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Painting the Goliaths

February 2025·pp. 94–95

THE SHORT VERSION

Oscar gives individual Goliaths their own character through different hair crests, tattoos and hazard stripes while repeating saturated red armour and green stimms across the gang. Strong light-to-dark flesh contrast and selective red and blue glazes emphasise exaggerated anatomy; cross-hatched blue trousers read as worn denim rather than smooth cloth. Recipes distinguish light and dark skin alongside red armour, brass and denim, supporting variety within the shared punk palette.

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Khorne RedEvil Sunz ScarletFire Dragon BrightThe FangRuss GreyBalthasar GoldAgrax EarthshadeBrass ScorpionLiberator GoldCanoptek AlloyBugman’s GlowDoombull BrownCadian FleshtoneScreaming SkullRhinox HideBalor BrownRakarth FleshAthonian Camoshade

Only named recipe colours are indexed. The printed “Cadian Flesh” and “Balthazar Gold” are normalised to Cadian Fleshtone and Balthasar Gold; unnamed coloured glazes are not guessed.

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