I had this linked over to me the other day, about a great fan made supplement for Warhammer Fantasy that features Heroes that haven’t made it back into the current rules set.
I think it’s a pretty neat piece of work, and if you do play Fantasy go check it out. It’s a free download, and its best to get it now before GW does their thing and makes them take it down. -MBG
From Battlereporter:
Warhammer Special Characters Supplement PDF download
A FREE fan-made Fantasy Battle PDF Supplement featuring 127 Lord and Hero level Special Characters that have all been updated to 8th Edition Warhammer rules
Mathias has been hard at work again with this superbly realized WFB Supplement that is free to download or view online (click the army book cover for links).
The characters have all been loving brought back to life or “undeath” from 6th edition and prior Warhammer publications so some of them are pretty ancient (and very expensive if you’re looking for the models on eBay, except for the Orcs & Gobbos which always seem quite cheap ?!)
For the “eBayers” among you :-
Dark Elves – Rakarth
Dwarfs – Grombrindal
High Elf Queen Alarielle
Vampire Queen Neferata
Vampire Counts – Dieter Helsnicht
Warriors of Chaos – Egrimm van Horstmann
Wood Elves – Durthu the Treeman
Before I go on, Mathias wanted me to point out that characters which have been updated in his other army books (eg. Dogs of War, Kislev, Cult of Ulric etc) are not part of the Special Characters supplement – yet !
Here’s a taster of what’s in store…
And here is the definitive list of characters included :-
| BRETONNIA
Sir Amalric of Gaudaron |
DAEMONS OF CHAOS
Be’lakor |
DARK ELVES
Rakarth |
| DWARFS
Grombrindal |
THE EMPIRE
Magnus the Pious |
HIGH ELVES
Alarielle |
| LIZARDMEN
Nakai the Wanderer |
OGRE KINGDOMS
Ghark Ironskin |
ORCS & GOBLINS
Borgut Facebeater |
| SKAVEN
Nurglitch |
TOMB KINGS
Nagash the Immortal |
VAMPIRE COUNTS
Zacharias the Everliving |
| WARRIORS OF CHAOS
Vardek Crom |
WOOD ELVES
Ariel |
As you can see, there are quite a few characters to check out, I haven’t gone through them all in detail, I’ll leave that to you. Some of the Dwarf lords and heroes certainly bring back memories – bad ones for me !
From what I’ve seen the points values look reasonable although personally I’m not really happy with anybody bringing rock hard characters to any battle below 3000pts (which I haven’t played for a very long time !)
Most of the characters are not of the “uber” level in any case (except the Daemons) so they should be fair game for inclusion in your army if you’re looking for some fresh leadership and a change in tactics or just an excuse to paint some new minis.
Add it to your Warhammer downloads, it’s well worth a read.
Post your Special Characters Supplement feedback and comments here
BTW, I had a right laugh over some of the old names like Lotl-Botl and Inxi-Huinzi (I’m sure there used to be a “Teeny Weeny” too, Tuini Huini maybe ?) Most of the Orc and Goblin names hit the nail on the head… Facebeater, Eadsplitta, Rotgut, Necksnapper and, lol, Odd Git.
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