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I now have 2 unpainted dreads staring at me from a shelf here. One with 2 chainfists (will be either fists or talons) and the other with 2 fists. They are both gonna be Furiosos so they will be painted red.

 

But I'm thinking, if the marine inside the sarcophagus is an old company captain, sanguinary guard or maybe an honour guard, would they get to run around as a golden Dreadnought? I'm not that keen on painting a dread all gold, but fluffwise, would it work? I will give one of them alot of golden details since he is a fallen 4th company captain but the majority will still be red.

 

How much gold on a Dread is too much gold?

 

Also, have anyone used the seismic hammer as a magna grapple? Was thinking of putting one on top of the dread as a magna grapple, anyone tried?

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NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH GOLD

 

 

 

Kidding, kidding. Really, though, I don't think that there would be any problem with having a gold-based Dreadnought. I, for one, would not object, especially if it's a Furioso.

 

I haven't bought the Ironclad for the conversion yet, but I was thinking of using one of the missiles as a magna-grapple rather than the seismic hammer.

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This is definitely acceptable, but I think you might have a hard time making it practical.

 

I would give it wings if you want to say it was SG. I don't know that all bronze/gold would look good on the panels, but if you have extra ironclad assault launchers laying around, I think you could pull off the sort of... bronze ab look on those just fine, then do the rest of the nought in your normal chapter colors.

 

But if you want the whole thing to be gold/bronze, go for it.

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I pity the fools that get in his way! Talons or claws for Baracus? Damn, now I have to name the dread Baracus, Blood Angels Baracus. Thats it, his name is Baracus.

 

Guess I'll start painting the big guy red and give him more and more gold (not giving him chains).

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Just be careful with the bling. Have you ever tried to paint large areas gold? especially using the Citadel paints? Its bloody difficult.

 

I dont see an issue with the gold dreadnought either but i agree with the above post regarding those individuals interned within dreadnoughts are hero's. Logan Grimnar etc would definitely be allowed to carry on fighting inside a dreadnought, however, Brother Narthaniel from the 10th company is unlikely to fulfill the criteria, even if he did manage to stab an ork warboss in the fork.

 

I do think that only BA or UM would get away with the gold colours. Unless you had a gold coloured army of course like the Celestial Lions. Hats down to anyone who takes them on.

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IS your Dread modeled after B.A Baracus ?

And if so he aint gettin on no stormravens!

 

Mudpuppet

 

Hehe...

 

Brother pilot Murdoc will keep him in stasis till he hits the ground I think...

 

 

Seriously though, I think a former captain DN is a wonderful idea. Even a pre-Dante chapter master...

 

Yup, I'd bling it senseless... and stick a japanese style pole with a black flag with a red X on it... to kinda keep his DC status a little separated from the respect (bling) he's given.

 

And yep, I'd give it a go as all-gold. You may want to look into gold paints that have smoother application than typical citadel. Ask at your LGS.. or some of the other guys here. I know of one fellow, although I cannot recall his name, that has an all-gold army.

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NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH GOLD

 

Agreed but.....

 

While there's nothing wrong with you painting them gold, I'd imagine most Dreads would be captain ranked or thereabouts. It's generally the heroes etc who end up inside one.

 

This is true. All the dreads would have already achieved ranks like this to be even considered taking on one of these reveared war machines as their new body/tomb. So I don't think fluff wise it would make much sense unless it was some successor chapter where one of the captains is actually a dreadnuaght. Hmm this is giving me ideas.

 

IS your Dread modeled after B.A Baracus ?

And if so he aint gettin on no stormravens!

 

Mudpuppet

 

 

HAHAHAHA best set of comments going around B&C at the moment!

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NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH GOLD

 

Agreed but.....

 

While there's nothing wrong with you painting them gold, I'd imagine most Dreads would be captain ranked or thereabouts. It's generally the heroes etc who end up inside one.

 

This is true. All the dreads would have already achieved ranks like this to be even considered taking on one of these reveared war machines as their new body/tomb. So I don't think fluff wise it would make much sense unless it was some successor chapter where one of the captains is actually a dreadnuaght. Hmm this is giving me ideas.

 

 

Nahhh, entombment is more likely to be respected veterans. A chapter has sooo many more of them than captains and they get beat up in general conflict more than captains. They'd be the typical meat available. Look at the general rarity of command structure dreadnoughts ie. libbies and chaplains. Hens teeth.

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NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH GOLD

 

Agreed but.....

 

While there's nothing wrong with you painting them gold, I'd imagine most Dreads would be captain ranked or thereabouts. It's generally the heroes etc who end up inside one.

 

This is true. All the dreads would have already achieved ranks like this to be even considered taking on one of these reveared war machines as their new body/tomb. So I don't think fluff wise it would make much sense unless it was some successor chapter where one of the captains is actually a dreadnuaght. Hmm this is giving me ideas.

 

 

Nahhh, entombment is more likely to be respected veterans. A chapter has sooo many more of them than captains and they get beat up in general conflict more than captains. They'd be the typical meat available. Look at the general rarity of command structure dreadnoughts ie. libbies and chaplains. Hens teeth.

 

That really isnt very true. Our most famous dreadnaught Moriar was a captain when he fell. Put it this way when a captain and a vet falls i know which one gets the dreadnaught, they have a limit of dreads not so much dying vets. But wither way my point still stands. There are already captains in dreads and they aren't gold so it isnt really fluffy but it could look kind of cool.

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I guess the whole 1st coy would be up for Dread service and they die alot more than captains. And it's not just dying, they should almost die, be somewhere between life and death to be entombed in a Dreadnought. Maybe Moriar is famous because he is one of the few captains entombed in a sarcophagus?

 

The mighty Baracus of the 4th Company will walk the battlefield in his golden sarcophagus. Not too much gold, just the right amount of gold. And the fists are of course his.

I pity the foolish xenos! I pity the foolish heretics! I pity the foolish mutants!

 

I'm using mithril silver/gryphonne sepia as my gold paint, mithril silver is easier to use than the golden colours gw has. Or does anyone else use a good golden colour thats better than gw's?

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I dont really understand all the citadel gold hate atm. I think that of all their paints, its the metalics that they have really done better than anyone else. I played Khemri before getting into WH 40K so that was a whole lot of gold, i tried a few types, admittedly not Valejo, and i think citadel was by far the best.

 

Just dont use em straight out of the pot, paint them on at least 1:1 with water, maybe more, and do at least 3 coats. Should do you fine.

 

Mudpuppet

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Hehehe, lively discussion on the B-A-team :lol:

 

Though indeed, they're veterans who're still privileged for dibs who gets the last few buckets of gold paint on a protracted engagement. Can't go wrong with gold accents on BA vets ;)

 

On the (thread sub-topic) of paints: indeed I love GW metallics above all else, and agree with mudpuppet's advice on thinning them; my only gripe with the golds is that the flakes ('pigments') settle too fast in the bottle, compared to, say, boltgun metal and/or mithril silver...

 

My 2c, cheers! :angry:

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*snip*

 

Our most famous dreadnaught Moriar was a captain when he fell. Put it this way when a captain and a vet falls i know which one gets the dreadnaught, they have a limit of dreads not so much dying vets. But wither way my point still stands. There are already captains in dreads and they aren't gold so it isnt really fluffy but it could look kind of cool.

 

So you're saying a captain dread is established fluff albeit very rare but a paint sceme other than black is unfluffy? That's pretty weak considering how many players (/chapters) there are.

If I was doing it, I'd want it to be usable as an elite slot dread too, when I wanted. Gold would be better for either slot as it wont confuse (sans vs with DC banner pole).

 

As for who goes into a dread, that's a matter of player fluff. If one writes some stuff about why X was chosen to go into dread' chassis Y, that's their business and is totally in keeping with the fluff (eg Moriar). If he's painted gold, it's to inspire, if he's painted black, it's as a warning that the rage takes us all. Even the highest of us.

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Here they are, primed and each fitted with a magnetized magna grapple.

 

Baracus will be more gold than red and Oris will be red as blood.

 

The pic ain't the best, but I don't have good lighting or a good camera. (my gf do have a VERY good camera, but I don't have the energy to get it from the bag it's in :) )

 

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i385/BAJudaz/BaracusOris.jpg?t=1288897936

 

 

 

Edit: Darn, just saw that they have the wrong arms. Baracus should have the fists and Oris should have the talons. Use your imagination and the'll look just fine.

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Shinguards are still on the sprue, I usually paint them after I've painted the legs on the dread.

 

And I don't know what's wrong with the chainfists, they should cool but they don't... Maybe they'll look better when painted.

 

Edit: Hehe, shinguards. It sounds like the dreads are kickboxers. Imagine that, a high kicking dread. I wanna see a dread do a double leg takedown on a bloodthirster and then some ground and pound :lol:

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Gold is a hard colour to make work.

I always use bronze since it has more depth more easily, and can be more easily highlighted with silver.

 

Gold is also something people either hate or love, so the response you get will be very polarised!

On the bright side it works well with red!

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