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Painting Question: Aidan’s Battered Megaboss Armour

September 2017·p. 126

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Aidan Daly explains the metallic blue-black mixture behind his competition Megaboss. A dark gloss-and-blue recess shade establishes depth before thin metallic glazing and carefully placed bright chips emphasise the most exposed armour edges.

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