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maybe something unique from their homeworld? Considering of course the mount was strong enough to carry a space marine in power armor. Maybe in defense of said homeworld?

Like a giant wolf maybe?

 General Kroll wrote:
Like a giant wolf maybe?

LOL, didnt even think of that!

I’ve seen some nice conversions of salamanders on cold ones, and a guy on a giant eagle.

Rule of Cool. You want it, make it happen. Fluff is flexible.

 Vulpes89 wrote:

 General Kroll wrote:
Like a giant wolf maybe?

LOL, didnt even think of that!

I am not sure if I believe you...

Maybe...

But yeah, mounts would be fine. Rule of cool and all that.

They would, but I don't think that imperial marines have any business riding beasts. Chaos marines cruising the streets on some horrible monstrosity makes more thematic sense.

Space Wolves having packs of cyber-wolves as auxiliaries is fine, tho.

Rosebuddy wrote:
They would, but I don't think that imperial marines have any business riding beasts. Chaos marines cruising the streets on some horrible monstrosity makes more thematic sense.

Space Wolves having packs of cyber-wolves as auxiliaries is fine, tho.

I fully agree. I think TWC is over the top and excessively silly. But that ship has sailed. So if someone wants to do it, more power to them. And I’ve seen it done well in a number of places. Enough fluff justification plus rule of cool means I’ll accept it.

If you can put a space marine on a bike, I don't see why you would even blink at them riding some beast - horse, giant wolves, dewbacks, dragons, etc.

Perhaps, Grey Knights should have some sort of kangaroo to go with the Dread Knight?

Not mine, but it works.

As long as it had no more intelligence than "an animal". If it had any kind of consciousness then it is Xenos and must be killed.
So no squigs :(

Stormonu wrote:If you can put a space marine on a bike, I don't see why you would even blink at them riding some beast - horse, giant wolves, dewbacks, dragons, etc.

Perhaps, Grey Knights should have some sort of kangaroo to go with the Dread Knight?

Yep, agreed. And I think that if you put Grey Knights on Kangaroos (or anybody on Kangaroos for that matter), every Australian (incl. myself) would start collecting that army! hahaha

Jackal wrote:

Not mine, but it works.

Not gonna lie: that is epic.


Back on topic: As everyone is saying - Rule of Cool. But from my experience with trying to add and/or mess with the fluff (which I've buggered up more often than not haha), I'd be careful with this. That being said, if it's a DIY Chapter or a minor Chapter, then there's a lot more flexibility.

Well, my internet search was disappointing... there are no space marines riding squigs.

There is an adorable Squig in Ultramarine armour... but no Squiglymarine cavalry.


Someone should go make one for future reference.

Yep, agreed. And I think that if you put Grey Knights on Kangaroos (or anybody on Kangaroos for that matter), every Australian (incl. myself) would start collecting that army! hahaha

... but ... but ... I ALREADY ride a kangaroo to work? :p

 chromedog wrote:

Yep, agreed. And I think that if you put Grey Knights on Kangaroos (or anybody on Kangaroos for that matter), every Australian (incl. myself) would start collecting that army! hahaha

... but ... but ... I ALREADY ride a kangaroo to work? :p

Not to the pub and every BBQ ever as well? haha

 chromedog wrote:

Yep, agreed. And I think that if you put Grey Knights on Kangaroos (or anybody on Kangaroos for that matter), every Australian (incl. myself) would start collecting that army! hahaha

... but ... but ... I ALREADY ride a kangaroo to work? :p

You mean my perception of Australia is right? Never saw that coming.

 Nevelon wrote:

Rosebuddy wrote:
They would, but I don't think that imperial marines have any business riding beasts. Chaos marines cruising the streets on some horrible monstrosity makes more thematic sense.

Space Wolves having packs of cyber-wolves as auxiliaries is fine, tho.

I fully agree. I think TWC is over the top and excessively silly.

Yeah, but that is why you play Ultramarines

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

Rosebuddy wrote:
They would, but I don't think that imperial marines have any business riding beasts. Chaos marines cruising the streets on some horrible monstrosity makes more thematic sense.

Space Wolves having packs of cyber-wolves as auxiliaries is fine, tho.

I fully agree. I think TWC is over the top and excessively silly.

Yeah, but that is why you play Ultramarines

That’s fair. To be honest some of the UM fluff is a bit much as well. But a lot of that can be written off as the exaggeration of propaganda. How grim/silly/over the top any faction is depends a lot on who’s writing for them at the moment. Space Wolves used to be psudo-vikings in space before the wolf got cranked up to 11. Ultras were just the average joe marine until Ward made them the "bestest ever at everything!" chapter.

One of the problems with playing for a long time is the periodic “They did what to my faction!?” facepalm moments.

Which is why I’m glad most people are open to the idea of loose headcannon and flexible fluff. Make up something that mostly fits, stay internally consistent, and have fun. Your minis, do what you want, have fun with it.

 Nevelon wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

Rosebuddy wrote:
They would, but I don't think that imperial marines have any business riding beasts. Chaos marines cruising the streets on some horrible monstrosity makes more thematic sense.

Space Wolves having packs of cyber-wolves as auxiliaries is fine, tho.

I fully agree. I think TWC is over the top and excessively silly.

Yeah, but that is why you play Ultramarines

That’s fair. To be honest some of the UM fluff is a bit much as well. But a lot of that can be written off as the exaggeration of propaganda. How grim/silly/over the top any faction is depends a lot on who’s writing for them at the moment. Space Wolves used to be psudo-vikings in space before the wolf got cranked up to 11. Ultras were just the average joe marine until Ward made them the "bestest ever at everything!" chapter.

One of the problems with playing for a long time is the periodic “They did what to my faction!?” facepalm moments.

Which is why I’m glad most people are open to the idea of loose headcannon and flexible fluff. Make up something that mostly fits, stay internally consistent, and have fun. Your minis, do what you want, have fun with it.

How much wolf could a wolfy wolf wolf til a wolfy wolf wolfed wolf wolf? Jokes aside, that is the current dilemma with the Vlka Fenryka. Too many wolves, not enough Viking.

I'd be fine with thunderwolves provided that it wasn't just wolves every time all of the time, that the rest of the Imperium viewed this as a suspect deviation of standard tactics and that the riders were armed with ranged weapons instead of being fantasy cavalry in space.

Using a giant monster both to haul yourself into a good position for launching some missiles and as a close-range defence would be all right enough with me. Using cyber-beasts as attack bike replacements meshes nicely with the technobarbarian angle. The exact model matters too, of course. I'd like to see more than just a gakky little saddle on there. Armour and a proper attachment system for a power armoured dude would be good.

 Stormonu wrote:
If you can put a space marine on a bike, I don't see why you would even blink at them riding some beast - horse, giant wolves, dewbacks, dragons, etc.

Power to weight ratios, for one.

Range.

Logistics.

The ability to abandon them and retrieve without issue.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

How much wolf could a wolfy wolf wolf til a wolfy wolf wolfed wolf wolf? Jokes aside, that is the current dilemma with the Vlka Fenryka. Too many wolves, not enough Viking.

Or, more to the point, they stopped being Space Marines with a Viking Theme and became Vikings with a Space Marine theme.

Rosebuddy wrote:
I'd be fine with thunderwolves provided that it wasn't just wolves every time all of the time, that the rest of the Imperium viewed this as a suspect deviation of standard tactics and that the riders were armed with ranged weapons instead of being fantasy cavalry in space.

In fairness they have some ranged weapons and considering the rest of the setting I don't see them being cqc focussed is that unrealistic.

As for the Imperiums view of them Thunderwolves officially don't exist so the Imperium at large doesn't know much about them.

 EnTyme wrote:

 chromedog wrote:

Yep, agreed. And I think that if you put Grey Knights on Kangaroos (or anybody on Kangaroos for that matter), every Australian (incl. myself) would start collecting that army! hahaha

... but ... but ... I ALREADY ride a kangaroo to work? :p

You mean my perception of Australia is right? Never saw that coming.

Great, now the whole world knows our secret! How are we going to surprise everyone in world war Z with our secret "Hopping Mad Brigade" now?
Don't you dare tell them about the drop bears!

 IllumiNini wrote:

 chromedog wrote:

Yep, agreed. And I think that if you put Grey Knights on Kangaroos (or anybody on Kangaroos for that matter), every Australian (incl. myself) would start collecting that army! hahaha

... but ... but ... I ALREADY ride a kangaroo to work? :p

Not to the pub and every BBQ ever as well? haha

Nah, pub is 2 blocks away - takes longer to saddle the bugger than it takes to just walk it (3 minutes).

I don't do bbq. Too many flies, and MY kitchen is air-conditioned. I leave the burning of meat outdoors to knuckle draggers. I'm more a slow-cook or saute kind guy, tbh.

As for the Drop bears: Look UP and LIVE.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:

The ability to abandon them and retrieve without issue.

Your other points are valid, but living mounts tend to retrieve themselves when abandoned unless otherwise detained.

Rosebuddy wrote:
I'd be fine with thunderwolves provided that it wasn't just wolves every time all of the time, that the rest of the Imperium viewed this as a suspect deviation of standard tactics and that the riders were armed with ranged weapons instead of being fantasy cavalry in space.

Using a giant monster both to haul yourself into a good position for launching some missiles and as a close-range defence would be all right enough with me. Using cyber-beasts as attack bike replacements meshes nicely with the technobarbarian angle. The exact model matters too, of course. I'd like to see more than just a gakky little saddle on there. Armour and a proper attachment system for a power armoured dude would be good.

Space Wolves riding Cyberbears would be a nice change of pace. And why don't we see the sons of Lion El'Johnson riding giant lions, saber-toothed cats or somesuch He-Man style. Or White Scars on giant eagles instead of jet-pack Jump troops?

Marine could undoubtedly run faster than the said beast. Carry more than the beast. Probably would kill the beast by mounting it. I mean...A marine technically is a beast. Why would beast ride beast?

If the animal was up to the task, yes, certainly.

How much patience do space marines have to grind for rare mounts?

 TheWaspinator wrote:
How much patience do space marines have to grind for rare mounts?

^ This is why the Marines spend so much time between deployments, they're just grinding out legendaries!