EditorialWD 319 · Inside cover
Grombrindal calls on players to join the struggle over a planet whose destruction is already certain. The approaching warp storm supplies a common deadline, but each army can still win glory or achieve its own purpose before the end. He also introduces the new Gotrek and Felix collector’s models as a celebration of characters whose adventures have earned a particularly dramatic treatment.
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LoreWD 319 · pp. 42–47
The collector’s set becomes a tour of the unlikely companions and their long-running adventures. Gotrek’s mysterious past, apparently unstoppable rune axe and frustrated search for a worthy death contrast with Felix’s oath to record the Slayer’s end, while Ulrika, Max and Snorri bring their own loyalties and rivalries. Thanquol and successive Bonerippers illustrate how their enemies also develop across the novels. Close photographs explain selected finishes on the new models and connect the character descriptions to the sculpted details.
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PaintingWD 319 · p. 48
Kirsten Williams demonstrates how thin intermediate layers can remove visible boundaries between highlights on Gotrek’s skin. The sequence combines carefully placed Flesh Wash, progressively paler flesh mixes and a final unifying glaze, with extra contrast for scars and restrained blue tattoos. Companion recipes develop the axe, fiery hair, trousers and gold, showing how the same controlled layering and selective glazing can serve very different surfaces.
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