I have alt-versions of the heroes to choose which the able Ben (aka the Smurf) has painted. Many of the heroes came as duplicates in a copy of
Mighty Warriors I found on Ebay (along with a Warhammer Quest Barbarian and Minotaur meant to replace the broken warrior mini).
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| Here it is. |
Mighty Warriors is a game Games Workshop obviously made to repackage all the excess Advanced Heroquest miniatures they were left with. In this game the elf, dwarf and human warrior team up with the henchmen to take on the wizard (called the Chaos Wizard) and some skaven. You can get the rules for free
here though Boardgame Geek indicates the game is somewhat poor. Might be worth a play, though for some reason you roll in the inside of the box to resolve combat.
Anyroads here are our heroes and their variants:-
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| It's now like playing Street Fighter 2 - if you press Button B you get the alternative colour |
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| Magnus the Bright, now in red, again painted by Sir Smurf of the Order of the Good Paint. |
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| A comparison shot of the two Magnusi |
This more fiery Magnus got dug out for one of our players at the last AHQ game we played, where he managed to nuke some bats into oblivion.
Somehow Magnus just isn't evil enough to be the main baddie in Mighty Warriors. Probably I'll probably replace the AHQ Wizard with an evil looking Chaos Sorcerer if I ever play Mighty Warriors.
The dwarf now has a choice of 2 colour schemes:-
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| The two dwarves |
The Elf has the choice of wood elf or high elf colour schemes:-
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| The two elves - wood elf scheme and high elf scheme (l-r) |
Smurf has also done some amazing work on this mini, originally intended to represent my (now-deceased) WFRP3E character:-
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| Warhammer Quest's Noble, ably painted by Ben (aka the Smurf). |
The piece above is the Warhammer Noble, from the Warhammer Noble Pack, one of the Warrior Packs from Warhammer Quest. I'm quite interested in owning/running Warhammer Quest but despite the fact it is a more recent game to Advanced Heroquest (AHQ came out in 1989, WQ in 1995 and was supported by a lot of expansions) the price for any WQ packs on Ebay are extortionate. The main game goes for ~£150, and the expansions are even more scarce. By comparison I picked up a complete Heroquest for £25.
Incidentally if you happen to have a Warhammer Quest you want rid of, speak to me. Funnier things have happened (yes, Josh :P)...
Meanwhile, on the girl miniature front...
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| Female wood elves rangers |
These games come with a worrying lack of female miniatures to represent the heroes.
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| Female elven ranger (or warrior-wizard if you will) |
The above lass was bought because in our first session Naomi wanted to play the Heroquest elf (who in AHQ still is able to fight reasonably well and cast some spells, albeit with a chance of failure to balance against poor wizards who aren't allowed armour or big swords). Despite the fact I didn't have the Heroquest miniature at that point, nothing could dissuade my nearest and dearest, so after a rather confused session using the AHQ elf I decided to treat her to the above pretty mini.
Well, it is pretty in my opinion (the picture doesn't do it justice) - to be honest she's rather nonchalant about it, muttering about how since it's not a proper RPG the gender of her model doesn't matter and preferring "Drunkie", the female swordsman figure we use for her henchman. "Drunkie" is a cheap D&D mini and is called Drunkie as she bends very easily and was almost horizontal when she emerged from the game box.
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| The Elf Ranger's sister. |
And here are all 6 of our new heroes:-
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| The Alternative Heroes - including 2 female elf rangers (the one on the left is Naomi's hero), an alt-mage
with a fire theme, a Warhammer Quest noble, an alt-Dwarf, alt-Elf |
On the dwarf front there are several new additions:-
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| Dwarf daemon-slayer, a guy who can't seem to get himself killed |
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| The Warhammer Quest Trollslayer |
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| A Dwarf Thane |
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| Hic, be right there boss! |
The above chap is to represent the
dwarven brewmaster, a Warhammer Quest add-on that was published in Deathblow along time. Did I mention I want that game? (Expect a Pimp my Warhammer Quest series in 2015 at this rate).
