Check out the latest on the Adeptus Custodes, Black Library’s 20th Anniversary, Malign Portents, hobby articles, and more in this month’s issue!
The February 2018 White Dwarf has arrived with goodies, news, and some great hobby pieces. Games Workshop opened up the new year with a strong White Dwarf and this month’s issue is a definite solid pickup. Our very own Rob Baer has the February issue on his paint bench gives us a look as to what we can expect to see inside.
For our complete review, be sure to scroll down and press play on the full video below.
Before you open this month’s issue, be sure to use the three freebies that were included: two short stories from the Black Library, some cards for the Heroes of Black Reach board game, and a code to access three never before seen story missions in Inquisitor: Martyr. Moving on to the issue itself, this issue has something for everyone. There is a Custodes battle report, a Blood Bowl match report, new rules features for multiple Warhammer games, and much more. This issue also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Black Library.
This month’s paint splatter section has more on the basics of painting: types of brushes, base-coating, layering, etc. The next section covers how to paint House Orlock gangers for Necromunda. Several tips and schemes are shown to help new and veteran hobbyists get those hobby juices going. Golden Demon and the Reader’s Models were also great to look at this month.
Rob dives further into this month’s White Dwarf in his full review video below!
White Dwarf February 2018: $9
A bumper February issue brings with it three free gifts – a Black Library sampler, as we celebrate all things Black Library, game cards for the Heroes of Black Reach board game, and an exclusive card giving you access to previously unseen parts of the Inquisitor – Martyr computer game! And that’s before you even open the magazine, where we’ve got the lowdown on the Adeptus Custodes, new rules for Necromunda, Warhammer Quest and Middle-earth, Tactica Hereticus, two Battle Reports, pages and pages of painting and modelling goodness and much, much more. Check it out now. Planet Warhammer: Adeptus Custodes, Malign Portents and more.
• Contact
• Temporal Distort
• Getting started with… Blood Bowl
• An interview with the creators of the action RPG videogame Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr.
• Malign Portents
• The Pen is Mightier: Celebrating over two decades of Black Library awesomeness
• A Host of Heroes: Designers’ Notes for the Adeptus Custodes.
• A Tale of Four Warlords
• Mission: Xenopurge – This month’s Battle Report
• A Blood Bowl Match Report
• Return to Hammerhal – part 3
• The Search for the Stone: Middle-earth™ Strategy Battle Game: Battle Companies narrative campaign
• Tactica Hereticus
• The Gauntlet: A new mission for Necromunda: Underhive.
• Golden Demon: Classic 2017
• Battleforce Challenge
• Realms of Battle
• Paint Splatter
• Readers’ Models
• In the Bunker
The White Dwarf February 2018 issue is available now online and in local Games Workshop stores. Be sure to press play on our quick and dirty review video below for the full product breakdown.
For more on the White Dwarf and all things Warhammer, Blood Bowl, and more, visit Games Workshop!
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
