Jon Grant Miniatures

Back in the early 1990s, when I first started playing Warhammer , there was a campaign system inside the Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned book that focused on small Chaos warbands. I played a Nurgle warband against a small group of friends during Thursday games nights at Games Workshop Sheffield. After that campaign, I always kept a small Nurgle force for Warhammer Fantasy Battle . I even took the army to a tournament once. I didn’t do too badly, finishing the day with three wins and two losses. When Warhammer Fantasy Battle was eventually replaced by Age of Sigmar , I wasn’t sure whether the new game would catch on. So, I decided to collect a Nurgle daemon force. My thinking was simple: if I didn’t end up liking Age of Sigmar , I could always use them in Warhammer 40K . On the gaming side, I’ve been hooked on Warhammer Underworlds since the release of Nightvault , the game’s second season. When the Wurmspat were released in Beastgrave (season three), featuring a Nurgle sor...

I started playing Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) way back in 1990. Over the years, I’ve collected a variety of armies: the Undead, the Empire, Ogre Kingdoms, Chaos Warriors, and Daemons. When Age of Sigmar (AoS) arrived, I initially gravitated toward the Maggotkin of Nurgle—primarily as a daemon-based force that could also be used in Warhammer 40K . Eventually, I found myself drawn to the Nighthaunt gheists. Throughout my WFB days, I mostly played Undead forces. So, when the Nighthaunt emerged in AoS, they naturally became my chosen faction. I didn’t care how powerful they were on the tabletop; I was far more interested in them as a collection of miniatures to paint. How I Paint Nighthaunts On the gaming side, I’ve been hooked on Warhammer Underworlds since the release of Nightvault , the game’s second season. This was also when the Thorns of the Briar Queen were introduced—the first warband I ever played. My Thorns After several years and many warbands, I discover...