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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 322

Painting Workshop: Da Greenskins

October 2006·pp. 94–96

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Four approaches offer different balances of speed and finish for green skin, from neat flat colour to drybrushed highlights, ink shading and Anja Wettergren’s more carefully layered method. The guide adapts the result to the model: Black Orcs remain darker, while Goblins and Gretchin can take paler highlights. Teeth, horns, warpaint and simple triangular dags give the painter further ways to distinguish units without losing the green skin that visually unifies the army.

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Editorial: The Greenskins Return

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News: Eldar Attack and Building-Tastic

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RulesWD 322 · pp. 17–27

Waaagh! Da Orcs: Designer’s Notes

Mat Ward describes an army book designed to make ordinary Orcs attractive while retaining the variety and mischief of Goblins. More effective choppas, stronger leaders and a once-per-game Waaagh! reward large fighting units, while simplified animosity can propel them towards the enemy as well as interrupt their advance. Revised magic, nets, Squig units and Rare choices preserve the army’s unpredictability, and returning warlords connect those changes with a fuller account of greenskin history.

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