 | With Warhammer Visions changing it's format and release schedule we have been left wondering if they will go out with a bang or a whimper. This issue of Warhammer Visions certainly doesn't disappoint, especially if you like Space Marines!! Ultramarines, Alpha Legion, World Eaters, a bevy of First Founding miniatures AND Golden Demon: Space Marine entrants - there's more power armour here than at the Emperor's birthday party! Forge World also gets a decent run, we see a g very handsome Mechanicus force and Blanchitsu has some more awesome miniatures. There's also a Paint Splatter on some of the Stormcloud Attack - but it's not just 40K that gets a run... Age of $igmar doesn't miss out with a really cool Stormcast/ Sylvaneth army plus a Parade Ground focusing on the heroes and villains. With all that content, you'd have to think this was the issue to get - and you're not wrong - but again, some of the production values of Visions lets it down! ++ More After The Jump ++ |
True to form, the beginning of the issue is full of the New Releases, with a number of new shots mixed in with past White Dwarf and Codex ones. This section seems slimmer than in the past....
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The Forge World section is improving, and features the truly phallic Ordinatus Sagittar, the new Auxilia Medicae unit and the awesome Domitar Battle Automata which is just too cool for school.
Some of the armies featured this month include Oliver Warsop's heavily weathered Ultramarines, Hugh Wilson's Alpha Legion and Steve Foote's very cool Stormcast/ Sylvaneth army which have combined the two forces in a really cool way. For the most part this section is really good - BUT Hugh Wilson's Alpha Legion which is really well done, is photographed in a light that makes it really quite hard to get the most out of them. You can see the level of detail gone to, but the actual photos are very dark. It's a real pity!
Parade Ground Warhammer 40,000, Golden Demon: Space Marines and First Founding: Angels of Death (which has the Raven Guard, Imperial Fists, Salamanders, Iron Hands and White Scars) bring you more Space Marines than could possibly be healthy.
'Eavy Metal and Readers Models also have some really cool models, especially the super-clean super-detailed Overwatch miniatures.
'Eavy Metal and Readers Models also have some really cool models, especially the super-clean super-detailed Overwatch miniatures.
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Speaking of cool armies - a bit later in the issue there's Neil Cook's World Eaters and Kyle Naisbitt's Mechanicus. These are both great looking forces. Still can't go passed Kastelans!! Kyle Naisbitt's army is especially well photographed with very clear images, not so in some of the other photo shoots.
Parade Ground is all about Age of $igmar, and Paint Splatter gets into some of the cool schemes on the Stormcloud Attack models.
Blanchitsu has always been a favourite every month, and these miniatures are really well converted and painted. This has been such a great section. Here's hoping it survives the new incarnation!
So here it is - the full double page announcement!
Verdict
What I don't get is, how come the photo editors don't see the washed out images, the over exposed, the flaring and the too dark shots. Unless that's all done in post production - in which case there's always the "undo" button! Overall a good issue, but some of the photos are pretty poor...
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