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Painting the Walls

June 2023·p. 35

THE SHORT VERSION

Two coats of diluted PVA seal the foam before a Zandri Dust spray establishes a Ghurish sandstone colour. Broad drybrushes of Screaming Skull and Pallid Wych Flesh bring out the impressed rock and brick textures quickly. Sparse sponge applications of Dryad Bark weather intact stone, while Abaddon Black marks scorched or badly damaged sections.

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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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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 · pp. 14–19

All-consuming Earth

Ka-rokk’s Waaagh! emerges from the dangerous Skavenskrol realmgate and reaches Everquake City much sooner than its defenders expect. The city’s industry depends on mysterious golden pylons restraining a tectonic realmgate, while Lord-Imperatant Kamahana’s attempt to bring relief ends in a mutually fatal naval duel with the ogor pirate Targug. Orruks, gargants and ogors batter the walls as the citizens prepare a desperate defence.

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