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Howdy, I'm, currently, in the final phases of converting my own Deff Dread and I figured I'd see what you guys think of it. I've been wanting to do a Dread Knight conversion ever since the model was released, but didn't have the extra funds to try my hand at it. Anyway, it's mostly finished. I'm just waiting on some guitar strings to add some wiring. Let me know what you think.

P.S. This is my first attempt at conversion work, ever.

Looks good! The Ork weapons are nicely integrated and the glyph plates add a touch of flavor. Personally, I would have attempted to place controls of some sort in the Ork's hands instead of axes, but that's far from a deal-breaker. If you hear one complaint, it's likely to be "not orky enough" - a few crude patch/armor plates, rivets, weld lines, etc. to supplement the glyphs would be enough to silence those folks.

Oadie is right, very good so far but nit quite orky enough.

oadie wrote:Looks good! The Ork weapons are nicely integrated and the glyph plates add a touch of flavor. Personally, I would have attempted to place controls of some sort in the Ork's hands instead of axes, but that's far from a deal-breaker. If you hear one complaint, it's likely to be "not orky enough" - a few crude patch/armor plates, rivets, weld lines, etc. to supplement the glyphs would be enough to silence those folks.

Agreed, a bit more "Orking" would make it about perfect. Some scars, bullet holes, etc on the larger plates would also work. Basically rough it up a bit.

Find some corugated cardboard and strip the first thin sheet f paper off the top to expose the wavy part below. Then put it 'ERRYWER. Should do the trick.

Thank you all for the comments. Oadie, that was my original idea. I was going to cut the axes off and put wiring going from the bottom of the handles; like joysticks. I kinda liked how the axes look, so I kept them as is.

Anyway, I'll be going through and adding battle damage, rivets, and welding lines once I get the guitar strings to put on. That'll make it Orky!

Great idea. Good execution. More stuff ie glif plates. Might steal your idea! Good work dude.

Shouldn't the suits arms match what the driver's arms are doing?

Well, if I would of went with my original idea about joysticks, yes, but fluffwise the driver of the Deff Dread is hardwired to the machine, so he's moving it with his mind; hence the mechanical head.

The axes are moved independently... So dat any gribblies dat stick der pointy bitz in me face get krumped good an propa!