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Paint Splatter: Hive Guard — Hive Fleet Kraken

January 2014·pp. 114–115

THE SHORT VERSION

A diluted sepia wash over a white undercoat establishes the Hive Guard’s pale skin without a conventional opaque basecoat. Red carapace, fleshy weapon symbiotes and electric-blue shock tendrils are treated separately to keep the creature’s functions readable. The guide also gives a small yellow-eye recipe and refers back to the previous page’s black-claw sequence.

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Skull WhiteSeraphim SepiaLahmian MediumUshabti BoneScreaming SkullWhite ScarMephiston RedReikland FleshshadeEvil Sunz ScarletRatskin FleshTuskgor FurCarroburg CrimsonBugman’s GlowCadian FleshtoneAverland SunsetYriel YellowFlash Gitz YellowAgrax EarthshadeAbaddon BlackStegadon Scale GreenSotek GreenBaharroth BlueBlue Horror

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Tyranids: Hive Crone

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