Wassa Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 So I'm interested in having some Rough Riders, but I hate the idea of having calvary in a 40k army, let alone the Imperial Guard who are renowned for tanks. I have seen some amazing conversions where people use either Space Marine bikes or bikes from another place and use cadian bodies on them. I think the Space Marine bikes are a bit too big for mere men so I was looking around for alternatives. Does anyone have any experience with doing anything like this? I have found the following models from Ramshackle Games which look promising, although I have no idea how they are assembled and so do not know if they will easily be convertible: Spiker This guy is on a bike and is already equipped with a lance. Scrambler Bike (with legs) Similar bike as above but just legs so I can easily attach a torso and arms. Quad bike (with legs) The quad bike looks nice and as above should be easy to attach a torso to. I just have no idea what to do with a lance for the ones that don't have one, stick a cocktail stick to the bike? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 elmo has used the Scrambler bikes for his Rough Riders, example here :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The only problem I found was it took a lot of clean up of excess resin and it was very brittle so I had to be careful. The scrambler with legs is definitely the easy way to go. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyboy Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 What arm did you use for the arm holding the handlebars elmo? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Gilbear Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 What arm did you use for the arm holding the handlebars elmo? The Cadian ones that hold the grenade launcher or the flamer are pretty good - they are outstretched and even have the hand oriented correctly. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 A mixture... The handlebars came with a hand version so it was a case of chopping the hand from a likely arm. I can have a look later as I have nine in the painting queue... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Cross Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I also used the scrambler bikes and it was fairly simple. They are brittle though, so be careful. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 So I have double checked and you should get 2 sets of handlebar grips... 1 set with hands, 1 set without hands per bike. I can't tell or remember which arms I used but I did not have any problems finding suitable ones in my bits box so as long as you have a collection of different ones you should be able to find some that fit. Some are bent elbow and some are reasonably straight. They all seem to have pauldrons so that would count out vehicle crewman arms. Sorry I can't be more help... :( Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviler Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Mad robot miniatures for me. Good quality resin as well https://madrobotminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=32_41&products_id=244 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyboy Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Thanks anyways, I am sure I will find something if you say you didn't have a problem with it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5063845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wassa Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 I have nine in the painting queue... The guards never ending panting queue! What arms did you use to hold the Lance? I'm guessing the one holding a grenade? Though I'm not sure whether that's a lefty or a righty! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5064013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSilver Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Crappy pics and still WIP but I used SM Scout Bikes (Astartes Grenade launcher counts as Hunting Lance): It was a little bit of a mare getting all the bits required for the arms but luckily I have a big bitz box. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/346516-rough-riders-rough-bikers/#findComment-5064046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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