More Villains

Took a picture of three classic Citadel Chaos Warriors, with a HeroQuest base.
The first one is Azoth the Faceless (Heroes for Dungeonquest), I just had another layer of paint on him. Looking much better with his robe that was brown and is now turned purple, while his helm is now golden. I am preparing a mini questpack featuring this sorcerer as the main character, with new spells.
The figure is not an original, it is a resin recast that was made and gently gifted by Granpasso (RIP) years ago.
The one in the centre is a Chaos Warrior (another resin recast). He had some bubbles and some missing parts were resculpted with green stuff.
The third one is a Chaos Champion. and is one of my favourite miniatures. The Chaos Champion was made and painted many years ago and one of my first attempt at making resin recasts. A big thank you to Woreno from the Italian HeroQuest forum for providing this and other miniatures to let me have the chance to make my hands on them. Unfortunately you can see part of his pouch missing and the bottom of the sword is also missing a part (it was a skull knob).

Not all bases are the same...

I just had fun measuring all the HeroQuest bases using an electroninc caliper.
It ended that not all bases match the same size perfectly.
Curious that even two miniatures of the same type measures different sizes; possibly they come from a different production or from different editions of the game (country, year of production) or maybe just the plastic used may be different and shkrink more or less than the another one.
The Dwarf seems to be the one wigh the biggest base.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heroquest parody by Pablo Sanchez

A nice artwork by Pablo Sanchez, a HeroQuest parody.
I found this in my hard disk, but can't find the original source anymore to link the artist page.
Fortunately I usually save files with name of the author so at least I can credit him.

Hyper Contest - Vinci un set di HeroQuest (scade 29.9.2019)

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: ITALIANS ONLY

Partecipa al concorso e vinci un set base di HeroQuest in Italiano, 100% completo ed in buonissime condizioni più... alcuni extra (top-secret per il momento)!!!
Il contest è organizzato dal sottoscritto e la partecipazione è gratuita!!! Si, proprio così... gratuita!
I requisiti per partecipare però sono i seguenti:

1. essere cittadino italiano e residente in Italia;
2. avere almeno 18 anni di età compiuti;
3. richiedere ed attivare una carta prepagata HYPE (gratuita) utilizzando solo ed esclusivamente il seguente link di invito:
   https://www.hype.it/invite/684a705759622f5243704d3d 

NOTA: la carta HYPE è una carta prepagata emessa da Banca Sella; non solo non ha costi per voi ma quando vi registrate (vi raccomando di usare solo il link che vi ho indicato sopra, pena l'esclusione dalla partecipazione al contest) riceverete anche un bonus di benvenuto di 10 euro.
Purtroppo chi è già titolare di una carta HYPE non potrà partecipare ma ciò non esclude che si possa far registrare un amico o un proprio parente. Per per ogni utente che si registra e attiva la carta tramite il mio invito, riceverò una notifica che conferma il buon esito della registrazione.

E' necessario che si raggiungano almeno 20 partecipanti.
Qualora non si raggiungesse il numero minimo di 20 partecipanti verrà annunciato l'annullamento del contest ma riceverete comunque il bonus sulla vostra carta.
Tra tutti i partecipanti al contest verrà estratto un vincitore che si aggiudicherà il premio che gli verrà recapitato gratuitamente presso il proprio domicilio (in Italia).
Per motivi di trasparenza e al fine di evitare dubbi di qualunque tipo, l'estrazione verrà effettuata in diretta tramite apposito account su Instagram in modo che sia visibile a chiunque sia interessato.
Il termine ultimo per partecipare è il 29 Settembre 2019, mentre l'estrazione avverrà entro i 15 giorni successivi alla data di scadenza.
Per un più semplice monitoraggio dei partecipanti o se avete dubbi o domande non esitate a chiedere lasciando un messaggio qui sotto.

Loretome 25th...

 

 

Download links:
English  -  Italiano  -  Française  -  Español

A funny and ironic quest I made about 2 years ago.
It was originally made in Italian but it's available also in English, French and Spanish, translated by Sajungzak, Le Nain Rouge and Danstructor.
Cover artwork is painted by Christopher Lue-Quee.
Here is a sample of what you will find inside:

"My friends,
Once again I have called upon you in an hour of great distress. I need your help. It‘s been a while now since the pages of Loretome have begun to turn gray, and day by day more writings seem to fade into nothingness.
Within its vanishing pages it is yet written that this is caused by the actions of Dionisus, a Chaos mage. Although infamous for his ability to manipulate time and minds, he has never been considered a real menace... until now. Dionisus is working to create a copy of Loretome...
The time to act is now. Located in a land that in ancient times was called the Land of the Gnomes, known now as the Gnome-Zone, your task is to find Dionisus’s Manor, discover what his plan is..."

Download links: English  -  Italiano  -  Française  -  Español

 

My miniatures cabinet

While browsing my phone I found a photo of my cabinet I took about two years ago, so I decided to make a new one and share it, because my blog needs an update or just because I like to share it with you.
In the cabinent there are some of my Heroquest and other Citadel figures, plus a few Grenadier, HHG and Ral Partha pieces too.
Wonder if I will ever find the time to paint them all...

Candlesticks Quest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a mini questpack from an idea by mitchiemasha, a YeOldeInn member:

Purely as a homage to the rarity of sets that still have the Sorcerers Candlesticks in true original form, lit and burning. Like many, not only are mine not lit, there's no stick!!! Someone needs to write this Quest... 

It features 3 Quests:
Quest 1 - “Quest for the Burning Candles” written by tb55555.
Quest 2 - "Candle with Care" written by Lestodante (yes, that's me).
Quest 3 - “Candle in the Wind” written by Maurice76 (requires 20 Blocked Square tiles and 10 Pit Trap tiles).

DOWNLOAD LINKS:
English Version (2,80 MB)
Italian Version (2,90 MB)

Conversion: Wizard -> Thor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I recently had a lot of fun doing this conversion. This was a gift I prepared for the Ye Olde Inn Christams Exchange 2017 and my recipient was... Thor-in! Of course this post was hidden so he can not read this before receiving his gift. So, reading his nickname I guessed he must be a Thor fan and decided to have a try at converting the HeroQuest Wizard in a Thor miniature. The main body is taken from the Wizard, the arms are from a HQ Orc (hmm, maybe too big) and the hammer was gently gifted by the Advanced Heroquest Dwarf while some green stuff did the rest.
Mixing some words, Odin (the King of Asgard) and Houdini (the famous wizard) plus Thor and the word sorcerer, I named him "Odinì the Thorcerer".

Wizards of Morcar: the unreleased metal prototypes

Here are the rare metal miniatures from the Wizards of Morcar pack.
If you think you've already seen them, you are right; infact they are shown in the photo on the rear of the box of the expansion pack.
I guess the prototypes were used to test the game and as a guide for sculpting the plastic models. Grawshak, the Orc Shaman, is way bigger than its plastic version, while the others are just a little bit taller than their official plastic counterparts. Boroush, the Storm Master, has no necklace and got a stone on his staff. The prototypes have better details than the plastic models.
Men-at-Arms were released with alternate heads and four body variants and used for Warhammer but this is the right model you can see on the back of the Wizards of Morcar box.

Please note, not all versions of the box are showing the metal prototypes, later releases show the plastic models instead.

Buying a sealed/shrink-wrapped box

Are you after a brand new and still sealed Heroquest box?
Are you ready to pay a lot of gold coins to put your hands on a shrink-wrapped Barbarian or Elf Quest Pack? I know, sealed boxes are very attractive for everyone but first you must consider this:
It can happen (and has happened back in the 90's) that opening a new box (whatever game it is) you can notice that something is wrong.
I remember Ghar (if my memory s not cheating me), a friend from the Italian Heroquest community was lucky enough to find a double set of heroes inside his D&D The Fantasy Adventure board game.

He was very happy in his case, but pieces may also be broken or defected and sometimes even even missing!
How could you react in such situation? Imagine you've bought a sealed Barbarian Quest Pack and to realize that the blue sprue (it is the one with the monsters and the female Barbarian) is missing!!! Are you still alive? It is a manufacturing fault and yes, it can really happen!

For example let's check the photo below, you can notice a great mistake in the cut of the cards, it is just a manufacturing fault; the printer and/or the cut machine were not aligned properly, so the cards feature a bad cut on both sides and the artworks are coming out of the edges while the card title is on the bottom of another card; what a mess!!