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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 347

Painting Power Armour

November 2008·pp. 86–87

THE SHORT VERSION

Blue drybrushing, layered green, grey-edged black and blended red illustrate four different ways of defining armour. The text explains why smooth plates can show harsh drybrush marks, how thin layers preserve recesses and when sharp edging restores mechanical definition. Black recess washes and thin glazes provide corrections and additional contrast. Painters are encouraged to combine techniques according to their preferred finish rather than follow only one method.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Chaos BlackSkull WhiteBadab BlackMordian BlueUltramarines BlueSpace Wolves GreyOrkhide ShadeSnot GreenMechrite RedBlood RedBlazing OrangeFiery OrangeCodex GreyFortress Grey

Fiery Orange is explicitly printed in the red shoulder-pad recipe and is preserved as a historical paint name. Both prescribed black and white undercoat options are named.

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Drybrushing Layering Hard Edging Blending Glazing Undercoat choice Recess washes

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Editorial: The Spectacle of Gaming

Mark Latham explains why convincing scenery matters to the stories he imagines while playing, welcoming ready-made terrain when time for construction is scarce. The Realm of Battle board and Warriors of Chaos provide this month’s main gaming combination. He also shows Captain Perseon, a converted Sicarius painted for his Sons of Medusa, and introduces a two-part Marine painting guide intended to connect basic methods with ’Eavy Metal detail.

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CommunityWD 347 · pp. 12–13

Janu-Waaagh! and Studio Dispatches

January’s Ork preview promises plastic Nobz, Stormboyz, Gretchin and a Battlewagon, with Fil Dunn’s advance example appearing later in the issue. Studio news reports a sixteen-player, twenty-thousand-point Ork event organised by Dom Murray and won by the greenskins. Other notices mark Warhammer Online’s arrival, Adam Troke’s return to the web team and the Perry twins’ long service, capturing the hobby activity surrounding the coming releases.

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InterviewWD 347 · pp. 34–41

Realm of Battle

Andy Hall asks Dave Andrews how a six-tile plastic battlefield can offer both sculpted interest and a practical playing surface. Gentle stepped hills, recessed details and removable clips preserve model stability and storage flexibility. Jeremy Vetock supplies nine scenario ideas for three games, using hilltops, valleys and skull crevices in different ways. Painting and flocking demonstrations then show how the same board can become a grassy field or another environment.

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