CommunityWD 486 · pp. 4–9
Readers describe a reunion through a casual Kill Team tournament and the solace of commemorating family in their collections. Questions cover the permanent interaction of Salamanders gene-seed with Nocturne’s radiation and why the Mortal Realms resist a complete map. Painted reader models accompany these conversations, while the practical answers range from intensely orange bases to a narrative Necron conversion.
Warhammer 40,000Age of Sigmar
PaintingWD 486 · p. 6
Lydia explains the vivid cracked earth beneath her Goff Orks. A dark brown base keeps the gaps visibly deep beneath the red crackle paint; successive orange and yellow drybrushes brighten its surface. Letting a little orange remain in the brush softens the transition, before a fresh yellow pass supplies the final highlight.
Warhammer 40,000Orks4 paint colours
ModellingWD 486 · p. 7
John Cain reimagines a Command Barge as a Canoptek-bodied Overlord awakening above a doomed excavation. A Spyder chassis and parts from two Overlords preserve the vehicle’s size and implied mobility. Beneath it, Scarabs consume the last Tech-Priest, while light emerging from the tomb helps connect the miniature’s pose to the disaster on its base.
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