Jon Grant Miniatures

  How I Paint Ancient Bronze Bells are found throughout the lore of the Age of Sigmar. Whether it is the Bell of Lamentation in Azyr, the Screaming Bells of the Skaven, or the Sonorous Tocsins of Nurgle, they always seem to be present. One of my favourite pieces of scenery from Warcry is the bell tower. I like the rickety wooden platforms, stairs, and ladder. I also like that the bell is still suspended in its original stone tower, which was clearly ruined at some point in time. The bell tower always makes me think that there are Skaven nearby, and that if the bell begins tolling, then trouble is close at hand. As it is such a favourite piece, I wanted to give the bell a paint job that reflected the age I was trying to convey. Paints Required: Chaos Black spray Balthasar Gold Agrax Earthshade Hashut Copper Sycorax Bronze Lahmian Medium Stormhost Silver Ahriman Blue Temple Guard Blue Baharroth Blue Kabalite Green Sybarite Green The bell was initially undercoated with Chaos Black s...

How I Paint - White Marble I’ve returned to my painting guides for terrain with a look at how to paint white marble. I use this technique when painting statues so they stand out from the darker stone I normally use for ruins and buildings. I imagine that the people of the Mortal Realms would carve their gods and heroes from a shining white stone rather than a dark, brooding material. More of my  How to paint... articles  can be found here. Paints Required: Grey Seer Spray Chaos Black spray Athonian Camoshade Ulthuan Grey White Scar Lahmian Medium Administratum Grey Sybarite Green Kabalite Green Balthasar Gold Mechanicum Standard Grey Dawnstone Agrax Earthshade Nihilakh Oxide Hashut Copper Runefang Steel (or Stormhost Silver) 'Ardcoat Elysian Green Zandri Dust Morghast Bone Skeleton Horde Seraphim Sepia Karak Stone Screaming Skull Pallid Wych Flesh I began by sub-assembling the statue of Sigmar. The plinth was kept separate from the main body, and I also kept the halo and the h...

I’ve really enjoyed painting the Azyrite Ruins and other terrain features for Warcry and Age of Sigmar . I’m starting to build up a solid collection of pieces, and it’s been incredibly rewarding to see the table come to life. In this article, I’m focusing on the bone components of my Warcry terrain—specifically, the skeletons and skulls . Let’s be honest: if you paint GW miniatures, at some point you’re going to paint bone. There are literally skulls everywhere in the Mortal Realms and the Imperium. I sometimes wonder if the dead just get buried without their heads? Anyway, here’s a quick guide for painting bone that’s been weathered by the elements. I use this recipe for both terrain and bases. Paints required: Wraithbone spray Morghast Bone Athonian Camoshade Karak Stone Screaming Skull Pallid Wych Flesh Agrax Earthshade Optional Zandri Dust Start with an undercoat of Wraithbone Spray —assuming the piece can be painted separately. Then apply a base coat of Morghast Bone . If th...

I’ve really enjoyed painting the Azyrite Ruins and other terrain features for Warcry and Age of Sigmar . I’m starting to build up a solid collection of pieces, and it’s been incredibly rewarding to see the table come to life. In this article, I’m focusing on the wooden components of my Warcry terrain—specifically, the wooden walkways and barricades . These differ from the wooden planks found on the ruins, as the branches used in these structures still have bark. I wanted these to look subtly different from the planks, and after a bit of experimenting, I’m really happy with the final result. The process is fairly quick, though a few steps require drying time.   Paints required: Skavenblight Dinge Dryad Bark Wyldwood Agrax Earthshade Rakarth Flesh Deathworld Forest Zandri Dust Ushabti Bone Screaming Skull Dawnstone Administratum Grey Elysian Green Seraphim Sepia Chaos Black Spray Start by undercoating everything with Chaos Black Spray . The wooden planks were then basecoated with...

I’ve really enjoyed painting the Azyrite Ruins and other terrain features for Warcry and Age of Sigmar . I’m starting to build up a solid collection of pieces, and it’s been rewarding to see the table come to life. In this article, I’m focusing on the metal components of my Warcry terrain—specifically, the metal grates found in the Azyrite Ruins and the ruined eight-pointed Chaos stars on the barricades. I wanted these metal parts to look like they had been exposed to the elements for a long time, corroding naturally with rust. This effect adds some lovely orange tones that contrast beautifully with the grey stone, green moss, and brown wood. For this tutorial, I used a barricade miniature. I painted the wooden stakes first, but the rust technique can be applied to any metal surface you want to weather.   Paints required: Leadbelcher Rhinox Hide Nuln Oil Black Templar Agrax Earthshade Doombull Brown Skrag Brown Trollslayer Orange Ironbreaker Lahmian Medium Chaos Black Spray...