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 snorri788 wrote:
Here's a cover shot. Seems legit: http://descansodelescriba.blogspot.co.uk/

Here's an image for those who don't want to click through:

Really liking the look of that front cover, it's a great bit of design.

Will check out the magazine when it hits the shelves to see if they've actually started putting words back into their magazine.

Can someone open it please....

Looks, promising. But as you said, its whats behind that cover that matters. But at least we get a free poster!

 notprop wrote:
It could be a chaos blue bird in armour, I mean a greater Deamon of TzeenTch?

Mag looks....interesting. I will get one to see what the score is so to speak.


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Hang on, weren't there chaosy reptilian thing in the Gaunt's Ghosts books? They had belly blasters and smelt like grimdark milk or something?

Could be a new unit like that.

Those were/are Loxatl.

Those look amazing! Time to dig my chaos back out!

Dragon looks silly, like an old He-Man toy. Think I'll be using Hell Blades as stand ins.

Slaughterfiend, Warpsmith and new Raptos looks sweet.

 pretre wrote:

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Those are some of the worst miniatures that I have seen come out of GW in a long, loooooooong time!

Eh . . . they look a bit too spikey for my liking . . .

Time for less random, more frequent drug testing at HQ miniature design?

A lot of very 'toy-like' design decisions this time around.

Well, if nothing else, the unit entries will make for good 'counts as' modeling opportunities.

Um... not convinced by those models/concepts at all, but need a better look.

Can't say they're not introducing new stuff for chaos though and looks like they won't just be "Marines with Spikes."

 reds8n wrote:

 notprop wrote:
It could be a chaos blue bird in armour, I mean a greater Deamon of TzeenTch?

Mag looks....interesting. I will get one to see what the score is so to speak.


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Hang on, weren't there chaosy reptilian thing in the Gaunt's Ghosts books? They had belly blasters and smelt like grimdark milk or something?

Could be a new unit like that.

Those were/are Loxatl.

Notprop shoots.......and misses!

Well the flying dragon turned out to be true and mores the pity. Do not like that or the Fiend kit (same?).

The other stuff looks okay if a little shiney and neon. Colour me interested I bought DV twice in preparation for it after all.

Humm....was intrigued by the cover but those models aren't my cup of tea at all.

Edit: They remind me of the old Zoids toy line

 filbert wrote:
They remind me of the old Zoids toy line

Yep, Zoids

GW confirm our suspicions about their real target market with every release. Maybe us Vets are supposed to get our kicks from Forgeworld

I don't think that they're that bad. I just think that they're a bit too spikey.

 Alpharius wrote:
A lot of very 'toy-like' design decisions this time around.

Have to agree, it looks almost like WarMachine models with spikes added on (and I really dislike the design of many PP models, so this is not a good move ).

As to the cover of the magazine... it looks like someone lost the CD key to the proper design software and had to knock something up with MS Publisher...

So the 80s came back.... it didnt look good the first time around, I dont think I want my 40k looking like Ninja turtle and Heman action figures...

Disappointed with those chaos minis

Can we keep the discussion of the Chaos miniatures to the appropriate thread, please?

 SilverMK2 wrote:
As to the cover of the magazine... it looks like someone lost the CD key to the proper design software and had to knock something up with MS Publisher...

I agree. Cramming a bucket full of square letters on the front page is not state-of-the-art design. Would look like a cheap fake, if we didn't know better. Getting rid of the trademark White Dwarf logo for that?

Judging from the pics, it seems the White Dwarf indeed got smaller. Hope there is more in it than just the advertising pics shown.

 Ravenous D wrote:
So the 80s came back.... it didnt look good the first time around, I dont think I want my 40k looking like Ninja turtle and Heman action figures...

Maybe we complained too much that Mat Ward's background writing fits more He-Man comics than current 40k

Ravenous D wrote:So the 80s came back.... it didnt look good the first time around, I dont think I want my 40k looking like Ninja turtle and Heman action figures...

Disappointed with those chaos minis

GW is bring back Dinosaucers.



*Google it and laugh at the similarities.

Hate to break it to you guys, but the design is indeed modern and state-of-the-art. It is certainly not 'white dwarf' style as we know it, but don't fool yourselves into thinking that means what you are looking at doesn't reasonably represent current trends in typography for a certain look...

I actually really like the design and the photography looks good.

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Hate to break it to you guys, but the design is indeed modern and state-of-the-art. It is certainly not 'white dwarf' style as we know it, but don't fool yourselves into thinking that means what you are looking at doesn't reasonably represent current trends in typography for a certain look...

Somehow I don't think you really hate breaking that to us!

I don't mind criticism, it is a different look and aesthetic flavour to what we are used to... I just don't like incorrect assessments being used to justify something that doesn't need justifying in the first place lol...

It's completely subjective, you don't need an 'excuse' not to like it. All I can say is that is quite modern in layout and font choices.

Well, if the cover invokes a "ewww amateurish 80s design" reaction among many viewers, maybe something went wrong. At least designing the front page didn't take longer than 3 minutes

Not sure i'm to hip on the individual model shots having non-neutral "mood" lighting, the action shots are one thing but i'm not really interesting in artistic flair when it comes to the product type shots. Hard to tell from these so i'll have to see it when it comes out though.

Although i'm not a fan of the new cover style either, i do agree that it IS modern, this kinda reeks of modern, trendy aesthetic to me actually.

Now I have to admit that I don't really buy or look at magazines that often (if at all), but the design they have there doesn't look particularly modern to me... maybe it is just the terrible model/picture they are using for the main splash that is putting me off though...

 Kroothawk wrote:
Well, if the cover invokes a "ewww amateurish 80s design" reaction among many viewers, maybe something went wrong. At least designing the front page didn't take longer than 3 minutes

That's the thing, the 80's are in style lol - did you not notice the skinny jeans and neon colors everywhere?

The layout on the cover is actually far more complex than they ever did before, simple looking and simple to do often not the same! They have significantly more content, a denser grid and they are focused on xy alignment along the new layout, it is certainly a bit more work than before. It it deceiving though, removing the NMM effect off of the logo and making it not occupy the entire top width alone do a lot to completely change the feel, and for some, it will look less 'fancy'. In the rest of the design industry though, except for certain movie posters, most places would barf at the idea of a gradient metalized logo, and call full width titling lazy and cheesy... However, this audience is special, and what we like to see with out minis is also more movie like, whereas the new design has certainly disregarded that to a degree at least superficially and went with modern conventions...

Again though, none of that means you can't dislike it, you certainly can.

I like the cover and the style of the photos. The mentioned changes sound good. A price increase (in Euros, at least) is never nice, but I hope the content will justify it.

I like the models and the new aesthetic. The dragon is cool, and less cliched than what GW would have come out with last 'dex.

The new Cover style? Love it. Absolutely.

What irritates me is the "content column" at the top right of the pages. It just list the games. Uh huh, well I could guess you'd have stuff about some of those games (if not all), but what exactly?

My prediction for the new look WD is lots of "atmospheric" photography and not much else.