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Slidecrown Studio Armies: Quick Painting Methods

January 2024·pp. 34–36

THE SHORT VERSION

Joey’s red Seraphon use extensive drybrushing to finish scales and weapons quickly, while Steve’s Kruleboyz rely on earthy Contrast colours over a sandy undercoat. Kelly varies diluted turquoise on Tzaangors to avoid identical skin tones, and Stuart combines dark metallic spraying with pale preparations for Contrast details on his Slaves to Darkness. Each method keeps the force coherent without requiring every surface to be painted identically.

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Chaos BlackKhorne RedWazdakka RedXV-88Kabalite GreenSybarite GreenRetributor ArmourReikland FleshshadePhoenician PurpleGenestealer PurpleZandri DustPlaguebearer FleshAkhelian GreenContrast MediumGrey SeerUshabti BoneAgrax EarthshadeThousand Sons BlueAbaddon BlackLeadbelcherWhite ScarIronbreakerNazdreg Yellow

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Contact

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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Painting Hive Fleet Eumenides

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CommunityWD 496 · pp. 8–9

Access Granted!

Lyle reflects on the end of the Slidecrown Sundering and the pleasure of seeing players’ armies appear in a campaign organiser’s concluding fiction. The next shared event is introduced as a three-team Warhammer 40,000 Crusade campaign that also recognises Combat Patrol games. Painting new units will contribute, but an existing force is enough to join the campaign from its opening stage.

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