Horse bardings

[DonQuixote]

I am happy we get new factions ( Griffin Lords, Kraken Raiders, Black Adders, Riders of Rohan/horse faction)

But the disappointment is there are no matching bardings. I have seen some Raven Bardings from knock off companies.

So I hope these new factions get bardings too. If Lego is to lazy to make bardings for their own factions than I have no other choice to buy them from Chinese companies. I hope we will see them soon.

Are there people here who have experience with non Lego bardings? 

[Wardancer]

I have tried many from Aliexpress. I would roughly put them into two categories.

1. Bad cheap imitations. These are ones who try to look like Lego, but with more factions. Like you mention. Some look a bit different, they reach further down, but you can see they still imitate. Very poor quality, at least the ones I have. Very thin plastic, bad printing, saddle clips you have to glue on. There is a reason Aliexpress sellers use render graphics for Display. Most horses suck, too. You have to assemble them, the hooves are different. The only reason to use them is for colors Lego does not make. If used, best hide them under a Barding and a helmet.
 

2. Insane own creations that strongly deviate from the Lego aestetics. Designs, angles and structures which make the design unlegoish. The ones I have are thick sturdy plastic and are of a much better quality for some reason. So I would use them if they did not look so bad. BUT there are some very very few awesome designs which can be used… if you are a customizer like me who does not shy away from using techniques like cutting, painting etc. to make the unlegoish look legoish. Then you can find quite stunning designs of bardings and horse helmets even on Aliexpress. I am currently working on two designs. 

 

Edited October 3, 2025 by Wardancer