White Dwarf 492
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White Dwarf 492 is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Contents
Editorial
- Contact!
Letters, questions, and pictures of miniatures sent in by you, our readers.
- Worlds of Warhammer
Nick Horth explores the heraldry and iconography of the armies of the Free Cities.
- Inside the Studio
A look at the miniatures painted and the games played in the studio this month.
WHITE DWARF BUNKER
- Access Granted!
An introduction to this month’s action taking place in the White Dwarf Bunker.
- Challenges
Grab your brushes and join in with our elite units painting challenge!
- The Combat Patrol League
The studio satellite’s Combat Patrol league is at its end. But who has emerged victorious?
- Scenario of the Month
Includes the Info-gheist Pursuit Scenario for Warhammer 40,000 and The Fluctuations of Power for Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Also includes a Kill Team mission that can be used in normal games or as part of a Spec Ops Campaign.
- Basic Training
Features Steven Box from Vanguard Tactics and an Orders, Sir? section where the answers to the tactical conundrum are featured at the back of the issue.
- Hobby Hangout
Emily Ridding takes over the Hobby Hangout this month and shows us how to paint terrain.
- Satellite Uplink
We hear from the club at Warhammer Rio Rancho and check out some of your elite units.
WARHAMMER 40,000
- Echoes of the Warp
We take a look behind the scenes at the creation of Combat Patrol with Warhammer 40,000 rules writer Duncan Waugh.
- Faces of the Devourer
Inquisitor Drakkstein gives an account of some of the Tyranid swarms faced by the Imperium.
- Brush Tips: Terminators
The ’Eavy Metal team are back – this time with a guide for Space Marine Terminators.
- Suffer Not the Unclean
A Black Templars vessel is in danger of being overrun by Tyranids in this short story.
- Battle Report: Sweeping Raid
Two veterans of our Combat Patrol league show off the new game as Scott Pire's Orks take on Paul Foulkes and their Astra Militarum.
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
- A Tale of Four Warlords
Our four Warhammer Age of Sigmar warlords tackle their first major challenge – painting a Vanguard boxed set.
- Bastions of Foulness
Looking for real estate in the Mortal Realms? We explore some of the greatest fortresses of the Age of Sigmar. Viewing advised.
- The Spoils of the Waaagh!
Zoggrok Anvilsmasha tries to keep his orruks in line as they besiege a Sigmarite fortress.
- Friends in Need
Rules for forging alliances in the Mortal Realms with a Battlepack for multiplayer games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
WARCRY
- Wyrdhollow Bladeborn
Four new Bladeborn warbands make the transition from Warhammer Underworlds to Warcry – Ephilim's Pandemonium, Domitan's Stormcoven, Skabbik's Plaguepack, and The Headsmen's Curse.
WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY
- Born of War II
More Inductii as we showcase the remaining nine Legions from the Horus Heresy.
WARHAMMER UNDERWORLDS
- Glory Points
What’s that smell? John Bracken introduces us to what he’s dubbed the ‘Pungent Prophets’.
NECROMUNDA
- The Darkness Lifts
As the lights come back on in the underhive, our gang leaders take stock of the situation.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Black Library – Between the Lines
Chaplain Sephax uncovers a deadly plot against the Tome Keepers Chapter in a short story written by Callum Davis.
Sources
- 1: Games Workshop White Dwarf 492 (last accessed 13/9/2023)
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