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Thorns of the Briar Queen - Warband Review

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Introduction The Thorns of the Briar Queen had wandered through countless realms and haunted pathways of the underworlds, bound by the sorcerous malice of Nagash to their crowned mistress. From the silent depths of Shyish they were summoned once more, for the God of Death had turned his pitiless gaze upon the Spitewood of Ghyran. Something within that forest defied his dominion, and such defiance could not be permitted to endure. Mist thickened and curled as the Briar Queen slipped from the veil between worlds, her thorn-crowned form gliding above the fertile loam. At her side drifted Varclav the Cruel, once a gaoler and murderer, now a wraith shackled eternally to his crimes. Where a head should have been there hung a rusted iron cage within the folds of his hood. In his hand, he held a solitary, guttering gravecandle, its ghostly light flickering softly in an aetheric breeze. That baleful flame was the anchor of the Thorns. Its cold glow drew the Briar Queen’s followers together, pul...
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Lurkers in the Dark

How I Paint - Nighthaunts - Green - The Emerald Host

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The first army I truly collected for Age of Sigmar was the Nighthaunt. I now have quite a large force, all painted in a ghostly white scheme. As part of my 2026 hobby goals, I wanted to learn how to use Contrast paints properly. To that end, I decided to paint another set of The Thorns of the Briar Queen , this time in the colours of the Emerald Host, inspired by the baleful green glow of the cursed city of Dolorum. After completing the warband, I continued to practise and refine the scheme. What follows is the same approach applied to a Glaivewraith Stalker. Paints Used Grey Seer (Primer) Striking Scorpion Green (Contrast) Dark Angel Green (Contrast) Wyldwood (Contrast) Contrast Medium  Lahmian Medium Poxwalker Nuln Oil Agrax Earthshade Iron Hands Steel Banelord Brass Ironbreaker Brass Scorpion Warboss Green Skarsnik Green Nurgling Green Deepkin Flesh Gorthor Brown Karak Stone Screaming Skull Abaddon Black Contrast Plus Method The miniature was primed with Gre...
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Warhammer Underworlds - Invaders

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Invade or Entice? Enemy Territory in Warhammer Underworlds Rivals Decks I was heading home from my club games the other day thinking about which Rivals decks I might want to pair with Blackpowder’s Buccaneers. I naturally gravitate toward a counter‑attack style of play: inviting my opponent into my territory, absorbing the initial pressure and then striking back when the moment is right. But Warhammer Underworlds is ultimately a game won on Objectives and Glory, not just positioning and clever traps. That made me stop and ask a key question: Which Rivals decks force you to cross the board, and which let you stay comfortably at home? To answer that, I analysed every current Rivals deck to see how many Objective cards, and how much Glory, are locked behind some form of interaction with enemy territory. This also has knock‑on effects for Nemesis pairings, because combining two decks with similar territorial demands can strongly shape how a warband must play. What Do We Mean by Enemy Terri...
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Hobby Goals - December 25

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Painting I have not had much time for hobby this month, with work being very busy and the build up to Christmas well under way. I did, however, manage to finish painting Kurnoth’s Heralds, one of the two warbands from the Spitewood box set for Warhammer Underworlds. My Heralds They took me quite a bit of time, as I painted them in the same scheme as Skaeth’s Wild Hunt from the Beastgrave season of the game. Unfortunately, I did not particularly enjoy painting them. Still, they are finished now, which is the important thing. This year I painted a total of 54 miniatures. This includes eight Warhammer Underworlds warbands: A squadron of Iron Warriors Xiphons for Aeronautica Imperialis (3 miniatures) The Pyregheists, a Warcry warband (8 miniatures) A pack of Gryph hounds (3 miniatures) A unit of Gloomspite Loonsmashas (5 miniatures) Grandfather’s Gardeners (5 miniatures) Zikkit’s Tunnelpack (5 miniatures) The Jaws of Itzl (4 miniatures) Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz (5 miniatures) The Knives of th...
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Hobby Goals - November 25

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  Painting Well, it turned out to be a quiet month for painting. I have been trying to paint the Kurnothi Hunters from the Spitewood box set, but I am not really enjoying them, so they remain an ongoing project. I am even wondering whether to pick up another set and try a new colour scheme from scratch. I recently decided to focus on playing three warbands for a while: Blackpowder, the Truthseekers and Daggok’s Stab Ladz. I also wanted to try painting a warband using Contrast paints, something I had not done before. With that in mind, I bought a new set of Stab Ladz. I built them in one evening and then painted the entire warband in a single day, which is very fast for me. My New Stab Ladz The Contrast paints did make the overall process quicker, but I learned that they need multiple coats to achieve solid coverage. I also need to learn which layer paints work best as highlights. Gaming On the gaming front I have continued to play at my local club with various celebrities such as ...
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