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 ====== Warhammer 40000 Display Shelf ======
-This display was designed to span the entire width of an Ikea 'Billy' shelf, so I had the thought of two opposing forces - Space Marines on one side, and icky, Plague Marines on the other.
+This display was designed to span the entire width of an Ikea 'Billy' shelf, so I had the thought of two opposing forces - [[blog:miniatures:gw:wh40k:spacemarines|Space Marines]] on one side, and icky, [[blog:miniatures:gw:wh40k:chaos|Nurgle Plague Marines]] on the other.
 I'd never played Space Marines, nor had I played Warhammer in some 20+ years, but on seeing some of the latest designs in 2023/2024 I had an urge to build a display after I had cleared the shelves of this bookcase of //clutter//.
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 The scenery building ended up being loads of fun, and reminded me of one of the main reasons I started playing miniatures games all those years ago. It's creative in a way that building and painting models alone can never match.
 I also got to use some bits and pieces that I had stored away decades ago, and would have simply sat in a box otherwise.
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 A base coat of black was sprayed over the entire tile, and progressive layers of lighter greys were applied with large drybrush, highlights were given to the edge of broken concrete slabs. The ruins themselves were painted in Vallejo 'Sombre Grey', with some light grey drybrushing around cracked columns/edges. A sepia wash wash applied along brickwork, edges of windows etc.
-=== Under display lighting ===
+==== Under display lighting ====
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+==== Under display lighting ====
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+==== Added background artwork ====
+Background artwork is an AI generated free landscape image I found via Google and then cropped to the right ratio.
+I had it printed by https://www.scribescolourprint.co.uk/, along with [[blog:dioramas|few more for other dioramas]]. Price was reasonable, the turn around was quick, and the quality is more than good enough to be used as a background image for the diorama.
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 ===== Finished Display =====
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+[[:blog:dioramas|Back to Displays and Dioramas]]