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Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 19:32:26


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Which special character is your favourite? This probably already exists somewher, but in case it doesn't, it can be based on fluff, tabletop, whatever.
Personally, it's close between Ghazghkull Thraka, Logan Grimnar, Arjac Rockfist and Njal Stormcaller.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 19:35:46


Post by: kronk


Huron, both as Lufgt Huron from the Astral Claws and Huron Black Heart from the Red Corsairs.

Brutal, cunning, arrogant, and hard as nails.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 19:58:11


Post by: hobojebus


Always been a fan of Ragnar Blackmane, which is why my SW's are his great army.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 20:22:20


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Ragnar always seemed a bit short-lived to me, really. Why can't he have Terminator Armour or at the very least Artificier Power Armour?!


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 20:41:01


Post by: Eiluj The Farseer


I can not lock down one favorite, but fluff speaking for the codexes I would say - IG - Yarrick (what a survivor) , Eldar - Eldrad , Chaos Marines - Ahriman oh yeah, Chaos Daemons - Fateweaver and Tzeench in general, Orks - Ghazgul Mag Uhlrik Thrakka and Mad Doc and Old Zoggy and the old Second edition Runtherder that made Super Grots! , Grey Knights - Coteaz (though I hate his falcon.. ), Tau - Farsight, Squats - the Trike riders, Harlequins - The Solitare, Dark Eldar - The Duke, Slann - they look like toads how can they not be cool! , Blood Angels - good old Mephy, Space Wolves - Lucas and Grimnar, Sisters - St. Celestine, Necrons - the Original Ctan Nightbringer... Did I forget anyone... lol


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 20:56:03


Post by: Peregrine


Marbo.

/thread


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 21:42:17


Post by: cvtuttle


Typhus has always been one of my favorites. Now I call myself a hipster Typhus player because I was using him last edition too

I really do love his background and such. A truly tragic figure who has become a monster!


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 21:48:51


Post by: martin74


Yarrick: The guy is such a great fighter, that the biggest/baddest ork ever lets captures him, lets him go, so they can fight again.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 21:50:36


Post by: DaddyWarcrimes


hobojebus wrote:
Always been a fan of Ragnar Blackmane, which is why my SW's are his great army.


I always attributed Ragnar's lack of Terminator armor to his own style. He's always been someone who lived on speed and instincts rather than relying on armor and toughness. In addition, since he went to the Wolf Guard straight from being a Blood Claw, he never picked up the flexibility to really make effective use of all the weapon options available to a wearer of Terminator warplate.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/06 21:55:13


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


 cvtuttle wrote:
Typhus has always been one of my favorites. Now I call myself a hipster Typhus player because I was using him last edition too

I really do love his background and such. A truly tragic figure who has become a monster!

Could you tell me his background? It sounds interesting.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 02:43:27


Post by: Wolfsblood


Pasanius and the other sidekick guy whos name I can never remember from the Salamanders books. I like that they are even bigger than normal marines and are both super cool.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 16:59:18


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Which Salamander books?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 17:03:34


Post by: hazal


Brother Corbulo, he has always done me well on the table. Wish I could take him as my HQ :p


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 17:07:48


Post by: Wolfsblood


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
Which Salamander books?


Salamander, Firedrake, and Nocturne.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 17:11:17


Post by: mydoorisajar


Typhus is the only only CSM to actually exceed his primarch in favour from his god. That's right grandfather burgle actually likes typhus more than Mortarion. His entire ship the Terminus Est was infected by nurgles most potent disease the destroyer hive. The destroyer hive killed every single person on the ship except typhus, it actually lives in his body/armour now as a symbiot. Typhus is also one of those rare few who was kindof and evil dude from the very start.

Yarrick is really hard to deny, I mean the guys arm got cut off by an ork war boss so he killed the war boss and took his arm.

Purely fluff wise though I have to throw Sevetar of the Night lords in as well. He was considered one of the three most dangerous close combat fighters during the heresy. He is pure f&@$ing evil and he coined the phrase 'death to the false emperor'

I could probably name more that are bad ass as hell but ill stick with those 3 as they are the first that came to mind.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 17:14:05


Post by: zephoid


Yriel.

Decent fluff behind him(spear's name is cheesy), fits perfectly with my corsair army (love the IA11 corsair book), one of the most cost effective melee units, and such a badass that he can simply stare you to death in 6th with his bale eye (all wounds in challenges are allocated to the one model he is challenging).


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 17:18:03


Post by: mydoorisajar


zephoid wrote:
Yriel.

Decent fluff behind him(spear's name is cheesy), fits perfectly with my corsair army (love the IA11 corsair book), one of the most cost effective melee units, and such a badass that he can simply stare you to death in 6th with his bale eye (all wounds in challenges are allocated to the one model he is challenging).


aren't all wounds in challenges always allocated to the model he is challenging?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 18:43:41


Post by: danpieri


I like Harker. He makes his unit work real well for me. Payback doesnt always work well, but the characteristics he brings to the unit works well with my army.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 18:45:17


Post by: thenoobbomb


Matt Ward.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 19:57:56


Post by: Guardsmen Bob


Commissar Cain and his faithful companion Jurgen


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 20:02:31


Post by: Zweischneid


Oh great Lord Slaanesh, send forth your servant, the Daemon Prince Doomrider!
Let our enemies tremble in ruptured awe before his fearsome visage!
Grant them an exquisite death, crushed beneath the flaming wheels of his chromium steed!
Permit them the ecstasy of being slaughtered by Doomrider's throbbing Daemonsword and his pulsating gun of gushing plasma!
Bestow on them one fleeting moment of pleasure as they stare in wonder and orgasmic delight at one of your most divine creations before dying at his hand!
Oh great Lord Slaanesh, for these reasons and many others that tease and titillate our imaginations, we beseech you, send forth your servant, the Daemon Prince Doomrider!


+++ Summoning Ritual+++2


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 20:22:13


Post by: Exergy


Urien, because he is stark raving mad and does whatever he wants

Vect, because he is the pimp daddy who does whatever he wants


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 20:32:18


Post by: Matt.Kingsley


Marbo, Pedro Kantor, St Celestine.

Those are my 3 favourite characters.

I haven't read many 40k novels, so it wouldn't really be fair for me to state my favourite characters from the novel.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/07 21:41:38


Post by: Cypherus


Even though I don't play chaos I always liked Typhrus of the death guard but my friend tells me that Shrike of the raven guard is good as well


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/08 16:55:09


Post by: Tyriion


YARRICK!

or

MARBO!


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/09 01:27:24


Post by: Biaz


 kronk wrote:
Huron, both as Lufgt Huron from the Astral Claws and Huron Black Heart from the Red Corsairs.

Brutal, cunning, arrogant, and hard as nails.


This, and Duke Sliscus. Such arrogance and class.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/09 01:41:43


Post by: Warp Angels


Lysander from the imperial fists


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/09 02:25:10


Post by: AegisGrimm


My favorite character is an old out of date one, but I think is quite unique. It's Nuadhu "Fireheart" from the 3rd edition Eldar codex.

A Saim-Hann commander riding into battle on the back of a Vyper, which has been modified into a chariot so he can fight from it's back with a spear. Sure, he has the downside the weak armor of a Vyper, but fights in close combat like a Dreadnought, can ignore Stunned and Shaken vehicle results, in addition to being a Vyper with the hit-and-run abilities of a Guardian jetbike, and being able to lead a jetbike squadron and make them ignore pinning and never fall back.

I never understood why he never made the translation to the latest Codex, though my friendly games still include him, with house rules.

For 70 points, that's not nearly half bad for an Eldar army, especially as I field a "Corsair" army that closely follows Saim-hann teachings, so he makes a "commander" that's much more fluffy than just an Autarch/Farseer on a Jetbike.



Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/09 04:57:31


Post by: tonyneedspills23


red terror old one eye gazskull dark angel heros pedro kantor


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/09 06:00:52


Post by: Phatom


Vulkan Hestan all the way


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/11 21:06:23


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


I quite like Vulkan. He and Kantor are the only Chapter Masters who have decent ranged weaponry.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/11 22:38:18


Post by: DarthMarko


BJORN


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/11 23:02:53


Post by: Void__Dragon


I'll list my favorite character separated by each codex/army.

Space Marines: Torias Telion
Blood Angels: Gabriel Seth
Space Wolves: Bjorn the Fell-Handed
Dark Angels: Belial
Black Templars: High Martial Helbrecht
Imperial Guard: More or less between Straken, Yarrick, and Chenkov
Sisters of Battle: Eh. In 3e Witchhunters it would have been Karamazov, but him getting the boot has made this choice nigh-impossible for me. I know relatively little of Sisters fluff.
Grey Knights: Excluding Karamazov, probably Stern I guess.
Orks: Kaptin melon-fething Badrukk.
Eldar: Maugan Ra
Dark Eldar: Drazhar
Necrons: Imhotek the Stormlord and the Deceiver
Tau: Commander "Farsight" O'Shavah (As if it could be anyone else)
Tyranids: Deathleaper
Chaos Daemons: Aetaos'rau'keres
Chaos Marines: Ahriman


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/11 23:11:55


Post by: Genosaurer


Tankred endures!


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/11 23:50:40


Post by: meecham63


Kharn : no remorse, no regret, just live and kill for the skull throne.

Swarmlord : he has destroy civilizations and maybe entire galaxies


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 06:54:05


Post by: gaovinni


Straken. Because of his fluff (I do not own the model). The man has been dragged back home from the battlefield to be fixed up again and again aand he always goes back and is pretty much "one of the guys".


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 07:07:04


Post by: Legion of Flame


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
I quite like Vulkan. He and Kantor are the only Chapter Masters who have decent ranged weaponry.


And he has 2+ armor save and 3+invuln. And twin-linked flamers and metlas, and master crafted thunder hammers. And he is a Salamander.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 10:33:49


Post by: taudau


Aun'shi, definetly. Unlike most other SC he transcends the cliche of "rargh, must kill, slaughter, I have great stats and cost very little" :p


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 15:57:03


Post by: Bonde


For me it's a toss up between either Straken or Harker from Codex: Imperial Guard.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 20:44:03


Post by: captain collius


Ezekial Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 20:56:36


Post by: ShatteredBlade


 captain collius wrote:
Ezekial Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels


And yet they made him a level 1 psyker


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/12 21:11:41


Post by: captain collius


 ShatteredBlade wrote:
 captain collius wrote:
Ezekial Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels


And yet they made him a level 1 psyker


I know its depressing


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 12:40:46


Post by: the mighty ginge


Personaly I realy like typhus for his fluff and in-game performance. I also quite like the doom of ma'lenti (I know that's the wrong spelling) and col.straken.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 14:34:41


Post by: PredaKhaine


For me and my armies

Chaos - Lucius
Wolves - Ragnar
Eldar - Fuegan.
Although I do sincerely wish there was a warp spider phoenix lord.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 17:05:49


Post by: rabid1903


Though definitely not the best out there, I'm a sucker for Kayvaan Shrike.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 18:12:25


Post by: gaovinni


I already said that Straken was my favorite but why not go for the favorites from all the three of my armies. So...

Marines: Kantor. I like his fluff but especially his rules as he has not been made into a one man army as almost every marine special character but instead a good leader type character and actually has a decent gun.

Dark Eldar: Lady Malys. The fluff makes her sound so awesome.

And just for the record Kantor is the only one of these three that I actually use in my lists.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 18:56:48


Post by: TheCaptain


Well, my choices are incredibly obvious.

Imperial Guard: General Vance Stubbs

Grey Knights: Assassin LIIVI


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 19:07:46


Post by: kronk


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
 cvtuttle wrote:
Typhus has always been one of my favorites. Now I call myself a hipster Typhus player because I was using him last edition too

I really do love his background and such. A truly tragic figure who has become a monster!

Could you tell me his background? It sounds interesting.


It's covered in the Forge World Horus Heresy Betrayal book.

Also, you can hear cvtuttle tell you Typhus' background right here.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 21:12:55


Post by: Dakarillion


Commander Dante,
Cypher,
Drazhar,
Eldrad Ulthran,
Maugan Ra,
Ibram Gaunt,
Celestine,
Vulkan He'Stan,
Xavier,
Kayvaan Shrike,
Ulrik,
Aun Shi,
Shovah,
Shadowsun,
Old One-Eye.

That's My Favourites


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 21:22:23


Post by: T_VanderZwaag


Typhus...such a sexy beast.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 23:17:02


Post by: Evertras


Ollanius Pius.

HOLD. THE. LINE.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/13 23:41:59


Post by: BaconUprising


Mine personally is either Phosis T'Kar of the thousand sons or The Primarch Sanguinius. Both amazingly powerful, cool and tragic figures. P.S everybody knows if he had given into the warps power Phosis was going to kill Leman Russ


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 01:42:35


Post by: chaos girl


Honsou. He is such a bastard but can't help but love the bastard. I liked him from the Ultramarine books and even more from the Iron Warrior Omnibus. He is just all that I think a Iron Warrior should be. If I ever do another Chaos army it is going to be the Iron warriors just so I can have him in it.


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Wolfsblood wrote:
Pasanius and the other sidekick guy whos name I can never remember from the Salamanders books. I like that they are even bigger than normal marines and are both super cool.

Ba'ken was the Salamander. Pasanius was super cool


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 02:40:31


Post by: Zappit


 rabid1903 wrote:
Though definitely not the best out there, I'm a sucker for Kayvaan Shrike.


Fluff-wise, he's a great character. Cunning tactician, master of guerrilla warfare, and a sucker for hopeless causes. I like how there's a few marines out there that took their vows to defend humanity to include all innocent humans, even those abandoned by the Imperium.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 02:59:50


Post by: prophet102


Kantor. He is just a pure B.O.S.S


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 04:20:19


Post by: TermiesInARaider


Ooh wow, it's been a while. Anyways, ooh, characters. Eisenhorn is a boss. I like Kantor, but Cortez is absolutely insane, and I love it.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 05:56:44


Post by: BTNeophyte


From codices:
Marines-Shrike
Blood Angels-Dante(With him being chapter master for 1000 ish years, I need to do a conversion of him yelling at scouts on his lawn)
Space Wolves-Don't know enough to decide
Grey Knights-None
Dark Angels-none really, sammael because he has either an AV14 land speeder or a jetbike
Black Templars-Grimaldus
IG-Creed
Chaos Marines-Ahriman-Typhus is cool and Kharn is a great guy, but Ahriman appeals to me (Egyptian+Socreror+Space Marine+Mind Lasers=Awesome)
Chaos Daemons-None
Tyranids-None
Tau-Maybe once they have a broadside special character
Eldar/Dark Eldar-none

From BL/fluff
Garro
Sigismund
Tankred
Olianus Pius


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 07:07:54


Post by: Wolfnid420


Though you'll probably never see him in a game ever again(as if you did in his prime really), my favorite character will ALWAYS be Aun'Shi of the Tau original Codex. A total Tau badass


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 07:21:04


Post by: MajorStoffer


In game: Huron, as I thoroughly like his background, of becoming the thing he fought to stop, and proving that the smart man isn't always the right man for the Imperium.

After him, the delightfully confused Zahndrek, though Trazyn the Infinite is also interesting. I've actually liked the backstories to the new Necron characters, though Imhotek is somewhat bland.

In the wider universe, likely between Cain and Eisenhorn. However, that's heavily influenced by the writing style of the books they're involved in; very personal, the way Cain views the world is incredibly amusing; everyone and everything is potential cover or something which may kill him. And Eisenhorn, well that man needs no introduction.

The Gaunt's Ghosts characters are, on the whole, quite good, but they're often just a little too heroic for me to really love them. There's a few flawed but noble characters, and some really messed up ones; they're well written, but feel just a little too artificial at times.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/14 07:42:01


Post by: Novelist47


Please don't try to avoid our word filter. Thanks! ~Manchu


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/15 20:32:34


Post by: Kiryu Mk 3


Caiaphas Cain, and his trusty aid Gunner Jurgen. The best dynamic duo of the 41st mellenia.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/15 21:44:35


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


 MajorStoffer wrote:
In game: Huron, as I thoroughly like his background, of becoming the thing he fought to stop, and proving that the smart man isn't always the right man for the Imperium.

After him, the delightfully confused Zahndrek, though Trazyn the Infinite is also interesting. I've actually liked the backstories to the new Necron characters, though Imhotek is somewhat bland.

In the wider universe, likely between Cain and Eisenhorn. However, that's heavily influenced by the writing style of the books they're involved in; very personal, the way Cain views the world is incredibly amusing; everyone and everything is potential cover or something which may kill him. And Eisenhorn, well that man needs no introduction.

The Gaunt's Ghosts characters are, on the whole, quite good, but they're often just a little too heroic for me to really love them. There's a few flawed but noble characters, and some really messed up ones; they're well written, but feel just a little too artificial at times.

I know that someone will probably kill me for this, but: who is Eisenhorn?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/15 22:10:31


Post by: AegisGrimm


He's the main character from the Dan Abnett series of the same name. An Imperial Inquisitor who's adventures take him from being a young spotless Inquisitor, and then misfortune and the need to do what he must to overcome evil leads him down the darker paths of being a radical.

it's a very good read, in my opinion.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/16 05:42:20


Post by: Plumbumbarum


Kaldor Draigo the gardener of Nurgle


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/16 05:49:16


Post by: Billagio


Ghazzy all the way.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/16 06:37:46


Post by: Manchu


All of the Primarchs but especially Magnus, Guilliman, Dorn, Mortarion, and Perturabo.

From the rulebooks, I like Ahriman, Prince Yriel, and O'Shaserra.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/18 22:56:04


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


 Manchu wrote:
All of the Primarchs but especially Magnus, Guilliman, Dorn, Mortarion, and Perturabo.

From the rulebooks, I like Ahriman, Prince Yriel, and O'Shaserra.

What do you mean by "from the rulebooks"?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 07:24:10


Post by: Void__Dragon


Characters who are actually fieldable in armies, I suspect. I actively based my list only on such nonsense.

Allowing characters from outside the rulebooks though, my all-time favorite is undoubtedly Magnus the Red, but like Manchu I like at least most of the Primarchs, with Magnus followed by Lorgar, the Lion, Perturabo, Fulgrim, Angron, and Leman Russ (Oho indeed).

Magnus IMO captured that classic mythological, tragic greek demigod feel better than the others.

Also... I'd really like to cite Ollanius Pius. I really would.

Spoiler:
Then, Know No Fear made him a fething Highlander, or maybe the 40k version of The Doctor. Such a monumently stupid change in an otherwise mostly solid book (It had other problems, but this is the most offensive). Pius's appeal was that he was a normal human, who had the sheer heroic resolve to stand up to Horus, a demigod with the full might of Chaos coursing through his very being, in defense of the wounded Emperor, knowing without a shadow of a doubt that he would die, but doing the right, the heroic thing anyway.

Now, apparently he's some 30,000+ old immortal who travels the galaxy.

Dude why.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 09:11:34


Post by: MajorStoffer


The changes to Pius encouraged me to engage in a kind of fiction denial.

It just didn't happen.

Just like how there were only 2 starwars movies.

I wonder if they'll ever get around to explaining what happened to Han after he was frozen in carbonite.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 09:15:31


Post by: Brock79


Yarrick!

Or, Scout-Sergeant Oan Mkoll.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 14:35:57


Post by: black templar


Chaplain Grimaldus
Typhus
Kharn
Mortarion
The Emperor


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 21:55:59


Post by: BaconUprising


Also probably swarmlord or doom of malan'tai


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 21:59:05


Post by: Teddy183


 kronk wrote:
Huron, both as Lufgt Huron from the Astral Claws and Huron Black Heart from the Red Corsairs.

Brutal, cunning, arrogant, and hard as nails.


Except for when I ran him over. (I know, you are going by the fluff, I'm going by tabletop)


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 22:17:31


Post by: Somedude593


Ollanius Pius... and after that. CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/19 23:14:21


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


 Somedude593 wrote:
Ollanius Pius... and after that. CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 things: firstly, who is Ollanius Pius? Secondly, Creed isn't all that tough. What is it, 5+ save? Is he even an Eternal Warrior? (You're probably going on fluff. I know, I'm contradicting myself, but on tabletop, when used wisely, he is a B.I.T.C.H.).


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/21 07:23:17


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Nice posts so far, don't stop now...


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/21 07:36:50


Post by: Void__Dragon


Ollanius Pius is a guardsman who stood in the path of Horus the Betrayer, defending the Emperor who was laid low. Horus quickly flayed him with a glance, but this motivated the Emperor to destroy his wayward son, convincing himself that Horus was gone, replaced by Chaos wholly.

Now he sucks.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/21 07:41:06


Post by: NoQuestionzAsked


Bjorn the Fellhanded Awesome!
Vulkan He'Stan DUUUDE!
Dante Super Boss!


XD


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/21 07:51:25


Post by: Nerobellum


Magnus, Ahriman, Garviel Loken, Koriel Zeth, Trazyn the Infinite jerkwad, Leman Russ, Vulcan....I want all of these people together for a BBQ. I will cook up some chicken and make some Primarch Punch. Everyone else has to bring sides. Russ is not allowed to bring booze. He'll also have to agree to no fighting with Magnus and Ahriman....and also Ahriman and Magnus are going to have to agree to keep it civil. Also, no one loan their cell phone to Trazyn. We all know what's going to happen and none of us are going to feel bad for you or get you out of that Thai prison.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/21 07:57:10


Post by: Tekik


Harald Deathwolf is my personal fave. Hence my Harald Deathwolf space wolf army. I really liked the short story in WD where he hunts down a traitor Wolf Lord.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/21 08:43:37


Post by: Tod


Wazdakka Gutsmek always


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/23 19:55:23


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Wazdakka has one of the Ork's best weapons. If this is tabletop based, how does he play?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/23 21:34:23


Post by: Galdos


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
 Somedude593 wrote:
Ollanius Pius... and after that. CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 things: firstly, who is Ollanius Pius? Secondly, Creed isn't all that tough. What is it, 5+ save? Is he even an Eternal Warrior? (You're probably going on fluff. I know, I'm contradicting myself, but on tabletop, when used wisely, he is a B.I.T.C.H.).


Of course people are going off fluff when they mention him. He has awsome fluff.

Someone already replied with who is Pius so no need to respond there


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/23 21:55:37


Post by: PunkNeverDie110


... CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED! I like his background, I like his miniature and I like his rules, so yes he's my favourite.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/25 09:34:28


Post by: D3V4ST3T0R


Draigo of the Grey Knights sounds like an elite badass, he seems very overpowered for his being trapped in the warp killing thousands if not millions of daemons of all sizes. Seems like he would be the next Emperor(here come the heretic posts...) Seems cool to find few characters who have a strong mind to resist the warp.

Gabriel Angelos, I would have to add him to the list of my personal favorite badasses. He's lead his Company into many, many battles and campaigns, saving his chapter from complete devastation, killing daemons with a single swing of his hammer, etc. Plus, he IS the Chapter Master of my favorite chapter, the Blood Ravens ^.-.

Abbadon the Despoiler... For the conquer of all of Cadian Gate in the 13th Black Crusade, owning a warship that can destroy planets, I don't need to explain why I love him.

Kharn the Betrayer. I love the bloodlust he causes, he is special type of 'insane' or 'crazy' who probably doesn't need armor repainting, just let the blood do the painting itself.

That is my list of my favorite characters. There are lots more, but too many to name. Warhammer 40K is rich of many, many characters, there is probably a character for everyone in the world.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/26 07:15:02


Post by: rosinator


Cypher


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/26 13:45:54


Post by: Frankenberry


Grimaldus, Gaunt and his assorted Ghosts, and Ragnar.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/27 02:16:54


Post by: reaper with no name


Anval Thawn.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/27 09:52:58


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria



Who is he?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/27 09:59:49


Post by: lord_bobbington


Urien Rakarth, the frankenstein of 40,000. He is a mafia boss, king of the hill undisputed, so he goes out to battle because its fun and gives him an excuse to play with his toys.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/27 10:03:26


Post by: Bobthehero


Andrej the Stormtrooper

Sgt Bastonne seems pretty badass and a bit tragic as well

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

Sanguinus


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/28 18:34:35


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


 Bobthehero wrote:
Andrej the Stormtrooper

Sgt Bastonne seems pretty badass and a bit tragic as well

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

Sanguinus

Who is this Andrej? And this Sgt. Bastonne? I have no idea about so many people posted here.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/28 21:44:26


Post by: Bobthehero


Andrej is someone from Helsreach, Bastonne is a SC from the IG Codex.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2012/12/29 00:31:35


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Wow... you people make me realise how little I actually know about 40k canon.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 01:56:39


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Helsreach... book, right?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 02:16:41


Post by: Darth Bob


There's so many characters I'm fond of. More for the fluff than the gameplay.

Huron Blackheart/Lugft Huron
Garviel Loken
Tarik Torgaddon
Nathaniel Garro
Alpharius Omegon
Eristede Kell
Jenniker Solam
Ahzek Ahriman
Magnus the Red
Saul Tarvitz
Mersadie Oliton
Khârn
Gregor Eisenhorn
Lorgar Aurelian


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 09:52:22


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Who are all of those people? I know Magnus, Huron, Ahriman, Kell, Garro, Eisenhorn, Khârn, and Omegon bu who are the characters in the list that I have not mentioned?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 15:46:30


Post by: Darth Bob


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
Who are all of those people? I know Magnus, Huron, Ahriman, Kell, Garro, Eisenhorn, Khârn, and Omegon bu who are the characters in the list that I have not mentioned?


Garviel Loken - 10th Captain of the Luna Wolves before Horus initiated the Heresy. He's the main character in the first three HH books (Horus Rising, False Gods, and Galaxy In Flames).
Tarik Torgaddon - 2nd Captain of the Luna Wolves before Horus initiated the Heresy. He's a big character in the first three HH books.
Jenniker Solam - Venenum Assassin who was sent to assassinate Horus in the book, Nemesis.
Saul Tarvitz - Captain of the Emperor's Children before Horus initiated the Heresy. He's big in the first three HH books.
Mersadie Oliton - Personal Remembrancer of Loken during the first three books of the Horus Heresy.
Lorgar Aurelian - Primarch of the Word Bearers.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 19:30:12


Post by: Neith


Drazhar: Probably the Striking Scorpions Phoenix Lord, but I love how the other Dark Eldar view him- an executioner, never given an official ranking. Barely even acknowledges the other Dark Eldar, but consistently fights with them for the right price. He has to be one of the most mysterious characters in 40k- it's very likely that he's Arhra (you can even spell 'Arhra' from the letters of 'Drazhar'), but there's no real inclination of WHY he turned his back on the Craftworlds, where he disappeared to, what he did while he was missing, or why he is back now. (That, and 6th edition made him not-useless again, thank god for 2+ saves and AP2 melee weapons).

Asmodai: DA Interrogator-Chaplains are already scary enough, but Asmodai is portrayed so well in the older codex. Honestly, if you were captured in 40k I don't know what's worse- interrogated by Asmodai and the Blades of Reason or handed over to Rakarth in Commorragh

Would totally play Dark Angels if I didn't have 5k of BA, and I'd have said that long before we knew about a new Dex- always liked them and I'm glad they're getting a new Codex to breathe some life back in.

I'm also starting to read the HH books, and Loken is quite an interesting character. Seeing how Abaddon was before the heresy is interesting as well.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 23:19:20


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Jeez, I didn't even know Abaddon was alive before the Heresy... what's he like?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/01 23:57:33


Post by: meecham63


Abbadon was Captain of the First Company of the Sons of Horus, and a member of the Mournival


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Nathaniel Garro from the Death Guard is also impressive by is force of will...


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/02 01:32:12


Post by: Badgerous One


I see people saying marbo /thread

Surely you mean Scout Sargent Mkoll /thread


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/02 03:10:54


Post by: Pouncey


Saint Celestine, for the model. Loved her model so much that I was using her even in the Witch Hunters Codex.

Then I made it even better by giving her a Sanguinary Guard jump pack with the angel wings in place of her halo and cherub-hoisted cloth backdrop. As a bonus, it also made the model lighter and improved its balance.

And these days, I include her in every list I make, cause she's an Ork-murdering slaughterhouse. It's especially fun when she gets close to an Ork mob, torches a bunch, kills a few in melee, dies, pops back up, and rinse and repeat.

Sometimes I get unlucky with the intervention rolls and she stays down for most of the game, but in general she's a killing machine.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/02 09:16:56


Post by: Voodoo_Chile


I have to say I really like Trazyn the Infinite. Say what you will about Matt Ward but a 60 million year old Robotic version of Indiana Jones with a penchant for trapping Inquisitors in devices designed to hold star gods is a delightful character.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/02 09:24:52


Post by: Tiarna Fuilteach


Night Haunter
Skarbrand
Khan (even though I'd like more work done on him)

From a purely gameplay perspective though I like Keradruakh or Kor'sarro Khan


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/02 22:34:11


Post by: Coolyo294


A GK Justicar.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/03 18:22:11


Post by: Swiftblade


Soul Hunter / Talos for making chaos space marines sympathetic and compelling characters without being ridiculous. and for making the Night lords legion even better than it already is.

Lorgar Aurelian for the way his character falls from arguably the most loyally devoted to the Emperor to the first spark in the emperors betrayal, and for being in charge of the best and one of the most effective post heresy chaos legions, the Word Bearers.

Vect for being the master manipulator and cunning, brutal warlord that exemplifies what it means to be a Dark Eldar

Lady Malys for her cunning and willingness for sacrifice, no matter the cost, just to bring Vect down.

Kharn for being a true example of what it means to be a follower of Khorne

Ollanius Pius (Before know no fear) for having the gigantic, titanium balls to stand before Horus, knowing full well he would die, but doing it anyways.

Trayzn for being hilariously troll-tacular on tabletop and in fluff

Colonel Commissar Ibram Gaunt for being the awesome commander of the First and Only.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/04 23:04:28


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Tiarna Fuilteach wrote:
Night Haunter
Skarbrand
Khan (even though I'd like more work done on him)

From a purely gameplay perspective though I like Keradruakh or Kor'sarro Khan

Who is Keradruakh?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/04 23:33:05


Post by: Tiarna Fuilteach


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
Tiarna Fuilteach wrote:
Night Haunter
Skarbrand
Khan (even though I'd like more work done on him)

From a purely gameplay perspective though I like Keradruakh or Kor'sarro Khan

Who is Keradruakh?


Forgot the h kheradruakh....dark eldar mandrake character


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/05 17:07:54


Post by: beef


fluff wise

Ragnar Blackmane (I got into 40K due to his model and fluff when i started 2nd edition) such a handsome chap
Bjorn the Fell handed
Logan grimnar


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/08 07:23:33


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Why fluff wise? Have you never fieldsed them before?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/12 23:03:19


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


I think I could add Bran Redmaw and Vaer Greyloc (The Battle Of The Fang) to my list. Redmaw is awesome at turning into a 12 foot werewolf with a bitchy statline and that's before you even count in the rules.
I've even made a model for Greyloc and a proxy/conversion will suit Bran until the FW release (whenever that will be- 2 years since he was last seen in public...).


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/13 06:05:15


Post by: Enigma Crisis


Mine would have to be Shas'o R'ymr and Aun'Shi.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/13 10:22:00


Post by: quack98


My top 5 are:
1. Logan Grimnar
2. Arjac Rockfist
3. Aun'va
4. Eldrad ulthwe
5. Kairos fateweaver


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/13 17:37:24


Post by: ImotekhTheStormlord


Lord Kaldor Draigo


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/13 17:57:03


Post by: taudau


Aun'shi, definetly.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/14 16:53:50


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


quack98 wrote:
My top 5 are:
1. Logan Grimnar
2. Arjac Rockfist
3. Aun'va
4. Eldrad ulthwe
5. Kairos fateweaver

Are YOU a Space Wolf too?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/14 17:15:49


Post by: Elector


Andrej the Stormtrooper

...Most named Gaunt's Ghosts (particularly Gaunt, Korbec, and Rawne), I really like those books and the characters

Grimaldus


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:16:27


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Come on, are there absolutely NO Orks here?


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:27:48


Post by: MarsNZ


Probably, their characters are all so dull though.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:31:25


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


WHAT?
Yeah, I guess. Ghazghkull is fun to field though, for all of the Str 10 AP 2 goodness of a Power Klaw.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:32:51


Post by: ShadowMageAlpha


 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
Come on, are there absolutely NO Orks here?

MarsNZ wrote:
Probably, their characters are all so dull though.


OI! WOTS DIS 'ERE 'BOUT US ORKZ BEIN' DULL! LEAST WEZE NOT SOFT, SQUISHY GITS!
(Oi! What's this here about us orks being dull? Atleast we're not soft, squishy idiots.)

I would have to say my favorite character would have to be Yarrick.
A close second to him though is Bossmek Buzzgob though. Very like his style.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:35:56


Post by: Trondheim


Grimnaldus
Commissar Colonel Ibrahim Gaunt
Sgt Bastoge
Ezekiel Abbadon
Horus
Lorgar Aurelian



Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:37:06


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


Arrgh. Arrgh. Too much Guard.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/27 23:52:56


Post by: Sir Samuel Buca


I've gotta say Captain Fabian. First recorded kill of a Hive Tyrant in close combat. Know how he did it? By shooting in the face with a plasma pistol, rescuing a Dreadnought in the process. This about ten minutes after he got promoted to 3rd Company Captain.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/28 04:48:34


Post by: Paint_To_Redemption


My favourite characters list is huge so I'll just put a few down.

Eisenhorn & Ravenor and all the characters from their books
Ibram Gaunt
Mad Larkin
Rawne, Corbec... hell... all the Ghosts.
Honsou - love those Iron Warrior books much more than the Ultramarines.
Garviel Loken
Ragnar Blackmane


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/28 08:52:25


Post by: overlord-wall


Ragnar blackmane, logan grimnar and trayzn the infinite.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/28 17:59:15


Post by: The Wolf Of Fenria


So many Wolf characters... I'm living the dream.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/28 18:13:39


Post by: The Crusader


Grimaldus. The original un-killable.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/29 05:06:05


Post by: Elector


 The Crusader wrote:
Grimaldus. The original un-killable.


It's true, dude challenged a cathedral to a wrestling match. Grimaldus won.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/29 09:17:49


Post by: TheLostDutchman


A mostly fluff-based list.

Grimaldus indeed - for getting buried in standing against the odds and crawling out purely on his powers of badassery.
Tankred - awesome dreadnoughts are awesome. /discussion.
Kayvaan Shrike - Seriously, this guy could hop over to armageddon and take out Snikrot within weeks if he wanted to, but I think he just enjoys an ork with real talent. Apart from that, a generally awesome guy with a softspot for lost causes.
Al`Rahem - being the Sâlah ad Dînof the 41st millenium (mixed with a huge dose of David Stirling) earns you badass points in my book.
Yarrick - about da on`y `umie da orks respekt propah, cuz dats wot Ghazkull sez we`z ter do!
CREEEEEEEEED!!! - Because a human can outperform Guillimann
Logan Grimnar - grampappy wolf, chops up arrogant members of the Inquisition for being pieces of gak (I understand if some would rather see this retconned).
Arjac Rockfist - whole new meaning to the words "hammer and anvil"
Kharne the Betrayer - "My lord, we won`t make that charge" "WHAT!?! DIE, YOU INCOMPETENT INSIPID DOGS!!! WHAAAGAGHAAHA!!!!" *sounds of a whining chainaxe* "DIE!DIE!DIE"
Tuska da Daemonkilla - Chaos has a place to troll any unfortunate humans by locking them in combat for all eternity. Enter the Orks, who consider it heaven. Chaos has just been trolled.





Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/29 11:05:58


Post by: Sword Of Caliban


I really like the new asmodai his helmet is just awesome.


Favourite 40k Characters @ 2013/01/29 13:25:43


Post by: Daedricbob


Mine is probably Commander Kubrik Chenkov.
His hobbies include:

Preventing enemy commanders from escaping by penning them in with tens of thousands of men then leveling the entire area with artillery.

Using entire regiments of soldiers to march across minefields, clearing them for his tanks.

Storming an enemy citadel with no support by throwing endless waves of men at it so he can get home in time for tea and biscuits. (He got a medal for that one, and only lost ten million guardsmen.)

Basically the right plan is the one that guarantees victory with the highest possible losses of guardsmen, preferably for a worthless objective on a desolate, hostile planet.
He is grimkdark personified.
AND he has a cool hat.
Top chap.