DreamForge Games Leviathan Crusader build

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**Mad4Minis**

Hi all. Im about to start building my Leviathan Crusader from Dreamforge games. With all the interest in this model I figured Id do a blog to give you all a good look at it.

Heres installment 1, unboxing and some parts pics, with an AoBR Marine for comparison.

Box and bags of parts:

Head and main body:

Gatling Gun

Leg pieces

Sword Arm & Mauler Claw Arm

**Perkustin**

Cool, look forward to a great blog!
Dont disappoint!

**Wyrmalla**

That's...impressive. Are you intending to count it as a titan from 40k, or just have it as a display piece?

**Mad4Minis**

It will likely be just a display piece. I dont play 40k, but I do play a different 28mm system, so who knows, it may hit the tabletop sometime.

First hurdle will be just assembling it. Base kit has 142 pieces, plus the 2 optional claws.

**Viktor von Domm**

cool, have been waiting for this build of yours...have you celaned up the aprts already or were they delivered mostly clean?
from what you last stated the kit was quite in the pricerange of a small car^^

will be enjoying that immesely^^

vik

**Theophony**

I appreciate the pics, I've been watching marks design for over a year now and the kits look they will live up to expectations.

Thanks,
John

**Mad4Minis**

Main body assembled, mostly. Need to fill a couple gaps and sand before full assembly.

This is a good example of why this kit isnt for first timers. The waist hydraulics are a huge pain. Each strut is 4 pieces, one of which needs to be fitted and cut to length before assembly. If this was plastic it would be easy, but this resin takes super glue fast, and you dont have much time to get it together.

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Theophony wrote:I appreciate the pics, I've been watching marks design for over a year now and the kits look they will live up to expectations.

Thanks,
John

I only wish my pics would show the level of fine detail in this thing, it is amazing.

**Viktor von Domm**

does it have a certain pose or can you pose it how you want it?
so many oportunities with this one here...the eyes are a real nasty thing... love to see some nice glow on them^^

good luck mate!

**Mad4Minis**

Viktor von Domm wrote:have you celaned up the aprts already or were they delivered mostly clean?

As far as mold release?...they felt pretty clean but I washed them in warm soapy water anyways. Better safe than sorry.

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Viktor von Domm wrote:does it have a certain pose or can you pose it how you want it?
so many oportunities with this one here...the eyes are a real nasty thing... love to see some nice glow on them^^

good luck mate!

It has a great opportunity for posing. Im building mine in a pretty static pose, but there are many moveable joints and all the waist and leg hydraulics are pose able.

Theres a fair bit of dead space inside the main body that could house electronics, so with a little work it would be very possible to make the eyes glow.

**MeatShield**

could you post a link to where I may buy this cutey?
p.s. subscribed out of a love of stompy robots.

**Viktor von Domm**

now that sounds like a good plan...LEDs for that monster... you could even light the maindbody of that beast to further the effect of evil steelbeast!

and yep safety first^^

**Shado.Raith**

Just had a look on the Dream-forge site. That looks absolutely awesome, what colour scheme you gonna paint it in? It looks like it would fit perfectly in a Grey Knights army, screw that bloody Dreadknight

**MeatShield**

Damn! $350. I love this model but I just can't justify paying a months rent for a model. You don't have a spare do you?

**Mad4Minis**

Viktor von Domm wrote:now that sounds like a good plan...LEDs for that monster... you could even light the maindbody of that beast to further the effect of evil steelbeast!

and yep safety first^^

Some LEDs shining down over the spine/waist hydraulics area would be awesome. A good set of reds for the eyes, and for the exhaust stacks would be sweet too.

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Shado.Raith wrote:Just had a look on the Dream-forge site. That looks absolutely awesome, what colour scheme you gonna paint it in? It looks like it would fit perfectly in a Grey Knights army, screw that bloody Dreadknight

Not 100% sure of the paint. Im thinking of doing it a WWII German style mottled grey.

It does have a very GK feel to it, but at around 9 inches tall its a bit big for a dreadknight.

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MeatShield wrote:Damn! $350. I love this model but I just can't justify paying a months rent for a model. You don't have a spare do you?

Yeah, its pricey. I got mine during the preorder, so I saved a little bit. Actually I was the first order, so technically this is Crusader #001. As a matter of fact that may get added to the paint scheme as its ID number.

**Sarpedon_702**

That is totally a Knight Titan! Awesome!

**Viktor von Domm**

yep do this ID number... would be a nice fluffy thing to do!
for the spinal collumn i thought more of an eerie blue light... red eyes

and the exhausts with lights would be even a set further down awsomeroad^^ with some nice billowing smoke coming out of them...
a grey paintjob or even that ugly green you got on nam tanks and stuff^^

**SPARKEYG**

Looks great. Can't wait to see it put together.

**oadie**

Really excited to see this build. I gawked at it when the kit was first announced, then again when people started pre-ordering, but this is the first time I've seen the actual kit parts. It's a thing of beauty.

**JoeyHeadwounds**

The DreamForge kits look amazing, and I'm subscribing.

Just one thing... Treat it right.

**yamgrenade**

Very nice.

**Mad4Minis**

Just washed the leg bits, hopefully it will be standing on its own 2 feet by the end of the day.

**Rochronos**

This will be AWESOME!

**Mad4Minis**

Here it is, standing all on its own w AoBR Marine for size.

Shot of the leg hydraulics

Waist hydraulics

Legs are shown without the extra armor. I wont be adding it until Ive done the base primer coat, as to allow it to get to the whole model.

Now is also a good time to talk about pinning. I will recommend a fair bit for this model. So far I have pinned the hip joints, ankle joints, and the spine where it joins the upper body and pelvis.

**Kepora**

I am SO investing in one of these when I get that kinda money. 8D

**Mad4Minis**

Kepora wrote:I am SO investing in one of these when I get that kinda money. 8D

Go for it. Its a challenging but very rewarding build.

**yamgrenade**

Yea, I'm definately getting one when I get a GK army.

**Perkustin**

That thing is a beast! Taller than a warhound surely?

**Ralin Givens**

Would it have been possible to give him a bit wider stance (seems like he would tip over fairly fast)

**chaos0xomega**

Sub'd. Wanted to preorder one myself, but I pretty much went bankrupt just before preorders opened up. Maybe someday soon...

Sarpedon_702 wrote:That is totally a Knight Titan! Awesome!

Considering its about the size of a warhound...

and Knights and Titans are two distinct entities. Please stop referring to knights as titans... Knights are Knights, Titans are Titans.

**MajorTom11**

Eagerly watching this one!