Editing Rough Riders

[[File:IGRoughrider.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Now that's a big horse...]]



{{Topquote|A soldier afoot is no soldier at all.|Common saying amongst Atillan Rough Riders}}

'''Rough Riders''' are one of the fast moving units in the Imperial Guard armies, they are well known for their mobility and epic charges that make the best horse riders of the middle ages jealous, their role is fast hit-and-run assaults or scouting ahead of the main force. [[Basic Close Combat Weapons#Hunting Lance|Their spears are tipped with a number of stuff to deal with the many threats they face in combat.]] it is a truly [[awesome]] sight to see them charge through waves of [[Orks]], clashing quickly with their foe before firing their explosive-tipped spears at their armor and heavy troops. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rWz5_sQCO0 Here is a fan animation for visual proof.]

They're named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Riders the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry], who carried that nickname after coming under command of future President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt himself.

==The Rough Riders==

[[File:B84F477D-0E0E-44C9-A149-E6B496D300E6.jpg|thumb|left|The new model, in glorious, beautiful plastic.]]

The Rough Riders can be seen mounted on many fast moving life forms like [[awesome|big horses, big cyber-horses, cyber-mutated-beast-horse-thingys, Dinosaurs, and many other creatures...]] when they operate far from supply lines they can drink some of their mounts' blood so as not to die from thirst...(actually Mongols did this back then, which was justified due to the fact that their horses were as hardcore as they themselves. The Hung from Fantasy do this too, since they were inspired by the Mongols.) Although this makes you wonder about the cyborg Deathriders, who probably have motor oil for blood. Overall, they are, despite being largely ignored by GW and fanbase (since their spears are one-use only, which makes them quite useless in play), one of the coolest units in Warhammer 40k, what's not cool about a badass motherfucker riding a big badass cyber-horse?

===Kitbashing 'Em===
The original "Attilan" Rough Rider models haven't been updated since 2nd edition (until the recent Guard refresh in 9th), and consequently, look ''ugly as fuck'' compared to everything else in the Imperial Guard codex (except Catachans). Thankfully Perry Miniatures makes 28mm plastic cavalry, Civil War Cavalry & British Hussars blend ''very'' well with Praetorian, Mordian, Valhallan, and Vostroyan regiments, although you could always justify them as just being ceremonial (aka fancy) Guardsmen. Oh, and the best part? ''You get 14 of these guys for only $36.''

Just glue a bayonet to the end of a toothpick and you've got a hunting lance!

While 8th Edition predictably saw the Rough Riders consigned to Legends after ages of being thrown about as units with rules but no models (which GW learned was courting trouble), 9th Edition saw the seeming impossibility become real at long last: The Rough Riders actually got new models.

===They're Back!===

As of 9th edition they're back in action, being revealed as part of the new guard refresh right after the new Cadians and Kasrkin, they're more versatile than ever with different grenade choices for the tip of their spear, choosing from either a larger spread fragstick or a tankbusting meltastick and also sporting a lasgun to let them cosplay as dragoons.

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
File:Dinosarus!.jpg|Here's an example of rough riders riding dinosaurs.
File:Death Korps Of Kreig Rough Rider.jpg|And here's an example of a mutated horse thing that the [[Death Korps of Krieg]] mount.
File:Braching through.jpg|Overrunning some heretics.
File:Tallarn Rough Riders.jpg|A <s>arabic</s>[[Tallarn Desert Raiders|Tallarn]] rough rider.
File:RoughRiders9e.jpg|And the world record for "longest time between model updates goes to...!"
</Gallery>

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