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sweet we need more

Plenty mroe tocome matey!

Ok I need an oppinion...again!
The army list I was going to use for this force was an allied onebut I recently picked up a copy of the Badab Wars Volume 1 and found the
Tyrants army list in there allowing a gritty combination of IG and SM units however no rough riders.

There is an SM unit in there which is essentially SM bikes which I could "counts/plays as" for my rough riders units but this would convey a 3+ save.
Now what I need an oppinion on is...

Would you as a player be happy with this if the unit was mounted on cold ones suggesting the hardened scales and agressive nature/strengths of the reptile are what give the higher
Weapon Skill, Toughness and Saving throw?

Please let em know.


Cheers guys.

Yes!

Very very cool dude, made me want to do a New Zealand themed army, then I remembered the state of the NZ army... 7 soldiers, only 2 of which are full time, 3 Mosin Nagant relics between them and an old Nissan Patrol, painted camo, "looks just like a Hummer eh Sarge..."
Fail

This threat is awesome. I don’t know if this has been said before (didn’t read the whole thread) but for your HQ you should Have a Crocodile Dundee counts as Straken conversion, that would be awesome.
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And yes @ the rough rider thing.

Yes for the Cold Ones / SM bikes stand in. I bet a Cold One maw can convey as much pain as a SM fist!

Great TS Marine too, I had overlooked that thread for far too long... I'm definitely not liking the TS backpacks Hits made, but the awesomeness of the rest of the model more than makes up for it!

What do you dislike about the packs Yggs? I find them a refreshing change.

Sorry for the OT Santo...

Flying Pooo wrote:This threat is awesome. I don’t know if this has been said before (didn’t read the whole thread) but for your HQ you should Have a Crocodile Dundee counts as Straken conversion, that would be awesome.
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And yes @ the rough rider thing.

IIRC theres that slouch hat wearing Last Chancer, dunno if GW still sells it someplace. ???

A cigar would look awesome in your bone heads mouth or maybe a can of beer crushed on the base.

Frankly Santobell first rule of Counts As comes to mind "Does it look cool" Yes it will, so go for it!

I'd play them

I would be happy to play around with your rough riders as any unit you want! The best part is, by the time I have saved the money up to fly out there you should have your whole army completed!
All jokes aside.
If you make a beautiful rough rider unit any lover of the hobby is going to be happy to give you a chance to field them. If you play at a local shop you might find some one that wants to wine about it, but more often then not, you'll have more fun playing with some one a little more relaxed.

@ Everyone - Thanks for the feedback witht he cold ones, I'll be gettign all the bits together to build them next week, I'm keen to see how they turn out.

Question Name the Cold ones;

Crocs
Goanna (type of goanna...der)
Argus (type of goanna)
Spiny Tails (type of goanna)
Tata (small dino like lizard)

Please let me know

Update - - -

Heavy Bolter Retaliator.


Melee Retaliator.





Counts as Lugft Huron (not finihsed)

They look great, but that last one...
... ...

Have you decided on a paint scheme for the Marines yet?

How a bout Snappy?

no please let that beast rest... it is well past it´s sell by date time...

what about raptors? or failing that a more better fit to your above list:
Perentie? its as i just read the biggest monitor lizard on your island^^...


as for your marines...amazing... that powerfist alone...wow

They look astounding, i think i may need to go and order a load of those kits. Hits did a great job and your posing is freaking sweet dude, especially the last one!

I like Argus (pl. Argi?) or how about just Monitors?

Counts as Lugft Huron is already looking extremely promising!

Amazing, just amazing. how long did the last on take you to model?

Capt. Rex wrote:They look great, but that last one...
... ...

Have you decided on a paint scheme for the Marines yet?

My first thought was to match the sandy look of the IG, but I am going to paint one in a charcole Grey to test that as well with the blue
on the left shoulder the chapter badge will be the astral claw star without the claws holding it.

Miss Dee wrote:How a bout Snappy?

Or Fluffy.... prancer and rudolf

Viktor von Domm wrote:no please let that beast rest... it is well past it´s sell by date time...

what about raptors? or failing that a more better fit to your above list:
Perentie? its as i just read the biggest monitor lizard on your island^^...


as for your marines...amazing... that powerfist alone...wow

Perentie or Varanus giganteus yeah they are huge 2.5 meters long (bout 8 1/2 feet) they have a poisonous bite (I think it's a bacteria thing) like most monitor lizards as well.
Been face to face with one of these about ten years ago.
The fist is a de-fingered lightning claw with the digits from the Dreadnaught CC arm attached.
The heavy flamer is also fromthe dreadnaught kits.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:They look astounding, i think i may need to go and order a load of those kits. Hits did a great job and your posing is freaking sweet dude, especially the last one!

I like Argus (pl. Argi?) or how about just Monitors?

Argi is also nice.
Yeah Hits, kits are fairly aweseome.

Arakasi wrote:Counts as Lugft Huron is already looking extremely promising!

He's turned out pretty good, the only real issue is Lugft has Termi armor and he does not but that's not so bad considering he's not armed like a normal termi.

Haonn wrote:Amazing, just amazing. how long did the last on take you to model?

He took about 15 minutes to build and pose the kits are not by me but by a gifted fello byt he name of "Hits the Spot"

Awsome

Been face to face with one of these about ten years ago.

obviously you came out alive but how did this end? did the lizard just trod off?

Just googled those lizzies you mentioned! They're like the size of a dog!

What about Komodo? (On a side note, ive always wanted to see a load of soldiers riding massive komodo dragons TWC style!)

I know that FW have already ninja'd the name but how bout Venators, means hunters in latin I think...

Just brilliant you are! I love the work you've done and your conversions and paint job are top notch! the Aussie heads are awesome and look great on them :-) this is turning out to be one of my favorite army blogs i've seen! it's so different and close to my heart! please keep slogging away it Kokoda style dude!

Nerdfest09

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Been face to face with one of these about ten years ago.

obviously you came out alive but how did this end? did the lizard just trod off?

I was in a Moke,and it was blocking a road,eventually it walked off but not before biting at the car and hissing alot.

This is a Moke

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Just googled those lizzies you mentioned! They're like the size of a dog!

What about Komodo? (On a side note, ive always wanted to see a load of soldiers riding massive komodo dragons TWC style!)

Komodo's are not a native beasty of Oz, although still a monitor lizard. I'm thinking about casting the rear legs of the cold ones and making the mounts a quadraped, maybe shorten them a bit.
Make them a bit more Monitor is look.

BLACKHAND wrote:I know that FW have already ninja'd the name but how bout Venators, means hunters in latin I think...

Yeah I like the name, I think the choice will come finally once I get the models in hand and they gain personality through conversion and painting.

nerdfest09 wrote:Just brilliant you are! I love the work you've done and your conversions and paint job are top notch! the Aussie heads are awesome and look great on them :-) this is turning out to be one of my favorite army blogs i've seen! it's so different and close to my heart! please keep slogging away it Kokoda style dude!
Nerdfest09

I aim to please, but seriously thanks matey it'sgood to hear I'm getting right and that it's hitting home with others not just myself and my overactive mind.

Update - Marine Colours -

Desert Sand


Charcoal Grey


Help me choose please!

OOh, thats a tough choice.

Ultimately id say the charcoal, it seems more menacing and the paintjob looks more crisp.

Charcoal grey looks the coolest, but the desert scheme seems to be done more rarely than grey-white-black.

i´d go for the deserty scheme... looks more vernerable...and worn^^ as a millenia odl fighter´s gear would probably look...
the charcoal one looks a bit bland to me...
the car looks nice^^

as for the monitor lizzards... will you make longer necks too for them? that would look cool, the idea reminds me strongly of the star wars dewbacks....tho they of course missed the long necks...

You could always try this model for a rough rider sarge

http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/product/smm15-ruby