Wednesday, October 06, 2010

White Dwarf 370 October 2010 - High Elves

Inside this month's issue:
New Releases - Bunch of High Elf and Moria stuff. After the 1st of October things will go up by a few cents/dollars for everyone in New Zealand. Seems like they are getting a rise in GST... and it isn't whole dollars. My OCD senses are tingling.
The Armies of Ulthuan - Adam Troke delves into the military life of the citizen-soldiers of the High Elves, taking a look at how Ulthuan musters for war. Was an interesting read while I drank some coffee and waited for my shift to start. On my way home from work my mind was racing with ideas on how I could create an Elven force using the newer metal and plastic range. Figured that I could combine some High Elf and Wood Elf miniatures...
Battle For The Island of Blood - This month we've pulled out all the stops to refight the climatic battle for the Island of Blood in this huge battle report. Can Prince Althran stop Ratchitt getting his hands on the Pheonix Stone before it's too late? This wasn't as exciting as it could have been... although if I was 12 again it would of looked awesome with loads of High Elves killing buckets of Skaven.
War in The Misty Mountains - Alan Perry, Michael Perrey and Mat Ward sit down with Adam to talk aboue the wars waged beneath the Misty Mountains, as the Dwarfs battle the Goblins in Moria. I have come up with an idea of how to paint all the Moria Goblins that I own... test figures but with a fun twist.

Warhammer Tactica: Monstrous Mounts - Mat Ward saddles up and rides to war, discussing the many breeds of mount available to your characters. My inexperience with the Fantasy rules makes this sound like it is written with a code...
'Eavy Metal: Prince Althran versus Spinetail - Darren Latham and Joe Tomaszewski join forces for this month's Painting Masterclass, as Darren paints Princes Althran on foot and Joe paints Warlord Spinetail.
Army Masters: Battalion Challenge - To celebrate the launch of Warhammer, the whole studio got involved in the Battalion Challenge. In this Army Masters special we take a look at the best armies and miniatures to emerge from the competition. 
Dan Abnett - This month sees the release of the first anthology of short stories set within the Sabbat Worlds, so who better than their creator, Dan Abnett, to introduce? 
Army Workshop: Word Bearers - Duncan Rhodes has been busy building a new Chaos Space Marine army - we follow his progress. The army list comes to 1606 points... 
Modelling Workshop: Chaos Planetstrike - To accompany Duncan's army, Chad Mierzwa has defiled a set of Planetstrike scenery. We show you how. It actually looked cool. Especially what Chad did with the Razor Wire and the Space Marine statue.

Standard Bearer - Jervis talks about how to win games. It only took up two pages of this issue. And I wouldn't have minded if it went for longer. Below is a quote that is just as true for players of both game systems:
"...a single powerful unit can no longer dominate the battlefield, which makes it important to have a solid battleline." 
You'll also find full details of all the latest releases and news, a directory featuring all of the hobby activities in your local area.
Disclaimer - Images take from the Games Workshop website.

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