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Idea from a recent thread conversation. My personal preference is the older covers, drawn art not photos ahem...

The crazy space marine battles or the barbarian battling through a dull lit dungeon! The new photo covers just don't cut it in my book!

What do you think, what is your favourite cover?

Great idea for a thread!

Difficult one this - do you judge based on the associational effect, of a cover on a WD that you particularly liked, or on the merits of a cover based purely on art/layout?

The 80's/90's stuff was some of my favourite, simply because it was the time when GW were using freelance artists, and had new and original material coming out of their ears.

This one, based on it being the cover of the 'Eldar Issue', number 127, when I truly got drawn into the 40k universe. Think for many this is their favourite 40k issue (sorry, this is the only online image I could find)



And always liked this from an arty-type perspective, very cool.

Absolutely love this one.

Always loved this undead cover. I remember not starting undead at the time because the models didn't live up to the art



It's probably just the nostalgia from how much awesome stuff the Magic supplement this was the cover from added to the game but definitely one of my favourite images



While I do really like this Asmodai art this is probably my favourite cover because this is the first issue of White Dwarf I ever read. And what an issue! The how to make rivers article changed our games completely. The Legion of the damned special character inspired me to look more into the 40k setting. The Frenzy and especially the using historical battles like "Custer's Last Stand" to create your own scenarios for all their core games articles were great reads.

But most of all it was the Imrik and Teclis vs Egrimm battle report that got me to buy my first army. Of course being a ridiculous kid with my birthday money my starting force was Imrik, Tyrion, Teclis, a chariot and the Everqueen with handmaidens boxed set.

I just love this one

fishy bob wrote:

For feths sakes.. it would be nice to have one thread without someone feeling the need to troll. It's pathetic.

So many to choose from, but I choose this!



With this as a runner up

This is how I like my Dark Elves!

Plus this one had the templates to build baneblades.

 Pacific wrote:

fishy bob wrote:

For feths sakes.. it would be nice to have one thread without someone feeling the need to troll. It's pathetic.

Did I say something? Cause that's a somewhat harsh response to a person who's merely sharing a magazine cover that he likes, I feel?

The september 2012 cover is the first to come to mind.

I've only collected WD for a few years, but the ones that stick out include the one with the Blood Angels omnibus art:

and the 6th ed release one (Edit: changed for smaller image)


Both are just cool SM art in an of themselves. I'll also second the idea that the old artwork ones were far better than the new model-photo-of-the-month ones.

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Best picture I could find:

This one, mainly because it was the first one i got as i was playing space crusade and hero quest at the time, it then got me into the wider hobby. Put it as a spoiler as the picture is big.

Brooding, menacing & gorgeous.

This one because nudity!

Issue 220 was the first one I bought and is certainly etched into my mind:



Though two of my personal favourites have got to be 232 and 257:

or

Really like reds8n's first pick, too. Got that one lying somewhere..

This was the cover of the issue that started me off on war gaming. Still one of my favourites

The one where they blatently stole the Heavy Metal movie poster.

The covers were so much better back in the day.

 Pilau Rice wrote:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

The covers were so much better back in the day.

I have to agree. They were way better then. Today they are no way as good.

This one... my first ever issue

Love some of the Frank Franzetta-style, Les Edwards art.



And more recently

fishy bob wrote:

Did I say something? Cause that's a somewhat harsh response to a person who's merely sharing a magazine cover that he likes, I feel?

Sorry mate, I don't believe you. Unless that is the only issue of WD you have ever bought, and even then it's arguable that hot needles inserted into your eyes would provide a better aesthetic experience.

I like the flier issue:You can see what's gonna happen:Crash and burn.

This, this, a thousand times this!

I never liked the white background ones, the one's with miniatures on the front or the Lord of the Rings ones.

I don't have any particular favourites, but one's done like this are usually good:

http://www.lotr-collector.co.uk/white_dwarf/WD268_lrg.jpg

A year before I started, but still my favorite

Have to say I liked any cover that had a FREE mini stuck to it!