CommunityWD 494 · pp. 4–7
Matt Taylor shares a collection spanning established, obscure and personally invented Space Marine Chapters, explaining the older miniatures and imagery behind individual conversions. Other reader models include a War Dog and a colourful Redemptor; Raul Berlinches Gonzalez describes airbrushed purple-to-blue armour and a green plasma glow. Ask Grombrindal considers why the Great Horned Rat remains an outsider among the Chaos Gods.
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CommunityWD 494 · pp. 8–9
Campaign organiser Leila Appleton explains how she gathers games, painting and creative contributions, then turns the results into a newsletter that makes players feel part of the unfolding story. The Slidecrown recap lays out the Preserver, Obliterator and mercenary Rogue teams, the three campaign stages and the hidden scoring that moves the Withervane.
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CommunityWD 494 · pp. 34–39
Jack Masters introduces Surrey’s GR Meme Team, whose charity paintathon raised £3,000 for Mind and whose tournament approach combines preferred models with good etiquette. Reader and studio galleries celebrate monsters and machines, including an extensively converted Chaos Sorcerer, Jimbo Warth’s solar-system Hurricanum and Jes Bickham’s Psychophage. Painting notes explain rich purple, yellow smog and pallid swollen flesh.
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