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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 413

Creating the Crimson King

December 2016·p. 110

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Matt Holland discusses making the plastic Magnus recognisably continuous with his Primarch incarnation despite ten thousand years of corruption. An arrogant expression, immense scale, birdlike details and Prosperine imagery carry the character’s history into the miniature, while annotated ornaments leave room for interpretation.

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EditorialWD 413 · p. 1

White Dwarf Takes to the Field

Jim Johnson and Bob Bifford take over the welcome as Blood Bowl returns to the magazine. Their irreverent introduction previews the fantasy-football coverage and a clash between the Gouged Eye and Reikland Reavers, while Magnus and the Thousand Sons provide the month’s other major story.

Blood BowlWarhammer 40,000
December 2016Read summary
ShowcaseWD 413 · p. 4

A Thousand Sons

The Thousand Sons return with a complete wave of plastic miniatures and the concluding Fenris campaign. The preview contrasts these haunted and mutated warriors with their Heresy-era predecessors and introduces Magnus as the leader of their long-awaited revenge.

Warhammer 40,000Thousand Sons
December 2016Read summary
ModellingWD 413 · p. 11

New Horus Heresy Transfer Sheets

Space Wolves and Thousand Sons transfer sheets provide runes, Legion insignia and squad markings. The article presents them as a way to personalise Heresy collections while noting that their imagery can also serve the later descendants of both Legions.

The Horus HeresyWarhammer 40,000Space Wolves
December 2016Read summary