Gloranthan Army Lists for 'Hordes of the Things'
by Richard Crawley

Troll Army:

1 x Hero General (Dark Troll Matriarch) @ 4AP
2 x Warband (Dark Troll warriors) @ 2AP
2 x Shooters (Trollkin slingers) @ 2AP
1 x Behemoth (Giant Cave Troll) @ 4AP
5 x Hordes (Zombies animated by the Zorak Zoran cult) @ 1AP
1 x Sneakers (Black Fang Brotherhood hirelings) @ 3AP
Stronghold - a dark hole in the ground.

Lunar Army:

1 x Hero General (Provincial Governor) @ 4AP
1 x Blades (Steel Sword Legion) @ 2AP
2 x Spear (Granite Phalanx) @ 2AP
2 x Shooter (Thunder Delta Slingers) @ 2AP
2 x Riders (Antelope Lancers) @2AP
1 x Knights (Carmanian armoured cavalry) @2AP
1 x Magician (members of the Lunar College of Magic) @ 4AP
Options - when faced with bad going I replaced the Riders with Carmanian (Warband) foot.
Sronghold - baggage waggons and pack animals

Sartarite Army:

1 x Hero General (Tribal Champion) @ 4AP
3 x Warbands (Tribal Fyrd) @ 2AP
1 x Shooters (Young tribesmen with slings / javelins) @ 2AP
1 x Blades (Humakti Duck standard guard) @ 2AP
1 x Shooters (Younger duck slingers) @ 2AP
2 x Flyers (Sylphs - wind elementals) @ 2AP
1 x Magician (Tribal Godi) @ 4AP
Stronghold - at present a large, head-shaped rock carving but a bank and ditch hill fort would be nice.

I'm also in the process of finishing a Gloranthan Dwarf army:

1 x Hero General @ 4AP
3 x Blades (Dwarfs with axes) @ 2AP
3 x Shooter (Dwarfs with crossbows and firearms) @ 2AP
1 x Behemoth (Jolanti - stone-carved giant) @ 4AP
1 x Artillery (Cannon) @ 3AP
1 x Lurker (Explosive booby trap - possibly operated by a dwarf in a trench - haven't made this yet) @ 1AP
Stronghold - tunnel entrance.

Options - might make one of the Blades the General instead.

My Gloranthan armies are all in 25mm scale. The Sartarites are mostly Lamming Ancient Britains and a few old Citadels. The Hero is one of the Citadel Eternal Champion figures (which range, incidentally, included the Moorcockian bloke with the winged cat on his shoulder - sorry Moorcock's not one of my strong points). The Ducks are a mixture of Dragonclaw (now Tabletop Miniatures) and Chariot Miniatures. The Sylphs, I think, were by Grenadier.

The Lunars are again built around a core of Lammings (Romans, Greeks and Sassanids) though I am adding some Foundry Hoplites. The Antelope Lancers again are Dragonclaw. The baggage train is scratchbuilt from balsa wood with wagon wheels from Airfix plastics and various toy horses and donkeys.

The Trolls are a mixture of the old Citadel Runequest figures and whatever zombies and skeletons I could pick up at bring and buy sales. The cave troll is, I think, an old (pre-slottabase) Citadel with the name Fergus the Psychotroll on the bottom of his base.

The dwarfs are again a mixture of Citadel, Grenadier, and one by Chronicle Miniatures (remember them?). The Jolanti actually belongs to a friend who went off to live in Japan and left me to look after his collection!

Gloranthan Aldryami Army

They're more like walking plants with leaves for hair and much more organic equipment than the typical GW High Elf.

1x Magician General (dryads) @ 4AP
1x Behemoth (Warriors of Wood - Ent-type thingies) @ 4AP
6x Shooters (Elves) @ 2AP
2x Hordes (Runners - furry, semi-intelligent, small humanoids accompanied by invisible fairies) @ 1AP
2x Lurkers (Carnivorous plants or elves with bows hiding in trees) @1AP
Stronghold - A sacred grove with an ancient tree in the centre.

 

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