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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 339

A Mûmak of Harad

March 2008·pp. 80–81

THE SHORT VERSION

The Haradrim Mûmak’s black harness gains restrained grey highlights, keeping its large straps distinct from the paler skin. Dark metallic bases develop into weathered steel studs and chains, with bright silver confined to their sharpest details. Jewellery loops and skull ornaments receive warmer gold finishes. The guide also recommends hardening loose chain before painting and using the side of the brush for irregular sigils that look applied by the beast’s crew.

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Editorial: The Vampire Counts Rise

Grombrindal introduces a month devoted to the renewed Vampire Counts and promises investigations of their rules and visual identity. Their invasion supplies the narrative battle against the Empire, while other features revisit the earliest Warhammer 40,000 scenario and explore fast vehicles. The introduction also points Middle-earth collectors towards upgraded Mûmakil and the Studio’s Elf collection, maintaining its Dwarfen suspicion of both undead ambition and elegant pointy ears.

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PaintingWD 339 · pp. 32–33

Vampire Counts Hobby Tips

Neil Green shows how warm layered bone and dark, aged metal produce a more considered skeleton than a single white drybrush. Red and brass shield treatments repeat the ink shading and green corrosion, giving the regiment a shared ancient appearance. A gallery demonstrates alternative flesh, bone and armour schemes, while banners use restrained colours and threatening heraldry. The recipes concentrate on repeatable infantry methods with room for striking command models.

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PaintingWD 339 · p. 32

Painting a Skeleton Warrior

Brown foundation colour gives the bones depth before successive pale layers pick out the raised surfaces. Armour begins as dark steel and receives the same brown-and-black ink wash, followed by brighter metal highlights. A final thin green wash makes the equipment appear corroded. Treating the bones and armour together establishes a quick, unified process suitable for the many warriors an undead regiment requires.

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