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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 418

Forty Years: ’Eavy Metal

May 2017·pp. 68–71

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Past and present painters recall the showcases, masterclasses, painting challenges and Mike McVey dioramas that inspired their careers. Their memories explain how named painters’ distinctive styles, ambitious instructional features and narrative compositions encouraged readers to try professional painting and sculpting themselves.

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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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