Painting HeroQuest for Beginners: Episode 2 - The Wizards

Steps

1. 1 Base coat the skin on both wizards with Cadian Fleshtone.
2. 2 Base coat the pants and sleeves with Innsmouth Blue, the tunic with Yellow Ochre, and the cape with Purple.
3. 3 Base coat the hair with Brown Sand.
4. 4 Base coat the leather belts, boots, and bracers with Bosh Chesnut.
5. 5 Undercoat the staff with Rhinox Hide, and base coat the headband with Mephiston Red.
6. 6 Paint the non-gold metal pieces - the cape rings and belt elements - with Silver, and the staff head, pouch buckle, belt buckle, headband, and bracer and boot buckles with Gold.
7. 7 Highlight the hair by mixing in progressively more Deep Yellow over the Brown Sand base, painting along the grain and brightening toward the crown.
8. 8 Paint the eyes: fill the sockets with Rhinox Hide, fill the whites with Offwhite, add a Rhinox Hide pupil line, then clean up the edge with the skin tone.
9. 9 Wash the skin with Reikland Fleshshade (avoiding the eyes), the leather and gold metal areas with Agrax Earthshade, and the hair with Seraphim Sepia.
10. 10 Highlight the skin - cheekbones, nose, forehead, chest, and finger knuckles - with Cadian Fleshtone, then brighten further by mixing in Kislev Flesh over progressively smaller areas.
11. 11 Freehand a star-and-tooth pattern design onto the tunic using Scrag Brown thinned with flow enhancer.
12. 12 Mix Mephiston Red into Cadian Fleshtone for the female wizard's lips, and thin Drakenhof Nightshade into a glaze for the male wizard's five o'clock shadow.
13. 13 Highlight the cape by mixing in Braineater Azure, then a brighter pass of Lendanis Grey, then reinforce the shadows and folds with a thinned Druchii Violet wash.
14. 14 Highlight the tunic's freehand design with a Jokaero Orange and Scrag Brown mix, then highlight the rest of the tunic (mixing in more Lilith Yellow) and the leather bits (mixing in Yellow Ochre).
15. 15 Highlight the blue pants and sleeves by mixing in progressively more Lendanis Grey, finishing near-pure, then wash around all the silver areas with Nuln Oil and paint the bases with Hull Red.
16. 16 Finish by highlighting all the gold areas with Glorious Gold, including a dry-brushed pass on the staff.

Paints used

• Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

  Wash over the leather bits and the gold metal areas

• Bosh Chesnut (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Base coat for the leather belts, boots, and bracers; mixed with Yellow Ochre for their highlight

• Braineater Azure (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed into the Purple cape for its first highlight

• Brown Sand (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the hair, mixed with Deep Yellow for its highlight

• Cadian Fleshtone (Citadel)

  Base coat for the skin on both wizards; reapplied on raised areas as the first skin highlight; mixed with Mephiston Red for the female wizard's lips

• Deep Yellow (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed progressively into the Brown Sand hair base to highlight the hair

• Drakenhof Nightshade (Citadel)

  Thinned into a glaze for the male wizard's five o'clock shadow

• Druchii Violet (Citadel)

  Thinned wash to reinforce the shadows and folds of the cape once its highlights are dry

• Glorious Gold (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Final highlight over all the gold areas, including a dry-brushed pass on the staff

• Gold (Vallejo, Metal Color)

  Base coat for the staff head, and the pouch, belt, headband, bracer, and boot buckles

• Hull Red (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the display bases

• Innsmouth Blue (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Base coat for the pants and sleeves; highlighted by mixing in Lendanis Grey

• Jokaero Orange (Citadel)

  Mixed with Scrag Brown to highlight the tunic's freehand design

• Kislev Flesh (Citadel)

  Highlight over the Cadian Fleshtone skin base coat

• Lendanis Grey (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Brighter highlight layer on the cape, over Braineater Azure; also mixed progressively into the Innsmouth Blue pants and sleeves for their highlight

• Lilith Yellow (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed progressively into the tunic highlight for extra brightness

• Mephiston Red (Citadel)

  Base coat for the headband; mixed with Cadian Fleshtone for the female wizard's lips

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Wash around all the silver metal areas

• Offwhite (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Fills in the whites of the eyes

• Purple (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the cape, built up through Braineater Azure and Lendanis Grey highlights

• Reikland Fleshshade (Citadel)

  Wash over the skin to build depth

• Rhinox Hide (Citadel)

  Fills the eye sockets and the pupil line; undercoat for the staff before gold goes on top

• Scrag Brown (Citadel)

  Freehand star-and-tooth pattern design on the tunic, thinned with flow enhancer; mixed with Jokaero Orange to highlight it

• Seraphim Sepia (Citadel)

  Shade on the hair

• Silver (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the non-gold metal pieces - the cape rings and belt elements

• Yellow Ochre (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the tunic; mixed into the leather highlight