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.
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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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InterviewWD 394 · pp. 82–89
The feature traces the Heresy from a short background reference into a defining creation myth, a major novel series and a dedicated Forge World miniature project. Alan Merrett, Black Library writers and Forge World designers discuss how each medium expands the same catastrophe while preserving the distinction between the optimistic Great Crusade era and the grim far future. The launch of Betrayal and Simon Egan’s Angron model turns an event long imagined by readers into armies, characters and battles they can collect.
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