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This post has changed several times due to revisions of my thinking and my actual collection. I currently have 1 1/2 companies of my own chapter, Sol Templars, but I wanted something more. I played around with some space wolf and blood angel lists but just couldnt get the feel. So, after long hard work, I have decided to create the Nemesis Legion, a successor chapter of the Dark Angels.

Creator Note: The Nemesis Legion has fallen to chaos, been declared traitors, blah blah blah... As you will see on page 2, I describe why this project has been stopped and renamed, etc. I wil be removing the terminator pictures and adding in my gallery of dreadnoughts, some finished, some in progress. I have found it is easier to stick with one chapter then making two. So for the rest of this blog, you will see my army of dreadnoughts and a few interesting designs I have in store.

I posted a fur tutorial on my site that may help. Click Here

Also, one thing you could try, but is a bit advanced if you aren't solid on Greenstuff, is to make a press-mold for your lion icon.

Start off by sculpting a lion symbol. I would modify a space wolf one that was easily accessible, and on a bit you don't mind gumming up with GS should it go poorly.

Once this sculpt is fully set up, and done give it a thin layer of vaseline.

Take fresh GS, and press it onto the lion head. Once this is set up (give it 2-3 hours) pluck it off the original.

with a brush apply a tiny bit more vaseline into the mold (the bit you plucked off the lion head original).

Mix up some new GS, and press that into the mold. Let that cure, pull it out, and you have a copy of the lion head. You can then trim, sand and apply to tanks, or what have you. If you are able to pull off a small one, you could stick it onto shoulder pads. The curved surface could make this tricky.

Post pics!

Well as promised here is my first model, still in build stage. I still need to add on black lion icons, armor up the legs and work some more on the base. Also I still need to figure how I want the legs final position as well as the weapon arm.







I included a pic of the undercarriage of the dreadnaught body if anyone was interested with how I worked the leg supports.



So let me know what you think.


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As an extra note, I plan on beefing up the legs with armor to "hide" the chicken legs.

I think once you buff those legs up it'll be right and intimadating to see marching at you!

Good job!

Rune Priest (Shaman)

Glad to see I made the list. 8P

For the dread is he going to have a tabbard between his legs or something?

Cause its a lot of empty space.. Anyways will watch.

Probably. I besides the leg armor, I need to give him the appearance of more weight. I have a few items Im looking at attaching...to include a plasticard tabbard.

ah cool.

Looking at running companies as "Prides"...trying to avoid a jungle or tribal feel to it.

I'll be eagerly following this - I've been thinking about trying out a lion-themed Space Marine army sometime in the distant future, after I get my Guard army up and running. For what it's worth, I've heard that there is some usable lion iconography available in some of the Empire stuff for Warhammer Fantasy, but I haven't checked that out yet.

sorry to say but the dreadnought looks kind of twee :(... I would like to see the rest though

Make sure that you bulk up the legs and generally add weight in proportion to one another: at the moment, he looks top-heavy as well as spindly, and I assume you want to fix both of those.

It is a really nice concept, however, as is the idea of the chapter. I can't wait to see more.

Okay dropped the earlier concept and revised it. Please read fluff above. I also got rid of the chicken walker and made a rough mock up of the future of my dreadnaughts. Also included are the Terminators making up my "count-as" Deathwing force. Enjoy and C&C welcome.






















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New photos.

Here is an update on the chapter. Im running with this paint scheme, more to follow.




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My army listed comprises of the following:

Captain Belial
Terminator Interrogator-Chaplain
Terminator Librarian

Terminator Squad w/ Assault Cannon
Terminator Squad w/ Assault Cannon
Terminator Squad w/ Assault Cannon
Terminator Squad w/ Assault Cannon

Terminator Squad w/ Cyclone Missile Launcher
Terminator Squad w/ Cyclone Missile Launcher
Terminator Squad w/ Cyclone Missile Launcher

Terminator Squad w/ Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield
Terminator Squad w/ 3x Lightning Claws, Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield, Heavy Flamer
Terminator Squad w/ 3x Lightning Claws, Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield, Heavy Flamer

Mortis Pattern Dreadnought w/ 2x Twinlinked Autocannon
Mortis Pattern Dreadnought w/ 2x Twinlinked Lascannon

Obviously that isnt a tournament legal list but it is a list of my full assembled army...and hopefully painted soon list. I have figured out with deathwing, I can field 6 terminator squads and belial for a tourney.

looks like that old cartoon ZOIDS

Here is another update on my WIP. This is my second dreadnought. I have a lot of little work to do on him. I plan on having a couple of ammo feeds running off the assault cannons (similar to the SM heavy bolter) running to the "back pack". Also intend to add something under the left leg to show it striding over or stomping on. Let me know what you think.













Terminator Librarian for size comparison.



Dreadnought Chaplain from my Sol Templar Chapter for size comparison.

in the grim darkness of the future..there is only. BATTLE TECH!


looking good man loving the dreadnaught varients

Zoids and Battletech!?! Man, not what I was going for, oh well. Going to stick with it, however I wont have any updates for a couple weeks as Im heading home for vacation. Though I am of course taking mini's with me to paint.

As it stands with the army I have 53 terminators and 2 dreadnoughts. 1/3 of ther terminators are painted.

That is without doubt the best dred I have ever seen. The pose, the legs and the weapons mounts are all fantastic. Shown next to a normal dred, it seems at least one and a half times as high: this makes it undeniably cooler, but may lead to line of sight issues?

Line of Sight issues? meaning my opponents will have easier time targeting him? Or he will have a hard time targeting?

I just LOVE that four-legged monster!

Well, it'll be easier for the Dred to draw Line of Sight to targets, and harder for models to claim cover against it.

This is, of course, balanced out by him being a huge friggin target, and thus much easier to pick out and much harder to hide behind cover.

I'd say it will all balance out =)

Looks pretty pro.

I see nothing but a lot of armies I'd want to fight on this site hehe.

Definitely interested in this army. I'll be watching this one

cool thanks for the comments...I feel warm and fuzzy. Im on vacation now but in a few days I will be back with a few painted squads and hopefully finish construction on the ammo feeds.

Nice conversions here!

Well about to move in about a week so no painting, heading to North Carolina, so about 2 weeks or so before I update with painted pics.

Im standing at 58 total terminators (including Captain Belial, Chaplain and Librarian). 5x Assault Cannon, 3x Hvy Flamer and Cyclone Missile Launcher, 5x Chainfist, 6x Lightning Claw, 8x Thunder Hammer/Shield. Running a Deathwing List for those of you just tuning in. Oh and 2 dreadnoughts.

Here are some pics to keep you interested. The first few are of my final squad.







Showing more of this guy, I love that he turned out well.







Steam punk terminator










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As always comments and criticism welcome and encouraged.

Everything looks great! Awesome really!

I just have to say, those misslepods on the last pic look kind a off!

Further to say, I just want to see them painted

The only thing that bumps me is that your using space wolves bits for DA!

Some of the conversions are a little OTT but otherwise some nice work here.

XD love it i am big fan of this style of dreadnoughts i wish i could do that. I attucally had a protype drawing of what you did i am so jealousy -.-

Appreciate the comments. The space wolf and black templar bits are a bit of a stretch but it "fits" the fluff plus its a black eye for the space wolf players around here. In an apocalpyse game we played to end a campaign had 2 of my deathwing squads and captain and chaplain battling 6x Lone Wolfs, I eventually one thanks to thunder hammers in the squads. So I took my trophey and made a couple of squads with wolf stuff.


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Plus, it adds to the rivalry between DA and SW.