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Citadel Toolbox: Roughcoat Spray

May 2006·p. 60

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Roughcoat is presented as a textured undercoat that makes drybrushing scenery and vehicle surfaces easier. The guide contrasts generous terrain applications with the lighter coats needed to preserve miniature detail, and discusses testing unfamiliar materials before coating a finished piece. Practical spraying and nozzle-cleaning instructions accompany the examples, explaining the intended role of the product before subsequent basecoats and drybrushed highlights are applied.

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