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EDITORIAL·WHITE DWARF 378

Standard Bearer: Desert Island Miniatures, Part 2

June 2011·pp. 84–85

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Jervis Johnson completes his personal selection with Mephiston, Sam and Bill, the Baneblade and Witchfate Tor. Each recalls a lesson: collect characters that capture an army’s spirit, preserve the emotional truth of a story, dare to expand the scale of a game and make its world tangible through terrain. His luxury is time with his unpainted collection and painting equipment, while the Warhammer rulebook supplies inspiration; forced to keep one choice, he returns to the Tactical Squad.

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