As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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I’ve stepped away from the video game units this week as I had an attic find of some of Golgfag’s Maneaters. These are the Dogs of War version that were released in the late 90s. I have all five though I can’t currently find Golgfag’s left arm….

I thought as my army was a mercenary company, it would make perfects sense for Golgfag and his buddies to be included. I may include some other Dogs of War as I find them. The eager eyed among you will have seen that Vannheim’s 75th are actually Voland’s Venators.

To tie it in with the other units so far, I’ve once again had to crack out my old editing skills and worked on Canva to make the unit card look the same as the others.

I’ve also been going through the process of turning all my entries into proper unit cards now. Here’s the back.

I’ve already printed out some of the other units that I’m using in our Battle March slow grow campaign.

Till next time! Keep smacking that arm button.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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These army has been a labour of love for me and I felt like I needed some dice to go with it.

So I jumped on Canva and got designing:

This took longer than I would care to admit. But once done I jumped onto Counter Attack Bases and placed my order for the custom dice.

I’m pleased with how they came out, you can still make out the details. I’ve not rolled them in anger yet, but I’m sure they’ll give me.an adequate number of sixes.

Our slow grow campaign has now kicked off, so I’ll be cracking these out soon and reporting back on my games.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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For those who have followed along, you’ll have seen now there’s a fair few units completed. I also have some others planned, such as Carlsson’s Guard and Ragnar’s Wolves. But I thought I should perhaps use this week to post what the army looks like so far.

I’m pleased with what I have so far and it feels great finally having an army I always dreamed of as a kid.

So the list so far, looks something like:

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Grudgebringer Mercenary Army [1232 pts]
Warhammer: The Old World, Renegade Crowns, Grand Melee + Combined Arms

++ Characters [377 pts] ++

Morgan Bernhardt (Renegade Prince) [177 pts]
– Hand weapon
– Heavy armour
– Shield
– General
– The Wandering Diestro [Feint & Dodge]
– Warhorse
– Burning Blade
– Ruby Ring of Ruin
– Paymaster’s Coin

Allor (Outcast Wizard) [105 pts]
– Hand weapon
– Wizard [Level 2 Wizard]
– The Noble Outlaw [“Hold the Line!” + Scouts]
– On foot
– Battle Magic

Marius Uberstrom (Outcast Wizard) [95 pts]
– Hand weapon
– Wizard [Level 2 Wizard]
– The Wandering Diestro [Feint & Dodge]
– On foot
– Illusion

++ Core Units [755 pts] ++

20 Grudgebringer Infantry (Veteran Sellswords) [197 pts]
– Hand weapons
– Heavy armour
– Shields
– Drilled
– Veteran Officer (champion)
– Standard bearer
– Musician

20 Black’s Avengers (Free Company Militia) [127 pts]
– Additional hand weapons
– Throwing weapons (mixed weapons)
– Militia leader (champion)

10 Keeler’s Longbows (Empire Archers) [95 pts]
– Hand weapons
– Warbows
– Fire & Flee
– Scouts
– Marksman (champion)

10 Grudgebringer Crossbows (Sellsword Infantry) [97 pts]
– Crossbows
– Heavy armour
– Officer (champion)
– Standard bearer
– Musician

5 Grudgebringer Cavalry (Freeblade Knights) [112 pts]
– Hand weapons
– Great weapons
– Heavy armour
– Shields
– Standard bearer
– Musician
– Warhorses

5 Vannheim’s 75th (Freeblade Knights) [127 pts]
– Hand weapons
– Lances
– Heavy armour
– Shields
– Commander (champion)
– Musician
– Barded Warhorses

++ Rare Units [100 pts] ++

Grudgebringer Cannon (Border Princes Bombard) [100 pts]
– Bombard
– Hand weapons
– Light armour

I’ve now also organised a slow grow at the club, but more details on that next week.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s Dietrich’s Caravan. This wasn’t actually a unit in the game, but you spent most of your time outside of the battles talking to Dietrich and hiring troops inside it. I thought I couldn’t really have a Grudgebringer army without featuring the Caravan as a terrain piece at the very least.

I found the model as a 3D print on Etsy

I could use the model as a baggage train, but the base is far too large, so I’ll have to get my opponents consent before I do so.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s the Grudgebringer Cannon. But I’ve had to cheat a little here, as you didn’t get a cannon in Shadow of the Horned Rat, it was only available in Dark Omens. But I’m not going to let that stop me.

I could use the Hellblaster and the Mortars you get in Shadow of the Horned Rat, but as there was a 3D print of the cannon available I couldn’t resist it. The other artillery may come later….

The Grudgebringer Cannon was great in the early game of Dark Omens especially using it in defending Grissburg from the Undead.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as a Bombard from the Renegade Crowns muster list.

To tie it in with the other units so far, I had to crack out my old editing skills and worked on Canva to make the unit card look the same as the others.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week we’ve got the first unit you recruit in Shadow of the Horned Rat, the Mercenary Crossbows. Though they change their name in Dark Omens to the Grudgebringer Crossbowmen.

You recruit the Mercenary Crossbows during the Escort to Holst mission. After that I think I used them in every mission of the game. Ranged power was a real benefit in SotHR

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Mercenary Sells Sellswords equipped with Crossbows.

The models are 3D prints of Reinhardt’s Crossbowmen.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly red and orange. Doing the freehand banners is a pain in the arse though.

They’ve had a few games, but again, haven’t managed anything of note.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s Keeler’s Longbows. I believe these were mid to late game in the campaign (though I could be wrong).

To represent them in the game I’ll be running him as Empire Archers. Handily these are also the old metal empire archers as well. So a perfect fit.

These will be my second ranged unit in the game and handily have the skirmishes special rule, as well as being able to be upgraded to scouts.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly blue and white.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s Vannheim’s 75th. These are some heavily armoured horse that you receive while preparing to leave the Border Princes. I often couldn’t choose between these or Ragnar’s Wolves.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Freeblade Knights under Renegade Crowns.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly green and mustard yellow.

They’ve seen battle a couple of times on the tabletop, but have as yet to make any memorable impact.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week we have one of the two units you start with in Shadow of the Horned Rat, the Grudgebringer Infantry.

I think I took the infantry in almost every battle of the campaign. To represent them on the tabletop I used the 3D models called Reinhardt’s Infantry.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Veteran Sellswords from the Renegade Crowns muster list.

At some point I plan to print out their unit cards with their special rules on the reverse. It’ll make it easier than having to flip through the many, many books….

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Dietrich’s Caravan
Grudgebringer Cannon
Mercenary Crossbows
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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Last week we had Morgan Bernhardt. It would be daft if I didn’t then show you his cavalry.

The Grudgebringer Cavalry were an auto take in every battle and were the most powerful unit in Shadow of the Horned Rat, especially as you neared the end of the campaign.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Freeblade Knights from the Renegade Crowns muster list.

At some point I plan to print out their unit cards with their special rules on the reverse. It’ll make it easier than having to flip through the many, many books….