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Worlds of Warhammer: Iconography

May 2022·pp. 10–13

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Phil Kelly explores how symbols communicate culture, battlefield roles and history before a character speaks. Space Marine heraldry, Aeldari runes and the symbols of the realms show how apparently simple shapes accumulate meaning through their use across stories, miniatures and generations of players.

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CommunityWD 476 · pp. 4–9

Contact!

Readers discuss renewed inspiration, early memories of White Dwarf and newly painted miniatures. A question about repainting black armour for the Deathwatch illustrates the importance of ritual, while practical examples range from corroded machinery to a sinister Genestealer Cult scheme.

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Conversion Corner: Dark Mechanicum Tech-Priest

Alvin Wong joins a Canoptek Spyder to a Tech-Priest Manipulus, creating a Nurgle-devoted heretek with an unsettling mechanical mount. Spawn heads and a Plaguebearer-skull servitor spread the corruption across the model, making its allegiance apparent beyond the central figure.

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PaintingWD 476 · p. 9

Painting Question: Cult of the Writhing Shadow

The studio explains a Neophyte’s sinister palette through recipes for clothing, armour, skin and equipment. Carefully mixed shading uses ordinary opaque paints as well as washes, while bright final details stop the predominantly dark cultist from becoming an indistinct figure.

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