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**reddragon96385**

I was inspired by the Ork Mega Dredd. Made the Mechanicum's response after they studied the concept. This is my first scratch build. I wanted to be different but still have its rooted appearance as a Dreadnought, only upgraded to combat heavier threats. If he where a legal model to play he would be apart of my space marines chapter "The Adamantium Dragons." They have very close ties to the Mechanicum of mars, and often field test weapons systems. If any one is wondering why all the ornaments, I figured that to be placed in such a machine would mean that the occupant is the pinnacle of Venerable Dreadnoughts. It's easy to tell I'm a novice in crafting models. He is only base painted, in the coming months I will be painting this guy.

**mikeb2817**

that is amazingly cool, i would love to see it painted.

its a beast of a (not so) mini

Kudos my ffirend.

Do you have any plans to make a some test rules and stats to use in friendly games (should your opponent allow), i would like to se ethem.

**The Ghoma**

HOLY CRAP!

**purplefood**

Well...
That's big...

**reddragon96385**

mikeb2817 wrote:that is amazingly cool, i would love to see it painted.

its a beast of a (not so) mini

Kudos my ffirend.

Do you have any plans to make a some test rules and stats to use in friendly games (should your opponent allow), i would like to se ethem.

He is still in the developmental phase. most of the weapons built in could be given their damage stats, the dual links Plasma blast cannon, and the huge Power fist will require some imagination. I would also have to build an Army to play, doing so bit by bit. Sadly I think he will just be a display piece, not sure any would allow him to be fielded.

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purplefood wrote:Well...
That's big...

And with plenty of Dakka for one and all

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The Ghoma wrote:HOLY CRAP!

*The last words of a Chaos Marine*

**da big mek skarfang**

that is f****** awesome! iwanna make one for my ultramarines!

**ph34r**

A nice concept.

However as with all large scratch builds, you open yourself up to a lot of problems.

Some areas, like the feet, gun, shield, look very undetailed. Other areas that would have been undetailed have fairly random bits added on to try to relieve that fact. Especially the main torso, crux terminatuses and purity seals everywhere.

The weapons seem comedically oversized. That plasma gun looks bigger than the warhound plasma weapon.

Overall not a fan. A very ambitious project for sure, but with large scratch builds like that there is just so much room for problems that it requires a really exceptional modeler to avoid them.

**Perkustin**

What a large creature that is

**reddragon96385**

hmmm sadly I just realized I posted the big guy in the wrong section, meant to post him in the unfinished, and in progress forum XD

**killykavekommando**

His arms are a tad bit big... besides that, great job!

**LunaHound**

You should name it "Litany of Litany's Litany"

**Joske De Veteraan**

uh O.o Epic !!

**goldlinkdawg**

that thing is huge wow at first i thought the comparison legs were teminator legs but then i realised that those were deadnought legs
very big very good

**LordWynne**

It could be a Sentinal for a Apoc game, try looking at the Epic rules on models that size and it looks awsome.

**reddragon96385**

thank you all for the warm reception, and the critiques of the big guy. Once I get him painted, I will start looking on rules for him. If anything he was fun to build

**Sarpedon_702**

wowza!!

**reddragon96385**

Perkustin wrote:What a large creature that is

The better to crush Heretics XD

**Nowlan**

Methinks the Space Marines might be overcompensating for something...

**Da Butcha**

I think it's pretty cool. The weapon systems do seem a bit oversized, but I think it even fits into the 40K universe pretty well.

After all, the Blood Angels have Librarian Dreadnoughts, and I'm pretty sure that the Ultramarine novels have a Techmarine Dreadnought. If you have a techmarine in a dreadnought life support chamber, he might just realize that he could fit his control systems to a larger Imperial war machine. I think that happened in one of the BL novels too, where a regular Techmarine interfaced with a AdMech weapon (basically an ICBM with a machine spirit). Presumably the Mechanicum has some walkers larger than Sentinels and smaller than Warhounds.

What you might to to emphasize that concept (if you like it), is to keep the central sarcophagus area very clearly associated with the parent Chapter, and have the paint job and detailing on the larger walker have more AdMech flair (Mars red paint, AdMech skull/cog symbols).

**Grundz**

my only complaint is the lumpyness at the rear of the giant plasma cannon

really minor and can be covered by bits anyway.

awesome

**Maphysto**

This is what happens when a Dread and a Titan make babies.

**Breotan**

And people gave me grief over my Dread with the LR Crusader sponsons. :/

**reddragon96385**

killykavekommando wrote:His arms are a tad bit big... besides that, great job!

the better to pound the gak out of chaos XD. Yeah I will one day rescale his arm and cannon.

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Breotan wrote:And people gave me grief over my Dread with the LR Crusader sponsons. :/

That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! let people give grief, don't let them crush your creativity

**steeds of war**

That is massive you should use the rules for the executioner cannon for that monster.

**aosol**

Clearly this dreadnought is compensating for something.

**Cottonjaw**

I.... like it!

I could see that gigantic plasma cannon working like a combi version of the titan plasma blast cannon. One shot, and the battery is cashed!

After that, this badboy charges into CC with a STR10 power fist and AV14!!

**Mannahnin**

Only finished, painted models go in Showcase.

**Medium of Death**

Over the top madness. I love it.

As soon as I saw it a certain theme started playing in my head...

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**Tazz Azrael**

It is definably an awesome build but the over sized power fist arm makes me think of Fap-Tau......

**reddragon96385**

Mannahnin wrote:Only finished, painted models go in Showcase.

yeah I know I apologized for that already XD realized afterwards that I had put it in the wrong forum.

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Medium of Death wrote:Over the top madness. I love it.

As soon as I saw it a certain theme started playing in my head...

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LOLS that brings back memories.