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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 501

Painting a Battlefield

June 2024·pp. 86–87

THE SHORT VERSION

Ash starts from Jes’s Tyranid colours and builds a bright battlefield that photographs clearly without obscuring the armies. Blue water and pale sand contrast with red earth, while purple flowers and yellow fungi make the vegetation visibly alien. Separate recipes cover waves, trunks, ruined fortifications and soil, keeping the varied scenery coherent across the board.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Corax WhiteRatling GrimeWhite ScarTau Light OchreLugganath OrangeAverland SunsetSeraphim SepiaYriel YellowBarak-Nar BurgundyScreamer PinkPink HorrorEmperor’s ChildrenXereus PurpleAltdorf BlueBaharroth BlueNight Lords BlueKantor Blue AirThousand Sons BlueAhriman BlueTemple Guard Blue AirPallid Wych FleshThe FangIron WarriorsRuss GreyFenrisian GreyMournfang Brown AirSkrag BrownLahmian MediumIron Hands SteelZandri DustUshabti BoneScreaming SkullWraithboneWord Bearers RedTuskgor FurJokaero Orange

Only explicitly named Citadel paints and mediums are indexed; unnamed colours and third-party products are not guessed. The blue-flower drybrush is literally labelled “Altdorf Blue”, without Guard; this abbreviated source name is preserved.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 501, pp. 86–87.

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