Painting HeroQuest: Episode 11 - SLAP CHOP Painting the Goblins

Steps

1. 1 Give every miniature a white dry brush over the zenithal prime first — the "Slap Chop" base that lets the one-coat speed paints and contrast paints read properly.
2. 2 Clean up any mold lines missed before priming by scraping them with a hobby knife and sanding smooth, then re-prime and re-drybrush just those spots.
3. 3 Base-coat small fur tufts poking from gloves and boots with Apothecary White, and the teeth — plus the bone helmet on the alternate sculpts — with Pallid Bone.
4. 4 Vary the skin tone across the goblins: Ghillie Dew for the most artwork-accurate look, Charming Chartreuse for a yellower Lord-of-the-Rings-style goblin, Nuclear Sunrise for an orange goblin, and Royal Robes for a few blue-skinned goblins.
5. 5 Paint cloaks, hand wraps, and some clothing with Grim Black for a stealthy look, and use it on one alternate sculpt's headpiece fur as well.
6. 6 Paint other goblins' clothing with Fire Drake, and the other furry headdress plus more clothing with Ruddy Fur.
7. 7 Base-coat all the leather — belts, straps, and leg wraps — with Satchel Brown.
8. 8 Paint the bases with Waaagh! Flesh, building up a couple of coats for coverage.
9. 9 Base-coat all the metal weapons and armor with a 50/50 mix of Broadsword Silver and Payne's Grey ink.
10. 10 Thin Slaughter Red with speed paint medium and glaze it onto the ear and nose tips for a touch of redness, and use the same mix for the sneaky goblins' tongues.
11. 11 Pick out gold details — earrings, jewelry, the female goblins' necklaces, sword handguards, and chest medallions — with Retributor Armour.
12. 12 Paint the eye whites, dangly earrings, the goblins' bone-colored hat sections, the sneaky goblins' hood stitching, and a few bony teeth on the belt with Offwhite, and touch up any stray fur color at the same time.
13. 13 Add pupils to the dried eye whites with a black Micron pen.
14. 14 Tone down the Offwhite areas, aside from the eyes, with a coat of Pallid Bone.
15. 15 Wash the sneaky goblins' stitching with Seraphim Sepia and the dangly earrings with Nuln Oil.
16. 16 Highlight the metal edges and blades roughly with Vallejo Gunmetal for variety, without worrying about smooth blending.

Paints used

• Apothecary White (Citadel)

  Base coat for small fur tufts poking from gloves and boots

• Pallid Bone (Army Painter)

  Base coat for teeth and the alternate sculpts' bone helmet; also a toning coat over most of the Offwhite areas

• Ghillie Dew (Army Painter)

  Skin tone on some goblins, matching the artwork most closely

• Charming Chartreuse (Army Painter)

  Yellower skin tone on some goblins, closer to the Lord of the Rings look

• Nuclear Sunrise (Army Painter)

  Orange skin tone on one goblin

• Royal Robes (Army Painter)

  Blue skin tone on a few goblins

• Grim Black (Army Painter)

  Cloaks, hand wraps, and some clothing, plus one alternate sculpt's headpiece fur

• Fire Drake (Army Painter)

  Clothing on several of the goblins

• Ruddy Fur (Army Painter)

  A furry headdress and additional clothing

• Satchel Brown (Army Painter)

  All the leather — belts, straps, and leg wraps

• Waaagh! Flesh (Citadel)

  Base coat for all the bases

• Broadsword Silver (Army Painter)

  Base coat for all the metal, mixed 50/50 with Payne's Grey ink

• Payne's Grey (Daler-Rowney)

  Mixed 50/50 with Broadsword Silver as the metal base coat

• Slaughter Red (Army Painter)

  Thinned glaze for ear and nose tips, and the sneaky goblins' tongues

• Retributor Armour (Citadel)

  Gold earrings, jewelry, necklaces, sword handguards, and chest medallions

• Offwhite (Vallejo)

  Eye whites, dangly earrings, bone hat sections, hood stitching, and a few bony belt teeth

• Seraphim Sepia (Citadel)

  Wash over the sneaky goblins' hood stitching

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Wash over the dangly furry earrings

• Gunmetal (Vallejo)

  Rough edge highlights on all the metal