White Dwarf Issue #2 Review

Issue 2 of the newly revamped and now weekly White Dwarf spotlights it's namesake - the Dwarves.
As you may be aware, the Dwarves relaunched last week in Issue 1, which made for not a bad subject to relaunch a long-standing publication in a new format.
At the time I mentioned I was concerned about how White Dwarf would define themselves next to the monthly Warhammer Visions and make their own impact - and in Issue 2 we see exactly what the new weekly White Dwarf is for.
The new weekly White Dwarf, at this point, is a place to launch new miniatures, show how to put them together and paint them and also to get into the heads of the designers.
Is it a catalogue - well yes - but is it useful to the hobbyist and gamer? Let's have a look inside...

The big reveal in this issue is the Gyrocopter/ Gyrobomber kit. The new weekly format meant this really only broke over the last two days, so maybe their weekly format is working!
It's a nice looking kit, able to make either rmodel. It's a fairly typical looking Dwarven machine with the Steampunk influences. The Steampunk route makes sense for the Dwarves and was something Games Workshop tired out on the Skaven a few years back. 

There's a two-page spread dedicated to each machine, including some background and some nice close-ups of the features of each.

The Runelord and Grimm Burloksson get a run in this issue too. 
The Runelord  looks particularly nice, underplayed and subtle in details, but a really beautiful miniature.
Grimm Burloksson is an awesome looking miniature - the complete opposite of the Runelord - over the top and massive. Steampunked to the max!

Then we get a glimpse of the codex with some previews of some more awesome looking miniatures. As a non-Dwarf player, Games Workshop really do Dwarves well! 
I've even painted a few over the years and they are great to paint!

But it's not just in the codex preview we see something interesting... we also see the alternate model for the Runelord - and it's awesome!! 
We don't see him in the spotlight section on the Runelord, but the Games Workshop site has him up.
This is definitely on my list...!

Then it's onto Gyrocopter/ Gyrobomber modelling in Paint Splatter with some pretty standard painting instructions - this felt a bit like filler to me I must admit.

In the Sprues and Glue section, they give us a blow-by-blow on the sub-assemblies of the Gyrocopter/ Gyrobomber kit. It's nicely written and interesting to see how they designed the construction of the kit.

Towards the back we have The Week in White Dwarf, as last week, a collection of short articles. Something that did catch my eye though was the Readers Model of the Week. This is a nice bit of community involvement - pretty smart!
On the same page you'll also see Bit of the Week - this week the MKIV helmet from the Sternguard set. Not the best incarnation of that design, but still a great bit. Who doesn't love MKIV armour? 
Interestingly no cross promotion with Forge World in that bit, or in fact the rest of this issue.

As I said last week, it's tough to judge the first issue and it's direction on one issue. It's much clearer to see where they are now going with the weekly White Dwarf. It's a good idea and pretty easy to see where it fits into the market.
What is interesting is that it's not exactly flying off the shelves and the younger hobbyists I saw in store this morning weren't looking at it at all... 

Diod you pick it up?
What do ytou think about it?
Do you like it or is it missing the mark and you can't wait for the next Warhammer Visions instead?