CommunityWD 486 · pp. 4–9
Readers describe a reunion through a casual Kill Team tournament and the solace of commemorating family in their collections. Questions cover the permanent interaction of Salamanders gene-seed with Nocturne’s radiation and why the Mortal Realms resist a complete map. Painted reader models accompany these conversations, while the practical answers range from intensely orange bases to a narrative Necron conversion.
Warhammer 40,000Age of Sigmar
ShowcaseWD 486 · pp. 10–17
The new series begins with an open studio challenge: paint and optionally convert an easy-to-build Intercessor or Vindictor, then explain its identity. Thirty-four entrants provide the pool from which judges will select eight candidates for each game. The judges weigh technique and contrast alongside heraldry, background and whether a scheme would work across an army.
Warhammer 40,000Age of SigmarSpace Marines63 paint colours
FictionWD 486 · pp. 24–27
Rhalion’s torpedoes cross the Ark’s formidable fire and breach a manufactorum as the Star of Dawn is crippled behind them. Blood Angels push through cultists to link their landing zones, with Techmarine Chalmo coordinating scattered survivors. Contact with Tome Keepers Librarian Bhakir confirms another foothold, but leaves the boarding force facing a vast hostile interior without its planned escape ship.
Warhammer 40,000Blood Angels