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It occured to me that while I've lurked for years on dakka, I've only been active a few days, throwing my opinions around on other people's work without posting my own stuff for fair reprisal, so here goes

Back when I got my second AoBR box set, I didn't really have much use for the dreadnought, until I won a forgeworld drill-arm on ebay - I really disliked the previews of the GW Ironclad, and thought it would be a great siege-drill. So I dissected the plastic dread, reposed it and voila:



One of the first models in my 'rebooted' ultramarines armies.

Things I learned:

It's not easy to repose the AoBR dread this much.

Knees on a dreadnought are not that easy to figure out.

A sentinel leg makes a great dread arm to attach the dread ccw to.

A hip-mounted IG grenade launcher makes a good substitute for the assault launcher.

There would be a lot less work involved if I had got the right-handed version of the drill.

Because the forgeworld arm already has a flamer built into it, I put a melta underslung on the other arm, which is technically the wrong way around, but if my opponent complains, I just treat them as each other.

The girder gripped in the ccw is primarily there to act as a support to strengthen the waist, though it turned out better than I thought.

To represent the extra armour I added the 'loincloth' and bulked up the front armour a bit. I also decided to cover the ridiculously-exposed cables that go into the sarcophagus. I'm not a fan of the overarmoured look, so I deliberatley didn't go too far with the extra armour. I was considering adding something like a rollcage to the top, as I think the biggest danger to a siege dread is being trapped under falling masonry, though I haven't reached a decision yet.

What do you think?

I think its pretty damn cool looking. Nice conversion. I bet that was a real pain at times. Those AOBR dreds just SUCK lol

I certainly wouldn't do it again - buying a proper dread kit is more expensive, but would be so much easier!

Wow those are some of the same lessons I learned on my conversion of an Ironclad:

Assault Drill - Much better than the Hammer
Reposing the feet is not worth it

The extra armor looks great. Subtle but convincing. Nice conversion.

Very nice.. I don't even play marines and I want one.

Looks way better than the GW one.

Very nice conversion. Very dynamic pose.

I agree with Person Person, the GW one isn't very inspiring.

Thanks for the comments guys, I've started a P&M Blog about the painting process here.

That is very well done sir. I tip my ten-gallon hat.

might revive this old post, but i think this this is a great conversion and it could be an example to all converted dreadnoughts!
maybe if the OP had given some more details on how he made it people could really learn a lot from it