The Citadel miniatures used to play games of Warhammer 40,000 are referred to as
‘models’ in the rules that follow. Models represent a huge variety of troops, from noble
Space Marines and brutal Orks to Warp-spawned Daemons. To reflect all their
differences, each model has its own characteristics profile.
Warhammer 40,000 uses nine different characteristics to describe the various attributes
of the different models. All but one of the characteristics are rated on a scale from 0 to 10.
The exception is Armour Save (Sv), which can range from 2+ through 6+ to - (for models
with no Armour Save).