Awesome Monstrous Cavalry for Elfs

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Anvilarm
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Awesome Monstrous Cavalry for Elfs

#1 Post by Anvilarm »

Hi All,

Those new Age of Sigmar Dracothian rider thingies would make awesome monstrous cavalry for High Elfs.

Mount them on a MC base, get rid of the yucky AOS riders and do a little hobby work to make Dragon Princes fit on the back and presto.

A few house rules - basically just Demigryphs with always strike first and high initiative - and you have something awesome.

Anvilarm
SpellArcher
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Re: Awesome Monstrous Cavalry for Elfs

#2 Post by SpellArcher »

Thanks for this Anvilarm.

Moved to General Fantasy because I feel it might apply to 9th Age and Kings of War too.

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Cinncinatti
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Re: Awesome Monstrous Cavalry for Elfs

#3 Post by Cinncinatti »

Intriguing! But what legs would you use for that mount? It looks sizable, so I don't think Silver Helm or Mounted noble legs would work without having to build another saddle underneath.

Maybe the Prince or mage legs from the dragon kit? Could be wide enough.
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Re: Awesome Monstrous Cavalry for Elfs

#4 Post by Anvilarm »

Hi Cinncinatti,

Hmm that is a good question about rider's legs. I can't tell by the pictures I've seen and I haven't seen one in person.

(Of course, I don't see any AOS locally, but that's another story.)

At $80 a pair it would be an expensive experiment.

What I was thinking was taking a Dragon Prince's legs and splitting them in half so they spread wider and add a little modeling putty in the middle to fill in the gap.

It would mostly be covered up by the saddle. Hopefully.

Anvilarm
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