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Dark Angels 1st Company by Jim Lister

June 2023·pp. 102–103

THE SHORT VERSION

Jim Lister’s long-standing wish for a Terminator army becomes a Deathwing collection inspired by Angels of Death and the original anthology. He keeps the recipe accessible with pale armour shaded by Skeleton Horde, contrasting green robes and warm red details. A carefully painted banner uses Contrast colours, wet blending and highlights to give the otherwise restrained force a focal point.

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WraithboneSkeleton HordeScreaming SkullWhite ScarKhorne RedMephiston RedEvil Sunz ScarletTargor RageshadeDark Angels GreenWarpstone GlowMoot Green

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CommunityWD 489 · pp. 4–7

Contact

Readers describe how painting supports their wellbeing, returning after long breaks, and building collections with friends. Donal Bisanzio recounts secretly preparing two Heresy armies before surprising Alberto Demarchi with a Nottingham gaming trip; Yvan Tavares explains his softly blended Master Lazarus. The replies also cover the editorial team’s Sylvaneth collection and how the Blood Angels Legion was organised before the Heresy.

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PaintingWD 489 · p. 6

Gnarlroot Colours

Matt Hutson answers a reader’s question about his Gnarlroot Sylvaneth by explaining the warm bark and green growth recipes. Mournfang Brown and Agrax Earthshade establish the wood, followed by Bugman’s Glow drybrushing and opaque highlights; Straken Green, Athonian Camoshade and progressively paler highlights supply the contrasting foliage.

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LoreWD 489 · p. 7

Ask Grombrindal: Blood Angels Legion Organisation

The answer describes the Blood Angels before their division into Chapters, when a Legion of roughly 120,000–150,000 warriors arranged its companies within three Spheres. Rank-and-file formations occupied the Third Sphere, command roles the Second, and the First contained orders such as the Sanguinary Guard whose duties also expressed the Legion’s spiritual traditions.

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