Has anyone here taken a look at it?
I have and here is my opinion
On the face of it I should have enjoyed this magazine and whilst it was okay overall the whole experience of reading it left me feeling a bit flat.
I will give it 2.5 out of 5. Ultimately too many pictures and not enough words.
Including the inside of the front and back pages the magazine has 149 pages. Thirteen of these pages are adverts and a further forty two pages are nothing but pictures of models. Two pages to tell you what is in the magazine and fifteen pages of stuff that you can buy now.
I enjoyed the Sprues and Glue article but I thought it could have been more detailed. The bit about the left arm of the Tau model in particular could have done with a bit more detail.
I know most of you on here like Paint Splatter but, as I have said in the past, I do not like these articles as I feel they could just say paint your models skin Carroburg, Druchii and Bugman's glow. Paint red armour Khorne Red, Nuln Oil & Evil Sunz and that is essentially the content of Paint Splatter done without taking up three pages. In fact look at Parade Ground and the Tempest Blade. Three pictures of the models and one paragraph on how they were painted - brilliant. What I did like was the potted guide on painting techniques: really helpful.
I was looking forward to the return of "Four Gamers" but I feel they have slightly ruined this by telling the gamers which units to add to their armies. Maybe my memory is going but I am sure that the last "Four Gamers" that I read was more organic and the gamers could choose whatever they wanted.
Hall Of Fame, Army of The Month, Golden Demon, meh.
The magazine is split into twenty two sections but for me, other than a few of them, none are what I would class as essential reading or good enough to make me want to buy this every month.
I liked the Boxed Games Bonanza, Blanchitsu, Readers' Models, The Ultimate Guide & The Battle Report.
I will buy next months because I like the sound of some of the articles. Based on this issue though White Dwarf is sadly still just one big advert.