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MODELLING·WHITE DWARF 330

Modelling Workshop: Warhammer Buildings

June 2007·pp. 90–95

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Detailed component keys explain how the Fortified Manor combines its chapel, watchtower and courtyard. Optional fittings can turn the same structures into an inn, monastery, merchant’s house or wizard’s residence, while leaving major sections unglued preserves flexibility between games. Suggestions for roads, hills and larger settlements encourage a coherent landscape around the buildings instead of an isolated decorative centrepiece.

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Warhammer Scenery: Designing the Fortified Manor

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