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nareik wrote:
Ah he means that kind of mechanised. The word mount confused me. Though it isn't unheard of to refer to the motor bike as a mechanical steed / horse, so I'm going to try and save a little bit of face on that point!

Personally I've always been under-enthused about bikerguard for the simple and obtuse reason: cav and bikes functioned mechanically differently under previous 40k editions.

Sure, but so did Monsters and Walkers/Vehicles.

And part of the reason why so many people pressed for bikes was that whole functionality difference. Being able to have a moving platform with heavy weapons would have been a boon to Guard in previous editions.

Don't know off the top of my head, but I assume FW will continue to support them moving forward considering they have some nice models available for them.

dosiere wrote:
Don't know off the top of my head, but I assume FW will continue to support them moving forward considering they have some nice models available for them.

They will. It's worth noting, however, that the Death Korps on horses are specifically called "Death Riders" and the only similarity they have to Rough Riders is they're on horses and have lances.

They've been, effectively since day one, their own unique unit idea.

It's weird. I never much cared for rough riders. However, now that they're gone, I'm a little bit sad.

My hope for the future; the marines become increasingly high tec (with jet bikes etc.) leaving the door open for Scions to get access to regular bikes.

Oh, while we're at it...let's get this out of the way...when they do get re-released, they'll have a proper new GW name like Mechanoknight Preohussar Slaughterlances or something equally fething atrocious.

 Elbows wrote:
Oh, while we're at it...let's get this out of the way...when they do get re-released, they'll have a proper new GW name like Mechanoknight Preohussar Slaughterlances or something equally fething atrocious.

Assuming they actually do get rereleased...and most likely they'd just be called something like "Auxilla Cavalry".

Someone mentioned there was new art of them in the main 40k rulebook, but all I could find was just the cover for the second iteration of the Apocalypse book.

 Elbows wrote:
Oh, while we're at it...let's get this out of the way...when they do get re-released, they'll have a proper new GW name like Mechanoknight Preohussar Slaughterlances or something equally fething atrocious.

Or maybe Adepta Equestria Militarium.

Dohoho.

RIP another unit GW could not be bothered to find updated models for.

Yes, pretty sad. GW is bad :(.

I don't play Guard, but ever since I heard about Rough Riders I've wished they'd get a rerelease. They're one of the most unique and interesting of the Guard's units.

Oh, and they don't break my suspension of dibelief in the least. The tanks of the IG look like they're from an era when cavalry was still used, and there are literally hundreds of less functional things than cavalry in 40k.

I guess my Cadian bikers will spend another edition looking awesome in storage.

 MarsNZ wrote:
I guess my Cadian bikers will spend another edition looking awesome in storage.

You know you can still play them? Or do you mean they're bad? I haven't seen their rules, so I wouldn't know.

 Cream Tea wrote:

 MarsNZ wrote:
I guess my Cadian bikers will spend another edition looking awesome in storage.

You know you can still play them? Or do you mean they're bad? I haven't seen their rules, so I wouldn't know.

Rough Riders are just fine the way they are. Their Index rules work great in my opinion. You can use them as an outflanking CC unit, or you can use them as a mobile special weapon squad. Both work pretty well for me. I've just been proxying them with old WFB cavalry models so far, but I'm trying to decide between bikes (From mad robot miniatures) or convert some GW miniatures so nobody ever hassles me in a GW store.

Yeah, I agree. The old models were always hideous IMO, but the rules being in the index allowed them to be played with anything appropriate. I'm kicking around the idea to use marauders on horseback from WFB/AoS. My guard are renegade-themed, so with the renegade torsos+heads they'd probably look decent.

Lots of conversion potential.