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Portraits of War: Escher Gang

May 2025·pp. 54–55

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Roman cuts and angles industrial terrain, stairs and structural plastic to suggest depth inside a shallow Underhive frame. A cooler blue background recedes visually, while the Escher gang and surrounding graffiti use saturated nightclub-inspired colours. The contrast makes the gang’s territorial warning the clear foreground story.

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ModellingWD 512 · p. 4

Model of the Month: Tank Transporter

Martin Peak combines a widened Taurox cab with Ridgehauler running gear and extensive plasticard work to build a believable Astra Militarum transporter. Reused kit details become winch motors, fuel tanks, batteries and brake equipment, and the cab even contains a re-caff press. Drybrushing, sponge chips and powders weather the vehicle while preserving the painstakingly built detail.

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Heralds of Nurgle: Knight Rampager

Mark transforms a Knight Rampager with the Glottkin’s huge tentacle arm and bone growths, then adds bells, chains, spikes and horns from Death Guard and Maggotkin kits. A manufactorum-style base gives the enormous corrupted machine a clear environment. The conversion relies on matching large organic forms to the Knight chassis rather than only applying small surface icons.

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ModellingWD 512 · p. 39

Kitbash Corner: Horus Heresy Death Guard

Brian favours the Death Guard’s brutal, almost-Chaos appearance as a starting point for converted Heresy characters. Consuls, Apothecaries and Techmarines combine resin and plastic Legion components with carefully chosen Chaos parts. A Plague Surgeon becomes an Apothecary and Alexis Polux’s body becomes a Techmarine, illustrating how a recognisable kit can acquire a very different battlefield identity.

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