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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 418

40 Years: In the Bunker

May 2017·p. 145

THE SHORT VERSION

Gav Thorpe remembers learning writing, design and deadline discipline; Phil Kelly recalls moving from graphic design through features into game development. Adam Troke looks back on interviews and battle reports with humour, while a separate farewell marks photographer Erik Niemz’s departure after several magazine formats.

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InterviewWD 418 · p. 15

40 Years: Fiction

Five authors choose influential favourites: Nick Kyme praises Necropolis, Gav Thorpe selects Execution Hour and Guy Haley recalls Drachenfels. David Guymer discusses Thanquol’s Doom’s effect on his own writing, while Chris Wraight admires the ambition and dystopian imagination of Draco.

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InterviewWD 418 · pp. 42–49

The Dark Baroque

John Blanche describes the inseparable development of his drawing and miniature painting, from tin knights and museum work to concept design and running the studio. Nature, old buildings, history and the miniature range feed an instinctive visual memory, with rapid sketches intended to open possibilities for sculptors rather than function as polished finished art.

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InterviewWD 418 · pp. 50–51

Blanchitsu: Thirty Years of an Evolving Feature

The retrospective follows Blanchitsu from practical brush and knife advice within ’Eavy Metal through its short independent run and later assimilation. Its 2012 return focuses on personal warbands and the imaginative fringe of the setting, with John explaining his initial doubts about whether readers would embrace such unusual models.

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