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 AtoMaki wrote:

 Griddlelol wrote:

They do look a hell of a lot better on bikes. Although the "feel" changes from honourable, pompous cavalry men to mad max-esque mentalists on bikes. I know which one I prefer.

Aren't Rough Riders the "savage marauders on horse" kind of cavalry? I mean, their name is Rough Riders and not "IG Knights".

Well the majority are raised from feral worlds but you still do get feudal worlds with regiments of plate harness clad rough riders, there's some artwork portraying Tallarn Rough Riders about somewhere (4th Edition Guard Codex I think, under the RR entry) and of course the Death Korps uses 'Death Riders' which are essentially the same thing. The Attilan Rough Riders, being the most famous, are yet another one of GW's attempts to fit in something from a certain era, namely the Mongolian horsemen who conquered much of Asia and romped across Eastern Europa. So far as I'm aware the rough in Rough Rider refers to their ability to cross terrain, as horses & other quadrupeds can often cross terrain vehicles can't, such as footpaths up mountain sides.

Not to mention a total non-reliance on Promethium...