using magnets, they're so versatile. I can't wait to see what else you come up with 8)
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What a lovely idea. It's also nice that you have a simple format/layout which you can work with. I think the Ainsty stuff is pretty brilliant, though the whole project may be a bit expensive. I can't wait to follow this. Perhaps if they do the 25th Anniversary Hero Quest game you'll have some great new furniture and minis with it!
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Looking forward to it seeing this finished! Nice beginning :)
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Sounds promising ;)
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Thanks for the comments.
I am adding magnaflex to the base of all the dungeon pieces to help hold them in place. Nothing is more annoying then when your whole dungeon moves!
In order to recreate the Heroquest board I have had to add some extra squares to the corridors. The rooms can remain the same size, but in HQ the walls have no thickness. In the Ainsty system everything is based on a 3cm grid, so the walls are 3cm across (including the edge pieces on each side). This meant adding extra square so the board is now 34 squares across by 25 squares down.
I contemplated painting lines on to the dungeon floors but have decided to go with inches instead for movement and I'm also keeping all the floors grey rather than painting as per the HQ board as it makes the pieces more flexible.
I have started on the figures:
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/heroes1.jpg)
The Elf, Barbarian and Dwarf are done. The Wizard is nearly finished and I've started on the Mummies and Skeletons.
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Classic goodness right there. Lubberly!
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What a great project! :-*
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Cool.
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The first room is done. This is where the heroes start with the spiral staircase.
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/room1.jpg)
This is a quick picture, lighting isn't that great so everything seems a bit washed out. I'll take some better photos as I get more stuff done.
Mike
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Now are you going to be laying out squares? Because I can't make out any 'spaces' in that room...? I can vaguely make out some square tiles which look like they'd each be about four squares?
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I contemplated painting lines on to the dungeon floors but have decided to go with inches instead for movement and I'm also keeping all the floors grey rather than painting as per the HQ board as it makes the pieces more flexible.
To answer your question :)
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Ahhhh, reading is fundamental. lol
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Very interesting and inspiring!
:-*
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Nice project, I love Heroquest as a fun game, goes down well with friends over a decent claret or two.
I am awaiting the arrival of my Itars Workshop Kickstarter dungeon sets (insane amounts of pieces :o) with equal measures of excitement and trepidation to do something similar.
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Rob,
I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
I'd originally looked at the Dwarven Forge Kickstarter for my dungeon stuff but it was too expensive including the shipping. So far I've spent less on Ainsty than I would have spent on the Dwarven Forge shipping!
Mike
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This is a quick shot of the board laid out with the bits I have from Ainsty so far - painted and unpainted:
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/hqboard2.jpg)
I have found a couple of problems with the Ainsty tiles in that they are not all exactly the same size. The special floor tiles with the trapdoors in them are slightly smaller in one direction.
I am also now thinking about going with an original plan and perhaps getting the HQ room floors done in MDF as single pieces and painting them the appropriate HQ colours as it would keep down the cost and let me put them together faster. The Ainsty tiles and walls would be used for everything else.
I'm in the middle of a test paint on an MDF section that Sarissa did for me a while back so I'll see what it looks like...
Mike
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Here are some Dungeon Tiles that Sarissa made for me a while back. I did them to work with the Ainsty resin staircases etc.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6454655765_b37754b88d_o.jpg)
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Hi Mick
If you remember I got the details off you at the time - Sarissa cut me a sample about a year ago. I've just tried it and it looks okay so I've asked them for a quote for enough to do the rooms.
thanks
Mike
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Beautiful stuff...(must fight urge to bust out 50 lbs. of dwarven forge stuff in the garage...). I love your progress so far.
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Some more figures this time.
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/wizard.jpg)
Wizard
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/skeletons.jpg)
Skeletons
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/mummies.jpg)
Mummies
And the first test Bones figure I painted to see how the paint went on:
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/golem.jpg)
Stone Golem.
I've ordered some more dungeon flooring from Ainsty and inquired with Sarissa about getting the rooms cut from MDF.
Mike
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Mike, if you're considering going MDF cut rooms...4Ground is releasing a dungeon line at sometime in the future (they haven't said precisely when).
I like the Stone Golem - not the wizard (never liked that figure!) :P Keep up the great work!
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Stone golem looks great look forward to see what you do come up with in the end.
Hmmm 4ground that will be a great idea! Especially with Otherworld releasing there dungeon crawl game later in the year
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As a self-professed absolute 4Ground whore, I'm sure it will be quite good (pre-painted too!). For me, I have a ton of DF stuff so I'll be hard pressed to go in another direction. I do hope though they release some awesome dungeon "stuff". They're releasing some beautiful furniture for some of their other lines, so here's hoping they produce a lot of goodies for filling the dungeon.
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I agree with you about the Wizard figure - doesn't really shout Wizard to me at all. Paintjob didn't come out that well either... I've dug out a Bones Wizard to paint up as a repalcement and see if that works better.
I am going to go with Sarissa for the floors as they will custom cut 6mm MDF to match the Ainsty walls so it all ties together.
a 4Ground Dungeon sounds interesting - I haven't seen a decent laser-cut dungeon system yet. Most of them look too flat or just dull.
Mike
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Coming together very nicely Mike. I would very much recommend painting the rooms in the appropriate colours.
(The beginnings of my project are here: http://s321.photobucket.com/user/robh/library/Fantasy%20Dungeon?sort=4&page=1 (http://s321.photobucket.com/user/robh/library/Fantasy%20Dungeon?sort=4&page=1) Made from Hirst casts bought from Markie Mark to match the Itar style/sizes.)
There are some great threads on the Hirst Arts forum about Heroquest boards in 3D, and how to solve the "wall thickness" issue and the pro/con of building the stepped floors present in some rooms. Plus some lovely eye candy.
(http://deuc.free.fr/friesen/albums/HQ03/images/hq03_13.jpg)
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Rob
Those look great - like the colours he has used.
Mike
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Had chance this weekend to finish off a couple of figures - had hoped to do more but it didn't work out.
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/goblin1.jpg)
First test paint of a goblin
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/orc1.jpg)
First test paint of an Orc.
Mike
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Hellow Mike,
The orcs and goblins look good.
Here are my Heroquest figures - I went for fairly uniform colour schemes per monster type.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6910783564_397124055b_o.jpg)
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Hi Mick
They look good - I'm thinking about making the monsters themed in colour but varying slightly between each figure.
This is the replacement Wizard figure I've been working on from Reaper:
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/wiz2.jpg)
Says Wizard a lot more to me than the Heroquest one...
Still needs a bit of tidying up and varnishing.
Mike
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Not had a lot of time to paint or work on this but I have managed a few more figures:
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/goblins.jpg)
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/zombies.jpg)
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/orcs.jpg)
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/chaos.jpg)
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/ewizard.jpg)
Just the Fimir and Gargoyle to go and then it'll be onto the furniture.
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Awesome :) I really should paint up my Heroquest set; the figures have a nice charm to them.
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lol, I was just thinking "what charming miniatures". Very cool stuff! I like your take on the Orcs.
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Cool. I did my fimir with human skin tones.
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I really enjoy seeing 80's Chaos Warriors in coloured armour, really suits them. Nicely done Mike.
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I have finally got back to my Heroquest project.
It took a long time to get the MDF room floors from Sarissa and by the time I got them I'd moved onto some other things but I have dug them out and starting painting them up over the last week.
Here are a couple of shots of the board laid out - not all rooms are painted yet.
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/HQ1.jpg)
(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/HQ/HQ2.jpg)
I am planning on painting all the walls, etc I have and then putting one final large order into Ainsty to complete it...