EditorialWD 348 · p. 1
Mark Latham introduces December as an opportunity for varied holiday games, highlighting the new Chaos campaign, Ringwraith scenarios, Apocalypse formations and Grombrindal’s rules. The four collectors finish their challenge with a large team battle whose result surprised him. A tribute to Alan and Michael Perry marks thirty years of sculpting, while the second Marine painting instalment provides another project for readers’ holiday time.
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CommunityWD 348 · pp. 10–12
The Lizardmen preview promises a new book, plastic Stegadon variants, Temple Guard and other reinforcements as the Slann turn to war. A separate report shows the full-sized Blood Ravens Rhino built from an FV432 for THQ’s Dawn of War II promotion. Studio notes look ahead to an enormous Ork gun and intensive Middle-earth army painting, while web news describes an expanding free archive of hobby articles.
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InterviewWD 348 · pp. 30–35
Alan and Michael Perry recount being hired while still at school, learning casting constraints through mistakes and gradually moving from free-ranging fantasy figures to organised Warhammer ranges. Favourite models and historical examples trace their influence on monsters, troops and Middle-earth. Michael describes returning to sculpting left-handed after losing his right arm. Their friendship with John Howe and Peter Jackson connects later licensed work with a much longer fascination for history and Tolkien.
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