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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 519

Brush Tips: Colours of the Ziggurats

December 2025·p. 59

THE SHORT VERSION

Three alternative Helsmith schemes connect colour choices to the roles of their ziggurats. Ur-Zorn uses teal to evoke restrained daemon energy; Zharr Vyxa’s angry reds and golds refer to martial strength and sacrificial forging; Muspelzharr pairs black armour with pale gold and yellow cloth for an uncompromising light–dark contrast. The article supplies separate recipes for each scheme’s armour, mail, cloth and decorative elements.

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Creed CamoStormhost SilverLupercal GreenAbaddon BlackSons of Horus GreenSybarite GreenIncubi DarknessNocturne GreenBaharroth BlueWhite ScarGauss Blaster GreenAethermatic BlueKhorne RedScreaming SkullScreaming BellHashut CopperSigvald BurgundyBlood Angels RedBlack TemplarWord Bearers RedFulgurite CopperGore-grunta FurGryph-hound OrangeMephiston RedSquig OrangeNight Lords BlueAdministratum GreySnakebite LeatherRetributor ArmourAverland SunsetMournfang BrownDoombull BrownWraithbone

Only paints explicitly named in the article or its recipe tables are indexed; mixtures are indexed by their constituent named paints.

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