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Scenery Workshop: Recreating a Battlefield from Fire Warrior

December 2003·pp. 12–17

THE SHORT VERSION

Paul Rudge recreates the Descent video-game level as a playable trench battlefield. Polystyrene sheets provide its structure, with extra depth added after testing reveals that soldiers remain too visible. Templates help produce matching arches, and removable walls preserve access and line-of-sight checks. Painting separates red-brown earth, weathered stone, rusted supports and sharpened stakes, while fallen Fire Warriors and small puddles carry details from the digital setting onto the table.

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Chaos BlackBestial BrownDark FleshTerracottaBrown InkBoltgun MetalChestnut InkScorched EarthKommando KhakiDesert YellowBleached BoneGraveyard EarthCamo GreenVarnish

Includes the source’s “Scorched Earth” and its generic varnish finish. No modern replacement or more specific varnish product is assumed.

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CommunityWD 288 · pp. 4–5

Games Workshop News

Forge World’s new Mark IV Dreadnoughts and the forthcoming Liber Chaotica: Tzeentch lead the release news. Other notices cover Warhammer Online merchandise, collectible Space Marines and organised events ranging from nautical Warhammer games to the Return to Damocles campaign. The spread also includes corrections to an earlier reference sheet, reflecting the continuing maintenance of the games alongside new products.

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RulesWD 288 · pp. 20–21

Fire Warrior: Descent

Nick Kyme adapts Kais’s journey through Chaos-held trenches into a small Warhammer 40,000 mission. The T’au must move their hero to a warp portal before the defenders kill him, with sentries delaying the ordered arrival of Chaos reinforcements. Special trench rules make climbing into the open risky, while Kais’s modified weapon and protective destiny give him a distinctive role. Tactical advice stresses supporting his advance without becoming trapped in prolonged combat.

Warhammer 40,000T’au Empire
December 2003Read summary
Battle reportWD 288 · pp. 22–27

Descent into Darkness

Kuju’s James Brooksby and David Millard command the T’au against Christian Byrne’s Chaos force in the new Descent scenario. Aggressively placed Pathfinders establish a firing lane, but Raptors threaten to stop Kais until the T’au commit their remaining troops to rescue him. Reliable rail-rifle fire and a catastrophically inaccurate Chaos missile launcher help Kuju secure victory. The discussion examines deployment and coordinated support, and the visiting developers reflect on seeing their video-game environment made into a physical battlefield.

Warhammer 40,000T’au Empire
December 2003Read summary