White Dwarf - Issue 512 (May 2025)
White Dwarf is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Here’s what you can look forward to in the May issue:
Planet Warhammer
Miniatures, letters, and questions sent in by readers. Plus hobby-related news!
WARHAMMER 40,000
Notes on the Plague God
A fully sanctioned treatise on the Death Guard. Purify these pages once you've read them.
The Gloeming Blades
Plague Surgeon Phlegmus Gloem leads this new Death Guard Combat Patrol into battle.
Aspects of War
Eurgh! What are we standing in? Rules for fighting over tainted ground. Bring wellies.
Heralds of Nurgle
A 14-page (auspicious!) gallery of Death Guard and Maggotkin of Nurgle collections.
Hobby Hangout
It’s grime time in the hangout. Features tips on painting rust, verdigris and corrosion. Lovely!
Data Exload: The Grey Knights
Read this important dossier on Chapter 666. Then prepare for a mind-wipe.
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
Battle at Fort Dakkbad
Dakkbad Grotkicker returns home to find his lands overrun by skeletons…
Reclaim da Fort!
… so he sets out to smash them all to bits in this climactic Flashpoint battleplan.
Brush Tips
The ’Eavy Metal team joins us to talk about how they painted the new Soulblight Gravelords.
Glory Points
It’s time to do some Nemesis deck building! Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz are the test crew.
Basic Training
We discuss planning ahead in our first ever Basic Training for Warhammer Underworlds!
OTHER ARTICLES
Portraits of War
Golden Demon winner Roman Lappat shares his unique Warhammer 3D portraits.
Words of the Rohirrim
The screenwriters for The War of the Rohirrim™ chat movies, miniatures and heroic showdowns.
Paint Splatter
Stage-by-stage painting guides for Warriors of Rohan and Hill Tribesmen.
Trials of Albarak: A Debt of Stone
A white-bearded duardin with a nice axe appears in this short story. Who could it be…?
WHITE DWARF BUNKER
Access Granted!
Kill Team action grips the studio Bunker and we celebrate the return of club of the month.
Kill Team League
Games developer Lelia talks us through the first round of action in the studio Kill Team league.
Satellite Uplink
Monsters and machines dominate this month’s painting challenge. Meanwhile, the NOMADS talk about their international Blood Bowl group.
Bunker Bingo
What have the White Dwarf team been up to this month? A whole lot of gaming by the looks of it!
Each copy of White Dwarf 512 also comes with a cardboard insert containing a double-sided card featuring the Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000 Scenarios of the Month, 6x Aspects of War cards, and 2x double-sided White Dwarf paint recipe cards.
White Dwarf is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Here’s what you can look forward to in the May issue:
Planet Warhammer
Miniatures, letters, and questions sent in by readers. Plus hobby-related news!
WARHAMMER 40,000
Notes on the Plague God
A fully sanctioned treatise on the Death Guard. Purify these pages once you've read them.
The Gloeming Blades
Plague Surgeon Phlegmus Gloem leads this new Death Guard Combat Patrol into battle.
Aspects of War
Eurgh! What are we standing in? Rules for fighting over tainted ground. Bring wellies.
Heralds of Nurgle
A 14-page (auspicious!) gallery of Death Guard and Maggotkin of Nurgle collections.
Hobby Hangout
It’s grime time in the hangout. Features tips on painting rust, verdigris and corrosion. Lovely!
Data Exload: The Grey Knights
Read this important dossier on Chapter 666. Then prepare for a mind-wipe.
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
Battle at Fort Dakkbad
Dakkbad Grotkicker returns home to find his lands overrun by skeletons…
Reclaim da Fort!
… so he sets out to smash them all to bits in this climactic Flashpoint battleplan.
Brush Tips
The ’Eavy Metal team joins us to talk about how they painted the new Soulblight Gravelords.
Glory Points
It’s time to do some Nemesis deck building! Borgit’s Beastgrabbaz are the test crew.
Basic Training
We discuss planning ahead in our first ever Basic Training for Warhammer Underworlds!
OTHER ARTICLES
Portraits of War
Golden Demon winner Roman Lappat shares his unique Warhammer 3D portraits.
Words of the Rohirrim
The screenwriters for The War of the Rohirrim™ chat movies, miniatures and heroic showdowns.
Paint Splatter
Stage-by-stage painting guides for Warriors of Rohan and Hill Tribesmen.
Trials of Albarak: A Debt of Stone
A white-bearded duardin with a nice axe appears in this short story. Who could it be…?
WHITE DWARF BUNKER
Access Granted!
Kill Team action grips the studio Bunker and we celebrate the return of club of the month.
Kill Team League
Games developer Lelia talks us through the first round of action in the studio Kill Team league.
Satellite Uplink
Monsters and machines dominate this month’s painting challenge. Meanwhile, the NOMADS talk about their international Blood Bowl group.
Bunker Bingo
What have the White Dwarf team been up to this month? A whole lot of gaming by the looks of it!
Each copy of White Dwarf 512 also comes with a cardboard insert containing a double-sided card featuring the Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000 Scenarios of the Month, 6x Aspects of War cards, and 2x double-sided White Dwarf paint recipe cards.
