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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 426

Getting Technical: Gems and Alien Blood

January 2018·p. 21

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The painting reply suggests yellow lenses made by tinting a silver base and finishing it with gloss varnish. It also describes black blood through a dark gloss wash mixed into the blood-effect paint, and a green alternative using a green wash and varnish, demonstrating how existing products can serve unusual effects.

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