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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 319

Blending: Gotrek’s Skin

July 2006·p. 48

THE SHORT VERSION

Kirsten Williams demonstrates how thin intermediate layers can remove visible boundaries between highlights on Gotrek’s skin. The sequence combines carefully placed Flesh Wash, progressively paler flesh mixes and a final unifying glaze, with extra contrast for scars and restrained blue tattoos. Companion recipes develop the axe, fiery hair, trousers and gold, showing how the same controlled layering and selective glazing can serve very different surfaces.

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News: Battle for Skull Pass

The next Warhammer boxed game is previewed as an encounter between Dwarf miners and an invading Night Goblin force. Alongside more than a hundred miniatures, scenery and measuring equipment, the set combines an illustrated starter booklet with a compact complete rulebook. The announcement reassures existing players that their army books will remain usable in the new edition while giving newcomers a self-contained beginning.

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LoreWD 319 · pp. 42–47

Gotrek and Felix

The collector’s set becomes a tour of the unlikely companions and their long-running adventures. Gotrek’s mysterious past, apparently unstoppable rune axe and frustrated search for a worthy death contrast with Felix’s oath to record the Slayer’s end, while Ulrika, Max and Snorri bring their own loyalties and rivalries. Thanquol and successive Bonerippers illustrate how their enemies also develop across the novels. Close photographs explain selected finishes on the new models and connect the character descriptions to the sculpted details.

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