LoreWD 394 · p. 40
The two omnibus reviews praise character drama as much as warfare. Chris Wraight’s competing claimants to Averland expose Schwarzhelm’s unease outside battle and bring him into tense contact with the more assured Kurt Helborg. Gav Thorpe’s Sundering trilogy turns remote Elven legends into personal tragedies, particularly Malekith’s fall and the transformations of Alith Anar and Caledor, giving weight to conflicts whose outcomes readers already know.
Warhammer Fantasy BattlesThe Empire
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.
The Horus HeresyWarhammer 40,000Space Marines
ShowcaseWD 394 · pp. 52–57
Ben Johnson describes a collection begun with Island of Blood that expanded to almost every Skaven unit, all of them used in games. Muted blue and yellow spot colours and smoky warpstone keep the force consistent, while miniature dioramas make small ratmen look more imposing: Rat Ogres seize Dwarf Gyrocopters and the general rides a captured Anvil of Doom. His rapidly painted regiments contrast with the thirty hours invested in a Forge World Exalted Vermin Lord, illustrating how army cohesion and special centrepieces can coexist.
Warhammer Fantasy BattlesSkaven