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Apparently they'll have these at Salute - some counts-as Struthid Cavalry for all those who convert Genswick Foot IG armies?



http://blightwheelminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/terror-bird-cavalry.html?m=1

Hmmmmm, could make for interesting Weird War II cavalry.

Hmmm, Praetorian elite cavalry?

Something to mark them out from the common horse riding peasants!

If there are at least three variant poses I'm in.

alphaecho wrote:
Something to mark them out from the common horse riding peasants!

Heh, I read 'horse riding pheasants', which makes for a nice mental image.

Too big.

Pretty, though.

I love Blight Wheel's stuff - I have a fair amount of it, and I love the casting quality as well!

If they have some more actively posed variants then they would make quite the imposing squad!

I think insaniak is right in saying that they are too big though. Actual terror birds of Earth were much smaller than that, still giant beasties but I don't think they got taller than 10ft which would be a perfect size for a 40k counts-as. That being said though they are a great model even if the rider does seem to be fitted onto the bird oddly.

Wow, looks pretty neat to me! I like the size, personally- makes it more convincing that it could easily carry a person around. It might make it a little large for counts-as purposes... but am I really going to tell someone not to use those models? Of course not, I'd love to face them and heck, they'd just be easier to shoot at that way.

reminds me of these

If there's a variety of poses, like 3 as has been said. These shall be my demigryph riders as they fit my back water themed army perfectly.


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Where is the shop for these guys? The link is just a blog.

I just put my current cavalry in the sale pile to get these instead. So cool.

Radu Lykan wrote:
reminds me of these

Same here. I love my Moa Riders, so glad I was able to score a set.

I just think "Joust".

 SavageRobby wrote:

I just think "Joust".

I was thinking that too.

 Anpu42 wrote:

 SavageRobby wrote:

I just think "Joust".

I was thinking that too.

They'd need bigger wings for Joust.

Man, I loved that game.

I like quite a few of Blight Wheels' offerings, but it's a shame that quite a few items appear to be out of stock, and there's a severe lack of scale shots and fully-painted examples of their infantry. The Hel'ington stuff in particular looks really neat, but without knowing what a full squad looks like or how it looks next to comparable heroic-scale figs, I'm hesitant to place an order.

Very nice. the birdies maybe a tad big but still nice.

[/b]Armyman[b] i like Blightwheel stuff, got a few bits of late. A lil small compared to gw Cadians but fine vs Kreig or Elysians from fw. Works well size wise with Brettonian figs for converted guard as well.




3 edits now. Flipping predictive txt hates GW names.

 Alpharius wrote:
I love Blight Wheel's stuff - I have a fair amount of it, and I love the casting quality as well!

Sir, you need to post some pictures.

DaHedd wrote:Very nice. the birdies maybe a tad big but still nice.

[/b]Armyman[b] i like Blightwheel stuff, got a few bits of late. A lil small compared to gw Cadians but fine vs Kreig or Elysians from fw. Works well size wise with Brettonian figs for converted guard as well.

Nice to hear. When I get some free cash, I might make a small test order.

Barzam wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I love Blight Wheel's stuff - I have a fair amount of it, and I love the casting quality as well!

Sir, you need to post some pictures.

I second this. If anyone who has their stuff can post some pics in the relevant forum, I'd appreciate it.

Thirded?

Also I wish some of their stuff would come back in stock. It would look great in my Dark Mechanicus army...

I'll dig up the stuff later on tonight (Maybe!)...

IN the meantime, as noted above, I hope Blight Wheel makes the rider sit more 'on' the bird rather than kind of/sort of "in" the bird!

I actually kinda dig the "in the bird" effect. Feathers are fluffy! A saddle would have to squish down the feathers to get to the actual bird, kinda like your head sinking into a pillow...

ETA- that effect would be perfect with some feathers floating over the tops of the legs/saddle. As is it does look like too hard of a line.

 ArbitorIan wrote:
Apparently they'll have these at Salute - some counts-as Struthid Cavalry for all those who convert Genswick Foot IG armies?



http://blightwheelminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/terror-bird-cavalry.html?m=1

I've wanted terror bird rough riders for a long time. These are close to what I want...

But I want bigger and fiercer in the beak, plumed and with a smaller body.


Something more like these:

 ArbitorIan wrote:
Apparently they'll have these at Salute - some counts-as Struthid Cavalry for all those who convert Genswick Foot IG armies?



http://blightwheelminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/terror-bird-cavalry.html?m=1

I see Chocobo cavalry.