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Painting Exotic Fur

August 2005·p. 141

THE SHORT VERSION

Two short complete recipes translate animal-reference photographs into patterned miniature fur. Tiger colouring builds orange over Dark Flesh before adding irregular black stripes; snow leopard fur uses pale grey and white with dark spots. The guide highlights the markings as well as the underlying coat, preventing the patterns from looking like flat shapes pasted onto a textured surface.

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Dark FleshBlazing OrangeFiery OrangeChaos BlackCodex GreyFortress GreySkull White

Only paints in the actual fur tutorial are included; the neighbouring supplies catalogue is excluded.

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Animal patterns Tiger Snow leopard

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