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The Prism Conspiracy

July 2025·pp. 56–57

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Matt aims for the studio’s blue-green Thousand Sons armour using airbrushed Contrast paints. Fluorescent colour originally sprayed onto the bases begins as a shortcut, but its apparent glow becomes an army motif and ultimately covers much of the Heldrake. Recipes pair turquoise armour with yellow-built non-metallic trim, magenta cloth and green fire, producing a highly saturated force where supernatural light seems to spill across both models and ground.

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White ScarAethermatic BlueAkhelian GreenBaharroth BlueHobgrot HideYriel YellowDoomfire MagentaCarroburg CrimsonFlash Gitz YellowHexwraith FlameCaliban GreenAbaddon Black

All named recipe paints are indexed. The fluorescent paints mentioned in the prose are not named by product or colour. The recipe’s compressed spelling “Hexwraithflame” is indexed as Hexwraith Flame.

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