Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

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.

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

Brutal, cunning, arrogant, and hard as nails.

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

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?!

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

Marbo.

/thread

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!

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.

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.

 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.

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.

Which Salamander books?

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

 The Wolf Of Fenria wrote:
Which Salamander books?

Salamander, Firedrake, and Nocturne.

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.

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).

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?

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.

Matt Ward.

Commissar Cain and his faithful companion Jurgen

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

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

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

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.

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

YARRICK!

or

MARBO!

 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.

Lysander from the imperial fists

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.

red terror old one eye gazskull dark angel heros pedro kantor

Vulkan Hestan all the way