HOW TO PAINT HEROQUEST CORRUPTED WARRIORS: A Step-By-Step Guide

How to paint Corrupted Warriors / Chaos Warriors for HeroQuest.
This quick and simple guide is the first in a series of painting videos which will take you through the process I take to paint up a modern day set of HeroQuest using miniatures from the Litchmyre Dungeon range from Zealot Miniatures.
In this video I take you through the steps of painting up the Corrupted Warrior which I will be using as the modern proxy for the original Chaos Warriors.
Perfect for painters of all levels with colour recipes and technique tips.
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[@LegionAscending]

I would totally watch a series on painting the re-released Heroquest that came out couple years ago :D

[@duconlajoie9680]

So impressive. In french to say "craftmanship" we say "artisanat" , cause there is art in it.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Merci 🙏

[@duconlajoie9680]

Thanks to you for sharing knowledge, technic and creativity@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides

[@Caladors]

Hope your daughter liked these ones as much as the first ones. Thanks for links they are very helpful.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Well, she says she still prefers the original models better but I think she’ll come round when she sees the new set all painted up

[@kaotictube]

Love it, simple and effective. Thanks!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you I’m trying to keep the paint jobs in keeping with the feel of the original game. Stay tuned for more 👍🏻

[@jhoodfysh]

Excellent work James, thank you for sharing.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, really glad you enjoyed the video 🙏🏻

[@woolyyyyyyy]

This is going in my repertoire of favorite painting channels! Love your style. Very informative and instructive but also very soothing and cathartic to watch. You've got my sub! Keep up the great work!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, really appreciate your support. I use painting as a way to relax and chill, so I wanted to try and keep my videos the same way. Got loads of things planned so stay tuned

[@superspecky4eyes]

I'm planning on using this paint scheme on my classic Heroquest Chaos Warriors. The Flesh Tearers Red is a beautiful lush cherry red colour. Looking forward to see how they turn out.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Good call. I think it'll work out great. The armour on the classic chaos warriors is perfect for Contrast paints

[@anthony14rmg]

Really nice work on this figure, nice combination of paints and techniques.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. I have loads more planned, so Hit the subscribe if you’d like to see more of my vids 👍🏻

[@justsunny5272]

My heart was lifted for a moment by the thought of a new Hero Quest release :( oh well On the plus side the rest of the video did cheer me up after. I'm tempted to get Slaves to Darkness warriors to try it out myself

[@patahern692]

I cant belive how simple that red armour was to paint, it looks amazing great job!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks The tricky bit is taking care to not paint over the zenithal by accident. Other than that, it’s dead easy 😉

[@andydb5512]

Love this idea...would love to see the rest of the set. Any more board game minis that you have to paint up would be a nice little series 👌

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. I’m going to try and film as much of the painting of this set as possible. So stay tuned for more. If it proves popular I could certainly look at doing more board games Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more 👍🏻

[@robnancekivell2202]

Really nice work, I'd love to see more of the heroquest miniatures done.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you Stay tuned for more 👍🏻

[@Greentreeanduril]

Hello again. I’m happy to say I’ve ordered some of these earlier today. Thanks again for the heads up 👍🏻

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Nice one! I think you’ll be really impressed, they’re great minis. Did you order the alternative weapons for them too?

[@Greentreeanduril]

Brushstroke Painting Guides. They look amazing. I didn’t pick up the alternate weapons but I’m sure I’ll be back to treat myself to the rest of the range soon and pick them up.

[@LeonardoGiordani]

A lovely video thanks! Needless to say that the Heroquest 2 idea is amazing =) I like your style, you did a great job using pretty basic techniques.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, that was exactly what I was aiming for. Hopefully make people think “that’s not difficult” and “I can do that” 🙂 Thanks for watching

[@colmmorrison2035]

Excellent work! I have these same miniatures from the Zealot kickstarter, so I'd love to see more .

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. I really love this range of minis from Zealot Miniatures. Stay tuned for more videos, I have a lot more planned

[@pacoes1974]

I have been watching your Hero Forge episodes and I have to say as much as I enjoy seeing the models the most educational part has been watching you paint the bases. I am so new the basics you show in painting the bases are so helpful. There seems to be so many option. Bellow is what I have found so far. It would be cool to see an episode or so on just painting bases and showing how these affects alter the outcome. Step 1 Prime black or white (or other color) Step 1A1 Zenithal Priming (optional) Dry brush or prime white (or other lighter colors) from above Step 1B1 Slap Job (optional) Dry brush or prime with a light gray (or other light colors) from above followed by white from above Step 2 Base Coat Color flesh and large areas with paint including metallics with a wet pallet (if not covered in contrast paint) Step 2A1 Contrast Paint (optional) Color flesh and large areas in contrast paint Step 2B1 Wash (optional) Aid wash to areas with regular paint (and contrast paints if needed) to darken low areas Step 2B2 (optional) Dab off wash on high areas with a Q-tip Step 3 Build Up Mid-Tones Aid highlights too high spots and edges with a focus around areas you want to draw the eyes to Step 3A1 Wet Blending (optional) Step 3B1 Feathering (optional) Step 3C1 Layering (optional) layer paint in a narrower and narrower area to build up a gradient. Step 3D1 Dry Brushing (optional) Step 3E1 Cross-Hatching (optional) Step 3F1 Stippling (optional) Dab on extreme highlights (final highlights) where the light hits the model Step 3G1 Glazing (optional)

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Hey man, firstly thanks so much for watching my videos. In terms of observations, you’re so right. The method of priming and the then basecoating is a large part of the decision making process and can have a massive difference on the end result. It would make an interesting video for sure. As you’ve probably noticed from my videos I prefer to always prime with black and then add a zenithal spray of light grey from above. The reason for this is it basically keeps my options open to any of the routes you mentioned. If I want, I can just go with solid base colours and shade and layer. Or I could go with contrasts (like this video) and use the zenithal. Or glaze, or layer or even a combination of everything. I find doing the zenithal prime route gives me total freedom to how I approach the mini and even let’s me change my mind if I get inspired when I come to paint it. Thanks

[@adamdoughty813]

Excellent video. And a really well painted model.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you, looking forward to playing some games with them Stay tuned for more 👍🏻

[@jamesrichards2442]

It's a cool project to update an old game with new sculpts. Would love to see a showcase comparing your originals and new miniatures.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thanks man Yeah, that’s very much the plan to show the old models next to the new ones all painted up. I forgot just how many minis there are in a HeroQuest set 🤣

[@warface4881]

Cool miniature you really did him justice.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you

[@happy45rm]

Love seeing the old models painted, keep meaning to pinch Incom’s demo set to paint up and sneak back in the box 😂

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Yeah, I still love my original set but this range caught my eye and I thought I had to make a set out of them too Stay tuned for more 👍🏻

[@spartif]

Great Video mate! You are great at explaining your process. New subscriber so keep em coming!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you I’m still really new to trying to paint on camera but I do my best to explain what I’m doing and why. So, it’s great to hear that comes across. Thanks for the sub, I have loads more planned so stay tuned 👍🏻

[@stompingfreak8980]

That’s a beautiful paint job. Played young sir.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@greyshadedminis]

Awesome work iam on with the old figures missed the kickstarter I waiting to get the figures too up date the game thinking of making a bigger board

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you The zealot kickstarter was perfect excuse for me to update my set. You won’t be disappointed with the minis, they’re awesome. A slightly bigger board would be a good idea. I’ve seen people get some soft mats printed up as boards, which I thought was a great idea 👍🏻

[@derek6631]

HeroQuest is being crowd funded again! But I think your version still looks better!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

It’s typical isn’t it? I think it’s great they’re finally trying to release it again 👍🏻 It’s just a shame it’s only USA at the moment. Appreciate you liking my version though 🙂

[@severindrax]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides available in the uk through zavvi

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. I had seen Zavvi making it available in the UK, so that’s great. There can’t be enough love for HeroQuest in my opinion

[@woodsy899]

Awesome. Im surprised at how easy that armour is aswell. Id be struggling not to slip but

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. You could always do the red armour first and then the other details if you’re worried about painting over the primer by mistake. But if you take your time you’ll see it’s not that tricky to keep things neat. Thanks for watching though, appreciate it 👍🏻

[@timothyritchie5290]

have you got a modern/hasbro hero quest? I am going to use this video to paint my elf in the new set so she will have red armour like the red tunic the elf had in the original game.

[@Greentreeanduril]

WOW, that new Hero Quest lineup looks amazing. Are they still available? Great vid and awesome paint guide. Just need to find the models to paint now👍🏻

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you. The minis are from a recent kickstarter and should be available to buy from their store in September ZealotMiniatures.com

[@Greentreeanduril]

Brushstroke Painting Guides. That’s great, I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for them. Thanks for the info and the video.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching. I hope you’ll subscribe to watch more videos from my HeroQuest project :)

[@Greentreeanduril]

Brushstroke Painting Guides. I subbed as soon as watched the vid👍🏻 Looking forward to seeing more.

[@BrningHalo]

This is great! For the red armor panels....is it really only zenithal Prime and Fleshtearers Red? No extra layering of red, no extra edge highlighting? It cannot be that simple...can it? I've held off painting my World Eaters because I have not found a red that I feel I could properly apply. I think I could actually do this!!!

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Thank you Yes, that’s all there was to it. Zenithal plus contrast. It’s something I had been wondering ever since contrast got released, so this was a good excuse to test it. Give it a try yourself and let me know how you get on 👍🏻

[@plazma2891]

do you know were i can get some monster cards for CORRUPTED WARRIOR?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Sorry no, I’m just going to use my original Chaos Warrior cards

[@Grego7412369]

I recently tired citadel contrast paints for my first time. I have horrible brush strokes on the model. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Well, there could be a few possible problems. The first thing to say is not all colours in the contrast range behave the same way. Some are easier to use than others. There are ones which are very thick and if you’re not very careful with how it’s applied it will gloop up and collect in areas you don’t want. For those, my advice would be to thin with some medium to make them “faster” and then apply as multiple coats rather than just the one hit. Another possibility is you’re overworking the paint. That means you’re still running your brush through it on the surface while it’s starting to dry. Solution to this is usually to work on smaller areas at a time and be in a particular direction so that you don’t go over the same area twice. Again thinning with medium can help here as it may give you longer to work with the paint before it starts to dry. Finally, some colours again can be difficult over smoother flatter areas. For these you need to work from the middle out and use the advice above and you should find the water marks and streaks are reduced

[@Grego7412369]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides thank you so much for the reply and advice. I will try what you mention. Looking forward to more content.

[@SebastienlovesCookieswirlc]

~How tall is that? He looks way bigger than 32 mm.

[@Xenock_Genesis]

You know HeroQuest is Warhammer right? It was Games Workshop teamed up with.. MB Games? So everything can be made out of modern Warhammer. They even have done some Heroquest things, although it may be called Warhammer Quest now.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Absolutely, I know HeroQuest and Space Crusade were the pre-cursor to all Warhammer. But the classic simplicity of the HeroQuest format makes it so timeless. I simply want a modern set of minis for the game I love :)

[@fenriswolf9017]

Can you paint my new Heroquest models please ;)

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Haha sorry I don’t have the new set, but I will be carrying on with my own reboot project. The paint recipes should work well with the new minis 👍🏻

[@fenriswolf9017]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides lol I meant to actually paint mine for me ;)

[@cake-diver8991]

😂 How pissed were you when you realised

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

🤣 very, at first, but since seeing the difference between the minis in the new version and the range I opted for I’m happy with my choice. What I am happy with is the new version mean new levels and expansions which I can still buy to get new tiles and maps Win win 👍🏻

[@Stuffandstuff974]

Heroquest has been rereleased

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Great, did you get a copy?

[@Stuffandstuff974]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides No, I believe it was a US release only.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

It was yes, I didn’t know if you were US based. You never know, if it’s really popular over there Hasbro may go Global release

[@Stuffandstuff974]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides Sunny Lancashire myself, so unfortunately not able to get my mitts on a copy. If memories serve me right I don't think it was an overwhelming success. Although I do own an original copy so I'm happy with that as well as a copy of space crusade, something the Americans never got to experience. It's kinda sad that really. I would imagine they would have loved that game.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

@@Stuffandstuff974 completely agree, I think they would have been far better releasing Space Crusade in the States and HeroQuest in Europe. Mind you, I’m sure GW would have wanted some royalties from Space Crusade being re-released, given it has space marines in it

[@mitchelltyner5670]

haha jokes on you. they did redo heroquest lol

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Haha I know right? So typical, I get bored of waiting and along a new version comes. That said, I still do prefer the minis I opted for over the new game. I’ll be keeping an eye out to see if they release any new expansions though 😉

[@mitchelltyner5670]

@@BrushstrokePaintingGuides yeah the minis you got look great!

[@RandomPS5Guides]

That aged well didn't it, u thinking heroquest wouldn't get a modern game release lol.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

Haha yeah, the new version was announced almost the exact time I posted this. I still prefer the minis I chose though 🙂

[@RandomPS5Guides]

@BrushstrokePaintingGuides yeah they look wicked dude. Keep up the good work

[@MultiICR]

Copying this for my Thousand Sons 30k Praetor

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

That’s an awesome idea. Would love to see some pics when you do 👍🏻

[@evansmith8549]

Doesnt look like it's ever gonna happen lol.

[@BrushstrokePaintingGuides]

🤣 haha I know, right! Spend years waiting and finally give up on it ever happening and THEN they decide to make one ... seems to be US only though.

[@bonvivant55]

😂