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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 478

The Shadow of an Ancient Horror

July 2022·pp. 130–131

THE SHORT VERSION

Dark brown foundations and successive grey drybrushes build the ruined fortress’s stone, with varied washes suggesting age and damp. Warm corroded banding, natural dead branches and real preserved spiderwebs add contrast and atmosphere, while leftover components become useful matching scatter terrain.

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Agrax EarthshadeAthonian CamoshadeBrass ScorpionChaos BlackChaos Black SprayCorvus BlackDawnstoneDryad BarkEshin GreyIron Hands SteelKarak StoneLahmian MediumMournfang BrownMunitorum VarnishSeraphim SepiaSkavenblight DingeSkrag BrownSteel Legion DrabStormvermin Fur

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