EditorialWD 492 · p. 1
Lyle Lowery traces the feedback between painting projects and games: an exciting battle encourages a new unit or terrain piece, which then creates a reason to play again. The studio’s remarkably busy Combat Patrol league and this issue’s extended Terminator painting column supply two different sources of that momentum.
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PaintingWD 492 · p. 5
Damien Tomasina raises the Avatar above a burning battlefield with cork, a wrecked Aeldari vehicle and dead Drukhari, turning its surroundings into part of the molten spectacle. He explains the bright mixed base of the flames and the sequence of reds, dark armour colours and lilac highlights that balances the luminous figure against its black shell.
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PaintingWD 492 · p. 6
The ’Eavy Metal team answers a reader’s request for the purple shell of the Mulch, combining a very dark violet base with progressively paler highlights. Blue-green colour is worked into the recesses instead of simply using a darker wash, with thin, milk-like paint consistency recommended to control the unusual contrast.
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