MWL Glamdring wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply! Do issues ever come w/ special pose models? and if so would I be able to go to a GW shop and get that specific issue w/ model?
No, they rarely come with models. I know of just two issues, over the last 10 years. And that was just sample sprues for a new release. However, a new model for the eponymous
White Dwarf (a semi-canonical Warhammer Fantasy character who lends his name to the magazine) is released every year for Annual Subscribers only. I suppose you could get them off ebay, but definately not from GW other than an expensive subscription.
Just to give you a little (*
highly opionated*) context, the last White Dwarf issue which I bought, June 2012, was almost 120 pages, yet had over 70 pages of what I would term as Advertisements (mainly for the latest releases). There were a handful (and by handful I mean you could probably number them on one hand) of actually useful hobby articles -painting guides, scenarios, some rules for new kits (Stormtalon and Ork Bomber). But even these were mostly slanted towards new releases. As I said, it really is a glorified catalogue and feels as such. Over the last decade, I subscribed for at least 5 years. When I started I absolutely loved the magazine and would read it cover to cover, even the things relating to games I didn't play. But nowadays I rarely read more than 20 pages out of 120.
Basically, don't subscribe and flick through every issue before you buy to ensure you actually find it interesting.
(edit) From Dezartfoxes comment, the very words of the GW CEO himself.
Quote:
In the last 12 months we have narrowed the disclosure window to the weekend before release and sales of new products - and of White Dwarf which showcases the new products - have been significantly higher as a result.
White Dwarf = new product showcase.
It used to be a Hobby Magazine by Hobbyists, for Hobbyists. Now its a Monthly Catalogue.
I apologise for being so cynical, but these things have to be said.
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