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I am a sucker for Dreadnoughts. Specifically FW ones. I have a Thousand Suns Dread and am deciding the weapon load to use for it. Mainly this is a painting question because I want to have the arms match the body. The choices not used will go on other dreadnoughts I have. Let me know what you think will look visually good with the blue and gold

Personnally, since when i play with my friends we really don't have "rules" so i would go plasy can + plasy cann. But otherwise, plasy can + chainfist is good

Youve got to give them a role . The arm them appropriately. What do you want him to kill , will it be running upfront squishing troops or hanging back and picking things off . Your Call.

vodski wrote:Youve got to give them a role . The arm them appropriately. What do you want him to kill , will it be running upfront squishing troops or hanging back and picking things off . Your Call.

I guess I didn't really go into detail figuring it was not needed. I love Dreads esp FW ones. Between regular and FW ones I have 8. So I have a lot of different choices to begin with. I was deciding what weapon to paint Blue and Gold with the Thousand Sons Dread.

Here's the list of what I have and what they're armed with

World Eaters:
Dread w/ 2x DCCW (FW arms)
Dread with chain fist and Heavy Bolter (FW)

Death Guard
Chain Fist and Las cannon (FW)
Power Fist and Heavy Bolter (FW)

Emperor's Children
Twin Sonic Blasters and Chain Fist (FW)

Thousand Sons
Deciding the arms with this thread. (FW)


I have several more dreads and this is where I am trying to decide what will look good on the Thousand sons dread. Whatever isn't used will go on the other 2 dreads I have both are Death Guard Dreads. One is Forge World and one isn't. So I have a lot of variety on what I can field

I love Autocannons... so I would say use that.

I got the Blastmaster arm for my Sonic Dread and am counting it as an Autocannon. Dreadnoughts kick ass

I said plasma as for me it suits the idea of 1000 sons better than explosives (too crude for k sons) or autocannon (not magicalish enough), glowing balls of what is essentially really hot gas seem to fit the theme more

and yes magicalish is a word... at least now it is