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MODELLING·WHITE DWARF 320

Citadel Toolbox: Water Effects

August 2006·p. 49

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The guide compares painting beneath a clear water layer, tinting the fluid itself and stirring ink into an applied layer to produce unmixed swirls. Its waste-pipe example allows yellow-tinted fluid to disperse naturally into a pool, suggesting a fresh discharge. Testing on white-backed plastic palettes is recommended because the wet mixture looks milky, dries more strongly coloured and can take longer to set once paint or ink is added.

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