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Wonder Weapons of Skavenblight

January 2011·pp. 96–101

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A tour of the Skaven arsenal presents the visual character, battlefield purpose and modelling possibilities of its engines and weapon teams. The Screaming Bell and Plague Furnace provide towering centrepieces, the new catapult and cannon share a versatile triangular frame, and the Doomwheel turns a cage of rats into an unstable killing machine. The final weapon-team gallery ranges from subterranean drills and spinning blades to poisoned gas, volatile flame and gambling on ever more Ratling shots.

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EditorialWD 373 · Inside cover

Editorial: Mad Science and Monsters

Andrew Kenrick welcomes the Skaven’s new monsters and war machines as expressions of their particularly wicked blend of science and mutation. The issue’s heraldry feature has already tempted him toward Clan Septik, while the Dark Eldar return with a Wych Cult showcase and tactics. Middle-earth’s Free Peoples and expanded building rules provide other ways into the month’s hobby projects.

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CommunityWD 373 · pp. 12–15

News

The studio begins preparing a Third War for Armageddon Planetary Empires campaign, restricting armies to forces present in the original conflict and considering specialised city and jungle battles. Dave Thomas’s bearded Skaven Warlord is revealed as the year’s Games Day model, while other news introduces Blood Bowl’s expanded computer edition and flexible Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay guides. The website preview points toward Skaven collecting, magic, painting and community submissions.

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InterviewWD 373 · pp. 16–27

A Tale of Infamy

Adam Troke asks Jeremy Vetock and Seb Perbet how the Skaven’s malicious humour, expendable hordes and extraordinary weapons shaped the army’s development. Jeremy explains the relationship between cheap troops and unreliable specialist threats, while Seb traces his sculpting from the original range’s imagery to Stormvermin, the Screaming Bell and flowing character silhouettes. Their discussions culminate in the Hell Pit Abomination’s tortured, regenerating body and the larger dual-purpose war-machine kit, showing how rules, horror references and collaboration brought the new releases together.

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