{"id":528633,"date":"2026-07-02T02:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/528633\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T02:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:56:20","slug":"inside-white-dwarf-526-a-dawn-of-war-iv-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/528633\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside White Dwarf 526: A Dawn of War IV special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hotly anticipated fourth entry in the Dawn of War series is the star of July\u2019s White Dwarf, so let\u2019s have a look at what&#8217;s between the pages of issue 526.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wd526-june30-wd-onsr3alu8f.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dawn of War is one of the most beloved video games in the Warhammer canon, and after a nine year hiatus, it\u2019s coming back in style. If you\u2019re anything like us, you\u2019re hunting down every last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer-community.com\/en-gb\/articles\/l8pdgqps\/warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war-iv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scrap of info<\/a> on the new game, so White Dwarf Issue 526 is a must-read for its exclusive interview with Creative Director Jan Theysen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wd526-june30-spread1-ciyt8nxbpo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of the many who painted a bunch of Blood Ravens after playing the series, there\u2019s more good news for you \u2013 the issue comes with a free transfer sheet sporting over 350 decals for Gabriel Angelos and his crimson-clad battle brothers, along with a step-by-step painting guide for their iconic colour scheme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wd526-june30-spread2-prywlvhejh.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Staying with the 41st Millennium, we also have an astonishingly beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer-community.com\/en-gb\/articles\/n2o417rj\/warhammer-40000-faction-focus-genestealer-cults\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Genestealer Cults<\/a> collection to cast our keen eyes over. Master artificer and secret cult infiltrator Mark Kilburn has custom-built an immense industrial collective from all sorts of Warhammer kits. It\u2019s so good, you might even consider getting an extra clawed arm of your own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wd526-june30-spread3-tcuiq4oilx.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the eastern reaches of the World of Legend, Chaos forces have smashed through the Great Bastion of Grand Cathay and are poised to ravage the civilised lands beyond. Little do they know that their advance has been pre-planned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer-community.com\/en-gb\/articles\/harhjltg\/old-world-almanack-what-prompts-the-stoic-miao-ying-to-travel-to-the-old-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miao Ying<\/a> \u2013 the Storm Dragon \u2013 and their doom awaits outside the city of Nan-Li in a new Battle Report. The two armies use the contents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer-community.com\/en-gb\/articles\/4o8ihwtm\/sunday-preview-claim-the-old-world-with-a-new-core-set\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new core set<\/a> as a starting point, and it\u2019s your first chance to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer-community.com\/en-gb\/articles\/4o8ihwtm\/sunday-preview-claim-the-old-world-with-a-new-core-set\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new Warriors of Chaos miniatures<\/a> in action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wd526-june30-spread4-jbjla1bhwn.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Black Library legend Ciaphas Cain has been in the headlines recently thanks to his new miniature hitting the shelves \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer.com\/shop\/astra-militarum-ciaphas-cain-2026?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=warhammer-community.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">order one now while stocks last<\/a> \u2013 but those unfamiliar with the Hero of the Imperium may be asking themselves who this illustrious Commissar actually is. We may never really be able to pick Cain\u2019s own admissions apart from the masses of Imperial propaganda, but what we do know is yours to read.<\/p>\n<p>White Dwarf 526 is available to pre-order from Saturday. Never miss an issue \u2013 and get them delivered directly to your door, with fancy full-art covers \u2013 by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warhammer.com\/shop\/White-Dwarf-12-month-sub-ENG?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=warhammer-community.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signing up for a 12-month subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hotly anticipated fourth entry in the Dawn of War series is the star of July\u2019s White Dwarf,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-528633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}