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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 440

Paint Splatter: Painting Assassins

March 2019·pp. 100–101

THE SHORT VERSION

The Vindicare guide uses fine edge highlights to separate dark synskin, weapon casing and small equipment details. Painting the figure and scenic base separately preserves the contrast between crisp character work and drybrushed rubble, with practical advice on bracing hands, thinning paint and controlling the brush.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Agrax EarthshadeBalthasar GoldCelestra GreyChaos BlackDark ReaperDawnstoneDoombull BrownEshin GreyEvil Sunz ScarletFenrisian GreyFire Dragon BrightKabalite GreenKhorne RedLeadbelcherMechanicus Standard GreyMephiston RedNuln OilPink HorrorRakarth FleshRunefang SteelScreaming SkullSeraphim SepiaSkrag BrownSybarite GreenTerminatus StoneUlthuan GreyWhite ScarRhinox Ride

Exact named recipe paints are indexed. The leather basecoat is visibly misprinted “Rhinox Ride”; that literal label is retained rather than silently corrected.

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