 | Isn't it always the way - you read the breakdown of White Dwarf, prepare yourself for a naff issue and then they roll out one full of random hobby-ness that just has to be read! Well they do say don't judge a book by it's cover, BUT IT'[S SO MUCH EASIER!! So the big draw card according to Games Workshop is the new Shattered Dominion game board. You might remember we gave you an exclusive sneak peak at in from Warhammer Visions some months ago. Well now here it is and apart from being pretty crazy-crowded it's not the most exciting thing in this week's issue! This week we have three new paint sets specifically for large areas that include the new jumbo 250ml paint pots! There's also new Shattered Dominion scenic bases, five more Start Collecting! boxed sets, Paint Splatter returns with some basing tips and tricks (always handy), there's a look at the Domain of Chaos Battletome and a partridge in a pear tree. ++ More After The Jump ++ |
Previous Games Workshop games boards have generally been pretty united in their look, but this new Shattered Dominion is four quite distinct areas - the awesome Arcanabulum, the barren Broken Plains, the Fell Chasm and the semi-urban Desolate Ruins. The detail looks good if not a bit hectic, and at $500 AUD you had better really want this. Be interesting to see it mixed with other boards.
Now I thought this was interesting, these three new paint sets not only have the usual 12ml paint pots, but also a jumbo 250ml paint pot. EVen if you didn't want to use this for basing, it's a pretty god way to get a large amount of one colour! The Shattered Dominion has a jumbo Mechanicus Standard Grey, the Cursed Wastes has a jumbo Steel Legion Drab and the Blighted Tundra has a jumbo Dryad Bark. It's good value too - a regular 12ml pot if $6 - this is over 20x that volume for the price of x10 the volume. Something to ponder.
Scenic bases are back, and still excellent value, but as we discovered last time, they really aren't amazing quality if the 40K ones were anything to go by.
Dominion of Chaos is the new Battletome that gives you the rules for all the large terrain pieces in the Warhammer universe and how to add them into your games.
There are five new Star Collecting! boxed sets this week - Flesh-Eater Courts, Stormcast Eternals (these are the multi-pose ones not the ones from the starter set), Khorne Bloodbound, Ironjawz and Sylvaneth (which unfortunately only has one new miniature in it - the Branchwych). So far all these sets have been good value, so if you're army building, these might be worth a look!
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Also on these pages, the novel Realmgate Wars: Lord of Undeath, and the next Horus Heresy audio book The Either, which was originally a short story from the Meduson compilation.
This sounds like a cool story - I might just pick this one up!
"Captain Tybalt Marr of the Sons of Horus, so often overlooked by his more glory-hungry brethren, returns to his Legion in triumph. However, his boasts of having slain the infamous Iron Hands warleader Shadrak Meduson soon fall flat when he learns of the recent assassination attempt on Horus himself. Gathering his forces upon the conquered world of Dwell, Marr returns to battle against the Shattered Legions, determined to earn his rightful place in history."
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Also on these pages, the novel Realmgate Wars: Lord of Undeath, and the next Horus Heresy audio book The Either, which was originally a short story from the Meduson compilation.
This sounds like a cool story - I might just pick this one up!
"Captain Tybalt Marr of the Sons of Horus, so often overlooked by his more glory-hungry brethren, returns to his Legion in triumph. However, his boasts of having slain the infamous Iron Hands warleader Shadrak Meduson soon fall flat when he learns of the recent assassination attempt on Horus himself. Gathering his forces upon the conquered world of Dwell, Marr returns to battle against the Shattered Legions, determined to earn his rightful place in history."
Paint Splatter returns this week with some pretty handy tips on basing. SOme are pretty obvious, but knowing colour combinations is always a good idea. Really interesting to see drybrushing coming back into vogue so much - have to say though that some of it is pretty messy, but I think that's more to do with the shallow detail on the bases.
An awesome looking Primarch, the fearsome Konrad Curze of the Night Lords from Golden Demon: Horus Heresy 2016 is by Neil Hollis. Really amazing detail on this. If you're a Night Lords fan, have a look at this!
Here are the rules for the Shattered Dominions game board.
NEXT ISSUE: FROM THE SNOW THEY CAME, DRIVEN BY ANGER AND A LUST FOR WAR
Verdict
Well that's certainly an interesting teaser for next week - what the Hell are they talking about??
Space Wolves? Ice Elves? Frost the Snowman?? Got me...
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So this issue is actually pretty good. There's lots of hobby stuff, yes it's sales driven, but it's useful information as well. I enjoyed this issue and read pretty much all of it!
There's also the Designers Notes up the back for the Shatter Dominion stuff. We need more of this stuff!
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In the Pot of Paint vs. White Dwarf:
White Dwarf
Space Wolves? Ice Elves? Frost the Snowman?? Got me...
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So this issue is actually pretty good. There's lots of hobby stuff, yes it's sales driven, but it's useful information as well. I enjoyed this issue and read pretty much all of it!
There's also the Designers Notes up the back for the Shatter Dominion stuff. We need more of this stuff!
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In the Pot of Paint vs. White Dwarf:
White Dwarf
Getting Started with Warhammer Age of $igmar
 | I picked up the Getting Started with Warhammer Age of Sigmar today mainly for my nephews who are just getting into it. I figured this was a great primer and had a miniature on it too. Now first off, the thing that really got me was how this is set out - this is not just reprinted material! There is some material here from the Battletomes basically owing to the sheer amount of of background for people to catch up on (as we mentioned last week) but there are also a lot of shots of great miniatures, some of which I personally haven't seen before, some simple painting guides for various armies AND an overview of the rules! Having seen inside I also picked up a copy for me to catch up on the Age of $igmar universe, so it's definitely not just for the new players or kids. there is something in here for every Fantasy player/ hobbyist. PLUS, if you look closely there are also a number of new scenery models - check these out. |
Love that floating scenery. Just looks awesome!
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Yes this is a sales pitch and there are lots of pictures of boxed sets etc, but if you look past that bit you'll probably enjoy it as much as we did - sceptical as we were!
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Yes this is a sales pitch and there are lots of pictures of boxed sets etc, but if you look past that bit you'll probably enjoy it as much as we did - sceptical as we were!
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