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I am not sure if this has been posted before but I did a search and it came up blank. So in case the hordes descend upon me in a great, smelly mass screaming that "this is already in another post" at least I tried.

I found this on the Oz site...a conversion using the metal Venerable dreadnought into a Dark Angels monster with a proper closed Powerfist! Would this be considered rumour or conversion topic?

http://oz.games-workshop.com/games/40k/darkangels/painting/dreadnought/default.htm

Conversion I say.

Pretty tin box however.

sA

Agamemnon2006 wrote:I am not sure if this has been posted before but I did a search and it came up blank. So in case the hordes descend upon me in a great, smelly mass screaming that "this is already in another post" at least I tried.

I found this on the Oz site...a conversion using the metal Venerable dreadnought into a Dark Angels monster with a proper closed Powerfist! Would this be considered rumour or conversion topic?

http://oz.games-workshop.com/games/40k/darkangels/painting/dreadnought/default.htm

IIRC, the UK and US sites had this up when it was originally done around the time of the DA Codex a couple years ago.

Everytime I look at that model, I think of the Forgeworld MkIV Dreadnought and weep. I need a hug.

.... Im pretty sure thats a conversion, cause if it was studio painted they would have done it bone white as a ven dread serves with the Deathwing.

The model is a twist on the GW ven dread model so its like a year old or something this "rumour"

This reminds me that the GW Venerable Dreadnought is in fact a piece of crap and whatever difficulties you encounter buying one from Forgeworld (especially the Chaplain version) are well worth it when compared to this...thing.

Ratbarf wrote:.... Im pretty sure thats a conversion, cause if it was studio painted they would have done it bone white as a ven dread serves with the Deathwing.

I don't know. It's on the Oz site as a "Ravenwing" Dread.

Are Mortis types approved or still IA?

The GW Oz site hasn't been updated in a couple of years.

Cheese Elemental wrote:The GW Oz site hasn't been updated in a couple of years.

Really?

FEEL THE G-DUB LOVE!

Ouch!

Uriels_Flame wrote:

Ratbarf wrote:.... Im pretty sure thats a conversion, cause if it was studio painted they would have done it bone white as a ven dread serves with the Deathwing.

I don't know. It's on the Oz site as a "Ravenwing" Dread.

Are Mortis types approved or still IA?

It is most certainly a conversion. If you continue to click through the "article", it details how they made it and what bitz they used.

Alpharius wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:The GW Oz site hasn't been updated in a couple of years.

Really?

FEEL THE G-DUB LOVE!

Ouch!

Actually, it's pretty good as it still has a lot of the cool modeling articles that have been taken down on the US and UK websites. Do a little exploring and you'll find some cool stuff there.

Alpharius wrote:This reminds me that the GW Venerable Dreadnought is in fact a piece of crap and whatever difficulties you encounter buying one from Forgeworld (especially the Chaplain version) are well worth it when compared to this...thing.

Well the metal one is $50 us.
The forge world one is 35.10 bps plus shipping.
I will go with the fw one.

Forgeworld Dark Angel Dreadnought

Alpharius wrote:Really?

FEEL THE G-DUB LOVE!

Ouch!

No it's a good thing! Because GWOZ hasn't been upgraded to that new sucktacular layout that everyone else has, it loads in about 3 seconds. If you ever need to look up a price, the GWOZ website's the best. No flash menues and waiting a year for anything to load.

BYE

Seconded. To me it's the lay-out and not load time that grinds my gears, but still.

To me it was the culling of most of the useful content and the killing of specialist-games as a separate site.

Well GWOZ never had any actual content, so it's no loss there.

BYE

I keep looking at the model and wondering why a dreadnaught wants to snowboard (or skateboard) {take your pick}... that part he is standing on just looks stupid.

two_heads_talking wrote:I keep looking at the model and wondering why a dreadnaught wants to snowboard (or skateboard) {take your pick}... that part he is standing on just looks stupid.

It's supposed to be a drop pod door. I never liked that bit of an otherwise great conversion. There are base decorations and there are base decorations. That's neither.

I love the look of their ravenwing conversion. Dreads are too top heavy and boxy for me. By lengthening the arms and giving them better leg flexibility they look much more dangerous.

I personally can't stand the Mk.IV design. All I can think is "Quato". It's not like the head is on his chest - it's sitting on his gut.

I'm much happier with the regular dread and flat sarcophagus design.

But maybe if the head were small and situated higher, that could help.

Don't forget that the Mk.IV design is prone to possession!

Of course, that too...

Perhaps the next edition of CSM will have venerable random Dreads.

I live in OZ and it is not convertion my mate has the box and all he is a big Dark Angels fan so he would know.

Gon wrote:I live in OZ and it is not convertion my mate has the box and all he is a big Dark Angels fan so he would know.

Wut?

Dark Angels Venerable Dreadnought is a box set here im dead sure

Gon wrote:Dark Angels Venerable Dreadnought is a box set here im dead sure

Please share an image with us then. Unless you are referring to the Forge World variant.

It looks the same but its got standard close combat arm and a dual heavy bolter arm but come in the standard box he could of got it from forgeworld ill ask next time i see him but sorry if it turns out so.

Then it is a Forge World model.