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This is an abreviated Retro Review. Most of WD214 it taken up by Epic 40k and Gorkamorka, two games I have absolutely nothing to say about.



But that being said there is a great bit of Gorkamorka art.



And a cute back cover.



But the real reason I was looking at is there is a great gallery of 2nd edition IG models.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-518-2304_Retro%20Review%20-%20WD214.html

Some tanks













Some infantry



I think this is one of the first time we saw African skin tones on a GW model.













And finally some armies

















Love the Ogryn in a great coat.

For a long time in the 90s WD did not show much in the way of fan armies or conversions so this issue was a real breath of fresh air. It's also neat to see people in WD doing the stuff that real players did, like putting 10 HK missiles on a tank or mixing regiments.

I loved the Supa Grippo Tires ad on the back.

*sigh*

Things like this really show how much has changed in WD.

Why are the 'Jungle' fighters painted in blue rather than something sensible like...oh, I don't know....green?

InyokaMadoda wrote:Why are the 'Jungle' fighters painted in blue rather than something sensible like...oh, I don't know....green?

Probably the painter seemed to like the 'gang fighter' look more than 'rambo wanna-be'.

Anybody else notice the multi-melta coming out of the driver's hatch on the first Chimera?

I have fond memories of this issue, it was my first real experience with the Imperial Guard, though I would only start collecting them almost 10 years later. The sheer amount of metal in those armies is staggering, tho.

haha thats awesome i have that issue lying around somewhere, i remember buying those cadian shock troopers thou........no idea where they are now though.....

Those were the good ol days of WD.

Wow... my first White Dwarf. I remember buying this issue when I was in middle school.

Thanks. I was in college when this arrived. I remember how we were all excited over the new IG, especially the Catachans.

Fond memories. I especially loved how the Orks were handled in 2nd edition. They may be brutal, they may end up blowing themselves up. Either way, fun times.

Wow how old are the IG tanks? Are they older than 2nd edition?

GG

Death By Monkeys wrote:Anybody else notice the multi-melta coming out of the driver's hatch on the first Chimera?

This confused me as well. I'm pretty sure this tank was shown in the old 3rd Ed. Guard Codex, since I know I've seen it before and I've never looked at this WD. I've also never seen an explanation for that MM.

Death By Monkeys wrote:Anybody else notice the multi-melta coming out of the driver's hatch on the first Chimera?

So now we know why the Hellhounds can take hull Multi-Meltas!
____

Agamemnon2 wrote:The sheer amount of metal in those armies is staggering, tho.

Only for Nick Davis. The other guys only have like a few squads worth of metal guys.

All of the tanks date back to 2nd ed (post '92), iirc. I can vaguely remember when they were 'new' (I was never a guard player).

SoL is no help as they only have one 1992 catalog (mainly fantasy and epic) and one 1993 catalog (not helpful).

My god the portraits of the people are classics! especially Ian strickland

InyokaMadoda wrote:Why are the 'Jungle' fighters painted in blue rather than something sensible like...oh, I don't know....green?

There can be blue plants... in space!

Also, that Supa Grippo Tyres ad is the greatest.

Death By Monkeys wrote:Anybody else notice the multi-melta coming out of the driver's hatch on the first Chimera?

2nd edition had a optional vehicle modification system where you could swap an existing weapon for another, like a heavy bolter for a multimelta.

Unfortunately I never go around to building my land raider with 2 TL assault cannons (9-27 S8 shots).

Anyway I forgot to note that this issue is from October 1997, anyone who wasn't born then speak up. And if anyone does, the rest of us should take a shot.

Gawd, I was almost 30 then (and had been gaming for 15 of those years).

I love your retro reviews, I came in at the beginngin of 3rd so I missed this stuff.

Ozymandias wrote:I loved the Supa Grippo Tires ad on the back.

*sigh*

Things like this really show how much has changed in WD.

What do you mean, WD hasn't changed! Remember that WD with the ad for the battlewagon that came out recently? The one that didn't obviously have "BUY THE BATTLEWAGON" written all over it and was made purely for the sake of humor? "One brootal owna", ah ha ha ha ha!

...ha...

Sidstyler wrote:

Ozymandias wrote:I loved the Supa Grippo Tires ad on the back.

*sigh*

Things like this really show how much has changed in WD.

What do you mean, WD hasn't changed! Remember that WD with the ad for the battlewagon that came out recently? The one that didn't obviously have "BUY THE BATTLEWAGON" written all over it and was made purely for the sake of humor? "One brootal owna", ah ha ha ha ha!

...ha...

Never saw it.

A good article in an otherwise vague issue; props for putting it up. Anthony Bath's Tallarns still look the tits, in my opinion.

Anti-Mag wrote: Anthony Bath's Tallarns still look the tits, in my opinion.

Um translators?

Is that a good thing or a bad one?

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
2nd edition had a optional vehicle modification system where you could swap an existing weapon for another, like a heavy bolter for a multimelta.

Unfortunately I never go around to building my land raider with 2 TL assault cannons (9-27 S8 shots).

Anyway I forgot to note that this issue is from October 1997, anyone who wasn't born then speak up. And if anyone does, the rest of us should take a shot.

My boys were born that summer, so my buttertroll first wife monopolized my time. 40K was dead to me for a while.

I took the Dark Millennium system and modded my Land Raider. I ditched the TL HB's on top and built an assault cannon turret to replace them. I made the TL LC's on the side into single LC's and the Land Raider ended up costing less than a stock LR, but it was deadly to vehicles and troops.

That old Trukk actually looks pretty good on the cover. Must be the extra Orkiness.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Anti-Mag wrote: Anthony Bath's Tallarns still look the tits, in my opinion.

Um translators?

Is that a good thing or a bad one?

That's good.

Tits are always good.

unless someone says your such a tit, or stop being a tit. then their bad tits.

Thankfully I'm from Uk so i know the difference

The Tallarns by Anthony Bath are still my favorite to this day. The yellow is awesome. I remember the Vanquisher from the last IG book, that was so sweet.

willydstyle wrote:Tits are always good.

Well, if something is tits, that's bad.

if something is the tits, that's good.

A bit like the difference between something being gak or the gak