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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 342

Painting Workshop: Techniques

June 2008·pp. 80–87

THE SHORT VERSION

The relaunched workshop begins with preparation and undercoat choice before explaining layering, washes and extreme highlights. Colour samples show how gradual mixtures or deliberate contrast affect the result, while photographed examples apply each method to an Elf, Orc and Tau warrior. Advice on paint consistency, excess wash and brush position connects the theory to common difficulties. Displays by several Studio painters demonstrate that the same foundations can support different personal styles.

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Layering & highlighting Painting techniques Washes & shading

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Editorial: Mordor and the Month of Hobby

Grombrindal introduces Mordor as Adam Troke’s final sourcebook before leaving the Studio, celebrating the developer’s contribution to the Middle-earth game. Painting occupies another large part of the issue through the revised Citadel range, new washes, a spray gun and the return of Painting Workshop. The editorial frames these articles as practical companions to the new painting book and invites readers to judge the promised improvements for themselves.

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Warhammer World Summer Hobby Camp

Warhammer World announces five-day camps built around assembling, painting and playing with a new or expanded army. A selected battalion or battleforce, materials, tuition and a carrying case support the week’s project, with games testing the growing force. The page also lists forthcoming exhibitions and previews Aly Morrison’s new Bugman miniature. The programme turns the earlier hobby-camp proposal into bookable activities with a clear collecting goal.

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