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Ancient Heraldry and Deathrattle Colour Variants

May 2025·p. 79

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Carlos gives every banner faded freehand designs that predate the warriors’ vampiric masters, deliberately excluding obvious vampire symbols. Layered pale cloth, dark heraldry and earth or verdigris stains suggest centuries in the same grave as the bearer. Colour variants use different corrosion and cloth relationships to keep individual units distinct while preserving the collection’s aged appearance.

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Deepkin FleshDawnstoneSons of Horus GreenSkavenblight DingeAbaddon BlackWhite ScarSteel Legion DrabKarak StoneLupercal GreenKabalite GreenSybarite Green

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