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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 347

Preparing Your Realm of Battle

November 2008·pp. 40–41

THE SHORT VERSION

A black undercoat is followed by the Scenery Pack’s brown foundation, with grey rocks and carefully layered bone giving the board detail before grass is added. Two shades of static grass are applied in overlapping sections of diluted PVA so the joins remain irregular. Excess flock is recovered and optional varnish secures the surface. Alternative finished environments demonstrate how colour changes the same sculpted landscape.

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Chaos BlackAdeptus BattlegreyAstronomican GreyBestial BrownBubonic BrownGryphonne SepiaBleached BoneSkull WhitePurity Seal

The Scenery Painting Pack’s brown base paint is not given a product name and is not guessed. All other colours and the optional Purity Seal are explicitly named.

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Scenery Painting Pack Two-tone flock Overlapping glue areas Grass boards Alternative environments Large surfaces

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Painting Power Armour

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