Jon Grant Miniatures

How to Paint Dead Wood on Miniatures – Terrain Trees and Weathered Logs As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This helps support the blog at no extra cost to you. This article continues my work on painting terrain, focusing on dead wood and tree bark. I’ve used this method for smaller elements such as tree stumps and fallen logs on miniature bases, but it works equally well for larger terrain pieces. I generally prefer my terrain to be slightly darker, as this helps brighter miniatures stand out more clearly on the tabletop. For this guide, I used the dead trees from the Stormcast Aetherwings kit, although the same approach can be applied to larger scenery pieces and woodland terrain. Brushes and Tools Used Everyday brushes Citadel Small Layer Brush Citadel Medium Layer Brush Citadel Medium Shade Brush For this type of work, I tend to use a larger brush initially to achieve a smooth base layer, then switch to a finer brush for building up texture and definition. Brus...

How to Paint Zombie Flesh on Miniatures  By Jon Grant 26th September 2023 updated 6th May 2026 This post may contain Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This helps support the blog at no extra cost to you. Zombies have been a staple of many fantasy and science fiction settings for years, and Warhammer is no exception. Over the years, I have mainly collected Undead armies for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Age of Sigmar. Back when I had a Vampire Counts army, I painted many shambling hordes of Zombies. More recently, I found myself returning to the archetype while working on my Exiled Dead warband for Warhammer Underworlds, along with the zombies from Zondara’s Gravebreakers. This gave me a great opportunity to experiment with a range of different flesh tones and levels of decay while still keeping the models feeling part of the same wider undead force. The Zombies of the Exiled Dead To do this, I decided to do a bit of research online. I...

How to Paint Weathered Armour on Miniatures – Aged Metal & Worn Plates Updates 6th May 2026 (first published 27th September 2023) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This helps support the blog at no extra cost to you. Over the past few months I’ve been trying to improve my painting by developing repeatable ‘recipes’ for different surfaces and materials. Most recently, I’ve been focusing on painting old, worn metal. With the release of the Kruleboyz, I decided to work on an Orruk covered in armour using Morgok’s Krushas from Warhammer Underworlds. These models are ideal for this type of experiment. The armour is made up of large, flat metal plates and chainmail, with the idea that Orruks simply hammer the metal into shape. It doesn’t feel like something they would maintain particularly well, so I wanted a weathered, beaten finish without heavy rust . Brushes and Paints required: Matt Black spray   (Amazon affiliate link) Rhinox Hide Leadbelcher Nuln Oil Bla...

  Warhammer Underworlds - Analysis Series - Guard By Jon Grant 1st May 2026 A few months ago, I started writing my Warhammer Underworlds Analysis Series . Here, I sought to uncover some of the maths buried in the game as a mechanism to influence decision‑making. The first article looked at durability in Warhammer Underworlds . This I defined as the total number of successful 2‑damage attacks required to remove all fighters in a warband. There are two key ways to think about this: Base Durability Assumes all attacks hit and all saves fail. This focuses purely on the Health and fighter count of a warband. Save‑Adjusted Durability Accounts for each fighter’s saves, which can cause attacks to fail and force your opponent to spend more activations to remove your fighters. Another idea you need to understand for this article is:  Save Breakpoint The Save Breakpoint is the point at which an attack reaches two successful hits, causing defensive Saves to become unreliable and du...