EditorialWD 312 · Inside cover
Owen Rees introduces himself as White Dwarf’s new editor, a Yorkshire hobbyist whose career has ranged from stores to the Studio and web team. His favourite armies connect long-standing Dark Angels enthusiasm with the Tahnelian Drop Troops he is currently expanding. He praises the sectional layout and practical hobby material established by his predecessors, and explains his own enjoyment of tournaments as social gatherings that generate new ideas.
Warhammer 40,000Warhammer Fantasy Battles
InterviewWD 312 · p. 9
Andy Hoare distinguishes the Vespid from mercenary Kroot: the Stingwings fight for the Greater Good rather than payment. Their communion helm mediates communication with the Tau, and losing its wearer disrupts their battlefield cohesion. The preview follows those ideas into their mixed-technology weapons and Tau-made armour, showing how concept artist Roberto Cirillo and sculptor Juan Diaz integrated a new auxiliary species into an existing army.
Warhammer 40,000Tau Empire
LoreWD 312 · pp. 18–25
Graham McNeill recounts six Black Templar crusades and pairs each history with models made to embody it. Boarding actions at Nimbosa, the disappearance of the Ophidium Gulf force, Lastrati’s perverted purity cult and the assault on Vandire’s palace establish very different meanings of zeal. The Vinculus and Jerulas campaigns then connect hazardous fortress assaults with the Chapter’s armoured tactics. Heraldic banners, trophies, squires and mixed armour turn the written histories into distinct miniature forces.
Warhammer 40,000Black Templars