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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 414

Faction Paint Sets

January 2017·p. 10

THE SHORT VERSION

Nine compact sets provide faction-specific colours and a guide intended to complement the Build + Paint Set. The page lists the actual six paints in each selection, showing how shared basic equipment can branch into distinct Imperial, alien and Chaos colour schemes.

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Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Loren ForestNuln OilRunefang SteelCadian FleshtoneUshabti BoneReikland FleshshadeMechanicus Standard GreyWhite ScarDawnstoneFenrisian GreyEvil Sunz ScarletWarpstone GlowScreaming SkullEshin GreyCalgar BlueGehenna’s GoldSteel Legion DrabWild Rider RedWaystone GreenCarroburg CrimsonThe FangRuss GreyVerminlord HideCaliban GreenMoot GreenRhinox HideWarboss GreenBiel-Tan Green

Only paints explicitly named in this feature are indexed.

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