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Painting Diamond Patterns

March 2022·p. 58

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Parallel lines crossed by another set form a guide for evenly spaced diamonds on curved clothing. Filling alternating shapes and highlighting them individually completes the pattern, while the accompanying Light, Twilight and Dark symbols explain how small heraldic marks identify a Player’s troupe.

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