HeroQuest (1989): Gargoyle

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HeroQuest (1989): Gargoyle

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    23 May 2026
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Red Skin

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
  2. Shade with a thin mix of 1:1 Khorne Red and Rhinox Hide .
  3. Glaze upward facing areas with Evil Sunz Scarlet .
  4. Highlight using Tuskgor Fur .
  5. Add fine highlights of 1:1 Tuskgor Fur and Fire Dragon Bright .
  6. Selectively highlight with pure Fire Dragon Bright .
  7. Add specular highlights with 1:1 Fire Dragon Bright .

Ordinarily, I would advise sticking to the face and very pointed areas with these highlights. However, here I coverred all of the skin with them in areas that would catch light. Then, i glazed them back down with some very thin Khorne Red . This is simply because I wanted to go the extra mile with this iconic model, and it is far from necessary.

Eyes

  1. Basecoat with Caliban Green .
  2. Highlight with Warpstone Glow .
  3. Highlight more selectively with Moot Green .
  4. Finish with a specular Ice Yellow (or Dorn Yellow ) highlight.

Tongue

  1. Basecoat with Screamer Pink .
  2. Shade with Druchii Violet .
  3. Highlight with Pink Horror .
  4. Mix some Kislev Flesh into the Pink Horror and highlight more selectively.
  5. Finish with very small Kislev Flesh highlights.

Teeth

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Pick out individual teeth with XV-88 .
  3. Highlight with Ushabti Bone .
  4. Highlight more selectively with Screaming Skull .
  5. Finish with specular Wraithbone highlights on the tips of the most well defined teeth.

Wing Transition

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Khorne Red and Rhinox Hide .
  2. Add chunky highlights of Khorne Red .
  3. Apply fine highlights of 1:1 Khorne Red and Squig Orange .
  4. Highlight more selectively with Squig Orange .
  5. Mix you Squig Orange 1:1 with Lugganath Orange , then add very small highlights within the last stage.

Wing Membranes

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Highlight the edges of the folds in the wings with Stegadon Scale Green and glaze towards the "tips".
  3. Add fine edge highlights with 1:1 Stegadon Scale Green and Sons of Horus Green .
  4. Mix some Deepkin Flesh into the above paint and highlight selectively on curves and points.
  5. Finish with specular Deepkin Flesh highlights.

Leather Whip and Straps

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Incubi Darkness and Black .
  2. Shade recesses and the downward facing portions with Black glazes.
  3. Add chunky highlights with Incubi Darkness .
  4. Apply finer highlights with a mix of 2:1 Incubi Darkness and Karak Stone .
  5. Selectively highlight with 1:2 Incubi Darkness and Karak Stone .
  6. Finish with very small highlights of Karak Stone and White .

It is particuarly easy to overdo this recipes on the whip. When I was done, mine looked too chalky and the highlights quite stark. if you fin yourself in a similar situation, I would recommend glazing it down with Incubi Darkness , pulling the brush away from the highlights.

Brass Trim

  1. Basecoat with Canoptek Alloy .
  2. Take some 1:1 Warplock Bronze and Retributor Armour and thin it heavily with water, until it is the consistency of a wash. Now apply this wash all over the armour, pulling pigment to oward recesses and details.
  3. Enhance the shading provided by the wash, using glazes of Warplock Bronze .
  4. Define the deepest parts of recesses, and where the metal meets other materials, with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
  5. Basecoat: Canoptek Alloy
    Wash: Warplock Bronze & Retributor Armour 1:1
    Recess Wash: Rhinox Hide
    Glaze: Warplock Bronze
    Highlight: Auric Armour Gold & Liberator Gold
    Highlight: Canoptek Alloy
    Highlight: Silver

Sword

  1. Basecoat with Balthasar Gold .
  2. Basecoat: Balthasar Gold
    Highlight: Balthasar Gold, Auric Armour Gold & Silver 1:1:1
    Glaze: Warplock Bronze & Previous Mix 1:1
    Recess Wash: Black & Doombull Brown 1:1

Chainmail

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Overbrush with Leadbelcher .
  3. Highlight ringlets with Ironbreaker .
  4. Finish with selective Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

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Citadel Painting System 30
Base 12
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Caliban Green
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Screamer Pink
  • Stegadon Scale Green
  • Warplock Bronze
  • Wraithbone
  • XV-88
Shade 1
  • Druchii Violet
Layer 17
  • Canoptek Alloy
  • Deepkin Flesh
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Lugganath Orange
  • Moot Green
  • Pink Horror
  • Screaming Skull
  • Sons of Horus Green
  • Squig Orange
  • Tuskgor Fur
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Warpstone Glow
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 3
  • 70.858 Ice Yellow
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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