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A true relic of the hallowed days of the Great Crusade, and of the heights of technological achievement once reached by the Imperium of Mankind, the Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought was a mainstay of the armoured might of the Astartes Legions of old. Larger and stronger than standard pattern Dreadnoughts, the Contemptor’s systems featured many examples of techno-arcana steeped in the sacred mysteries of the Legio Cybernetica.
Due to their spearhead assault role in the epic battles of the Great Crusade, losses were high amongst these potent war machines, and in the shadowed aftermath of the Heresy the ability to produce or maintain the Contemptor was all but lost. However, some Chapters still boast these war-relics amongst their ranks, and whenever the Contemptor takes to the field of battle it is an echo of the power of ancient days.

The Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought, designed by Will Hayes, is a detailed full resin kit that allows any Space Marine (or Chaos Space Marine) army to field one of these ancient war machines. Will has also designed two unique weapon options: a Contemptor Pattern Lascannon Arm and a Contemptor Pattern Close Combat Arm (Fist). These two weapons can be used on either side of the Dreadnought body, which is itself a fully poseable miniature.
Experimental rules for this storied and ancient Dreadnought are available to download now from the Forge World website, and this kit and its weapon arms are available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 25th July.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/CONTEMPTOR_PATTERN_DREADNOUGHT_BODY.html

Carcharodons Transfer Sheet
Packed with well over 500 individual transfers, the Carcharodons Transfer Sheet is a hotly-anticipated addition to Forge World’s range of A4 transfer sheets. Kenton Mills has crammed onto it Chapter badges sized for both infantry and vehicles, heraldic blazons, Void Maw devices and a wide range of different sigils and devices that denote an individual Carcharodon warrior’s record of carnage across the stars, albeit in a manner that ensures his deeds may only be read by another Astartes of this ill-famed and sinister Chapter.

The Carcharodons Transfer Sheet is available to order now for immediate despatch

New Dreadnought? Must have! My Deathwing will thank me.

I can't decide if I like that dread or not.. really like the rules for it though.

I loves it.... this is pretty big news!

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what the Dreadknight should have looked like.

Truly Epic thanks FW

woo, legs that look functional, and taken from a anime mech, but its ok

but seriously, thats a damn cool dread

Kanluwen wrote:
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what the Dreadknight should have looked like.

I can agree with that.

In fact, I'll go as far as suggesting that I'll be disappointed if I don't see some Grey Knight armies with one doing the ole 'counts as' shuffle within the year.

Verrrrrrry cool. And 30 dabloons, not too bad value.

Arms sold seperately :(

Kanluwen wrote:
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what the Dreadknight should have looked like.

That is what I plan to do with it Kan.

It should make an epic Dreadknight

Retro space marines are all very well . . . does anyone know when IA 11 is actually coming out? I couldn't find any info on their website.

Ha love the way they censored some of its weapon options under the rules section.

Ratius wrote:Verrrrrrry cool. And 30 dabloons, not too bad value.

Doesn't include arms, and looks almost like standard Dreadnought arms won't fit on it. 7.50 GBP per arm.

The CCW arm looks like it is set up, however, so that it can have the fist 'rotated' with very little work to create a Furioso.


Kind of like that...


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I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:Retro space marines are all very well . . . does anyone know when IA 11 is actually coming out? I couldn't find any info on their website.

IA11 is supposedly coming out end of July/mid August. Somewhere in there.

Agreed, Kan.

I'm liking the invulnerable saves this thing gets.

The Dread looks cool. I think it would have a neat application as an Ork model as well. It would require some some cutting and calories burnt, but seeing a warboss stomping around in this thing would be fun.

How are the rules? The rules link isn't loading a page for me.

Still at £45 for a model that would get a lot of use, and looks awesome to boot.

Not that bad all things considered.

DarkTraveler777 wrote:
How are the rules? The rules link isn't loading a page for me.

Excellent, in my opinion. This Link isn't working for you?

DarkTraveler777 wrote:
How are the rules? The rules link isn't loading a page for me.

The rules aren't too bad. It's restricted in what it can have for weaponry, with several things crossed off as 'Forbidden'.

Also, Chaos players...rejoice!

Forge World Experimental Rules wrote:A Space Marine Contemptor Dreadnought is an Elites Choice in
a Codex Space Marine, Codex Dark Angels, Codex Space Wolves,
Codex Blood Angels or Codex Black Templars army. Until a
specific variant of this unit is featured in a forthcoming book, the
Contemptor as listed here may also be used in a Codex Chaos Space
Marines army.

Italics for emphasis.

The rules are lovely some blurred out options which I like, although I did have to download the new version of Acrobat so you might want to give that a go DarkTraveller

Kanluwen wrote:The CCW arm looks like it is set up, however, so that it can have the fist 'rotated' with very little work to create a Furioso..

1. It mentions that in the description in the first post.

2. It's already allowed 2 DCCWs, why would it need to proxy a Furioso?

For everyone looking to make a Dreadknight out of it, it's a bit short.

Platuan4th wrote:
For everyone looking to make a Dreadknight out of it, it's a bit short.

Pft. Maybe the Dreadknight is too tall!

Kanluwen wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:
For everyone looking to make a Dreadknight out of it, it's a bit short.

Pft. Maybe the Dreadknight is too tall!

That's what Hirst Arts Blocks are for. Build up the base until the height is right.

The link is working now. Thanks! For whatever reason when I clicked the link in my FW e-mail the page went nowhere.

Pretty neat that the Dread can be used by Chaos.

I'd actually turn it into a hth assault rig.

Immune to str4 or less in combat.
6+ save in hth.
Add an extra CCW arm. Thats 4 attacks on the charge, WS5, str7, no armor save due to walker.
Upgrade the SBs to HFs and sweep away.
Also has fleet so can close much faster then a regular Dread.
Tasty.

Platuan4th wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:The CCW arm looks like it is set up, however, so that it can have the fist 'rotated' with very little work to create a Furioso..

1. It mentions that in the description in the first post.

2. It's already allowed 2 DCCWs, why would it need to proxy a Furioso?

For everyone looking to make a Dreadknight out of it, it's a bit short.

I think he means 'so Blood Angels players can use it as a Furioso'... I like the blanked out bits in the rules pdf

Me likey!!

johnnyrumour wrote:... I like the blanked out bits in the rules pdf

I was wondering about those too.

Especially with regards to what else it might be allowed other than extra armour and a searchlight... ? Or more pertinently why we wouldn't be allowed to know this yet ? Wonder what they're cooking up.

Oh hells yes. This is exactly what the Dreadnought should look like. It seems to be articulated in a way which would allow it to, you know, move and stuff.

Also, Dreadknight ahoy!

Nice model. Looks like a marine in an Exosuit rather than the box on legs that looks like it shouldn't walk! So that's the contemptor, wonder if we'll see the Deredeo and Furibundus (Fury, Chuck and Eddy!) class return.

Liking the reference to the Legio Cybernetica - a cryptic reference to the return of the said division for the Adeptus Mechanicus. Maybe there are plans afoot to re-do the old 40k robots? Oh and please hurry up and get the Sons of Medusa a transfer sheet!

Hm time to get a few of these because I obviously need more blood angel models