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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 295

Will of Iron: Painting the Chaos Basilisk

July 2004·p. 92

THE SHORT VERSION

Christian Byrne repeats the infantry’s metallic scheme on the vehicle, adding dust, rust and weathering to make it look used. Masking tape helps keep large chevrons straight, while successive pale drybrushes connect the tank to the army’s wasteland bases. Orange-and-brown stains descend from bolts, and brass shells add a distinct metallic accent. Railway weathering powder supplements the paint effects without being identified by a product colour.

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CommunityWD 295 · pp. 5–7

Games Workshop News

Spartacus introduces a historical campaign supplement, while Imperial Armour Volume Two promises Space Marine and Inquisition vehicles in a large illustrated volume. Further notices cover Valten sculpture, the Gaming Club Network, Fanatic, Black Library and coming Pelennor Fields support. WarCry expansions let card-game players contribute to Storm of Chaos. Staff project updates describe continuing work on armies and terrain.

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FictionWD 295 · pp. 70–73

Extremis Diabolus

The Relictors’ theft from the Diamedes Archive prompts Inquisitor Cyarro to pursue the weakened chapter. Grey Knights board its fortress-monastery while the Marines insist that their forbidden knowledge protects the Imperium. The attack destroys the starfort and sends survivors fleeing, but the ending casts doubt on Cyarro’s own purity. The story develops the conflict between declared righteousness, practical desperation and the temptation of captured Chaos artefacts.

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RulesWD 295 · p. 73

Using a Relictors Army in Warhammer 40,000

The Relictors select a Space Marine army with access to a limited Daemon weapon and captured Chaos standard. Random tables determine the particular relics available before battle. Their outcast status sharply restricts allies, with Radical Daemonhunters allowed only without Grey Knights. The rules draw on both Marine and Chaos equipment to represent a chapter still using Imperial organisation while turning forbidden weapons against its enemies.

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