"Post-Apocalyptic Mounts" Topic

After the fall what sort of pack/riding animals will be available?

That is the question.

KNARLOC-RIDERS
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TALLARN-MUKAALI-ROUGH-RIDERS
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Are a couple of ideas I have seen. Then there are the Brahman from Fallout. And the Knarloc are remind me of Chocobo. And well the Mulaaki are either Dino or mutant camels…

Not to for get the pack animal/mounts of the Quar.

I kinda am learning towards the dino option.

Though I still like the idea of pack bears.

Horses,donkeys,mules & oxen

Motorcycles

If you can get them, the mutie beasts from Gorkamorka were pretty cool. Also the orc cavalry critters from Chronopia had some potential – giant mutant cameloids, sort of.

Robotic horses. link

For a realistic scenario, the same beasts that man has always used – horses (plus donkeys and mules), camels (plus llamas and alpacas), dogs, oxen (plus water buffalo and yaks), and maybe even some exotic stuff like elephants and reindeer. Also, since realistic apocalypse is about the dark side of human nature, assorted slaves.

For a Gamma World type game, anything goes. Pleistocene megafauna (terror birds, giant sloths, mammoths, Balucitherium, Brontotherium, Moropus, and an Entelodont to amuse CC), Dinosaurs (theropods, nodosaurs, ceratopsians, maybe a duckbill or two just for novelty), or even giant normal critters like you see on the better class of carousel (rabbits, cats, chickens, etc.). You should also consider some sort of cephalopod if you wish to play with our resident bartentacle, DancesWithWords. I'd kind of like a pig with wings (Pigasus?)…

Depending on your budget (in terms of time and money) you might want to browse ebay for cheap pre-painted click/Mageknight/D&D figures.

Something like this is cheap, come pre-painted and based, and even saves you the trouble of having to hack the original rider off. :)

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Added: Search "D&D rider", "D&D cavalry" and "D&D mounted" on ebay for a quick list of what's available. Boars, dinos, weird-looking horses, and even a griffin…

I like all of those suggestions, I'll take them.

Being that I am starting with Fallout as a premise, weid and quirky works.

Mine is a cartoon Post-Apocalypse….

you can buy the separate mounts from the orc range from Ral Partha europe..very post apoc mutie beasts!!!

FFF

How about people? (a mutant butt may be sighted, be warned) picture picture picture picture picture picture picture picture

And of course simple chimeras are always fun.

You do not need them to be huge monsters…but rather simple one two punches of common animals:

pig-bear
horse-cat
etc.

Video of the Cholly and Flytrap YouTube link

Large men with low IQs: YouTube link

10-foot-long Cockroaches!

If they insist on surviving everything, they may as well make themselves useful.

Found a couple interesting pics during another search

Thundarr riding beast link
Odd mutant link (search through his pics for a real production image of Ariel from Thundarr sans clothes yikes! be warned)
Spider-Goat Spider-Goat picture picture

Didn't think of it before, but after this evening's Netflix selection, what about "THEM!"?

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Thems are great. I'd ride a Them.

Spider-goat is something science ought to be working on right now.

Terror-birds of some description would be short on luggage capacity, but sporty and fearsome:

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This takes me back: picture

Why hasn't anyone already done a miniature of this guy?

Because "access is forbidden"? What was it?

Was it Peace? picture picture

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While searching I found a muse for a 15mm miniature project picture I always liked Franklin, funny guy with talking equipment.

You got an "access is forbidden" on that?

Yeah, it was Peace. I linked to a photo of the movie poster.

Geez, how anticlimactic is that?

10-foot-long Cockroaches!

If they insist on surviving everything, they may as well make themselves useful.

Real ones are in scale too, come free with random movement rules and also move themselves, speeding up gameplay. They automatically seek cover and make a very satisfying casualty marker when hit with a bombardment template.

For Postman-type apocalypse:

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Lampyridae, you are a twisted genius.

I remember reading an anecdote on an RPG forum about someone who once evaluated their player's reacion to a giant spider encounter by popping a pet tarantula on the table and noting the responses.

After a couple of close calls with Asian Roaches here at Casa MacDude, I don't believe I will be adding live roaches to the gaming collection.

I make my kin from Japan empty their luggage and shake out their clothes in the court before entering the house. I also spray just before they get here and right after they leave.

Yipes!

How about these cute little pups? link

Got "em, more using them in the large dog role….

a BelushiTherium Rider

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Bulliods are coming out this year too.
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Should transport 'animals' / mutants have all kinds of stowage sculpted onto them or do you like your mounts bare with a stowage sprue or two ?

Well I prefer sculpted on and some free bagage.

Or a pack frame sculpted on with an assortment of of baggage to be added at your choice. thus the best of both worlds.

Love Bagged gear a weapons on mounts.

Picture this at 8'+ picture

Make the skin a bit more scaled, rough, and/or leathery and Bob's your uncle :)

How about big dogs? Use 28mm dogs for 15mm mounts? TMP link

How about one of these other ideas, for off-world mounts?

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Or

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Dan

Question:

How big are these guys?

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Thanks,

Dan

Does anyone remember the mutant riding beasts from the human? Faction in Gorkamorka?
Those would be nice
Edit…oops BWS beat me to it

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Gorkamorka mutie steeds!

Check out these Cave Imp Lizards:

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Dan

They look very chocoba ish

Chocoba? What's that?

Dan

It's a Final Fantasy riding critter, kinda a Large Riding Chicken.

LOL

Then these should work great:

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Dan
PS. Big chickens ("Carakillers") 2:00 into this clip:
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i always loved these…. wish they were 15mm
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I'd ride a bear that 'll rip you up if you got close and can take a beating along with carrying a ton :P

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Dan

How about people? (a mutant butt may be sighted, be warned)

Ever read Jack Vance's classic novella THE DRAGON MASTERS? The reptilian alien Grephs used mutated humans as their war beasts/steeds, while humans used mutated Grephs as their warbeasts/steeds:

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I've often thought that the scenarios found in the novella would make for a great miniatures game… just sayin'

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These would be cute:

Dan

There was a Heavy Metal comic series called The Waters of Deadmoon, which had the normal human "cavalry" ride large mutant humans. They also used the mutants as food.
Maybe use 28mm Neanderthals?

Is this an Earth based apocalyptic world? If so the horse has proven a reliable sorce of transportation for millions of years… Mother Nature is rarley wrong…