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MODELLING·WHITE DWARF 519

Galactic War Hosts: Shadowsword

December 2025·pp. 106–107

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Ken extensively rebuilds a Shadowsword with a rotating turret, plastic-card structure and metal gun barrels, then adds working lights with the electrics concealed in the hull. Digital camouflage is created by repeated spraying and tiny T-shaped masking-tape pieces, followed by a lengthy unmasking session. The recipe lists the successive armour colours and recess washes, with additional weathering powders completing the enormous model’s finish.

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