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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 419

Paint Splatter: Lord of Contagion

June 2017·pp. 138–140

THE SHORT VERSION

James Gallagher breaks the elaborate Nurgle champion into manageable surfaces, recommending a sensible order and shorter painting sessions. Detailed recipes cover sickly green armour, brass, blades, contrasting cloth, organs, Nurglings, pipes, horns and cool smoke; highlights draw attention to the axe, trophy rack and head, and thinned shades give tusks a natural darkening gradient.

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Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Deathworld ForestAthonian CamoshadeOgryn CamoKrieg KhakiWarplock BronzeBrass ScorpionAgrax EarthshadeSycorax BronzeRunefang SteelLeadbelcherNuln OilNaggaroth NightXereus PurpleGenestealer PurpleKhorne RedDruchii VioletWazdakka RedKislev FleshScreamer PinkPink HorrorRakarth FleshCarroburg CrimsonAbaddon BlackDark ReaperFenrisian GreyScreaming SkullWhite ScarNurgling GreenBiel-Tan GreenFlayed One FleshStormvermin FurPallid Wych FleshCelestra GreyCoelia GreenshadeUlthuan GreyLahmian MediumDeath Guard Green

Includes the explicitly offered Death Guard Green alternative, introduced after the photographed Deathworld Forest recipe was prepared.

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