Dreadtober 2019 - Lord Halfpenny's Project - Deathwatch Dreadnoughts Complete

Hello one and all,

Another Dreadtober finishes, an event to aim to complete a dreadnought of any variation. This year I opted to complete 2 dreadnoughts with a deathwatch finish. Here are the results and many thanks to Mordian7th who organised the event this year! Cheers mate!

Both dreadnoughts have had resin bases added - these were from http://www.daemonscape.com/ these base are great, with good, crisp details. Definitely will be getting more in the future!

Space Wolves Dreadnought

The Space Wolves dreadnought was built with spare SW parts in my bitz box, added to the venerable dreadnought kit. The model has a metallic black basecoat, which I've added line highlights with Eshin Grey and Thunderhawk Blue. The details have been picked out to pop from the black base. The eyes and the 'Frost Claws' DCCW are a contrasting blue to stand out from all the black. Decals were added from the SW set.

Dark Angels Dreadnought

The Dark Angels Dreadnought was based the same as the SW one, with again details picked out to show him as a fallen (maybe not the best wording there LH!) Dark Angel. The dreadnought just had to be a Dark Angel due to the Plasma Cannon! Again, various decals were added with a Dark Angel gothic feel to complete the model.

Really happy with how these guys have turned out, on to the next batch in the 'to-do-pile'.

Cheers, Lord Halfpenny (10 points - 2 dreadnoughts)

Dreadtober 2019 - Completed RT era Dreads "Eddy" and "Fury"

Hello Dreadtober-teers, thanks for dropping by. Here is the fruits of my labours, thanks for the encouragement along the way! So, meet "Eddy" Deredeo Class and "Fury" Furibundus Class Venerable Dreadnoughts. 

A big thanks to Joel (Mordian7th) for keeping the hobby event alive for another year! And thanks to the founder Greggles, and Joe B and Todd (Sincain40K) for their contributions over the years. And a huge thanks to all the contributors who make this a great success!

"Eddy" has a STC double shot firing Lascannon (Dual Lascannon) and Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon with Stormbolter. "Fury" has a Missile Launcher and STC Lascannon. I will be playing both of these as Venerable Dreadnoughts, quite fitting for these relics of Rogue Trader era.

As for height wise, here is a comparison between the old metal RT era Dreadnoughts and the modern plastics, the Venerable Dreadnought. I only have friendly games so I am not worried about modelling for advantage using the smaller ones.

And here is a shot of the whole Dreadtober collection so far, from 2016 a modified plastic Contemptor; in the centre a Forge World Deredeo with Autocannons and Missile Launcher and SM casualty on the base; from 2018 a Forge World Mk4 Ironclad and finally the two RT Dreads.

Cheers all, thanks for looking and cheers for your support, Siph.

Dreadtober 2019 - Lord Halfpenny's Project - Deathwatch Dreadnoughts part 3

Hello All!

Another week with more progress on my 2 Deathwatch Dreadnoughts.

Dark Angels / Salamanders Dreadnought

This Dreadnought I am still in two minds about - whether to finish him in a Dark Angels or a Salamander, the right shoulder has been picked out with Green to cover either option.

The model has had two coloured edge highlights over the metallic black finish. Details have started to be picked out, with final highlights to complete. I am toying with adding flames within the 'windows' on the sarcophagus, but not 100% sure yet.

Space Wolves Dreadnought

As with the other Dreadnought, highlights and details have been picked out. I need to start the 'claws' on the fist which will be in an ice blue tone, which should be a good contrast against the metallic black of the model.

Nearly complete...

A week to go, hopefully these will be ready in time... Cheers, Lord Halfpenny.

Dreadtober 2019 - Week 3 Progress - Siph's "Eddy" and "Fury" RT Dreadnoughts

Hello Dreadtober-teers, and everyone visiting. Thanks for dropping by. So, after the success of finishing "Eddy" last week, I forged ahead and completed "Fury" this week! I guess they are quite small and less detailed than most Dreadnoughts, so they don't take too long to do.

What's Dreadtober? Well, Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished and hopefully completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) Check out the Dreadtober Blog, click the banner in the sidebar >>>>

Meet "Fury", official designation Furibundus Class Dreadnought, I guess the modern equivalent is the Las or Plas variant of the Deredeo, seeing that "Eddy" is actually a D-Eddy-ero, Deredeo Class. But it would be nice to have had an official Furibundus but those days are gone now and Primaris Tacti-cool is the only new Marine kits.

"Fury" is sporting a STC Lascannon, counts-as a Dual Lascannon, I added a Lascannon sloped muzzle in place of the 'nipple'... similar to the change on "Eddy".

I added the heat staining to the exhausts using washes. The Smoke Launchers were added to give a little height.

The Missile Launcher arm was given the addition of some Missiles so it is more easily identifiable as a Missile Launcher.

And so, with that I have actually finished my 2019 pledge of two RT era Dreadnoughts. So, next week I will post some suitable shots of them both together and root out my Dreadtober pledges to date and get a group shot of Class of 2016-2019! Keep going everyone, more Dreads for the Dread God!

Cheers, Siph. (5 points)

Dreadtober 2019 - Lord Halfpenny's Project - Deathwatch Dreadnoughts part 2

Hello All and One,

Another week passes, and I have made some progress with the 2 Dreadnoughts. These have had a drybrush of dawnstone over the metallic black base, and then a wash of the Nuln Oil gloss over this to go over the 'chalky' finish. I will apply a edge highlight of Eshin Grey, then Thunderhawk Blue.

The details are then starting to be picked out, with both gold and silver details picked out initially, these will get my normal routine for washes over these parts, with highlights to conclude.

Slow but steady progress. Cheers, Lord Halfpenny

Dreadtober 2019 - Week 2 Progress - Siph's 'Eddy' and 'Fury' RT Era Dreadnoughts

Hello Dreadtober-teers and all, some more progress made this week. I actually finished half my pledge with Venerable Brother Dreadnought "Eddy" finished.

What's Dreadtober? Well, Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished and hopefully completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) Check out the Dreadtober Blog, click the banner in the sidebar >>>>

Venerable Brother Dreadnought "Eddy" sports a modified Lascannon, using the original arm and a resin Baneblade Lascannon muzzle to distinguish it as a Lasscannon, it will represent dual Lascannons as per the Codex options, maybe it has a higher rate of fire, lost to the mists of time and STC technology!

I heat stained the exhaust stacks and mounted Brother "Eddy" on some slate pieces to add some height and match the height of the more modern plastics Dreadnought.

The Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon has integrated dual Bolters which will represent the stock Storm Bolter, so that is easy enough to represent, and I added some Smoke Launchers on top of the sarcophagus again to add a little height. The green shoulder trim here is for the 4th Company colours.

I chose to adorn the face plate with a retro-style teeth motif, and added a skull to the base. The A and B of the legs can just be seen on the ankle joint, I removed most of the letters standing proud, so it is less noticeable. The big '4' is for the 4th Company "Eddy" will be attached to.

And here is the progress so far, Venerable Brother "Fury" with his Lasscannon and Missile Launcher a little way away from finishing but I am confident to have both the Brothers finished by the deadline at the end of the month, most of the work is now done!

Keep going Dreadtober-teers, I'm enjoying seeing the progress! Cheers, Siph. (5 points)

Dreadtober Week 1 Progress - Siph's Eddy and Fury Dreadnoughts

Hello Dreadtober-teers and all, some mighty fine progress made this week. I've completed both bases with the exception of tufts of grass, basecoated the Dreadnoughts and weapon arms and carried out some conversion work.

What's Dreadtober? Well, Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished and hopefully completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve/Brexit?) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) Check out the Dreadtober Blog, click the banner in the sidebar >>>>

Eddy has some clean up work now I have seen that mould line right down his face, not so noticeable in most lights, but I'll have a go at some clean up. I masked his base as I foolishly had some Epoxy Resin glue spare after construction so glued him to the base early...

Some minor conversions to stop me having to refer to the RT era line drawings to figure out what weapon was what, so I removed the 'nipple' from the Las Cannon, and now have two distinguishing Lascannon muzzles with the sloped frontal plate characteristic of Las weaponry to easily identify them.

And the Missile Launcher got some spare Missiles on a rack magazine/feeder on the outside to distinguish it as a Missile Launcher. The Storm Bolter on the Dreadnought Close Combat Arm is easy enough to be recognisable.

On track for the finish line. Cheers, Siph.

Dreadtober 2019 - Lord Halfpenny's Project - Deathwatch Dreadnoughts

Hello one and all!

With the dawn of October, it means for hobbyist one thing... Dreadtober.

I am going to try and complete two Dreadnoughts which are sat on my work bench. The dreadnoughts have  had an undercoat of black and silver using a spray cans. One of these dreadnoughts is the Venerable Dreadnought, the other is the same kit with a few additions from a Space Wolves Dreadnought kit I bought for the base of my Magnus model.

Both are armed with a Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon fist, with the Space Wolves Dreadnought having a twin Lascannon, and the other a Plasma Cannon.

The models will be done in the same style as my deathwatch Falchion super heavy tank, which needs finishing up too...

Siph has pledged two Dreadnoughts too, check out his old school cool Metal Space Marine Dreadnoughts.

Thanks for looking! Cheers, Lord Halfpenny.

Dreadtober 2019 - Siph's Project - Space Marine Original Metal Dreadnoughts

Hello Dreadtober-teers! My favourite hobby event of the calendar year is back again for another installment, feel free to click on the sidebar picture for a link to the main Dreadtober site, this year being run by Joel (Mordian7th) so a massive thanks to him for keeping the hobby event alive for another year! And thanks to the founder Greggles, and Joe B and Todd (Sincain40K) for their contributions too.

Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished, starting 1st Oct (tomorrow) and hopefully completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve/Brexit?) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :)

So, this year I am doubling up my efforts and producing two Dreadtober Dreadnoughts, well I thought they are quite small so two should be good - I have two metal Dreadnoughts from back-in-the-day I have been lucky enough to be able to find and purchase with Dreadtober in mind, stripped and deconstructed (oh enamel paints...) and ready for the starting Bolt Pistol tomorrow.

Cleaned up and smelling of Dettol

Okay, not quite an "Eddy" Deredeo Class as he has a Lascannon Arm and DCCW but that's his name now.

Furibundus "Fury" Class with Missile Launcher and Las Cannon

Meet Eddy and Fury (Deredeo and Furibundus) twins who will be joining the Relictor ranks this Halloween all being well. Good luck fellow Dreadtober-teers and wish me luck, Cheers, Siph.