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On my way to the Games Workshop Research Day in Manchester to hear a load of seminars on fascinating topics!

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Games Workshop Research Day 2025 — Manchester Game Centre

We are pleased to announce that the Manchester Game Centre's second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers Jon!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d

New video! I made minis! Plus the future of Jordan Sorcery!

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YouTube video by Jordan Sorcery

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord they’re beautiful!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d

Now reading: Genevieve Undead by Jack Yeovil

Kim Newman’s work in the Warhammer world has been some of my absolute favourite fiction - very excited to be back with some spooks for the season!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 3d

Some true beauties!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a great issue!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 3d

I am actually selling this issue & others on ebay!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 3d

White Dwarf 126, a classic that featured Space Marine, Space Hulk, & Marieburg for WFRP

The cover is by artist Colin Sullivan and was used, along with some more of his art, in the GW release of RuneQuest. Sullivan's work also graced the covers of the Way of the Tiger gamebooks

#WarhammerCommunity

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 3d

Warhammer artist Des Hanley joins me to chat about his work on Warhammer, 40k, Necromunda, Gorkamorka, Battlefleet Gothic, and more!

Check it out now!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

This kind of thing (and the breakdown of search engines) is going to be remembered as the same kind of cultural tragedy as the BBC binning a load of their archive in the 60s. Assuming society still exists after all this

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

She definitely feels present in the iconic John Blanche SoB cover art tbf!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

I know it’s popped back into trends over the years (Rose McGowen in Doom Generation and Una Thurman in Pulp Fiction feel like descendants), but as someone so far from being fashionable I certainly couldn’t weigh in on the whens & wherefores!

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

If you want to see even more chat about the relationship between classic cinema and Warhammer history then check out the Warhammer Film Club podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and any other podcatcher you fancy!

Plus, there are deep dive articles about the movies on my Patreon.

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

Ingrid Bergman's 1948 performance as Joan of Arc featured several relevant hair styles!

Interestingly, an early Warhammer character, the vampire Geneiveve from Drachenfels, was illustrated by Martin Mckenna with more than a hint of Bergman's Joan! 4/

Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc in a publicity still copyrighted to 1956. She is wearing armour and has a bob haircut

Ingrid Bergman as Joan in a still from the 1948 film, her hair is a little more loose and wild, but still bobbed

An illustration of the vampire Genevieve by Martin McKenna from White Dwarf #117 that resembles the shaggier haired still of Bergman as Joan of Arc

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

Brooks became an iconic representation of the flapper era and she was famed for her dramatic bob haircut. Jes Goodwin took inspiration from her style, along with imagery of Joan of Arc, when developing the 1997 Sisters of Battle range. 3/

1998 Citadel Catalogue page showing a range of Jes Goodwin's original Sisters of Battle miniatures featuring the classic bob haircut

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

Louise Brooks starred in many German & Hollywood silent films in the 1920s & 30s. Perhaps her most famous feature was Pandora’s Box, the story of a young woman whose easy virtue leads to considerable trouble for those around her. 2/

German poster for the 1929 film Pandora's Box featuring an illustration of Brooks with her iconic bob

Black and white still from the 1929 film Pandora's Box showing Louise Brooks being offered a pistol

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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

The design of the Sisters of Battle owes something to a silent film legend!

In a 2001 art book of Jes Goodwin’s concept work, Andy Chambers confirms that a key inspiration for SoB was actor Louise Brooks. 1/

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Page from Jes Goodwin's concept art book The Gothic & The Eldritch showing an early Sororitas sketch with a "straight cut, rather severe haircut". Commentary text from Andy Chambers explains that Joan of Arc and silent film star Louise Brooks were key influences

Photoshot image of Louise Brooks from 1926 with her trademark bob haircut

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