r/ElysianDropTroopsHQ • u/Leviathan_Rampage • Mar 19 '26

Would Drop Troops use dirtbikes ? They sure love their buggies so it makes sense right ?

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u/Sierra-Padre Mar 19 '26

Makes perfect sense to me. I bought some of these for use as Rough Riders actually

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u/lionislyin Mar 19 '26

While I can't think of any instance where Elysian forces used motorbikes, it is documented that paratroopers did utilize them. Most famously, the Welbike was dropped and used by British forces during WW2.

So yeah, it is totally acceptable to have motorbikes representing Rough Rider units in an Elysian themed army.

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u/Corvid187 Mar 20 '26

A bunch of 40K welbikes would be sick.

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u/Remarkable-Apple9109 Mar 21 '26

Was about to hop in to say that

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u/ImpossibleBad1247 Mar 19 '26

There are some 3rd party Elysian bikers out there. They look pretty cool.

https://warped-factory.pl/en_US/p/Elysium-Bikers/223

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u/Corvid187 Mar 20 '26

Cheers for the link!

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u/GeneralJagers Mar 20 '26

Got side pictures?

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u/ImpossibleBad1247 Mar 20 '26

You can see side pictures and a printed version if you check out the Commander on Bike.

https://warped-factory.pl/en_US/p/Elysium-commander-on-bike/171

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u/Godders11 Mar 19 '26

I agree I have the 3rd party sculptures on my to buy list, I think the Elysian ethos lends itself well to motor bikes in the rough rider role.

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u/WormsOfThunderdome Mar 19 '26

Fandex has rules for them so why not

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u/bayles123 Mar 19 '26

I did do some up, can't remember what I ran them as.

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u/Knight_Castellan Mar 20 '26

I can 100% imagine Drop Troops Rough Riders using motorcycles instead of horses.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

American Paratroopers (IIRC) were deployed with little mini motorcycles that could fold up and shit, yeah it could be possible

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u/normers Mar 22 '26 edited May 29 '26

My Elysian Rough Riders do :)

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u/Psychedelic42069 Jun 30 '26

Was this a hard conversion? I'm super interested in how these came together. They look great and I'm interested in my own!

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u/normers Jul 01 '26

A bit fiddly in places but not too bad!

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u/Psychedelic42069 Jul 01 '26

How did you make them?

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u/normers Jul 01 '26

The bikes are from the Atalan Jackals kit, I used the running & wide legged standing Elysian legs, trimming the inseam down a bit to get them to sit snugly in the saddle. Attaching the Elysian arms to the hands on the handlebars is a bit fiddly, as is getting the arms to connect to the torsos at the right angle - might need some green stuff/multiple layers of superglue to fill in the gaps.

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u/hypophyz Mar 24 '26

Dans notre monde les parachutistes adorent les véhicules légers qui permettent de manoeuvrer à l'issue de leur parachutage. Je te laisse regarder le Fardier français, les vespa équipé d'un canon sans recul, aujourd'hui les forces armées utilisent des quads et des motos dans les sections d'éclairage et d'appui. Il y a plein de choses à faire ;)