100th Drookian Fenriders - A Cavalry Company

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This whole tread is amazing.  Great stuff.

 

The jeep isnt a bad analog for a Salamander scout/ command vehicle. The command is quite useful to artillery.  It also would work well as a Tauros. 

Thank you very much

 

So I have been a busy little bee while waiting for the completed CAD files to come in. No idea what I will be like while they are awaybeing printed. Exciting times ahead

 

Proof of Concept: Drookian Dragoons

 

 

While I am making a Cavalry Regiment, I never once said I was sticking just to the Rough Rider unit; that would be incredibly boring wouldn’t it. I am of course waiting for the Tow Gun Parts to be finished, and while I am waiting have that pent up hobby energy so I decided to crack on and do a proof of concept for a unit idea I had, Dragoons.

Quick history lesson:

 

 

 

“Dragoons originally were a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.”

 

 

Note: I don’t care about the legality of base sizes

 

The intention of these is for them to count as Infantry if I ever get to play again (Haven’t played properly since 5th). I am of course limited to them not being able to realistically mount up in a Chimera but, the image of having more cavalry really appeals to me

 

Components

 

▪My Highlandised Death Rider Horse

▪Puppetswar Cossack Head

▪Victoria miniatures Kilt Legs & Rolled Sleeve arms

▪Death Korp Lasgun

A lot of work still to go with this but, the proof of concept is there. There will need to bit of green stuffing to smooth over the saddle, fix the stowage, and have the reins hanging down.

 

 

 

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Drookian Dragoons



I have been riding that surge of hobby energy, and finished off my Dragoon concept and rounded it out with the other 7 standard infantry. Making it one

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Laser Cutting Templates - 40k Truck

Close to eleven years ago, Dave Taylor and Chris Wynn came together to build the awesome truck you see above. (Facebook: Dave Taylor Miniatures)

You can follow the build process here

    Part One

    Part Two

They then very kindly released the templates for the build so that others can copy this awesome conversion.



Now I always wanted to make this conversion but, was never willing to draw out all the templates by hand, especially if I ever wanted to make more than one. Therefore with currently being under quarantine procedures with the CoronaVirus Outbreak I  converted the templates into DXF Files so that they can be accurately laser cut.

I reached out to Dave Taylor and Chris Wynn for permission to share these (Evidence available upon request), and wouldn

[bazazatron]

This is marvellous! It's good to see Rough Riders getting some love, I'm getting a great muddy WW1 vibe off of them.

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This is marvellous! It's good to see Rough Riders getting some love, I'm getting a great muddy WW1 vibe off of them.

Thank you very much. I am certainly drawing from both the Great War and World War Two for Inspiration, after all I do come from a Scale Modelling background. I have a few pieces that I have planned using the Arthurian Lore to explain the '40kishness' of it that should not be too far away

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Update

Just a quick update today

Progress has admittedly been rather slow, and that is because I am currently under the affect of the COVID19 quarantine in China. On top of that my glue has dried out, and now I am relatively stuck with what hobby I can do in my apartment.

That said, I received an update on the TOW Gun kits that I am commissioning, and the variable lids representing different weapons ammunition has been finished.

Until the next one, have a great day

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Amid worldwide chaos I bring you a big update!

The CAD designs for the Tow Guns are near enough complete, and therefore, ready for printing.

A method was devised on how to attach the gun to the cart. A solid connection made more sense than a second trailer hook since that could cause the cart to fishtail really weird in rough terrain. Now there’s a single balljoint connecting the horse to the cart so it is pulled more like one big trailer.

Hopefully the next time you see me I will have the prints done, and something assembled.

 

[Markus_]

So much good stuff in this thread. The army is fleshing out to be a very unique force and I love to see people go all out on the crafting and manufacturing side of things.

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So much good stuff in this thread. The army is fleshing out to be a very unique force and I love to see people go all out on the crafting and manufacturing side of things.

Thank you very much