Magnus Thane Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I'm planning to make a CC orientated Dread. Or a rocketlauncher one. Either way... i was advised to use the new Ironclad from the SM's and just put some chains/spikey bits on it. How suitable is that Ironclad anyway? As it does seem a bit odd for a Chaos Dread no? With the stuff on his shoulders and all? What kind of weapons come with it? And what with the SM Dread and the Chaos Dread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I'm planning to make a CC orientated Dread. Or a rocketlauncher one.Either way... i was advised to use the new Ironclad from the SM's and just put some chains/spikey bits on it. How suitable is that Ironclad anyway? As it does seem a bit odd for a Chaos Dread no? With the stuff on his shoulders and all? What kind of weapons come with it? And what with the SM Dread and the Chaos Dread? Just give it the CCW and chainfist/hammer and count them both as CCW I think it can also have under slung flamers (heavy) not sure if it has storm bolters (but IMO flamers r better) & meltas although chaos ones don't have meltas... I think... It could be a dread that has newly gone over to chaos you can file off any symbols you don't like and any extra equipment you can't use thats on it can be for decoration & ofc it has extra armour on it ;) Without knowing how your army looks and its theme one cannot say but its not out of the question :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Thane Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Black Legion, nothing special or out of the ordinary. Pretty much everything painted and 'out of the box' without conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Black legion tend to have lots of little joiners on so it seems fair game to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Thane Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hmmm i'm going to take a look at the box in the local store tommorow. If i once more skip on picking a small Dark Eldar force, i'll go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Lord Dred Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Here is my Night Lords Ironclad that I bought a couple of weeks ago. I think it looks great, has a flamer under its right arm, and a twin linked bolter under the left. I scratched the imperial insignia off the cockpit faceplate. Sorry that it's a bit blurry, I took it with my iphone. http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8459/nldread3.jpg Im not sure about the banner, but otherwise I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vissah Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 That Dread looks pretty good but the only thing that I would do is put some lightning on him to make him look more Night Lordish :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Thane Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 Looks great however, the Chaos Dread has no flamer etc in his arms if memory serves me no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40kChrista Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 That Dread looks pretty good but the only thing that I would do is put some lightning on him to make him look more Night Lordish ;) agreed, i love how with a minimum of converting the plastic Dreads works really well and don't look bad at all, and imho look a thousand times better than the metal Chaos Dread... Grim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Lord Dred Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Looks great however, the Chaos Dread has no flamer etc in his arms if memory serves me no? You incorporate a Twin Linked Bolter into the arm, and can replace the bolter with a heavy flamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Lord Dred Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 That Dread looks pretty good but the only thing that I would do is put some lightning on him to make him look more Night Lordish :lol: Im still debating whether Im going to do the lightning on my guys. I really like the ghostly dark blue to light blue look Ive got going when theyre all next to each other. For now Ill leave him and see what my finished army looks like :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooshSahaal Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 can chaos dreads replace both underslug bolters with heavy flamers? or just one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 can chaos dreads replace both underslug bolters with heavy flamers? or just one... Just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Thane Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Looks great however, the Chaos Dread has no flamer etc in his arms if memory serves me no? You incorporate a Twin Linked Bolter into the arm, and can replace the bolter with a heavy flamer. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Its an idea I have had, and I have also considered using a spare Macey arm from the defiler as a second DCCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Lord Dred Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Its an idea I have had, and I have also considered using a spare Macey arm from the defiler as a second DCCW. I tried this on my second dread before I bought the Ironclad. In my opinion, it looks terrible. At first I tried both halves together, and it really stuck out like a sore thumb. Then I tried half, so it was only 3 maces, and while it looked better, it still looked too fake. Then I tried cutting each mace off and repositioning them, and it still looked terrible, so I threw them away and bought the ironclad. Now I have the chainfist arm that comes in the box (as well as the second flamer from the IC) on my original dread, and the fist and hammer on the ironclad like in the pic above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Since one of the defining aspects about the old Chaos Dreads is that they have an actual head vs the sarcophagus plate, has anyone tried using extra Defiler heads instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 No need for Defiler heads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoJojo Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I did one dread with the metal kit, just cut off the las cannon and added the left hand CCW to the right hand side, then attached a termie heavy flamer to it. The other one is a loyalist ironclad kit, with a termie head in front with a bit of green stuff added. http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa165/dryafguy/DSCF0253.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuNCHBiZZLe Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I'm actualy converting a new 3rd dread for my IW army and I'll be using the Ironclad IMHO there is enough bitz that with some simple filling, some icons and paint you can make it look Chaosy enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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