ShowcaseWD 394 · pp. 4–35
The team examines the new Chaos range through its sculpted details and assembly options, contrasting the Forgefiend’s ranged weapons with the Maulerfiend’s close-combat machinery and the Heldrake’s predatory silhouette. Raptors and Warp Talons illustrate different degrees of corruption, while the Warpsmith, Dark Apostle and Sorcerer echo Imperial counterparts in sinister forms. Alongside the new kits, remastered characters, upgrades and classic Traitor Marines show the range’s long visual history and the variety available for a personal warband.
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LoreWD 394 · p. 39
Jes Bickham surveys a Chaos anthology whose stories explore corruption through very different kinds of villains. Matthew Farrer’s unusual auction frames competing tales, Anthony Reynolds pits Word Bearers against Death Guard over a salvage claim, and other writers revisit Typhus, Huron and the Night Lords. John French’s Alpha Legion story supplies a counterpoint to overt slaughter through espionage, making the collection’s appeal the breadth of Chaos rather than a single Legion or patron.
Warhammer 40,000Chaos Space Marines
ShowcaseWD 394 · pp. 42–45
Forge World’s new Heresy project is introduced through Betrayal, a leather-bound history and campaign book covering Isstvan III and the forces involved. The accompanying miniature reviews examine the large Spartan transport, heavily protected Cataphractii armour and Mark IV assault and command models as ways to establish an older visual identity. A final Fantasy selection, the Preyton, extends Monstrous Arcanum’s menagerie with a corrupted fusion of predatory beasts.
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