Boom goes the hunting lance, new Attilan Rough Riders have finally been confirmed by Games Workshop for Imperial Guard!
We’ve been seeing a lot for Imperial Guard this year, and even more, keeps getting revealed! It also looks like Games Workshop will be keeping their promise of new minis every Monday for Guard (at least this month), so we have more to look forward to.
As we said, this was a rumor floating around for a long time, but now we can actually get excited. If you want to see all the reveals for Imperial Guard that are on the way, click the article links below:
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New Attilan Rough Riders Models for Imperial Guard!
Warhammer Community unveiled the new Attilan Rough Rider Imperial Guard minis and a rule for what they can do on the charge!
Do you like going fast? Do you want to plunge into battle sat astride a powerful steed, armed with nothing more than a lance, a sidearm, and a fur-trimmed hat? Then polish your spurs and book a trip to Attila – the legendary Rough Riders are back in the saddle with some brand new models.
It’s pretty awesome to see Attila get some models! While they didn’t say anything about DKoK, we hope they are in the book, or at least we assume you can use them as proxies and no one would care! We know we are, at least!
Rough Riders first appeared way back in White Dwarf #111, with the planet Attila – home to the most famous of these far future cavaliers – arriving a few years later in the second edition of Warhammer 40,000. They’ve been on something of a hiatus since 2009, but the wait is over – they’re raring to go, and ready for horseplay.
They really took the old look and revamped it, so pretty sweet to see the direction they are going with them.
It takes a ridiculously brave soldier to ride into the horrors of the 41st Millennium on horseback – not to mention a ridiculously brave horse! Daring Rough Riders specialise in lightning assaults on enemy weak points, and punch far above their weight thanks to the sheer destructive power of their hunting lances.
We’ll have to see if this is all the Attilan get, but we’re expecting some sweet conversions to get a full army of them! Or perhaps some folks putting Death Korps on tops if it possible.
Far from lonesome outriders, Rough Riders are an integral part of the Imperial war machine – the PLATOON keyword lets them receive orders from Cadian Castellans and other officers, while the CORE keyword grants access to a wide variety of bonuses. They even pack a lasgun each for the rare moments when they’re not ramming explosive lances through traitorous faces.
Having Core and being able to receive orders will make them much more flexible, and really be able to cause some serious damage!
Maybe this was the picture in the codex, and GW wasn’t actually trolling us! Either way, the horses are back in the Imperial Guard line!
Attilan Rough Riders Rules
They have WS3, which is nice, two wounds, 4S/T, two attacks, and a 4+ save. So, they don’t have a ton of survivability, but with a 12″ move, hopefully, they will be able to get there before being shot off the board!
Then, when they charge, they get +2 Strength, and when you add that to a melta tip, they will be getting Strength 8 at that point! Meaning they will hit on 3’s and wound on 2’s versus all T4 models.
You need more than just a sharp stick to face foul xenos war-beasts – fortunately, these lances pack a deadly explosive payload. Employing reckless battlefield techniques refined by the horsemasters of Attila, the hunting lances wielded by Rough Riders can deliver your choice of an infantry-shredding frag tip or vehicle-busting melta tip.
Join us next week for another reveal from Codex: Astra Militarum – a big one.
They don’t say what it is, but hopefully, something as exciting as Rough Riders, like, oh, maybe a big tank?
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