Driz Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Let me start by saying I'm more of a hobby guy than than a power gamer but i do enjoy crunching on some bad guys. Once (december-ish) I had read about the 'new' ironclad dread i thought it'd be a great addition to my army, i was even more excited to hear that this summer (erm... now) the model was going to be released... but the pic's I saw were distressing. I'd read around and found that I was not in the minority. My main disagreeances w/ the new model is the lame seige hammer and the lack of buffness I would have assumed GW would have incorporated in the model. My inital plan of attack was for the hurricane bolter, 'simply' converting an old missile launcher arm with a bits h-bolter purchase... after about a handfull of modeling hours i came to the conclusion that it was WAY out of proportion. Plan 'b' was a scratch biult one... its nearing completeion and pic's are on the way... Next was the torso, the GW looks cool by itself... someone pointed out it looked like a 'techmarine sarcougaphus', i agree with that a lot. but i don't think it looked AV13. i used green stuff to widen the body not quite 1/4 inch and used a some predator turret batteries for the frag launchers... pics to come... and lastly the base, i have played tau for the last 'x' years and have plenty of experince reshaping them some why not have them volenteer for casualties! http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/019.jpg i'll get some more pics up after work tonight... D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driz Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Sorry my camera doesn't take too great of pics up close... this is how far i've come so far, the 2 tau FW's is for the Ironclad dread... the melted drone is for my V-dread w/ a plasma cannon. in both pic's you can see the legs, stepping up to crush the bone of the emperors enemies! http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/ICparts1-1.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/Hbltr1-1.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2037129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turelhim vampire Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Looking good from what I can see - any chance of some closer shots when your camera wants to play nice? Have you tried cropping and re-sizing in an image editting application? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2037164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Please can we have a close up on the base? I likes me the look of those squished Tau... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2037172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driz Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Here u go... a lil' bit closer... :lol: Edited the above pic's, hope you guys like them. D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2037183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 nice work on the dread :lol: and the bases are cool too Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2037460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 the tau are bleeding, but theres no exit wounds on them.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2037958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Captain Sharp Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 the tau are bleeding, but theres no exit wounds on them.... Pop goes the Tau when the dread steps on them. :D Very nice dynamic bases. I'm very excited to see the rest of the conversion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2038015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driz Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 here's a few updates... been busy the last few weeks at work. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/ICDread2.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/ICDread1.jpg One of my functional ideas of my design is the frag launchers, angled toward the intended target not launching up into the air at nothing in particuar. With that I also incorporated the boat 'bow' for the front of the torso, to assist the direction of the outgoing fragments. To keep with the theme I made the 'shin guards' similar. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2047574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montuhotep Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 That's a nice idea with the Pred. battery block, I'll keep that one in mind. Looking very good, this is, very good indeed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2047606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Toddius Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I like the faceted armor alot, its very knightly and gives a heavier look as well. The sharpness to the front has a cool agressive feel as well. I agree on the battery boxes. They look great for defensive grenade launchers. I would say you have an awesome start there. :blink: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2047845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I like the type of armour. it looks well proportioned and neither top not bottom heavy :unsure: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2048031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I dont know how much farther you plan to go with the front armor, but I think it looks a little udefined. If you added some sort of detail, or decoration, I think it would look better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2048032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driz Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 I dont know how much farther you plan to go with the front armor, but I think it looks a little udefined. If you added some sort of detail, or decoration, I think it would look better. ...at the very least I will be adding rivit heads all the way around. naturally there will be honor badges and 'lion cloth' for the final product. I thought about adding more... like a spare combat shield from the DA sprue... it gets to be busy and looked a little out of place. I am planning to keep it simple and after the rivits do the rest w/ paint. On the green side the chapter badge stands out nicely and for the other side i am still debating. If I were to add any texture I feel it would become too top heavy... not to mention I'm eager to stop modeling and start painting :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2048122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander alexander Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I dont know how much farther you plan to go with the front armor, but I think it looks a little udefined. If you added some sort of detail, or decoration, I think it would look better. ...at the very least I will be adding rivit heads all the way around. naturally there will be honor badges and 'lion cloth' for the final product. I thought about adding more... like a spare combat shield from the DA sprue... it gets to be busy and looked a little out of place. I am planning to keep it simple and after the rivits do the rest w/ paint. On the green side the chapter badge stands out nicely and for the other side i am still debating. If I were to add any texture I feel it would become too top heavy... not to mention I'm eager to stop modeling and start painting :cuss Fair enough. All I was thinking of was possibly raised..... ingraving? Im thinking something like slender, decoritve designs, not too much just basic. Possibly a decorative bordder? But I will love it anyways, because I love dreadnoughts! And who doesnt love an extra cheesy AV13 A3 dread! Also I love DAs and DA successors. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2048364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driz Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 ....after a long time away, I have (re)started to make progress on my dread. I framed the forward armor to give it a bit of depth/texture... (Cmdr Alex) http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/077.jpg I added some grass (planning on some more once I get the feet planted on the base) and some bullet holes with some extra splatter... (War Angel) http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e330/Johnyskwkr/073.jpg Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll be able to make some good progress before I take another 'long pause'... THX Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2204183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 wow this is looking top nothc so far! i would add a little bit more detail to the sarcothagus armour but other than that its looking superb! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/172351-ironclad-dread-wip/#findComment-2204230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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