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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 508

Blades of the Shadow Queen

January 2025·pp. 42–43

THE SHORT VERSION

Jimbo develops an older fantasy collection into a vivid Age of Sigmar force. Purple and contrasting yellow receive strong highlights, while blue-grey flesh recalls the Space Wolves he painted as a child. The recipes show how unusual skin can sit alongside bright fabric, serpentine bodies and cool silver without losing a coherent army identity.

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Thunderhawk BlueFenrisian GreyDrakenhof NightshadeUlthuan GreyAverland SunsetYriel YellowCasandora YellowNaggaroth NightGenestealer PurpleDruchii VioletLeadbelcherRunefang SteelCoelia Greenshade

Only explicitly named paints and recipe ingredients are indexed.

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Planet Warhammer

A Polish family describes sharing Age of Sigmar across two generations, while readers report successful painting experiments and identify heraldry from an older Deathwatch report. Matt Frieacre recreates Eidolon at Epic scale, and studio painters build scenes inside display cases. The section’s model showcase culminates in a Kasrkin deployment board with a suspended Valkyrie.

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Flashpoint Lethis: Siege of Lethis

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