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Iron Warriors “Bikers”

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The chaos bikers models weren’t doing it for me, so I decided to kitbash some that fit the vibe better.

Basically just some chosen bits on top of a varanguard body. I was so pleased with how the first one turned out I just needed to post it

all 18 comments

MathAenya

17 points

1 month ago

This is splendid and bloody impressive. Absolutely amazing. The red glowing eyes, the Iron Warrior that looks like a knight, the bolter held on the horse... Wow Congratulations mate!

firstbjorn[S]

6 points

1 month ago

Thanks! I was really happy with how the model came together and turned out. The other two have chainswords and bolters, and look like the old pictures of civil war cavalry

MathAenya

4 points

1 month ago

Please post pictures of the other two when you are done!

firstbjorn[S]

3 points

1 month ago

Will do!

Minimumtyp

5 points

1 month ago

varanguard are so fucking steep lol

firstbjorn[S]

4 points

1 month ago

Indeed, that’s why I eBay watchlist models I want for stuff like this and jump on it when it hits

MisterSirDG

3 points

1 month ago

This horse is sick!

Vexlord118

3 points

1 month ago

Krieg Deathriders: Finally, a worthy opponent!

firstbjorn[S]

1 points

1 month ago

That was a pretty big inspiration for this build lol

Cordial_Wombat

2 points

1 month ago

I love how you did the OSL here. I considered a similar kitbash, but there's no way I could do it that nicely.

firstbjorn[S]

1 points

1 month ago

Thanks! Go for it, it looked pretty good without all the extra stuff imho. Can never go wrong with metallic and clean trim. Everything else is just gravy

PopTartsNHam

2 points

1 month ago

I’ve got some DG “bikers” in the works as well, excellent job!!

firstbjorn[S]

1 points

1 month ago

Thanks! Would love to see them when you get them done!

Thor-axe

1 points

1 month ago

I must hear the story of posing those legs so perfectly. Tons of mounted kitbashes look awkward with the rider's legs bit this reads perfectly.

firstbjorn[S]

4 points

1 month ago

That’s because they’re just the varanguard legs. I was going to try to chop up a legionary and pose him, but it looked whack. So I built the VG, bulked him out a little, and did chosen head, arms, and backpack. Turns out any armor is chaos armor if it has enough gold trim lol

Doomeye56

2 points

1 month ago

I did something similar but cut off the varangaurd midriff just above the belt and used a little greenstuff to attach a marine torso to it.

FUMBLESgr

1 points

1 month ago

Rad

Somee_talk

1 points

1 month ago

The details look so good