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Okay, so the jury is still out but most people think the Dread Knight is looks pretty silly. So if that is the case what do you all think of using it for a Deff Dread?

I say that would make a great Deff Dread. GO FOR IT.

yes, that is pretty silly

I want to see it done!

Hopefully the official conversion will look even better. I am already thinking a mega nob might look pretty good inside of it too. A lot more bolted on plates, glyphes, and more dakka.

Think it could be awesome if made all orky

First thing I thought when I saw it

While I have your attention folks, would this not be a conversion? Some user named Therion seems to think this would be a a kitbash and not a conversion. Have I been using the wrong terminology all these years? I would think that if someone used an extensive amount of greenstuff, plasticard, and ork bits to turn a Dread Knight into a Deff Dread it would be called a conversion.

Just curious. I would hate to think I have been calling my baneblade into a skullhamma a conversion when it has been a kitbash all along.

This. Granted, you would need to cover up all of the GK bling and cram a load of Orky imagery and extra mechanical stuff, but anybody with a decent bitz box should be able to pull it off.

warpcrafter wrote:
This. Granted, you would need to cover up all of the GK bling and cram a load of Orky imagery and extra mechanical stuff, but anybody with a decent bitz box should be able to pull it off.

Nice! This conversion would be about half the price as the FW model too.

Awesome idea! Also nice work mocking it up in photoshop.

HAHA... that is awesome! I don't know about a Deffdread, but certainly a Mega Dread.

I would go Mega-dread over Deff Dread.

thesilverback wrote:I would go Mega-dread over Deff Dread.

It is closer in size to a mega-dread isn't it? I didn't think of that.

actually reminds me of a project I was doing and just got stuck on it and havent finished.

It had too many issues and kinda needs a reboot.

Cant wait to see what you do so I might get a bit inspired by it.

That is nice! You really should finish it!

When I first saw that thing I immidiately hoped that someone would loot it for their orks.

I say go for it.

Cut the legs off at the knees and reattach the feet and i would like it much more. The legs are just WAAAAAY too long imho...

Yeah, when orks loot stuff they find on the battlefield, they're perfectly happy to remove broken bits. Cut a dreadknight off at the knees (and maybe the elbows too) so it fits on a 60mm base and is a better match for a Dredd's 80mm height - you should have enough bits left over to make most of a second Dredd.

Clang wrote:Yeah, when orks loot stuff they find on the battlefield, they're perfectly happy to remove broken bits. Cut a dreadknight off at the knees (and maybe the elbows too) so it fits on a 60mm base and is a better match for a Dredd's 80mm height - you should have enough bits left over to make most of a second Dredd.

And anything else could be fashioned out of plasticard.

Do it but paint it green so its like a giant robotic incarnation of gork {or mork }

CURNOW wrote:Do it but paint it green so its like a giant robotic incarnation of gork {or mork }

Similar to this but without the Rasta?

The stormboy arms holding the jet pack controllers would work well for this...

I say go for it
just add loads of ork symbols and bullet holes!!!!!!!

I agree with the legs being too long.

origarmi chicken wrote:I say go for it
just add loads of ork symbols and bullet holes!!!!!!!

Oh, most definatly! I really wish someone would let me buy the black box one in secret or at least let me put it together at my store!

Redbeard wrote:The stormboy arms holding the jet pack controllers would work well for this...

Yes, that would be good!

I haven't played my ork army in months but this makes me want to get back into converting random things.

I think I'm certainly going to try and make a Deff Dread out of it. Although I'm pretty sure others around here will do a lot better job.

Hehe, that Orky pic looks great, I can see a few of these being converted!
Personally I'm gonna be buying one of these to see if I can stick a catachan in it and go all avatar with my sentinels...

Lord Scythican wrote:Okay, so the jury is still out but most people think the Dread Knight is looks pretty silly. So if that is the case what do you all think of using it for a Deff Dread?

I like this better than the actual dreadknight.