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Hi, all.

I’m sure I’m not the first to come up with this idea, but I’ve searched around Dakka and I cannot find a thread. Apologies, however, if I’ve missed one.

I’m thinking of adding some Rough Riders to my Imperial Guard force, but I really don’t like the current, old-style Games Workshop, hun-looking models.

I’ve thought about kit bashing my own, which should be fun as I’ve never attempted a kit bash before. Now; as I’m a newbie to all this, can anyone suggest some ideas of what kits to use?

The ultimate look I want is a “standard” looking guardsman, with helmet and flak armour, but mounted on a horse with a lance.

The only thing I can think of is to smash together a Cadian Shock Trooper squad and a Reiksguard troop from Warhammer Fantasy.

Is there anything else that may work?

Kind regards,

While searching for alternate chaos cultists i stumbled upon these. These might be an option but you still need some horses.

btldoomhammer wrote:
While searching for alternate chaos cultists i stumbled upon these. These might be an option but you still need some horses.

Thank you, kindly. I'll have a look into those.

Good luck if you can find what your looking for. I was told that the Empire Mounted pistol dudes would mesh well with Cadian torsos, not tried it my self yet (to many projects on the go) bur that might be worth a look at. Or if you have a kidney for sale there is always the forgeworld Kreg Riders.

 Ribon Fox wrote:
Good luck if you can find what your looking for. I was told that the Empire Mounted pistol dudes would mesh well with Cadian torsos, not tried it my self yet (to many projects on the go) bur that might be worth a look at. Or if you have a kidney for sale there is always the forgeworld Kreg Riders.

Ah, the pistoliers, I didn't think of them, thanks.

I picked up the arms and legs from Victoria Miniatures and they worked great. I had tried to cut up & greenstuff Cadian legs, but that looked like garbage, so I scrapped those. Then I added stowage bits to the backs of the horses and shoulderpads that I did not use from the Valkyrie/Leman Russ bits.

I've got most of them primed now, but this is the only picture I have of them.

Well, it's not always the best suggestion, but Forgeworld Death Riders from Death Korps of Krieg. Forgeworld can be a little expensive but those models seemed reasonable to me.

I saw a saw a topic by a guy who did something similar they turned out really cool. You can see his project here

If you are looking for suitable mounted legs. I think Space Marine Scout biker legs would probably be workable.

Aswell as Victoria Miniatures for Roughrider components there's also Curious Constructs.

Check them out, they focus on the old Praetorian/steampunk type IG but if its just the horse rider legs you need to kit bash with say a plastic Cadian torso they do 2 different sets at a reasonable price. They've pith helmet heads amongst other things and some really nice dress uniform torsos too

I built rough riders using Bret knights which I gs'ed jackboots over the mail. Additionally I used cadian torsos & left arms with the gloved shield hand cut from the Knight torso. The chainmail on the lance arms helps add to the feel that the lance is explosive-tipped I feel. I added all manner of stowage & am sculpting gas masks & armored visors on the mounts. The barding on the horses lets me camo them to match their riders.

Do you think that it’ll look daft if I simply get a troop of Reiksguard from Warhammer Fantasy and replace their left arms with las-pistol arms?

I know I said I’d like to have a standard Cadian look to them, but now I’m thinking that I might like to see some kind of armoured retro-tech cavalry; much like the French in WW1, everyone else was wearing drag greys and kaki, but the French were galloping into machine-gun fire wearing blue tunics, red trousers, and polished cuirasses and helmets.

I’m not sure; las- and plasma-gun armed, armoured cavalry with exploding lances? Thoughts?

WHFB Empire Pistoliers with Cadian torsos.

Lances are under construction (and have been for a looong time, I'm sad to say).

Wow, they look really good.

Are you dead set on using horses? There are a multitude of other design options in there if you're willing to do a bit more work

 Flinty wrote:
Are you dead set on using horses? There are a multitude of other design options in there if you're willing to do a bit more work

I like the idea of horses, but I'm open to suggestions. What'ya got?

 Tower75 wrote:

 Flinty wrote:
Are you dead set on using horses? There are a multitude of other design options in there if you're willing to do a bit more work

I like the idea of horses, but I'm open to suggestions. What'ya got?

Personally I use these guys:


However I've also seen conversions using cold Ones for dragon riders, bikes and even segeways. You need something that looks fast, fits on a cavalry base and has the relevant wargear, but otherwise the universe is your oyster

I used the VicLamb bits for my Riders. I still have no intention of putting on a second shoulder pad.

This.

or a more serious note how about scramblers/motorcross bikes?

Some awesome looking models, guys.

Friggin', 'ell, Flinty. They look awesome. What do you call them?

I'm guessing they're stilt/bounding troops?

I like that bike, uk_crow. Where can you get those?

I used Space Marine Bikes with Cadian Bodies and legs, took a little while but they looked alright in the end, unfortunately I don't have any good pictures, I can upload a couple of crap ones if you want

The OC-D

 Tower75 wrote:
Some awesome looking models, guys.

Friggin', 'ell, Flinty. They look awesome. What do you call them?

I'm guessing they're stilt/bounding troops?

I like that bike, uk_crow. Where can you get those?

Thankee kindly! I call them Stalker class exo-suits as well as being a pain in the bum to make Worth it in the end though I think.

@smitty - those look really good. They fit the classic look very well.

 Tower75 wrote:
Some awesome looking models, guys.

Friggin', 'ell, Flinty. They look awesome. What do you call them?

I'm guessing they're stilt/bounding troops?

I like that bike, uk_crow. Where can you get those?

It's a scratch built bike using a variety of components, i recognise the headlamp being a vox caster part, the imperial eagle from the tank sprue, i think the chassis is an eldar jetbike one (correct me if i'm wrong someone) and the wheels are probably from the old style heavy weapons, here is a step by step.
http://wargamingforums.com/2007/10/18/the-conversion-vault-40-cadian-rough-riders/

but here is a model website that sells all types of bikes, worth a look!
http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24&zenid=abfeb902949cd28c061952d2f3168716

i recommend the bike scrambler with male legs, then its just put a cadian body on with some arms and you're away.

Its kind of expensive but looks really cool, I'll just put this here. http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=98

 Flinty wrote:
@smitty - those look really good. They fit the classic look very well.

Thanks

 VikingChild wrote:
Aswell as Victoria Miniatures for Roughrider components there's also Curious Constructs.

Check them out, they focus on the old Praetorian/steampunk type IG but if its just the horse rider legs you need to kit bash with say a plastic Cadian torso they do 2 different sets at a reasonable price. They've pith helmet heads amongst other things and some really nice dress uniform torsos too

he's also doing bikes

How about these from Puppetswar?

 Orinoco wrote:

 VikingChild wrote:
Aswell as Victoria Miniatures for Roughrider components there's also Curious Constructs.

Check them out, they focus on the old Praetorian/steampunk type IG but if its just the horse rider legs you need to kit bash with say a plastic Cadian torso they do 2 different sets at a reasonable price. They've pith helmet heads amongst other things and some really nice dress uniform torsos too

he's also doing bikes

Yes indeedy, these bikes have just gone to the casters, along with their riders, just need to get a picture up of said rider on a printed bike which will probably happen over the weekend once I've got a chance!

 Skoda wrote:
Its kind of expensive but looks really cool, I'll just put this here. http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=98

Those I like! Thanks


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 AegisGrimm wrote:
How about these from Puppetswar?

I like them an' all.

Might have to think about bikes. Cheers, guys. Really appreciate it.

maybe try using alternative mounts?

LoL
It's a Chocobo Knight! Awesome....

Or Bubba Felt from Blue Moon.