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Iron Warriors Legionaries by Dan

February 2026·p. 124

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Dan creates deliberately unadorned Iron Warriors by combining Intercessor bodies with Mark III heads, hands and bolters, then adding Chaos backpacks and carefully trimmed arrow details. Their battlefield outing earns both painting and favourite-army recognition alongside allied Death Guard, showing how restrained conversions can establish a distinct renegade identity.

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Paint Splatter: Night Lords Raptor

Amber demonstrates the Night Lords’ characteristic contrast between dark blue armour, warm metallic trim and sinister red details. The lightning is built as progressively thinner lines inside an initial pattern, with the brightest white reserved for forks and tips; practicing on a spare shoulder pad makes mistakes easier to correct before tackling the finished miniature.

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Night Lords: Blue Armour

A dark blue foundation is shaded with black before a blue glaze restores the raised surfaces. Successively brighter edge highlights define the plates without sacrificing the deep shadows that make the lightning and metallic trim stand out.

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PaintingWD 521 · p. 8

Night Lords: Gold Trim

The trim begins as a pale brass and gains warmth through a brown Contrast wash. Additional recess shading separates it from the armour, while a restrained silver edge brings definition to the small raised details.

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