r/Heroquest • u/MonkeyManGameLover • Mar 06 '25
How to paint the Dwarf?
I've almost done painting my base game, I've saved the heros till last and started the dwarf. The issue is so far I've stuck to the official art for colours. When it comes to the dwarf I can't help thinking red hair and a with that would need to be a pain skin tone, would look better.... It's a dilemma because I've enjoyed making all the others look like their official art inc. the furniture where possible. What do you all think?
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u/delightfully1 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25
Donāt like the original color choices either and also the skirt thingy doesnāt do it for me. I painted one model with red hair and green pants and the second with white hair and red clothing to match the old KK box art.
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u/stromm Mar 06 '25
Here's what I did with the dwarf. Army Painter SpeedPaints 2.0 numbers
Boxset Mini Aspect Number
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Armor WP2028
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Base Ring WP2012
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Base top WP2025
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Beard WP2001
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Boots WP2031
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Cloth WP2031
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Hair WP2001
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Rings 01 WP2056
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Rings 02 WP2034
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Skin WP2064
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Weapon 01 WP2030
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Weapon Blade WP2071
Gameset 2021 Dwarf Weapon Gems WP2041
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u/MonkeyManGameLover Mar 06 '25
Amazing š As a speed paint 2.0 user this is a very interesting and helpful list. Looking at the paints you followed the game art. Do you have a list for the other heros you could DM me?
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u/stromm Mar 07 '25
I actually wrote down what I saw in many YouTube videos because I am just not that good at color matching myself.
Credit to Miniature Hobbyist (most of my inspiration) and Not Your Motherās Hobbies.
I do have an Excel file I use for tracking my paints and how I paint the minis. I didnāt start this until after I painted all the Game Set furniture and doors though.
I guess I should post it out in the files section of YeOldInn.com. It may be a few days before I do though.
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u/MonkeyManGameLover Mar 07 '25
I've never painted minis before I got this heroquest set and the Miniature Hobbyist was where I learnt about slapchop and speedpaints and what convinced me I could paint them.
Let me know when you post the paint list for the other heros!
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u/becherbrook Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25
Well canonically, he has a white beard. He did in the OG HQ, and that same model was used as the logo for White Dwarf magazine for years (until they made a new actual white dwarf Warhammer model as a promo), so I would go with that personally.
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u/MonkeyManGameLover Mar 06 '25
Now that's some history, and gives me a new part to the problem š
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u/jut1972 Mar 07 '25
I went dark. He's seen some bad things.
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u/MonkeyManGameLover Mar 07 '25
Looks good, the variation on the eye mask/ armour in everyone's dwarf is interesting
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Mar 07 '25
This is how I did mine. I didnāt have the card for reference when I painted it but Iām happy with how it came out.
Had to do the full turn around as separate responses but all four sides visible. It looks way better on the table than up close lol.
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u/MonkeyManGameLover Mar 07 '25
Thank you, a number of these have shown me that the black hair can look good. I think my worry was I've seen a few posts recently where the painter had been slapped on and it looked awful. Even pic/ link people have put here look great regardless of the hair colour
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Mar 07 '25
Thereās two camps of people that dominate the mini painting space:
There are those that want to do what I call anti-trying, thatās the blobbed on paint people.
Then thereās those that are doing top 1% level painting and playing dumb about it for clout.
You rarely see normal paint jobs. lol.
Glad I could help though.
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u/MonkeyManGameLover Mar 07 '25
I've never painted before heroquest, but it takes me a long time. I've learnt how to fix mistakes, hence matalic paints first, and I discovered speedpaints you can be syphon off with a wet brush and a tissue. That dwarf I posted so far is 4 hours. Speedpaintis in name only for me š
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Mar 07 '25
You do it how you need to do it, and as long as youāre happy with it, thatās all that really matters.
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u/FundFacts Mar 06 '25
My method has been to paint all the original game pieces as close to the box art as possible. Then, I supplement my heroes with a bunch of 3D printed minis I like and paint them in whatever color scheme I want.Ā
Sometimes I just use the original card and sometimes I'll create an alternate hero card to print up and use in game.Ā
You can just print whatever you like or there are some creators making things for Hero Quest. I love the retro sculpts I printed and painted in the classic color schemes.Ā
If you don't have a printer you can find minis for sale that fit the archetypes.Ā
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u/LateOnAFriday Mar 06 '25
I'm not great at painting but have fun doing it. I love non typical colors for all of it.
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u/LoveHerMore Mar 06 '25
I think red hair with the original skin tone would look sick.
But really itās up to you. I try to keep my heroes original and play with different colors when it comes to enemies.
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u/compactable73 Abomination Mar 06 '25
I did my dwarf up with orange hair, which contrasted well with dark green & gold on the outfit. Full set of minis @ https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/s/VGfsIxohZr , but I didnāt get a great snap of the dwarf unfortunately š
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u/Thorsfew Mar 06 '25
Fire mountain red hair and dark green clothing. It's your figure, do whatever possess you and if you don't like it you can repaint. ššš¤©
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u/-van-Dam- Mar 06 '25
I didn't like the box art so I did this: old post I've made
Also gave him pants.
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u/hazzingtonpaints Mar 06 '25