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.
Warhammer 40,000Chaos Space Marines
ShowcaseWD 394 · pp. 22–25
Adam Troke reviews the first full-colour hardback 40K codex as both a physical book and a guide to Chaos. He highlights its expanded historical timeline, new artwork, atmospheric army photographs and fold-out reference section, then considers the breadth of the army list for both renegade Chapters and original Traitor Legions. The emphasis is on the book’s presentation and contents, with detailed testing of its units reserved for the battle report.
Warhammer 40,000Chaos Space Marines
LoreWD 394 · p. 38
The anthology review focuses on stories that enlarge familiar moments in the Heresy rather than simply repeat its battles. Rogal Dorn’s doubts in The Lightning Tower contrast with Konrad Curze’s violence in The Dark King, while Raven’s Flight follows Corax after the dropsite massacre. John French’s The Crimson Fist is singled out for alternating between Sigismund’s guilt on Terra and Alexis Polux’s predicament at Phall, building tension around two different responses to catastrophe.
The Horus HeresyImperial Fists