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Hobby Hangout: Unifying Your Army Colour Schemes

March 2026·pp. 78–81

THE SHORT VERSION

Emily explains how unrelated factions can look like one collection through repeated colours, carefully placed accents, complementary palettes and consistent bases. The examples move from four undead factions built around Nagash to icy forces, shared brass finishes and neutral basing, showing several degrees of visual connection rather than requiring identical heraldry.

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Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

WraithboneReikland FleshshadeUshabti BoneSkeleton HordeAbaddon BlackHoeth BlueFenrisian GreyGauss Blaster GreenWhite ScarLeadbelcherNuln OilStormhost SilverMournfang BrownTroll Slayer OrangeNaggaroth NightDaemonette HideDechala LilacDruchii VioletAstrograniteDrakenhof NightshadeAdministratum GreyGrey SeerSpace Wolves GreyAethermatic BlueKroxigor ScalesBaharroth BlueThunderhawk BlueAgrax EarthshadeDawnstoneValhallan BlizzardWarplock BronzeGehenna’s GoldSycorax BronzeLiberator GoldCanoptek AlloyBalor BrownRakarth FleshCadian FleshtoneDryad BarkBaneblade BrownSons of Horus GreenDark Reaper

All explicitly named paints in the feature and its illustrated recipe panels are indexed; no colours are inferred from photographs.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 522, pp. 78–81.

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