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Flesh Tearers Dreadnought


Gomez

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I first put this guy together waaaaay back in 1997, modified him with a Furioso arm in 2001, then added the buzzsaws and sarcophagus cover and greenstuff and miscellaneous goodness around 2002. About a month ago, I finally started painting him. I still have a few things to touch up and a rough looking banner to paint, but here he is - comment and critique are appreciated!

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Looks fantastic man <_< The painting and detail work (scrolls etc) are solid, and the pair of double saws make for really cool DCCWs. Does he have a name?

 

I'm forced to agree about the chainsword blades, they look pretty tacked on and out of place to me, but otherwise he's great. Wondering about the astartes helmet as a trophy though, not sure how well that would go down really, unless it used to belong to a recently turned renegade or something maybe...

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I'm forced to agree about the chainsword blades, they look pretty tacked on and out of place to me, but otherwise he's great. Wondering about the astartes helmet as a trophy though, not sure how well that would go down really, unless it used to belong to a recently turned renegade or something maybe...

Re: chainswords... I painted him to be a Death Company dread, and I always pictured him charging straight into tanks or other walkers, and I wanted something mounted front and center that would churn right into armor while he whacked away with the buzzsaws. I originally had spiky halberd-like blades there.

Re: marine helmet... If you look closely, it's got some pustules popping out on it. The rhino I painted for these guys has a few Nurglish trophies, so I wanted something here to carry on the theme.

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11 years from start to finish? just kidding

Heh. You're telling me. I haven't played a game of 40K since 2nd edition, but I've been painting off and on for 20 years. I keep thinking maybe I'll get a viable army painted, but really I just take too long to paint, and I don't have that much time to devote to it. It's a bad combination.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I'll try to wrap up his banner here and post it ASAP.

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Overall, I say he looks excellent. The modeling alone is definitely two thumbs up and you can count me among those that think the chainswords are cool. I don't know that I would have done the DCCW's in the bone color. That strikes me as non-metallic for a piece of equipment that seems like it has to be some sort of metal.

 

All in all, a brilliant piece of work, no matter how long it took. It was worth the wait.

 

Cheers,

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Overall, I say he looks excellent. The modeling alone is definitely two thumbs up and you can count me among those that think the chainswords are cool. I don't know that I would have done the DCCW's in the bone color. That strikes me as non-metallic for a piece of equipment that seems like it has to be some sort of metal.

 

All in all, a brilliant piece of work, no matter how long it took. It was worth the wait.

 

Cheers,

 

Thanks for the feedback.

 

I debated a long time about what color to do the saws. The other blade weapons and chainswords in my little army are all that color, and in the end I decided to go with a unified look, realism-be-damned.

 

 

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11 years from start to finish? just kidding :)

 

He looks good, one thing though, the saw´s lacks something, perhaps a little blood? :tu:

 

-Trajan

 

that sounds like the rate I work at...

 

 

Nice dread you got there, I also love the trophy on the side of that tank you made.

The chainsword tusks look kinda odd, but it's all good.

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Very cool. I am loving the bone coloured saws - make's them look very different, and I also like the chainswords on his front. I can imagine him just charging straight into a Carnifex and chewing it up. Where is your sarcophagus from? I simply can't place it *Brain malfunction* and would love to do a similar thing with my upcomming Ironclad :)
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Very cool. I am loving the bone coloured saws - make's them look very different, and I also like the chainswords on his front. I can imagine him just charging straight into a Carnifex and chewing it up. Where is your sarcophagus from? I simply can't place it *Brain malfunction* and would love to do a similar thing with my upcomming Ironclad :wub:

It comes from this guy...

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I hacked it in half, top to bottom, then filed the heck out of it to get it to fit reasonably well.

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