The HeroQuest Hero Quest: The Fimir

Milton Bradley: "So guys, everyone knows about orcs, goblins and mummies and stuff, but what about these
 'fimirs' we're putting in the game? Tell me all about them!"

Games Workshop: "Uhhhhhhhhhhh...." 

Woooooooooooooooo! Look at me playing with the big boys! Hello to everyone, this is Rochie from Buried Under Lead, and thanks to the lads for taking the fence down and letting me in for a bit!
Now, the whole HeroQuest phenomenon has been and will be discussed far more eloquently and more in depth than I could ever manage, so I'll instead talk about this charming little addition to the project while skillfully avoiding his "aggressive side of charming" romantic techniques.

Milton Bradley: "Yes YES! THIS is what we want to see in children's board games!
Tell me the bit about their mating habits again!" *snorts another line*

I came into HeroQuest very late in the day, I had been playing Warhammer and the laser gun spin off for about ten years before I bought a copy on a whim from a bloke down the gaming club for either fifteen or twenty quid, I can't quite remember, but either way it was a little treat to myself to make up for never getting one when I was younger (I seem to be doing that more and more these days, my twelve year old self would be fucking delighted).

So there I am with a mint copy of HeroQuest and a vague sense of nostalgia, and me and the lads decided to give it a spin the next week. Long story short, we got pissed and had a ball, and played a fair few games over the subsequent years. Back then times were good and I was dick deep in disposable income, so my buying far outweighed my painting output, and I never painted a single model for it.

We're glad to finally put to rest the rumors that Rochie was the kid on the right hand side of this promo pic.
In other news we recently discovered he is also not German.

I eventually moved out of my parents house and left most of my collection in storage, but HeroQuest always came with me in the hope that I'd get a game in sometime, something which has yet to happen. 

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago, and during a group chat Mr. Crooks asked me to choose between an orc, a goblin and a fimir. Not really understanding what was going on, and trying to formulate a particularly nasty vulgarity at the same time, I answered fimir; I was sure something about painting was coming up, and I've enough greenskins to be wading through at the moment. There's also the fact I've only previously painted one fimir model, and that was for someone else.

Some of Rochie's gorgeous greenskins - check out more at his blogsite!

So here we are, with me rambling on like there's something wrong with my wiring and the lads starting to regret the invitation (like the friend you bring to a house party and the prick robs everyone's drink and pukes on the bath mat), here's my first ever painted HeroQuest model, the Don Juan of the swamp, the fimir!

I'll be honest, the sculpt had me stumped for pretty much the entire time I was painting it, there was a lot of guess work and even a little swear word thrown in now and again, but with judicious use of washes and glazing I think I managed to beat him into shape! Thanks for looking lads, and thanks again to the lads for the invite, now I call on Just John to get the finger out and get one out for the lads!