Hero Quest 25th Anniversary - Finished 675,940€

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**DaveC**

Many thanks Alpharius

**DaveC**

Barbarian scale comparison video - includes the original HQ one. Slightly worrying that he doesn't fit on his base I wonder if he'll get a special sized base, I guess some of the larger minis might have larger bases anyway.

Spoiler:

**Orlanth**

His orginal concept had the barbarian with one foot off his base. By incorporating the base directly into the miniature the model is breaking the fourth wall a bit, but he is a barbarian and doesn't give a feth. I think its very characterful, this guy will not be constrained by his base because he of who he is.

**Gorechild**

It does look really weird being so much bigger than the base, I didn't think it was that noticeable in the render. Hopefully it won't get in the way moving it around other models and scenery.

That aside, the model itself looks brilliant.

**DaveC**

Ever wanted to watch someone roll dice for 15 minutes?

joking aside the rolls look good and random and the dice land on the special ends more than I would have thought.

Also Huntress and Goblin size comparison videos.

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**jorigo**

OMG I'm gonna paint that ass nice and slow.

**Pacific**

I'm deeply impressed again by the level of detail on show here. I already thought highly of the Descent miniatures, for a board game they are excellent and I've enjoyed painting them. But, the HQ25 miniatures definitely look superior in terms of crispness of detail.

And the comparison to the old minis definitely shows how things have come on over the years!

**DaveC**

Mummy, Skeleton, female prisioner,statue and door size comparison videos

Spoiler:

**Gorechild**

More comparisons. given the amount of detail, I would never have guessed that the new weapon rack would be so much smaller than the original

Spoiler:

**Gorechild**

Another new video. I really like this one, it shows a load of the miniatures and the scenery set up on a board (the old one for some reason).

It gives you a feel of what it will be like when you get it all set up.

Spoiler:

**Slinky**

It's looking v good!

**Pacific**

Agreed, that does look excellent!

I'm actually starting to wonder if this will arrive before AvP now..

**judgedoug**

Are there still shots for those of us who can't access youtube from work?

**DaveC**

Orc videos

Spoiler:

**Pacific**

Wow, you can tell those are GZ miniatures just by looking at them - really similar to some of their existing, OTT style in the rest of their Orc range (although with some differences so not sure if this is the same sculptor?)

And you can see what an anxious wait there has been for HQ25, this guy has bitten his fingernails away to almost nothing!

**Psyche**

I have tried to log in today to check updates, the website seems to be gone, The updates seem to be gone, I can't log into Gamezone anymore.

Is it just me or is anyone concerned?

**Orlanth**

Just checked am getting 404 also. I strongly suspect a DDOS attack like they had this time last year.

It is getting very close to the orignal shipping date 9though the game is no where neasr ready yet) they got hacked before. It might be by the same misguided asshats as before, whether randomly for lulz or in revenge because Gamezone bypassed the previous shutdown attempts via Kickstarter.

I looked at the Lanzanos site, its very slow, but up. If they are hacked Gamezone will post there soon.

**Gorechild**

They've just posted the video to show the 5th and 6th Orc models

Spoiler:

So as Orlanth said, I'd suspect it's just another round of ddos-ing. I can't imagine they'd finally have got into the habit of regularly posting updates if anything fishy was occurring.

**RiTides**

Well dang, those models look awesome! Would be very cool to see them come through on this, and reward all of those who took the risk

**Orlanth**

Now getting a 403 Forbidden code, when at gamezoneminiatures.com

If I visit http://www.heroquestclassic.com/en/ I no longer see an error code page just the following in the top left hand corner of a blank page:

HEROQUESTCLASSIC.COM (followed by my IP address)

Anyone able to make head or tail of this?

**Pacific**

I'm getting the same.

The Gamezone main German site is still up however.

Last update on their FB page was January 2014, so obviously a waste of time looking there!

**Psyche**

Sent an email off to the person I have been communicating with re: my order.
Got this response.

Our site was hacked.
We will try to fix it as soon as possible.

And sorry for this inconvenience.

Felices Fiesta
Isabel

**Pacific**

Brilliant, thanks for posting that info Psyche

**Orlanth**

Gamezone should update their Lanzanos site entry rather than leave backers guessing.

The sudden disappearance of a crowdfunding company is valid cause for concern.

Gamezone updated on Lanzanos last time, but they took their merry time about it.

**Orlanth**

Site is back online.

**Gorechild**

More news, although I'm struggling to make sense of the youtube video

The game is now listed for retail on a Spanish webstore HERE.

There seem to be two different versions: Evil Wizard and Good Wizard, both of which include their own exclusive mini.

Here's the translation of the evil wizard set:

25TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION WITH MINIATURE EXCLUSIVE OF EVIL WIZARD

preorder

A SPRING SALE 2015

Perform pre-order ensure you enjoy shipping the product only comes back to our warehouse and we will also guarantee the reserved if the product runs out at the launch copy.

CONTENT

ALFA MODEL BOARD. Reversible, with two votes faces.

MENTOR MODEL DISPLAY

8 DICE Two of movement and six of combat. (25th Anniversary models)

RULE BOOK (25th anniversary edition)

ADVENTURE BOOK VOLUME I "NO THREAT NO ANSWER"

8 SHEETS AVENTUREROS (25th anniversary edition)

86 LETTERS

46 PLASTIC RESIN FIGURES.

8 HEROES: 1 Barbarian 1 Dwarf, 1 Mage 1 Elf 1 Huntress 1 Shoes 1 Sorceress, 1 Elf.
38 ENEMIES: 2 Mummies, 4 Zombies, 4 Skeleton Warriors, 6 Goblins, 8 Orcs, 4 Primordial Chaos Warriors, 3 Drrakks 1 stone Gargoyle 1 Gargoyle, 1 Potion of Primordial Chaos 1 Spectrum 1 Ogre 1 Grand Chief Orco, 1 Viscosity of the abyss.
48 ELEMENTS OF SCENERY OF RESIN PLASTIC. 18 Doors, 4 closed doors, 4 Treasure Chests, 4 Hairpieces for treasure chests, 1 Mansion Silla, 3 Wardrobes 1 Armero, one torture device, 1 Fireplace 1 Sarcophagus 1 Pozo, 2 manor Tables 1 Mesa alchemist, one Altar, one cage, 1 Mirror 1 Statue 1 Pendulum death, one dimensional Portal.

35 MARKERS IN PLASTIC. 1 entry stairs, 4 Secret Doors, 8 Rocks fall, 4 double falls Rocks, 6 pit traps, 4 Traps spears, 4 Traps axes, 4 Traps arrows.

So no precise details on a launch date yet, but spring would suggest March-May. It looks like they're already getting started with designing/releasing different expansions and models though.

**Orlanth**

Love the autotranslate.

My character will be: Shoes!
Probably good for kicking arse.

I like the idea of hairpieces on treasure chests. Though i think they will be better for Super Dungeon Explore.

Nice to see evidence of real progress though.

**Gorechild**

I've spent over a year wondering wtf a 'Viscosity of the abyss' is actually meant to translate to

**DaveC**

Just FYI all HQ Gamezone vouchers for the store expired on 31/12/14. I assume they had planned to have shipped and all by then as they didn't update it. So if you didn't complete/finalise your order you will need to contact them for a new voucher.

**Pacific**

Orlanth wrote:
Love the autotranslate.

My character will be: Shoes!
Probably good for kicking arse.

I like the idea of hairpieces on treasure chests. Though i think they will be better for Super Dungeon Explore.

Nice to see evidence of real progress though.

Definitely! It's now a straight race between this and AvP as to which will arrive first

I wonder what a 'pozo' is? For some reason the word just fills me with dread..!