Hi, these two vehicles were included in Citi-Block (1987) and were intended for use with the Judge Dredd Role-playing Game.
Does anyone know what vehicles from the comics they're intended to represent?
I was reading Andy Chambers' "The Masque of Vyle", which takes place in the sub-realm of the Sable Marches (an ocean archipelago in the webway, and a recent acquisition of Vect), and came across this little exchange about Land Eels, or arcotheurs, that I thought others might delight in knowing about:
> Yes, of course the riding beasts, you stupid toad,’ Kassais spat in disgust.‘
> ‘We call them arcotheurs. They are a local lifeform normally found only in deep water,’ Yegara rushed to explain. ‘If captured young enough they can be raised as you see them here, in an air-dwelling form.’
> The arcotheurs were ribbon-like in their body shape, with multiple curved legs dangling beneath. Chitinous plates protected them from tip to tail, starting no bigger than a thumbnail and widening to a double arm-span width around the midriff. The creatures ‘swam’ just above the surface of the grass in a series of undulating ripples moving backwards from their hooked mouthparts.
> As they dismounted from the Venoms, Kassais saw that most of the creatures had high-backed saddles strapped just above the mouthparts. A few already had riders in tall plumed helmets, equipped with long, hooked lances.
Drukhari and Deepkin are often compared, and I've seen more than a few great deepkin conversions, but if you ever wanted lore permission to kitbash some Arkhelian Guard, you (kinda) have have it!
While its been now dismantled, I thought folks would be interested in seeing what the Valedor boards at Warhammer World had looked like.
These images were posted by the Warhammer World Facebook Page in 2021.