Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts

Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts is one in a series of Warhammer Armies supplements. Each book in the series provides an in-depth description of an army, its history, and its heroes. Inside, you will find:

Armies of Darkness
The Vampire Counts army list. Everything you need to field your Undead army in games of Warhammer.

Shades of Death
How to paint your own army, plus painting tips from our ’Eavy Metal team, and the palettes of deathly colours you will need to paint your unholy regiments.

Origins of the Vampires
A detailed description of each of the five Vampire Bloodlines and their unholy origins, including notes on the Strigoi, a savage new Vampire family whose hatred knows no bounds.

When the forces of the Vampire Lords march to war, the world trembles. The Undead are among the most dangerous creatures in the known world. Bound by the will of one of the Lords of Undeath, a Vampire Count army is a fell and mighty foe. They cannot be reasoned with, bribed, or coerced. They know neither fear nor mercy. They need no sleep or warmth, neither drink nor wholesome sustenance and, as they march onwards, their ranks are swelled by the corpses and trapped souls of their former opponents. The only things a Vampire Count army fears are the rays of the sun that are the bane of their existence, searing their unholy flesh and eventually destroying these abominations. Unfortunately for the other races, the sun's power is no help when the armies of the Vampire Counts march to war since the Lords of the Undead can use their necromantic powers to summon storm clouds that blot out the sun. Where the dead walk, the night follows.

The legions of the living dead are terrible to behold – hordes of corpses walking resolutely forward, dry flesh creaking, decaying innards exposed, and corroded wargear scraping and clanking. The nauseating stench of death hangs over the army like a cloud of contagion, the air is full of grave dust and glowing witch-lights. Long-dead warriors ride to battle mounted on the rotting carcasses of warhorses. The earth trembles beneath the tread of Zombies, and the howls of the Dire Wolves fill mortals with dread.

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