100% did not get their name from the Birdman of Alcatraz. Birdmen of Catrazza - A Tilean mercenary band that use elaborate backpack harnesses to glide through the air and rain down crossbow fire on their enemies.Anakonda's Amazons - A band of Lustrian amazons who fight for other races for their own mysterious reasons.Al Muktar's Desert Dogs - Arabyan mercenaries led by a Marienburg nobleman named Werner Glook basically a parody of Lawrence of Arabia.In Total War Warhammer, Regiments of Renown are special one of a kind variants on specific unit types with some trait distinct to them like Unbreakable Swordsmen. not counting the actual Dogs of War special characters, who are famous individual mercenaries. They're essentially the Dogs of War equivalent to special characters. As their name implies, the Regiments consist of unique mercenary companies who have gained particular fame or at least stand out for being pretty damn weird. Many seeds of what would become the Warhammer setting as it was ultimately known debuted here in these box sets.Īround the time Warhammer Fantasy evolved into its 5th edition, the Regiments of Renown came into being as a sub-army to the Dogs of War army in Warhammer Fantasy. The original Regiments of Renown were a series of unit box sets, each with its own associated lore, that debuted back in the early 1980s, when Warhammer was just starting to feel itself out as its own independent setting. The Regiments of Renown can refer to either of two things, both tying to Warhammer Fantasy. 40px This article related to Warhammer Fantasy Battle is a stub.

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