Warsmith Aznable Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I do not like the "attack motorcycle" squads that the CSM have. I was thinking about getting these toy dragons (of a comparable size) that the local hobby store carries, mounting spare bits and puttying them to look "Chaosy" and sticking a CSM on top of each one and having them "counts as" the biker squad. No rule changes, just awesome dragons to ride instead of motorcycles. What does B&C think of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipertaja Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Sure, I guess. Various chaos marines would probably ride anything they can put a saddle on and survive. Same as imperial guard rough riders (not all ride horses). Would you have the chaos marine strap on the twin linked bolters onto the dragon or would that be represented in some other way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromril Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I use bloodcrushers for my world eaters bike squad! you could also use fantasy knights, changing only the arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Would you have the chaos marine strap on the twin linked bolters onto the dragon or would that be represented in some other way? I was kicking around the idea of getting a cupola ring with gun mount from a vehicle kit, cutting it in half, and using it as the front and back of the saddle. Then the bolters could be mounted to something that looked reasonable instead of just being glued to the side of the beast's head or summat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipertaja Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Would you have the chaos marine strap on the twin linked bolters onto the dragon or would that be represented in some other way? I was kicking around the idea of getting a cupola ring with gun mount from a vehicle kit, cutting it in half, and using it as the front and back of the saddle. Then the bolters could be mounted to something that looked reasonable instead of just being glued to the side of the beast's head or summat. Yeah, it's a rather goofy thing to imagine a chaos marine deciding to glue guns onto his new pet. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Would you have the chaos marine strap on the twin linked bolters onto the dragon or would that be represented in some other way? I was kicking around the idea of getting a cupola ring with gun mount from a vehicle kit, cutting it in half, and using it as the front and back of the saddle. Then the bolters could be mounted to something that looked reasonable instead of just being glued to the side of the beast's head or summat. Yeah, it's a rather goofy thing to imagine a chaos marine deciding to glue guns onto his new pet. :P Over in the SW Forum, there was a fella' doing scratch-built wolves with mounted weapons; my suggestion was from the mouth, with the barrell protruding so their bark is worse than their bite. You could do similar with a dragon-esque model, the flamer would work well there - in my mind at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Over in the SW Forum, there was a fella' doing scratch-built wolves with mounted weapons; my suggestion was from the mouth, with the barrell protruding so their bark is worse than their bite. I'll have to check that out, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipertaja Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That's certainly one way to go about it. Oh, and I wouldn't mind seeing pictures if this dragon project gets going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Oh, and I wouldn't mind seeing pictures if this dragon project gets going. I will certainly post pics when I get to it. I've blown my model budget for this month already, though, so it will be next month at the earliest. I've got my two rhinos and one troop choice with extras, so I figured that next I'd get another box of CSM and use some of them to round out my second troop squad and three or hour of them for my fast attack option. My little plastic horde is growing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWinds Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Couldn't you just have the riders holding twin linked bolters? They can have their ccw strapped to the side of the animal or on their waist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelias Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Couldn't you just have the riders holding twin linked bolters? They can have their ccw strapped to the side of the animal or on their waist. i was thinking the exact same thing :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 Couldn't you just have the riders holding twin linked bolters? They can have their ccw strapped to the side of the animal or on their waist. I was thinking of putting their chainswords on the ends of poles, and then posing them waving them around all crazy like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentor Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I think, if you're going to do this, you should grab some thunderwolf mounts, paint them darker and make them look more gristlier and nasty and use them. Pretty nifty they'd be, perhaps make some fluff about some being captured years ago and breeding them in the eye of terror and what not. Daemon wolves haha, or even grab some Flesh Hounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 The brain storming is ongoing. The other day I went to U.S. Toys and bought me a couple of dinosaurs because I couldn't find the dragons I was thinking of. I think I like the idea better, because what's more terrifying than a Khorne Berserker riding on a velociraptor? Once I got them home they turned out to be a little larger in comparison to the models than I initially thought they'd be, so I'm still turning my wheels as to whether I want to go ahead and use them for this, use them for something else or just drop them and hunt for a different mount. I don't want to use a wolf, even a demon wolf, but I might use a wolf for a base if I don't like the other ideas I do. I'll post my first test run here and see if it passes the "silly test" before I do more than just the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridlocked Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Try looking at the Cold One Knights under Dark Elves sets on GW.com and if the raptor kinda things work. Or wolves/boars-that-could-become-spawn under Orcs and Goblins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Humongous Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 If they are dragons, why not just say they have a breath weapon equal to a twin linked bolter? It could be a bolt of magical warpfire or some such. You could even sculpt it blasting from a few mouths if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 The first model is chopped, epoxied and glued. I should have it completely painted by next weekend, and will post pictures then. It may be too early to tell, but I think it's probably going to be neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 OK, some things have happened since I last posted. The first one being that I got about 80% done with the conversion I was working on and decided that I just plain didn't like how it was turning out after all. The second one is that my home was burglarized and my computer was burgled. Don't worry though, the fools had no idea how much Warhammer models cost and left them alone. So there is that. Anyway, like I said, didn't like where my conversion was headed. Returning to this thread for ideas I picked up on using Cold Ones for the mount. I am very pleased with how this turned out. I have five dudes done up and another five planned. I'm going to keep the idea of mounting chainswords on little poles, which is the only part of the initial experiment I was completely happy with, only use them for the "basic troopers" I'm making. The guys I've already done represent options from the codex along with different "character" models, one of them being an icon bearer. I've got the Aspiring Champion all painted up, but I don't have a picture of him fully painted yet. So here is a cell phone picture of the Champion "in the gray". http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j91/montismo/bloodrider.jpg The size of the powerfist, the angle of the picture and the fact the GW minis are just plain out of proportion to begin with makes the legs look funnier in this picture than they do IRL. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 The legs look a little off, regardless, imo. I'd recommend removing the dark elf legs. take some 'zerker or CSM legs and saw or cut them into sections- pelvis, upper legs, lower legs, and knees, if the legs you're using had knee pads. glue the leg parts onto the cold one, shaving them down where they meet each other or the mount as needed. Use greenstuff to fix gaps and the saddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 And painted: http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j91/montismo/bloodriderpainted2.jpg The legs are definitely not ideal, but it looks better than my trial run at chopping and epoxying regular CSM legs as you suggest. I'm going to continue to experiment with 'green stuff' and get back to this sort of thing in the future when I'm better at it, but for now I want my mounted berserker force whether they have girly legs or not. I'm still really new at this sort of thing, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IL Bane Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Looks good, post more pictures when the whole squad is painted. Shame about the legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer le Boucher Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I use mines like Raptors ^^,they Are WE Raptor Ridders. And i came also with the same issue with the DE legs been too thin for a marine. I then came up with this: http://a.imageshack.us/img221/237/img0660tn5.th.jpg And the results. http://a.imageshack.us/img221/9530/img0659gh0.th.jpg http://a.imageshack.us/img221/8886/img0661sl9.th.jpg As for the bolters for my Blood Knigths(WE mounted on Warhorses): http://a.imageshack.us/img709/7137/img0926l.th.jpg http://a.imageshack.us/img404/3541/img0927v.th.jpg Hope it helps you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnosaur93 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 what about doing something like dragon-ogres? basicly, part dragon part (in this case) marine, in a centaur-like mix... if done right, this would look very ferocious and quick (i know a guy with an old fantasy chaos army, who made some amazing dragonogres from the older cold-ones, and the never warriors of chaos torsos/arms)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 I use mines like Raptors ^^,they Are WE Raptor Ridders. And i came also with the same issue with the DE legs been too thin for a marine. I then came up with this: http://a.imageshack.us/img221/237/img0660tn5.th.jpg Hope it helps you I've been holding off on making the next batch of them or painting anymore of the ones I already have. I think I'm going to try to modify the legs like you show in this picture. Thanks for the suggestion+picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemFX Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (Fantasy) Chaos knights have good legs to use. You might want to bulk up the raptor legs a little though. Personally, for armament, I'd use a loyalist stormbolter to represent the twin linked bolters, and then use the mount to represent the close combat (claws, trample, biting) it leaves you a hand free to hold the reins or any specific upgrade :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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