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Ok, so if Canis Wolfborn has a giant wolf that he prances around on, wouldn't it be possible for a space marine (more specifically a Blood Angel) to ride a giant eagle into combat?

If they haven't been gentically modified in any way (HERESY!) and have the sanction of the chapter master/inquisition, and the Codex Astartes doesn't say not to, and the eagles can carry two tonne giants on their back, then maybe.

TrollPie wrote:If they haven't been gentically modified in any way (HERESY!) and have the sanction of the chapter master/inquisition, and the Codex Astartes doesn't say not to, and the eagles can carry two tonne giants on their back, then maybe.

Excellent!!! Haha, this post made my day.


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Or a gryphon even.

I wouldn't try it if I were you, I don't think anybody liked the giant wolf riding thing, and giant eagles would be much worse in my opinion, especialy with the Blood Angels, people hate them enough already, this would just give them another reason to do so. If you want to avoid all the Blood Angel haters out there, steer clear of giant eagles. However giant eagle wings on the backs of your marines should be alright, Sainguinus was the winged primarch, so I don't see why his marines wouldn't get the same mutation.

Lyzin Locrian wrote:I wouldn't try it if I were you, I don't think anybody liked the giant wolf riding thing, and giant eagles would be much worse in my opinion, especialy with the Blood Angels, people hate them enough already, this would just give them another reason to do so. If you want to avoid all the Blood Angel haters out there, steer clear of giant eagles. However giant eagle wings on the backs of your marines should be alright, Sainguinus was the winged primarch, so I don't see why his marines wouldn't get the same mutation.

I dont really care about what haters like and and don't like. Real 40k fans wouldn't care if a space marine was riding a tortoise.

And yes, I have thought about that.

A BA Librarian on a Griffon might make a fun counts-as for Mephiston. Obviously it'd be much larger, but the statline would make sense. And I expect that your opponents wouldn't complain about you playing with a Mephiston who was much harder for you to hide.

Mannahnin wrote:A BA Librarian on a Griffon might make a fun counts-as for Mephiston. Obviously it'd be much larger, but the statline would make sense. And I expect that your opponents wouldn't complain about you playing with a Mephiston who was much harder for you to hide.

I am not big on Mephiston.

Magtherion_Soulsaver wrote:
I dont really care about what haters like and and don't like. Real 40k fans wouldn't care if a space marine was riding a tortoise.

Au contraire, mon capitan, a true 40k fan would care If there was something as stupid looking as a Space Marine riding a tortoise, or a "great eagle".
But you're right, you shouldn't care about what haters like or don't.

I don't know, what kind of armor save would a giant eagle get? Big birds in 40K strike me as bolter bait.

Yes! Let's turn 40k into Pokemon!

Portugal Jones wrote:I don't know, what kind of armor save would a giant eagle get? Big birds in 40K strike me as bolter bait.

More or less their agility and speed would be their "Armor Save"

That eagle would have to be impsossibley huge in order to carry a space marine. ever heard of Rok?

Mr Nobody wrote:That eagle would have to be impsossibley huge in order to carry a space marine. ever heard of Rok?

Isn't the Rok some sort of Thunderbird thingy?

its was supposedly a eagle like bird that could eat elephants.


there once were giant flightless birds that were apex predators. sort of like giant chickens with huge beaks capable of breaking a horse's back.


if chickens were 4 feet tall, they would prey upon humans.

fortunantly, the largest chickens are only 3 feet tall.

coolyo294 wrote:

Mr Nobody wrote:That eagle would have to be impsossibley huge in order to carry a space marine. ever heard of Rok?

Isn't the Rok some sort of Thunderbird thingy?

Haha Heroes 3 ref?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_(mythology)

the true Thunderbird is a Quetzalcoatlus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus

you could pay it as a Stormraven that would make a bit more sense.

Mr Nobody wrote:That eagle would have to be impsossibley huge in order to carry a space marine. ever heard of Rok?

Mhm

Grey Templar wrote:the true Thunderbird is a Quetzalcoatlus

Actually the true ThunderBIRD is the Argentavis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentavis_magnificens

Have it counts as an avrus lighter from IA1, but with a DCCW. Personally I wouldn't play against it, because giant eagles are more the realm of WHFB, rather than 40K.

One idiotic concept's existence does not justify another.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:One idiotic concept's existence does not justify another.

Agreed, both ideas are terrible and should not have the right to exist, in my opinion.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:One idiotic concept's existence does not justify another.

Thank you.

Well, everyone can have their opinion.

Agreed, go Magtherion, model a Blood Angel riding the griffon from Island of Blood.

Actually, I think a giant Vampire Bat called the Bloodbat would fit better with the Blood Angels.

Good Idea, how about a humongous Raven for the Raven Guard? Oh! And a Lizard for the Salamanders!

iproxtaco wrote:Good Idea, how about a humongous Raven for the Raven Guard? Oh! And a Lizard for the Salamanders!

and a giant fist for the imperial fists.

That would actually be pretty damn awesome, the others jsut ridiculous.

iproxtaco wrote:Good Idea, how about a humongous Raven for the Raven Guard? Oh! And a Lizard for the Salamanders!

Is that sarcasm directed at me?