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Hobby Goals - January 26

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Monthly Hobby Update: Learning Contrast Paints, Nighthaunts and Underworlds Goals A new year brings with it some new hobby goals. Primarily, I want to learn how to paint with Contrast paints, not slap-chop, but using them as they were intended, as a base combined with a shade. Secondly, I want to continue painting all the Warhammer Underworlds warbands, along with repainting some of my favourites. Thirdly, I want to improve at Warhammer Underworlds and maybe even win a tournament. Fourthly, I want to try playing Warhammer Age of Sigmar Spearhead. Finally, I want to grow this blog to 250,000 views. Hobby Goals for the Year Learn how to use Contrast paints properly, as a base plus shade Continue painting all Warhammer Underworlds warbands and repaint some favourites Improve my Underworlds gameplay and aim for a tournament win Try playing Age of Sigmar Spearhead Grow this blog to 250,000 views Thank you to everyone who has been along for the ride so far. Painting Update: Learning Contrast...
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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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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 Runelord 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 Grey...
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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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