Jon Grant Miniatures

How I Paint Steeds of Slaanesh By Jon Grant, 23rd April 2026 For many years, I have enjoyed collecting and painting the various Daemons of Chaos. After rooting around in my pile of shame, I came across the Slaaneshi daemon sprues from the 2019 box set Wrath and Rapture and decided it was time they were built and painted. I am a fan of the classic paint scheme for all GW miniatures. In 1990, when I first started painting miniatures, Slaanesh was always associated with pastel colours. Back in 1988, Realms of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness was released. This book, which I own a copy of, detailed the forces of Khorne and Slaanesh for the first time. I used the description of the Steeds of Slaanesh as the basis for this guide: “Mounts of Slaanesh are bipedal, combining the appearance of a horse and an ostrich. They have two long, feminine legs, and a crest of vivid green hair runs the length of their back. The glossy fur on the legs and upper part of the body is a pale lavender colour, whil...

How I Paint Ossiarch Bonereapers - Mortis Reaper By Jon Grant, 2nd April 2026 Ever since I started playing Warhammer, I have collected and painted some form of the Undead. In recent years, my attention has been focused elsewhere, but I still enjoy painting these miniatures. A few years ago, I painted Kainan's Reapers, an Ossiarch Bonereapers warband for Warhammer Underworlds. Now I am turning my attention to Thanatek's Tithe, and specifically one of the two Mortis Reapers from the warband. The bone recipe in this method is a version of one I first used back in 1991, when I painted my first Undead army. Paints Required: Primers Zandri Dust (spray) Chaos Black (spray) Base Paints Morghast Bone Abaddon Black Night Lords Blue Naggaroth Night Rhinox Hide Administratum Grey Iron Hands Steel Washes Agrax Earthshade Cassandora Yellow Nuln Oil Coelia Greenshade Athonian Camoshade Druchii Violet Layer Paints Karak Stone Tallarn Sand Screaming Skull Pa...

  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...

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...