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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 312

Painting Troll Skin

December 2005·p. 115

THE SHORT VERSION

Bronzed Flesh darkened with black establishes the Cave Troll’s skin, including the areas between its back scales. Black drybrushing feathers the boundary between the flesh and the darker body. A diluted Scorched Brown and Bestial Brown wash shades the surface, after which increasing Skull White in the original flesh mix builds a textured highlight. The stages solve the transition between skin and scales while preserving the army’s subdued finish.

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Editorial: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Owen Rees introduces himself as White Dwarf’s new editor, a Yorkshire hobbyist whose career has ranged from stores to the Studio and web team. His favourite armies connect long-standing Dark Angels enthusiasm with the Tahnelian Drop Troops he is currently expanding. He praises the sectional layout and practical hobby material established by his predecessors, and explains his own enjoyment of tournaments as social gatherings that generate new ideas.

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