Forge World Special Characters in Review

[b1soul]

Similar to the Primarchs thread, which really tickle your fancy, which are underwhelming...feel free to explain, share your views...any thoughts on the lore and/or rules behind each character? Sadly, seems a lot of these guys are missing Remembrancer portraits/sketches

 

PART ONE: Special characters rom the opening trilogy Betrayal, Massacre, and Extermination (phew, that was quite a few characters, will list those from the later black books soon)

 

Shabran Darr (WE)

 

 

 

Rylanor  (EC)

 

 

 

Tarvitz (EC)

 

 

 

Crysos Morturg (DG)

 

 

 

Durak Rask (DG)

 

 

 

Maloghurst (SoH)

 

 

 

Khârn (WE)

 

 

 

Eidolon (EC)

 

 

 

Typhon (DG)

 

 

 

Castrmen Orth (IH)

 

 

 

Autek Mor (IH)

 

 

 

Mawdrym Llansahai (NL)

 

 

 

Sevatar (NL)

 

 

 

Cassian Dracos (S)

 

 

 

Erebus (WB)

 

 

 

Kor Phaeron (WB)

 

 

 

Erasmus Golg (IW)

 

 

 

Kyr Vhalen

 

 

 

Armillus Dynat (AL)

 

 

 

Exodus (AL)

 

 

 

Sigismund (IF)

 

 

 

Alexis Pollux (IF)

 

 

 

Alvarex Maun (RG)

 

 

 

Kaedes Nex (RG)

 

 

 

Abaddon (SoH) and Loken (Luna Wolves)

 

 

 


 

 

Edited April 4, 2023 by b1soul

[SkimaskMohawk]

Sevatars second portrait from Crusade is one of the greatest imo.

 

Spoiler

 

By the end of 1st I think he was also one of the most busted characters you could take. Upgraded to 2+ armour and Ap2 he could kill basically any non eternal warrior character with ease, and came with the extremely strong Master of Ambush warlord trait. With his power up he could tank an amazing amount of firepower for the unit, not to mentions what hitting and wounding on 2s with full rerolls and possible instant death does for his output.

[Gorgoff]

First he was Christopher Walken and then he became 

Spoiler

Or Mr Roarke

 

[b1soul]

PART TWO: Special characters listed from Conquest, Tempest, Retribution (more to come soon)

 

 

Ventanus (UM)

 

 

 

Zardu Layak (WB)

 

 

 

Hol Beloth (WB)

 

 

 

Garro (Knights Errant)

 

 

 

Tylos Rubio (Knights Errant)

 

 

 

Nemean Reaver (Blackshield)

 

 

 

Endryd Haar

 

 

 

Autilon Skorr (AL)

 

 

 

Gahlan Surlak (WE)

 

 

 

Tybalt Marr (SoH)

 

 

 

Shadrak Meduson (IH)

 

 

 

Cassian Dracos Reborn (S)

 

 

 

Narik Dreygur (IW)

 

 

 

Kheron Ophion (NL) / Archmagos Draykavak (Dark Mech)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2023 by b1soul

[b1soul]

On 4/2/2023 at 6:47 PM, SkimaskMohawk said:

By the end of 1st I think he was also one of the most busted characters you could take. Upgraded to 2+ armour and Ap2 he could kill basically any non eternal warrior character with ease

 

Heard he was the most "killy" character short of Primarchs, Valdor, Custodes Tribunes, and Sigismund

 

PART THREE: Special characters listed from Inferno, Malevolence, Crusade

 

 

Hvarl Red-blade (SW)

 

 

 

Ahriman (TS)

 

 

 

Amon (TS)

 

 

 

Valdor (Custodes)

 

 

 

Jenetia Krole (SoS)

 

 

 

Raldoron (BA)

 

 

 

Aster Crohne (BA)

 

 

 

Qin Xa (WS)

 

 

 

Tsolmon Khan (WS)

 

 

 

Kabandha (Chaos)

 

 

 

Samus (Chaos)

 

 

 

Corbax Uttterblight

 

 

 

Nakrid Thole (NL)

 

 

 

Corswain (DA)

 

 

 

Maruk Sedras (DA) / Geigor Fell-hand (SW)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited April 4, 2023 by b1soul

[Astartes Consul]

21 hours ago, b1soul said:

PART TWO: Special characters listed from Conquest, Tempest, Retribution (more to come soon)

 

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Zardu Layak (WB)

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IMO the art style here is perfect. Not quite the full pencil sketch or the slightly too clean portraits some of the other books have. 
 

Zardu Kayak’s burning eyes are particularly spooky. 

[b1soul]

33 minutes ago, Astartes Consul said:

IMO the art style here is perfect. Not quite the full pencil sketch or the slightly too clean portraits some of the other books have. 
 

Zardu Kayak’s burning eyes are particularly spooky. 

 

It's a shame that FW kinda skimped on these "Remembrancer" character portraits. After running through, I'd say less than half of the non-primarch characters have them. Setting aside personal taste, the portraits are overall quite high quality.

Edited April 4, 2023 by b1soul

[Hungry Nostraman Lizard]

I miss the illustrations as well. They added a ton of historical character, and evoked thought (when was this drawn, who drew it and where? etc)

Raldorans' model is still such a disappointment. I think it's been enough time, and I've seen enough paint jobs to say that the underlying model isn't good.

[b1soul]

9 hours ago, Hungry Nostraman Lizard said:

Raldorans' model is still such a disappointment.

 

It was a rather mediocre model....and the official paintjob meant it leaned toward bad.

 

I'm a big fan of dynamic poses unless a static pose better expresses the "soul" of the character, e.g. immovable Rogal Dorn.

 

Wiping off his sword with a cloth was an odd pose selection for the likes of Raldoron. It's likely meant to highlight his calm and prowess: an after-battle pose indicating he had almost casually dispatched his foes. Still, too static for my taste.

 

Compare these two

 

The former much better conveys "Raldoron on the battlefield" to me 

The sword-wiping pose just doesn't work with heroic scale: 

www.lillegendstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6908.jpg

 

 

I was also a bit flabbergasted by the awkward spear grip of the otherwise impressive Sanguinius model

 

 

Edited April 6, 2023 by b1soul

[Slips]

3 hours ago, b1soul said:

 

It was a rather mediocre model....and the official paintjob meant it leaned toward bad.

 

I'm a big fan of dynamic poses unless a static pose better expresses the "soul" of the character, e.g. immovable Rogal Dorn.

 

Wiping off his sword with a cloth was an odd pose selection for the likes of Raldoron. It's likely meant to highlight his calm and prowess: an after-battle pose indicating he had almost casually dispatched his foes. Still, too static for my taste.

 

Compare these two

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The former much better conveys "Raldoron on the battlefield" to me 

The sword-wiping pose just doesn't work with heroic scale: 

www.lillegendstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6908.jpg

 

 

I was also a bit flabbergasted by the awkward spear grip of the otherwise impressive Sanguinius model

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His pose with the spear only looks weird because hes also at a 45 degree angle coming down from above and essentially doing this:

 

The pose only looks weird when you zoom in on it and and remove the rest of the context of the miniature.

[Xenith]

Yea, that's the right grip on a spear if you want to keep hold of it and jab it, reverse grip if you think he's javelinning it. 

[b1soul]

Probably shouldn't have said "awkward"

 

The javelin grip just looks aesthetically more pleasing (to me)...would be more visually striking when combined with the Great Angel falling upon its prey (again imo). The historically/militarily correct grip just doesn't look as good here.

Edited April 8, 2023 by b1soul