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Matt Hutson’s Black Templars

September 2013·p. 116

THE SHORT VERSION

Matt’s updated army scheme develops black armour with controlled grey edges. Pale cloth and stone use different sequences to avoid making every light detail identical. Red shoulder elements and pink-purple energy fields add stronger accents. The recipes can also inform other Chapters using black and white as their main colours.

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Chaos Black SprayMechanicus Standard GreyDawnstoneCelestra GreyUlthuan GreyWhite ScarNuln OilKhorne RedEvil Sunz ScarletNaggaroth NightshadeScreamer PinkPink HorrorCarroburg Crimson

The power-field basecoat is printed as Naggaroth Nightshade and retained under that source name. Chaos Black Spray is explicitly named as the armour undercoat.

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Black armour White details Stone Red shoulder pads Power fields

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