Galvanise the memory cells with Eavy Metal!: Part 5 (White Dwarf 149)

 Oh look here it's a New Year and another White Dwarf  blog post  this time No.149, let's dive into the goodness.

We should take a minute to talk about this bonkers cover first. I know they take all comers in the imperial guard but these grey trouser, blond tough guys are something else. Did they fall down that hole or make it themselves?? Either way the commissar clearly has trouble keeping track of his regiment as they have the issue standard happy birthday 4th regiment badges.

Moving on we now get to some soldiers of the Empire. First with the mighty and now very expensive War Wagon. It's a great looking model and these are some bright colour choices, even a red morning star! 

Not sure I recognise Thaindon and Kargos High Elf Dragonlord and mount. IT's a nice looking grumpy dragon though. On doing some rummaging around google I found this nugget of gold about the pair.

Amongst the Dragonlords of the Elves Thaindon’s name is held in awe, for it was he who hunted the Fire-Drake Kargos, scorcher of a hundred castles, and bent him to his will. Thaindon triumphed in a mighty battle against the dragon-wyrm, and earned both the beast’s respect and the right to ride him in battle. Together they are rightly feared throughout the Elven Kingdoms.

Galvanise the memory cells with Eavy Metal!: Part 3 (White Dwarf 147)

Holy moly that is a cool bit of art on the cover! Look at these Eldar in battle so full of vivid action yet determined and not comical.

But if 146 was an an immense showcase of what White Dwarf could do to inspire a young me then 147 was hugely disappointing. A brief Space Fleet article followed by an section introducing Eldar to the Epic Space Marine game is not a great start.

Adorable, but scale wise how big are those banners?!

Don't get me wrong some of the titans can be impressive and I did actually play a couple of games of Epic back in the day (heck the very first time I saw a miniature was a cousins game of Epic). Yet the tiny little minis representing troops or tanks never held my attention for too long. I guess they were just too small or fiddly.

 On my list of minis to find :)        War of the Roses style armor, a rare Empire unit I like.

The next article is about the new Empire miniatures being released and a comprehensive army list to use. My interest in Empire is not exactly high, sure they have some cool monstrous mounts for lords and a few of the units have my attention. Overall thought it is that renaissance style I just don't find appealing or want to paint. 

Having said that the two images above show a couple of empire units I do like. The champion who I am still looking for would be great in Warhammer Quest as the Imperial Noble. Whilst the Reiksguard unit is how I think armour plated medieval knights look best. Moving on.