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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 412

Creating a Legend

November 2016·pp. 24–25

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Creative Assembly’s artists explain how concept work and three-dimensional modelling developed together to bring Grombrindal into Total War. References to his miniature and Adrian Smith’s art shaped the veteran wanderer, while packed belongings, quest equipment and practical animation constraints added further character.

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ShowcaseWD 412 · p. 13

Video Games: Vermintide, Talisman and Grombrindal

Vermintide reaches consoles with its five heroes fighting Clan Fester in Ubersreik, while Talisman: The Horus Heresy gains a Prospero expansion with new warlords and psychic abilities. The column also explains the magazine’s Grombrindal unlock for Total War: Warhammer.

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InterviewWD 412 · p. 15

Five Questions: Guy Haley

Guy Haley describes the challenge of bringing a multi-author series to a satisfying ending while leaving his own mark on it. He discusses Vangorich as a character whose strength lies in intelligence, and recalls how other writers’ unsettling inventions helped shape the wider conflict.

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Battle reportWD 412 · pp. 22–23

A Tale of Four Keyboards

Creative Assembly’s Al Bickham and Andy Hall join the magazine team for Total War: Warhammer battles. Warm-up matches and an ill-directed siege lead into a final team contest in which their Empire army defeats the staff’s Chaos and Greenskin alliance, making deployment and coordination recurring lessons.

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