Jon Grant Miniatures

( Red  items were completed this month,  purple  items in previous months) March '23                                                                                                        May '23 At the end of March, I decided that I needed to start working through my backlog of Warhammer Underworlds miniatures. I have stopped buying miniatures for other games, for now, and I am trying to get some warbands painted up before any more are released. As such, I began the month by painting three members of Grinkrak's Looncourt: Snorbo Da Spore, Moonface Nagz and Pointy Burk. While, I was painting these grots, I also painted a squig herder. For all the Moonclan grots, I used my How I Paint Moonclan grots guide. I then wan...

I intend for this article to be a work in progress. Having discovered Oathmark a few months ago, I started to build an Orc and Goblin army. My choice was based around the fact that I have never had an Orc and Goblin army (although I have just started building a Gloomspite Gitz army). With this in mind, I started to plan a Kingdom for my army.  The first 550pts In the Oathmark rulebook, it recommends learning to play the game with a force totalling 550pts. This sized force can be built with one or two boxes of Oathmark miniatures, each costing around £25 but you can find them at a reduced price on the internet. The first purchase I made for the army was a single frame of Goblin Infantry from eBay. I immediately built these as miniatures as five Goblin Soldiers. The idea was to see if: a) I liked these models and b) to work out a paint scheme. How I Paint - Goblin Infantry   After finishing these five miniatures, I bought a box of Goblin Infantry and built another fifteen Gobl...

( Red  items were completed this month,  purple  items in previous months) In March, I wanted to start making progress through my backlog of miniatures. This was in part, as I would be buying the new warband for Warhammer Underworlds, Gryselle's Arenai. Therefore, to achieve my hobby goal of 'Painting more miniatures in a month than are bought' I needed to get some paint on some plastic. I began March by painting up some miniatures for Age of Sigmar (AoS). I had been looking through a box of random sprues that I keep in the loft, and I found five Dreadscythe Harridans.   How I paint Nighthaunts  Dreadscythe Harridans Next, I moved onto my squig herd for my Gloomspite Gitz. I had been meaning to paint this unit up for a while, but it took me a while to work out how I wanted them to look. I went with a classic red look using a method of my own devising. How I paint Squigs Squigs! I then decided I want to paint up a few more Necrons. I started by painting a s...

  ( Red  items were completed this month,  purple  items in previous months) January'23                                                                                                                             March'23 At the beginning of February, I decided I wanted to turn my attention back to my Warhammer Underworlds warbands. I choose to paint up Rippa's Snarlfangs. This small warband could also be added to my small Gloomspite Gitz force. I could now tick off 'Paint a Warhammer Underworlds warband'. I used the How I paint wolves - Oathmark, as a basis for my Snarlfangs. I then decided I wanted to p...

Wolves have been a common feature of fantasy stories and fairy tales for many years. When I first read the Hobbit, I came across the idea of goblin wolf riders. Having bought a set of Goblin Wolf Riders for Oathmark, I decided I wanted dark grey wolves and that I also wanted to give the miniatures the impression of being furred. This is my method. Other Oathmark - How I paint guides: Goblin Infantry Elven Infantry D warven Infantry. Paints required: Chaos Black spray Abaddon Black Mechanicum Standard Grey Dawnstone Administratum Grey Grey Seer Nuln Oil Lahmian Medium Xereus Purple Screamer Pink Druchii Violet Cadian Fleshtone Bugmans Glow Zandri Dust Ushabti Bone Screaming Skull Matt White (AP) Averland Sunset I began by undercoating the wolves with Chaos Black spray . 1. The upper side of the wolf was painted with a 1:1 mix of  Abaddon Black  and  Mechanicum Standard Grey . To the underside of the wolf, I applied a coat or two of Mechanicum Standard Grey . With each wol...

2023 began with me purchasing the Warhammer Underworlds warbands that I had missing from my collection. As such, I started the year by buying 25 miniatures. I am not intending to buy many miniatures this year, as I am really trying to get through my pile of shame. I started by painting up a few more Aeronautica aircraft. First up was a Xiphon Interceptor for my Blood Angels. How I paint - Blood Angels This was then followed by a Storm Eagle for my Night Lords. How I paint - Night Lords I then began looking through my pile of shame potential and found a bunch of Necron sprues. I had originally bought them to add to my existing Necron Army. I began by building and painting my Royal Warden. I decided I wanted to restart my Necron army, with a new paint scheme, which is similar to my old army. With a character finished, I wanted to add some troops to my new Necron army. I built 10 Necron Warriors and started painting 5 of these miniatures. The Necron Warrior sprue also makes three bases of...

  ( Red  items were completed this month,  purple  items completed in previous months)    ← November                                                                                                      January 2023→   December ended up being a quiet hobby month. I did a little bit of painting and built a sizeable number of miniature ready for next year. I struggled to paint this month through a combination of hobby fatigue, poor light (so, I bought a daylight lamp) and Christmas. I did not buy any more miniatures this month. So, for the fourth month this year I can tick off 'Do not buy any new miniatures in a month' . This goal has been an important one this...