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Hobby Goals - March 26

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Jon Grant Miniatures March 26 Hobby Update Painting The first painting priority this month was to finish Blood of the Bull . This was easily achieved as most of the work had already been done in February. I only needed to complete Hogrot, Grisk and the bases on the Helsmiths to finish the warband. My Blood of the Bull After that, hobby time was limited for most of March due to other commitments. Toward the end of the month, I was able to make a start on Thanatek’s Tithe , the latest warband for Warhammer Underworlds. I have been meaning to write a “How I Paint” article for the Ossiarch Bonereapers for a while, and this warband will help move that forward. Painting Stats Miniatures painted this month: 5 Warhammer Underworlds warbands painted this year: 3 Miniatures painted this year: 18 Gaming Following on from the tournament at the end of February, I wanted to find a new deck pairing for Blackpowder’s Buccaneers. The aim was to try a range of different pairings to see what did an...

How I Paint - Terrain - Ancient Bronze

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  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...

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