Tale of Painters Publishes Grimghast Reapers Unit Build and Painting Walkthrough

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Tale of Painters published a detailed showcase and walkthrough of Nighthaunt Grimghast Reapers on March 5, 2026, and the post reads like a painter’s lab notebook: photos, admitted stumbles, and concrete solutions. The entry explicitly says, "I've finished this unit of five Grimghast Reapers, painted to form a Warcry Nighthaunt warband with my Thorns of the Briar Queen and Myrmourn Banshees. Check out more pictures after the jump."

What the post covers

The piece is a combined build-and-paint walkthrough: it documents the painter’s challenges and the solutions used while expanding a previously partially-painted unit to a full 10-model unit, and it includes a photo gallery for readers to inspect the result. That phrasing appears in the site summary and in the post excerpt, so the article clearly aims to show not only finished models but the problem-solving steps that got them there.

The unit-count discrepancy, read this before you quote a model total

You’ll see two different counts in the supplied material: the quoted line above refers to "this unit of five Grimghast Reapers," while the post summary elsewhere describes expanding a previously partially-painted unit to a "full 10-model unit." Both claims are present in the source excerpts and neither is explicitly reconciled there. Because of that, I won’t assert a definitive final count; verify the gallery and captions on the live Tale of Painters post (or ask the author) before citing a single number in anything you publish or use.

Warcry context and table presence

The post explicitly states that those Grimghast Reapers were painted to integrate into a Warcry Nighthaunt warband alongside Thorns of the Briar Queen and Myrmourn Banshees. That’s useful if you run tabletop lists or want color cohesion across kits: the author clearly intended these Reapers as part of a themed warband rather than as standalone display pieces, which affects basing, edge-highlighting, and contrast choices you’d expect to find in the walkthrough photos and notes.

Visuals and site mechanics

Photos are part of the package, the post literally invites readers to "Check out more pictures after the jump." The site is blog-styled, complete with commenting mechanics ("Leave a Reply Cancel reply"), a "Browse by tags" area, and social hooks under "Follow us." If you’re looking for step-by-step reference, prioritize the gallery: the excerpts make clear the author relies on images to show fixes and paint stages rather than only text descriptions.

What the walkthrough promises (and what it doesn’t supply here)

The original post claims to walk through the build and paint, documenting specific problems and fixes while expanding the unit, but the supplied excerpts do not include a breakdown of paints, brush sizes, conversion parts, or timing. We only have the high-level intent and the gallery invitation; to get the nitty-gritty, exact paints, brush types, thinning ratios, or how the conversions were glued, you’ll need the full post or direct contact with the author. Treat the published piece as a visual-plus-notes walkthrough until you can extract the fuller step list from the live page.

What to look for in the gallery and captions

Given the site’s emphasis on photos, scrutinize gallery captions when you load the post. The notes suggest the author uses images to show the fixes and the build progression (the "more pictures after the jump" cue), and captions will likely resolve whether they completed five models in that post or finished the whole ten. If captions are absent, count figures in each photo and check for sequential shots showing paint stages, that’s how the reconciliation usually reveals itself.

Practical next steps (how I’d verify and reuse this content)

If you’re planning to cite or mirror the guide, do these three things:

1. Open the March 5, 2026 Tale of Painters post and count models in the gallery and caption text to resolve the five vs. ten claim.

2. Look for the byline on the post to credit the painter or contact them for permission to republish images or clarify techniques.

3. If you want the exact recipes and brush names, check the post for a materials list or follow the affiliate links, otherwise ask the author directly.

Final take

This is the kind of write-up I want to see more of: candid, photo-heavy, and honest about the problems encountered while building a narrative unit for tabletop play. The conflicting model counts are a headache for anyone quoting numbers, so treat the Tale of Painters piece as a strong gallery-plus-notes resource and verify the final model total and author attribution before you re-use the content. Between the Warcry-focused paint purpose and the site’s clear affiliate links, the post is both a practical walkthrough and a working example of how independent hobby blogs sustain themselves, useful to know when you’re deciding whether to click the "support our work" links at the bottom.