ShowcaseWD 438 · pp. 8–9
Painted Shadespire warbands from several readers range from skeletal Sepulchral Guard to Fyreslayers, Stormcast and Orruks. The model-of-the-month commentary praises a gritty, oily Ironskull’s Boyz scheme. A photography sidebar recommends a white background, good frontal light, a revealing camera angle and enough distance to keep the whole miniature sharp.
Warhammer UnderworldsSepulchral Guard
InterviewWD 438 · pp. 10–13
Phil Kelly explains the exchange between writers, sculptors, artists and rules designers that turns new miniatures into inhabitants of established settings. Short vignettes offer accessible glimpses of those worlds rather than a single exhaustive account. He uses the planned sequence of Malign Portents stories and the expanding Vigilus narrative to show how small perspectives build a larger history.
Age of SigmarWarhammer 40,000
FictionWD 438 · pp. 16–19
Admiral Hengtsson takes the Ironclad Dammerung beneath Hammerhal Ghyra in search of an extraordinary magical treasure. After blasting into a hidden temple, his crew disturbs a luminous seed whose guardian cannot be overcome by guns or aetheric skill. The expedition’s confidence turns to horror as flowers and grasping vines consume the intruders.
Age of SigmarKharadron Overlords