ShowcaseWD 514 · pp. 4–5
A studio challenge gives overlooked companion creatures a 35mm plinth and a small story of their own. Owen, Rowan, Ant and Kieran turn rats, gargoylians, a servo-skull, a rocket-driven squig and graveyard animals into independent vignettes. Composition does much of the work: a tiny nest gets a deliberately small “puddle” base, a Nurgling is crushed under a Drop Pod door, and a sculpted strand of kelp makes an ethershark appear to swim.
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PaintingWD 514 · p. 6
Philipp Höppner treats his Word Bearers as a long-term project informed by reading their fiction. His Terminators begin with dark red armour and silver trim, both subdued by two black washes before thin red layers and progressively warmer edge highlights restore definition. A separate flesh recipe turns their flayed tabards into a disturbing counterpoint to the hard armour, with further additions already planned for the army.
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LoreWD 514 · pp. 8–11
Phil and Andy identify the Chaos Gods as the common thread linking Warhammer’s otherwise different settings. They contrast the emotional powers of the Warp, mortal corruption and the Great Game with the gods’ lighter role in Blood Bowl, then examine ambitious figures such as the Great Horned Rat, Hashut and Vashtorr. The discussion explains why the same broad antagonists can generate threats at every scale, from an underhive cult to realities consumed by daemonic war.
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