Dan's 2026 Side Projects

With the completion of these Stronghold faction minis, I’ve now finished all the miniatures for the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 board game.

I actually quite enjoyed this brown-green earthy colour pallette.

The green skin was painted waagh flesh, washed biel-tan green, then highlighted warboss green.

The “normal” skin was painted bugman’s glow, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted cadian fleshtone.

The horses were painted gore-grunta fur.

The black hair was painted corvus black.

The leather was painted mournefang brown, washed agrax earthshade, then washed skrag brown.

The black trousers, horse miens, behemoth fur and wolf fur were painted mechanicus standard grey, washed nuln oil, then highlighted administratum grey. The behemoth fur didn’t get the wash, but did get an extra highlight of ulthuan grey.

The flags were painted gryph-hound orange.

The teeth, fangs and claws were painted zandri dist, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted ushabti bone followed by screaming skull. The bases were painted the same, but without the wash.

The red magic bits were painted blood angels red.

The iron areas were painted leadblecher then a nuln oil wash was applied to the recesses to give a black pig iron appearance.

The bronze armour was painted retributor armour then an agrax earthshade wash was applied in the recesses to make those bits look more coppery.

The thunderbird was painted  flash gitz yellow then drybrushed with screaming skull. The lightning was glazed with lamenters yellow.

The base rims were painted abaddon black.