Warhammer Quest Darkwater (Pt. 1, first characters)

 Here we go for yet another new project!

As the kids have shown more interest in fantasy settings rather than sci-fi ones, I've been looking for ways to channel that enthusiasm (while chanelling my own!). This new Warhammer Quest Darkwater box was quite an obvious choice, as it got everything we could hope for! The minis are ubercool and it looks like a better, easier choice than a full scale Warhammer army.

And so it all started. First thing I have to say as a disclaimer: apparently this game is set in this Age of Sigmar setting, of which I know barely anything (and I don't have any wish to learn more). So my minis would be fitting in the good old reliable WHFB setting. I can live with all the Nurgle thing (which looks ace, of course), but I thought I had to put some additional work on the characters. You'll see what I'm talking about:

Let's start with the Knight of the Manticore. It looks like it fits in that Cities of Sigmar thing and, while I'll admit the design is pretty cool, it doesn't really work for me.

Let's start the change

Ohhh, you see where I'm going...

Right, a Bretonnian knight! Well, it is kind of obvious, if you know me. I really coulnd't see but a Questing Knigt (because this is... well, Warhammer Quest!). The conversion is pretty basic. I wanted to change the axe with a sword, but the kids told that they preferred the axe, so nothing else to say.

Unless...

What's this?

Oh, didn't I tell you? My bad (Giggle). A friend of mine, knowing I was to embark on this project, commissioned me to paint his own set. So I had the chance to so some other stuff.

No kidding, I'm doing every mini twice

He liked a Song of Ice and Fire vibe more than Bretonnia, so we finally took a Baratheon approach:

That horned llama on the chest is supposed to be a deer

I also took yellow, but in another different direction

 

Look at the scale creep. Glups

Look at the finished result:

 Next one is the sorceress mini. I haven't read the lore of the game or the characters in depth, as I prefer to make my own version of it with my ideas and prejudices, not the ones from the box. I only know that she is supposed to make the sword she's wielding with the very water of the jar she carries.

Whatever. My character will be a Bretonnian Sorceress

My pal didn't want that for his mini, so we studied the options.

 

No sleeves, no Bretonnian lady, more like a forest Dryad or Naiad

The good thing about this mini is that the long skirt is not a single solid piece. On the contrary, it is hollow and even the legs are sculpted:

Peekaboo. Most hentai thing I've ever done in this blog

So this could be done. Now the mini looks lighter

My own, on the contrary, went full Bretonnia

My pal's mini got a pair of small antlers

I respected the sword made of water for him

For my Sorceress, I added some detail to the dress:

Next one, the only mini that didn't need a conversion for me! The Dwarf!

Well, I've been informed that Dwarfs exist no more in Age of Sigmar, now they are.. what are they called? Duard-what? Edwardins? Ok, cool. As you please.

Fili and Kili. As they should have been depicted in the movies

Little thing to say, I'm afraid, as the mini is superb by all means:

 

Last one of the batch, the Knight lady. I insist, I haven't read their background, so I don't know a thing of these characters. At first I toyed with the idea of a warrior lady in the Empire, but didn't find the way to make it work properly. It was my pal who opened my eyes. Do you see that torn armour? Those falling pieces? It's screaming "undead"!

Oh yeah!

But for my own mini I went a step further. I got to think too much. How could an Undead be part of my band of good guys? Vampire Counts don't often make friends with the living. So if an Undead was to fight for Good, it meant that... Hmmm... It meant that it was once a brave hero, bound by an oath beyond death. This knight (he or she or them) was a living saint and now is a undead saint.

First idea

 Of course, a Saint needs a halo, a crown of light...

Time to cut pins

I only hope the kids don't touch that one much

So these are the Undead guys:

And finished:

 Some final group shots!

My minis

My friend's minis

 This is all I got for now. I still have three other characters (well, six) to do! They will come, they will come...