Fire and frost. Light and shadow. Grimdark grows.
Grimdark has always been about more than darkness alone. From the very beginning, the legendary John Blanche shaped a visual style full of contrast – beauty and decay, shadow and light, existing side by side.
With the John Blanche Masterclass Series, The Army Painter set out to translate that vision into paint. This is not a reboot of grimdark. Its a natural next step.
Volume 3focuses on cold, spectral tones. Think moody blues, pallid highlights, and atmospheric washes that bring eerie depth to miniatures. These colours are ideal for chilling flesh, corroded metal, frost-bitten environments, and quiet, unsettling scenes.
This set contains 10 entirely new Warpaints Fanatic colours – high-performance acrylics designed for smooth application, strong and even coverage, and excellent control.
These paints are made for experienced painters who enjoy layering, glazing, and experimenting with atmosphere. They also complement the earlier Masterclass volumes, making it easy to expand an existing collection without replacing what you already love.
The paints are:
