EditorialWD 496 · p. 1
Lyle Lowery describes the appeal of moving between many small collections rather than concentrating exclusively on one army. Combat Patrol suits this approach by making compact, differently painted forces useful in quick games. Strike Team Solarien introduces another such option, with a Phobos-focused Space Marine patrol and the promise of further magazine forces.
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CommunityWD 496 · pp. 4–7
Sam Wright presents an expanded Ultramarines Fourth Company built around the narrative of Uriel Ventris, and Daniel Vallejo describes painting the Lion’s reflective black armour and green cloak. Other letters discuss the Imperium’s seemingly endless decline and the Blood Angels’ Secoris tragedy. The final painting question returns to Jes Goodwin’s colourful Hive Fleet Eumenides scheme.
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PaintingWD 496 · p. 7
Jes Goodwin’s Tyranid recipe layers green flesh, brown chitin and purple weapons without intervening Shade stages. The progression from dark foundations to clear edge highlights produces a bright, sharply defined organism, at the cost of more careful layering than a wash-led method. It answers a reader’s question about the Parasite of Mortrex shown in issue 478.
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