It won’t be long until you can plunge into the foetid ruins of Warhammer Quest: Darkwater and put Nurgle’s odious servants to the blade. The band of heroes in the new Warhammer Quest includes a range of classic archetypes, with a few curveballs thrown in for good measure. Each is stuffed with character, making them great painting projects.
We sent out some early copies of Darkwater to the wider Warhammer community, and received back an appropriate deluge of heroes and villains – more than we have for any other painting request. It has proven so popular that even by being really selective with what we picked, we need to split the responses across two articles. Apologies to anyone that didn’t get included.
Edmark Valoran, the Manticore Knight, with all his arrogance and braggadocio has demanded first place. Thibaut Raum, Jon Gómez, Greg Dann, Dennis of Chaosbunker, and Brennan Baker have all supplied appropriately fancy looking miniatures that pass even Edmark’s withering scrutiny with absolutely flying colours.
Everyone loves a duardin in Warhammer Quest, especially one who specialises in chopping and tunneling through ruins and twisted thickets. Angelo Di Chello, Chrissie Orton, Chris Pike, and Adam R of Siege Studios have all proven their allegiance to short kings admirably.
With her determined face, tattered armour, flowing cape, and stack of relics, Bren Tylis gives painters all sorts of elements to get lost in. The Bonehead Podcast team, Sion Scannel, and Matt Hake of Battle Bunnies were all whispered to by Saint Yondara, and took up the brush.
To help cleanse the Jade Abbey of corruption, Inara Sion battles with an amphora of Aqua Ghyranis, from which she conjures an enchanted blade. Her miniature is exceptionally evocative, and led to some fantastic entries from Virginia Rosenberg of Paintomancy, Stephanie Flores, Jessica Smart, Christine Coram, Jose David González Ramos, and a dual entry by Zac Laundrie of The Mortal Realms podcast, which we’ll show off below…
Speaking of which, Jacobus Vyne, the Jade Wizard with a delightful leafy familiar he calls Wisper, was another favourite from the box. We reckon it’s because of his little spite-owl friend. Zac Laundrie twinned him with Inara Sion, while Paulie Wallis, Lauren Wingrove of Battle Bunnies, Dennis of Critical Focus Channel, Crystal McHaffie, and Chris Frosin all provided their own takes.
Chief of the Arak Klor tribe of Ghur, wielder of the Ebon Claw, and a berserker who just loves bashing in the heads of Nurgle’s followers, Drasher Vorn is part man, part beast, and all awesome. Check out these versions by Vincenzo Celeste, Rob Merker, Cire Yuto-Esco of The Hobby Collab, and Chris Lewis.
Last but by no means least, Kelthannor the Forest Prince is a nimble Kurnothi who lets loose deadly accurate arrows even as he gallops over and through nearby enemies. Matt Wingrove of Battle Bunnies, Matt Crowther, and Marc Büsing all took on the challenge of painting the biggest hero in the box.
That’s all the heroes wrapped up. You can look forward to seeing how the wider community painted up the scions of the Plaguefather later in the week, plus check out how us here at the Warhammer Community offices got on with the heroes. You can pre-order Warhammer Quest: Darkwater on Saturday.
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