Warhammer Contents review of the July 2009 White Dwarf (UK edition)
Summary: mainly a 40k issue (booo !) but some bits and pieces for LOTR and Fantasy Battle (hooray !)
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Warhammer Fantasy Battle
Some collectors Range miniature releases (1 page) see pic on right
Black Library - Gotrek & Felix
(the Third Omnibus includes Giantslayer, Orcslayer and Manslayer)
The Soldiers of Sigmar - Empire Tactica (8 pages)
some decent advice including a recommended army list (which I'm actually not that keen on !) Includes some advice on range guessing (check Pythagoras) and sensible advice on detachments, ie. use them !
Blitz box - Orc Shields 1 page advert with suggested shield uses.
Wizards - the wizard Painting Challenge (excellent 8 page article !)
Warhammer 40,000 contents
New Releases (with pics, prices and dates)
Planet Strike expansion, Space Marine Land Speeder Storm, Space Marine Ironclad Dreadnought, Forgefather Vulkan He'stan, Kor,sarro Khan, Aegis defence line / Imperial Bastion (see pics, click to enlarge)
...continued... Skyshield Landing pad, Mines, Bombs and Booby Traps (these look quite cool), Blastscape, Imperial Strongpoint, Shrine of the Aquila.
Forgeworld
- Mamon Daemon Prince of Nurgle - a huge Nurgle Daemon
- The Blight Drone (a Daemon Engine of Nurgle - looks quite cool)
Black Library - an audio book Blood Angels discover a Tyranid Hive Ship
(it's advertised as Listen while you paint and this actually strikes me as a really good idea, I'm sick of listening to music while I blog so I might join in !)
Web Lore - news from the 40k section of the GW website
War On All Fronts - Planetstrike 12 pages od design notes.
Dave & Jerms Old War Stories (?) Imperial Guard vs Orks - 6 pages
Fire in the Sky - Planetstrike Battle Report (20 pages) Eldar attack Imperial Guard
Planetstrike Modelling Workshop - 8 pages all about bastions (loads of them, chaos eldar, ork, tau, and the Skyshield Installation and Shrine of Aquila)
Space Marines - modelling workshop - 6 pages on vehicle upgrades, Ironclad Dreadnought and Landspeeder Storm
Lord of the Rings
The Galadhrim Host - 6 pages, fluff, pics, profiles and points.
Other White Dwarf Stuff
Fantasy Flight - Chaos in the Old World: a new Fantasy Flight board game based around Chaos in the Warhammer Old World (small advert)
Standard Bearer from Jervis about the social aspect of the game (the most fun part of the whole thing as far as I'm concerned !)
Hobby Essentials -4 pages on using paint brushes (specifically the new GW ones)
Snotlings and Orc Shields bitz packs (I recognise some of those old snotties !)Images are from White Dwarf © Games Workshop Ltd. All rights reserved. Used without permission.
