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MODELLING·WHITE DWARF 523

Grounding Your Scenery

April 2026·p. 94

THE SHORT VERSION

A step-by-step construction guide places a terrain piece on a shaped XPVC base with bevelled edges, then blends it into the ground with modelling putty. Foraged slate and twigs supply convincing natural detail, and plastic skulls provide a setting-specific accent. After priming and painting to match the rest of the collection, layers of flock, foliage and tufts create the appearance of long-established, overgrown ruins.

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Chaos Black

Chaos Black is the only paint named directly in this construction sequence; the separate Painting the Ruins record contains the referenced stone recipe.

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Establishing a Knightly Household

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The Defiler Reborn

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