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EDITORIAL·WHITE DWARF 388

A New Painting Dawn

April 2012·p. 2

THE SHORT VERSION

Andrew Kenrick introduces the replacement Citadel paint range and the particular colours already attracting the White Dwarf team, alongside new Empire models and a painting book. The issue also concludes Civil War and introduces Phil Kelly’s hazardous Death World missions. Tom Hutchings receives a final chance to win a battle report before leaving the magazine, facing Simon’s Space Wolves on a battlefield that can kill either army.

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