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Painting Wood Elves: Seasonal Colours of Athel Loren

September 2005·pp. 64–69

THE SHORT VERSION

Steve Cumiskey uses seasonal palettes to unify Wood Elf warbands without imposing a regimented uniform. Three colour groups for each season can be redistributed across clothing and equipment, while common cloaks and bases hold the force together. Bow, jewel and herb-base recipes accompany Christian Byrne’s quick Glade Guard and more elaborate characters, including tattoos, unusual skin mixes and varied hair.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Snot GreenCatachan GreenDark Angels GreenCamo GreenGoblin GreenRotting FleshScorched BrownBestial BrownSnakebite LeatherDark FleshScab RedVermin BrownBleached BoneBubonic BrownDesert YellowVomit BrownBronzed FleshTerracottaRed GoreBlood RedBlazing OrangeFiery OrangeSunburst YellowCodex GreyFortress GreySkull WhiteShadow GreySpace Wolves GreyKommando KhakiChaos BlackGraveyard EarthElf FleshBrown InkMagenta InkYellow InkDark Green InkHawk TurquoiseBlue InkShining GoldChestnut InkMithril SilverGloss Varnish

Includes labelled seasonal palette alternatives and named tutorial mixtures, visually checked on the source images. The neighbouring supplies catalogue is excluded.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 309, pp. 64–69.

The contents lists this feature at printed page 66; the actual article begins at 64.

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