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Although superficially similar to cavalry units found among some other Imperial Guard regiments, the Death Riders of Krieg are very different indeed. The most obvious aspect of this is the nature of their mounts, the legendary Krieg steed. Highly adapted from the biological original, this animal is the product of many years of extreme genetic engineering; specifically tailored for strength, endurance and aggression with numerous additional bio-sculpted organs and sub-dermal organic armour and a fully integrated drug injection system…

The overriding opinion around the Forge World offices is that these Death Korps of Krieg Death Riders are some of the best models that we have made to date. I think I have to agree with that consensus; these Death Riders are truly lovely models!

What Daniel Cockersell, Simon Egan and Will Hayes, the three guys who created these little works of art have given us to play with are five gorgeous individual models that can be bought either individually or as a section of five. (I did check the Death Rider unit entry in `Imperial Armour Volume 5` and they are fielded in units of between five and ten.)

Each Death Rider is beautifully rendered as one large piece, integral with his steed which has two separate legs, cunningly removed to allow ease of casting and all that lovely detail to be kept perfect. The right arms that carry the hunting lances are all separate resin components, as are the re-breather units for the steeds, lance heads, pennants, accessories and the ever-present entrenching tool that no Death Korps guardsman would been without. Death Rider 1 includes two arms, one a regular Death Rider arm, the other displaying a badge of rank so that he can be assembled as the unit leader, a rank known as Ridemaster. The lances themselves we wanted to be realistic looking and so we decided to use pre-cut lengths of brass rod for strength and durability. The Death Riders` gloved hands have been sculpted to wrap around the lance and grip the lance in a natural pose. The resin lance heads and pennants simply slide onto the top of the rod and are stuck in place with a touch of glue to make a very elegant and believable cavalry weapon.