Monday 1 June 2015

White Dwarf 105. My first issue

During a stop on the way to visit family in Yorkshire way back in 1989, I bought the White Dwarf issue 105. Flicking through the pages I came upon this image:
All RoC fans will recognise this wonderful piece of art as the front cover of the RoC 'Slaves to Darkness' book. Turning over the pages, I discovered this picture of the most wonderfully painted mini's I had ever seen:
Sorry about the dump photos as they really don't do them any justice. I totally recommend buying the old issues of WD's to really appreciate the pictures of painted mini's and, of course, the artwork. However, it was this page that truly amazed me and still does.
Look at the brilliant figures. This is the page I most look at out of all the WD's I own. I come back to this time and time again, mainly for painting inspiration. The Beastmen for me are interesting as it gives you an idea which are Slaanesh figures and which are Khorne. Of course you can choose what you like, but I suppose anything with one boob, a nipple or bondage gear is clearly Slaanesh. In WD 122 I noticed something regarding the Beastmen, but that will have to wait until my next post.

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  1. Oli2 June 2015 at 06:28

    Love the pics. I don't own any of those old WD's since I started much later with gaming so I have to satisfy my needs with the Eavy Metal pages in the RoC books.

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  2. Jeg2 June 2015 at 08:01

    They are worth owning mate. Someone is usually selling their collection on ebay. I got issues 70-79 recently for £1 + £5 postage, so there are deals out there. The best issues are 80 to about 153. For us it's the postage that is the killer so I get all my lovely lead etc. posted to the UK. Problem is, I have to wait months to get my hands on it all!

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    1. Oli2 June 2015 at 08:43

      My wife would kill me if I (tried to) decide to expand my model stuff any further. So I guess I have to seek satisfaction in digital pictures.

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  3. Jeg2 June 2015 at 09:46

    I totally understand dude. I'm lucky I have a UK bank account and the better half has no idea the amount of lead I buy and for how much! Do you use Scribd as they have loads of scanned WD's. Type in the search engine "white dwarfs vintage" and bob's your uncle!

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    1. Oli2 June 2015 at 11:52

      Nah I'm not into Scribd (yet). Have way too much distractions already so I keep this away as long as possible.

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