Product detailed description

"No one escapes the currents of death."

Awlrach the Drowner is a treacherous ferryman who, in life, promised help to desperate travelers – only to cast them into the depths. Now he serves Nagash as an eternal spirit, bringing souls to the Nighthaunt armies.

About the Unit

Where does Awlrach belong?

Awlrach the Drowner is part of the game Warhammer Age of Sigmar, the Nighthaunt faction, where he serves as a ferryman of souls and an army mobility booster.

He is one of the Hero & Totem units – providing strategic unit movement and support in key moments.

Ideal for players who want to play a mobile, surprising, and thematically dark army.

Abilities

• Ferryman of Souls: Allows teleportation of Nighthaunt units to key locations on the battlefield.
• Terror of the Deep: Evokes fear in nearby enemy units.
• Ethereal Vessel: Ignores terrain obstacles when moving.

Tactics

• Teleporting elite units: Move powerful units to the enemy's back lines for a surprise attack.
• Supporting weaker detachments: Quickly relocate vulnerable units to safety or to a more advantageous position.
• Battlefield control: Creating pressure on multiple fronts thanks to Awlrach's mobility and ability.

📦 Package Contents

• Miniatures / Components: 1× Awlrach the Drowner, 29 plastic parts, 1× Citadel 80mm round base
• Rules: Warscroll card, Assembly guide
• Game Accessories: Recommended to purchase dice, measuring tools, tokens
• Terrain / Environment: Suitable to combine with modular terrain – ruined buildings, barricades, containers

🚀 New to Warhammer?

• Citadel Plastic Glue – For a strong bond of plastic parts (optional, the model is push-fit)
• Citadel brushes – Various sizes for details and larger areas
• Citadel paints – Basic set for Nighthaunt
• Painting mat – Protects your work surface
• Water + palette – For thinning paints and mixing shades

🎨 Recommended Paints

• Nighthaunt Gloom – Base tone for the ethereal body
• Hexwraith Flame – Ghost and magical glow effects
• Leadbelcher – Metal parts, chains
• Stirland Mud – Texture for the boat and oar
• Nihilakh Oxide – Corrosion effect on metal details

🎨 For Starters, You Only Need

• Corax White – Basecoat for light effects
• Nighthaunt Gloom – Quick base for ghosts
• Agrax Earthshade – Shading and highlighting textures

🖌️ Recommended Brushes

• Base Brush – Applying base colors
• Layer Brush – Details and paint layering
• Drybrush – Effects on textures (wood, metal)
• Detail Brush – Fine details – eyes, chains, runes

🧴 Recommended Glues

• Citadel Plastic Glue – Ideal for a strong bond of plastic parts, recommended for permanent assembly.
• Super Glue (CA) – Used for resin or metal parts, not needed for this push-fit model.

📚 Continuing the Game

• Expanded Rules – General’s Handbook: Pitched Battles
• Other Game Modes – Matched Play, Path to Glory, Narrative Campaigns

🚀 Where to Next?

• Expanding Your Army – Add units like Grimghast Reapers, Spirit Hosts, or Lady Olynder
• New Factions – Try Soulblight Gravelords, Ossiarch Bonereapers, or Flesh-Eater Courts
• Terrain Features – Improve your battlefield with Shattered Dominion terrain or themed ruins

⚔️ Tactics – Awlrach the Drowner

• 🎯 Role: Mobility support – teleporting Nighthaunt units to key locations on the battlefield
• 🛡️ Strengths: Large base for area control, fear aura, strategic unit movement
• ⚠️ Weaknesses: Low number of attacks, reliance on proper positioning, vulnerability to magic
• 🔄 Synergies: Works great with elite units like Grimghast Reapers or Bladegheist Revenants
• 📌 Strategy: Moving onto objectives, surrounding the enemy, combining with the buffing abilities of other heroes