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Waaaaaaaaaaagh as been declared at Spikey Bits for the new Grey Knight release. To kick it all off we cranked up the awesome to 11 with the DreadKnight Mega Build Contest!

Entering is easy- all you have to do is pre-order a Dreadknight from Spikey Bits Mail Order, and convert it into a Non-Astartes version of itself by Friday April 22nd. Then us picture of it (no colleges please, but you can send multiple pics), and we'll set them up for judging on the blog!

Checkout the sweet photoshoped DeffKnight for inspiration. Whomever made that was definitely touched by Gork (or possible Mork).

The winner will receive a Strike Force of 2 Grey Knights Boxes, and one Grey Knight Terminator Box (or the equivalent in store credit).

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT??!!!! Yep that's right you could win three shiny new box sets of Grey Knights, just for defiling one of their proud vehicles.

So what are you waiting for??? Put on your thinking caps, and get in your pre-order!!!!

details : http://blog.spikeybits.com/2011/03/40k-contest-dreadknight-mega-build-of.html

Hmmm..... I wonder what a chaos dreadknight would look like?

I am glad the morning I spent photoshopping that picture ended up inspiring you all to start this contest. I never thought that pic would get that much attention either.

I guess I should preorder one and submit an entry too right?

I think someone should make one with a jokareo as the pilot..

Shaman wrote:I think someone should make one with a jokareo as the pilot..

Like this?

If you build it...you will win!

^^Win!

K that Looted Dreadknight is awesome!
Urge to convert... rising!

Lord Scythican wrote:I am glad the morning I spent photoshopping that picture ended up inspiring you all to start this contest. I never thought that pic would get that much attention either.

Ah, so I have you to blame! I actually preordered one to loot because of that picture!

does adeptus mechanicus count as non-Astarte?

Lord Scythican wrote:I am glad the morning I spent photoshopping that picture ended up inspiring you all to start this contest. I never thought that pic would get that much attention either.

I guess I should preorder one and submit an entry too right?

OMG thank you. That pic did INSPIRE me something fierce, Im glad we know who did it, cause I had a hard time finding the author.
I think you should do an entry yes!

also edited the contest

*The winner will receive a Strike Force of 2 Grey Knights Boxes, and one Grey Knight Terminator Box (or the equivalent in store credit).*

Lord Scythican wrote:

Shaman wrote:I think someone should make one with a jokareo as the pilot..

Like this?

LOLOLOLOL

Well played sir, well played!

Arken Vul'tan01 wrote:Hmmm..... I wonder what a chaos dreadknight would look like?

Well, Chaos already has the Defiler.

@MajorTom11: I am getting faster at them, am I not?

lord_blackfang: I am glad the humor seems to be contagious!

Kesher wrote:OMG thank you. That pic did INSPIRE me something fierce, Im glad we know who did it, cause I had a hard time finding the author.
I think you should do an entry yes!

No problem. I am glad I could help out. I think I have a major addiction to looting models, which is the reason I made the mock up. This was the last one I did:

2 questions. Does it have to be painted and can it be dedicated to Chaos?

Fallenbourne wrote:2 questions. Does it have to be painted and can it be dedicated to Chaos?

No to painted (but you can paint it if you want), and yeah sure Chaos (but not Chaos Space Marines).


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Grundz wrote:does adeptus mechanicus count as non-Astarte?

Nah Mechanicus is allowed

Kesher wrote:

Fallenbourne wrote:2 questions. Does it have to be painted and can it be dedicated to Chaos?

No to painted (but you can paint it if you want), and yeah sure Chaos (but not Chaos Space Marines).

Well that sucks. Guess no Word Bearers conversion for me.

Okay so there seems to be a bit of confusion about my previous post, so I just wanted let everyone know the official rules for this contest.

This is a conversion contest. Entries do not have to be painted, but you can paint you entries. LOL make sense? So if you paint your conversion, then just make sure you take a WIP picture before you paint it so we can all see the work you put into it.

The theme of the contest is to make a Non-Astates pattern DreadKnight, so that mean absolutely no power armor. So Marines (both Chaos and loyalist) are out, but pretty much everything else is in. This technically includes Adeptus Mechanicus, but not Adeptus Custodes.

Some cool stuff I've heard being kicked around are Eldar Avatars, Daemon Knights, DeffKnights, and CarniDreads, lol. So the results should be pretty awesome.

The rest of the rules are here http://blog.spikeybits.com/2011/03/40k-contest-dreadknight-mega-build.html

So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

Smile when you say that.

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

Maybe you could like, not enter, or something? I don't know...

Kesher wrote:Entering is easy- all you have to do is pre-order a Dreadknight from Spikey Bits Mail Order, and convert it into a Non-Astartes version of itself by Friday April 22nd. Then us picture of it (no colleges please, but you can send multiple pics), and we'll set them up for judging on the blog!

I suppose that's one way of trying to shift these turds off the shelf.

This may only be tangentially on topic, but I had a look through the GK Codex at my local GW today and I noticed something strange on one of the first few pages.

There's a piece of black and white artwork that depicts a bunch of Grey Knights fighting Orks... nah, just kidding, they're fighting Daemons (seriously, what else would they be fighting?) and part of the picture is a Dreadknight.

What's so special about a Dreadknight you ask?

Well, the Dreadknight in this picture differs from the actual Dreadknight model in one fairly significant way. From the waist up it's the same ol' Dreadknight we know and love/hate. But from the waist down the legs of the Terminator controlling the Dreadknight actually go into the Dreadknight's legs and are mostly encased within the armour of the legs.

It seems that somewhere along the design path the Dreadknight was far more Power Loader-y where the pilots legs are inside the suit's legs, while the arms remain outside the suit's arms, and not so APU-y with the pilot's legs sitting outside of the suit's legs.

Shame.

Grot 6 wrote:

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

Smile when you say that.

I don't get the reference, but I assure you I find this "contest" quite laugh worthy

Kilkrazy wrote:

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

Maybe you could like, not enter, or something? I don't know...

My point, though I may have veiled it too cleverly, is that this contest is stupid and nobody will enter because the entrance fee is $60 plus a substantial amount of your time and the prize is $110.

Lord Scythican wrote:

Shaman wrote:I think someone should make one with a jokareo as the pilot..

Like this?

"Two men enter, one man leaves"

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

No, you convert a $60 model to make something awesome.

Counts-as Mega dread or Deff dread for the greenskins. I'm sure other races can use their respective imaginations.

ph34r wrote:

Grot 6 wrote:

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

Smile when you say that.

I don't get the reference, but I assure you I find this "contest" quite laugh worthy

Kilkrazy wrote:

ph34r wrote:So basically all I have to do is completely trash a ~$60 model to the point of it being unplayable, and I have a CHANCE to win ~$110 back?

Heh. Sorry, no.

Maybe you could like, not enter, or something? I don't know...

My point, though I may have veiled it too cleverly, is that this contest is stupid and nobody will enter because the entrance fee is $60 plus a substantial amount of your time and the prize is $110.

Your point was so bleedingly obvious you had no need to make it.

I do find it a bit dodgy that you have to convert your Dreadknight to a non-GK pattern walker...to win Grey Knights.

I'm not even sure if it's possible to convert to chaos too many smooth edges and inlaid script. Unless.... I take a knife to it and sharpen every round edge, and fill in every piece of script, and replace the pilot with a daemon, and replace its arms with defiler claws

SkaerKrow wrote:I do find it a bit dodgy that you have to convert your Dreadknight to a non-GK pattern walker...to win Grey Knights.

Thats actually a good point, you should win an infantry box for the army you are using it for