White Dwarf - Issue 122 - Games Workshop Weekly Magazine

Oct 7, 2026

Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Issue 122 (28 May 2016) spotlights the PC release of Total War: Warhammer, with an interview and behind-the-scenes look at Creative Assembly’s Project Lead. The magazine also previews new Warhammer 40,000 products and paints, includes hands-on Paint Splatter guidance, and features community submissions in Readers Models. Additional sections present ‘Eavy Metal, including an extraordinary Stormcast Eternal, and Nurgle’s Plaguebones with conversion and painting inspiration.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryComic

FormatPDF

Pages35

Reading Time13 min

AccessFree to download

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER

The epic real-time strategy of our time is finally here and out now for PC!

PAINT SPLATTER

Hands-on guides to using the new paints

READERS MODELS

A selection of readers’ paint jobs and projects

‘EAVY METAL

A quite extraordinary Stormcast Eternal

NURGLE’S PLAGUEBONES

Conversions and stunning paintwork

A FINE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE WAR

Sector Imperialis Large Base Detail Kit

GAMES WORKSHOP’S WEEKLY MAGAZINE CITADEL MINIATURES WARHAMMER 40,000 WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR ISSUE 122 28 MAY 2016 TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER WAR IS HERE! BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE EPIC NEW GAME TOTAL WAR IS HERE! Do you like Warhammer? (Of course you do – you’rereading White Dwarf!) Do you like PC strategy games? Then this week you are going to be happier than Mannfred Von Carstein ruthlessly betraying everyone and causing the end of the world, for the mighty Total War: Warhammer is in stores now! This colossal real-time strategy game has been worked on for years by the Warhammer-mad geniuses at Creative Assembly, and is finally finished and ready tobe installed on hard drives everywhere, the result of immense passion and talent. It brings to life in breathtaking fashion the epic scale and fantastical combat of Warhammer in ways undreamt of, and has to be seen and played to be believed. To celebrate this momentous release, we’ve got an interview with Ian Roxburgh, Total War: Warhammer’s Project Lead, apeek behind the scenes at Creative Assembly’s own Warhammer hobby (they’ve got their own Warhammer room! How cool is that?) and, best of all, a glorious panoramic mid-battle tableau courtesty of Creative Assembly, that we’ve annotated for your pleasure here. If you’ve got a PC, but you don’t yet have the game what are you waiting for? Elsewhere in the issue we’ve got this week’s preorders, a terrific selection of base kits for Warhammer 40,000, custom-made to complement the Realm of Battle: Sector Imperialis, plus some sparkly new paints, and four pages of Paint Splatter to show you how to get the best from it all. There is also what is probably the single most impressive Stormcast Eternal we’ve ever seen in ‘Eavy Metal, and a frankly jaw-dropping Nurgle Chaos Space Marine army here inspirational stuff. Enjoy the issue! ISSUE 122 28 MAY 2016 GAMES-WORKSHOP.COM BLACKLIBRARY.COM FORGEWORLD.CO.UK CONTENTS NEW RELEASES This week: the best bases ever! And new paints! TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER The epic real-time strategy of our time is finally here and out now for PC! We celebrate with an interview with Ian Roxburgh, Project Lead for the game, and more. PAINT SPLATTER Hands-on guides to using the new paints – and how to paint those new base kits! READERS MODELS The best of your paint jobs and projects that you’ve sent in to us! ‘EAVY METAL A quite extraordinary Stormcast Eternal from Darren Latham. NURGLE’S PLAGUEBONES Prepare yourselves, readers, for a belief-beggaring army full of magnificient (and revolting) conversions and stunning paintwork! A FINE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE WAR Turn over the page and you’ll start to wallow in the wonder of the new Warhammer 40,000 base kits that go up for pre-order this week – they’re all full of brilliant detail and have been consciously designed with elements of the Realm of Battle: Sector Imperialis in mind, so your models will look right at home on it (if by ‘home’ you mean ‘the horrific war-torn battlefields of the 41st Millennium’) . The Imperial Knight to the right is a great example of how elements of one of the new kits – the Large Base Detail Kit – can enhance your Citadel miniatures no end. Looks great, doesn’t it? NEW RELEASES: SECTOR IMPERIALIS LARGE BASE DETAIL KIT Stop carving up your cork tiles and leave your Cities of Death buildings for their intended purpose, as there’s now an easy and convenient solution to your basing woes. Get greatlooking urban bases for your centrepiece models quickly and easily. Basing is an art unto itself, the capstone of any Citadel miniature. No masterful paint-job is complete until accompanied by an outstanding base, and now we’ve made it even easier with the Sector Imperialis Large Base Detail Kit. Loaded with a jaw-dropping 72 (that’s right, 72) components, the days of your Imperial Knights and colossal beasts having bland and boring bases are no more. With the huge number of bits inside the kit

FAQs

What is the main focus of Issue 122?

The issue centers on the release of Total War: Warhammer and includes an interview plus behind-the-scenes content, alongside Warhammer 40,000 preorders, paints, and painting guides.

What does the Paint Splatter section provide?

Paint Splatter offers hands-on guidance for using the new paints and instructions for painting new base kits.

Which products are highlighted for Warhammer 40,000 preorders?

The magazine highlights base kits tied to the Realm of Battle: Sector Imperialis, including the Sector Imperialis Large Base Detail Kit, plus custom-made base kits and new paint options.

Oct 7, 2026

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