The Dregs an an awkward but essential part of a Vampire Counts warband – pretty much worthless in a scrap, but you’ll want to hire all three if you plan on earning any gold between games. What makes them even more awkward is that they’re a 0-3 choice, but there’s only really two sculpts for these models. You could double up on one of them and maybe swap the single optional arm around, but then you’ve got two Dregs that look more similar than the other and that sort of thing makes my brain itch. Fortunately, Games Workshop recognised this and remedied it in 2003 by resurrecting an even older miniature from the Citadel Miniatures catalogue – Luthor the Hunchback.
Luthor, pictured centre above, was a Hunchback miniature originally included in the Warhammer Quest expansion Catacombs of Terror. Seeing a niche that needed filled, Games Workshop USA started including him in the Mordheim Undead sections of their mail order catalogs alongside the other two Dregs. It was a pretty inspired decision, all things considered – the aesthetic of Luthor perfectly matches that of the other two Dregs, something which only becomes more apparent when the model is painted to match.