The synthesis, by two different reaction pathways, of boron-modified polysilylcarbodi-imides of general type {B[C 2 H 4 Si(R)NCN] 3 } n (R = singly bonded organic ligand) and the plasticforming and the thermal behavior of these polymers are described. Compounds {B[C 2 H 4 Si(R)NCN] 3 } n [2a, R = H; 2b, R = CH 3 ; 2c, R = (NCN) 0.5 ] can be obtained by treatment of the vinyl-substituted polysilylcarbodi-imides [(H 2 C=CH)(R)SiNCN] n [1a, R = H; 1b, R = CH 3 ; 1c, R = (NCN) 0.5 ] with borane dimethylsulfide BH 3 ÁS(CH 3) 2. The polysilylcarbodi-imides 1a-1c themselves are accessible via the reaction of vinyl-substituted chlorosilanes (H 2 C=CH)-(R)SiCl 2 with cyanamide H 2 N-CN in the presence of pyridine or by a non-oxide sol-gel process of vinylated chlorosilanes and bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodi-imide, (H 3 C) 3 SiN=C=N-Si(CH 3) 3. In the second method for the synthesis of 2a-2c, hydroboration of vinylsubstituted chlorosilanes (H 2 C=CH)(R)SiCl 2 with borane dimethylsulfide, borane trimethylamide or borane triethylamide to yield the tris[(chlorosilyl)ethyl]boranes B[C 2 H 4 Si(R)Cl 2 ] 3 (3a, R = H; 3b, R = CH 3 ; 3c, R = Cl) is followed by treatment of the as-obtained compounds with bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodi-imide, which results in the formation of the hydroborated polysilylcarbodi-imides 2a-2c. The thermogravimetric behavior of the polymers 1a-1c and 2a-2c up to 2300°C is reported. It is shown that boron-modified polysilylcarbodi-imides are suitable precursors for the preparation of dense bulk ceramics. Therefore, the preparation of green bodies of the hydroborated polysilylcarbodiimides 2a-2c by plastic forming (PF) is described. A series of experiments points to the fact that the microstructure of the as-obtained ceramic monoliths obtained by subsequent thermolysis of the plastic-formed green bodies is strongly influenced by the conditions during plastic forming.