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No it does not. "Eddie" and .... can't remember the other one.

It's an update of this:



... the old Chaos Dread from Space Crusade.

In reference to the name: the original RT era dreadnought was available in three different versions Furibundus, Deredeo, and Contemptor, but they were also sold as Fury, Eddie, and a third name that escapes me.

Chuck?

Yeah that's it. Classic dreadnought name.

 Bronzefists42 wrote:
Looks very gundam. Will have to see the dread painted before passing judgement.

Yeah i would rather just use a Gundam model. That thing is terrible.

I don't think you can judge the size and depth of the torso too well, but those guns are too long for it. I bet it's going to have rules that change people's minds.

I think the new Dreadnought looks really cool! Great throwback to the old RT Dreadnoughts. I don't get all the hate.

I LOVE how over the top the Dread is.

 Darth Bob wrote:
I think the new Dreadnought looks really cool! Great throwback to the old RT Dreadnoughts. I don't get all the hate.

I, personally, can't see the throwback to the old "peanut" Deredeo, in its' figure or weapons loadout.

The FW Contemptor - yep, sure, could see the "roots" of that model in the peanuts. Not this one...

That being said, I like the Dreadmech on it's own merits as a model.

Edit - sorry, forgot to add - name aside, I think HBMC is right, it's closer to an update of the Space Crusade MK X Abomination than anything else...

I'd love to see an updated version of those old peanuts!

Awful, totally unnecassary model ... and the name is awful too.

Will this one then also make a comeback?

I hope so. An updated version of that could be very interesting to see.

I like that this model is polarising.

 Malika2 wrote:
Will this one then also make a comeback?

I thought it had, in a way, with the plastic Hellbrute... seems to be some similar design aesthetics.

Hmm, on an aesthetic level sort of. But I mean more of the old stuff coming back. I mean, the Gal Vorbak already look like the RT era Chaos Space Marines, so I'm curious to see FW expand on that (if they ever decide to do some post-Heresy stuff again).

 Malika2 wrote:
Will this one then also make a comeback?

A dreadnought with a penis.
Makes sense.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
It's an update of this:



... the old Chaos Dread from Space Crusade.

See when I look at it, it appears to be a mix of that and this:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Will this one then also make a comeback?

A dreadnought with a penis.
Makes sense.

It's a Slaanesh dreadnought of course.

 Denilsta wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Will this one then also make a comeback?

A dreadnought with a penis.
Makes sense.

It's a Slaanesh dreadnought of course.

Actually, that red and black dread has been assembled "incorrectly"... Here's the original catalogue page, showing the correct groin...uhhh... "orientation".

So more of a Scorpion's Sting then?

Whew!

I really dislike the new Dreadnought, but the gun arms look good. I love cool ammunition belt feeds. At the very least, the arm options will be good for conversions and things.

 Alpharius wrote:
So more of a Scorpion's Sting then?

Whew!

...or a rear facing penis.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
So more of a Scorpion's Sting then?

Whew!

...or a rear facing penis.

I've seen mine dancing like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.... Once you've seen that the design makes more sense.

 Padre wrote:
[I think HBMC is right, it's closer to an update of the Space Crusade MK X Abomination than anything else...

Ooh, I had forgotten they had names, I just remember them having numbers. Though if this is supposed to be an updated SC dread, I think it's way off the mark aesthetically. They'd need to reverse-joint the legs, fare-over the marine-style head and hang the autocannon mounts on pylons for it just to have the same approximate shape.

Turaxa wrote:

 Padre wrote:
[I think HBMC is right, it's closer to an update of the Space Crusade MK X Abomination than anything else...

Ooh, I had forgotten they had names, I just remember them having numbers. Though if this is supposed to be an updated SC dread, I think it's way off the mark aesthetically. They'd need to reverse-joint the legs, fare-over the marine-style head and hang the autocannon mounts on pylons for it just to have the same approximate shape.

Well if the legs are as posseable as the Contemptor it shouldn't be hard to build it to look something like that.

 Padre wrote:

 Darth Bob wrote:
I think the new Dreadnought looks really cool! Great throwback to the old RT Dreadnoughts. I don't get all the hate.

I, personally, can't see the throwback to the old "peanut" Deredeo, in its' figure or weapons loadout.

The FW Contemptor - yep, sure, could see the "roots" of that model in the peanuts. Not this one...

That being said, I like the Dreadmech on it's own merits as a model.

Edit - sorry, forgot to add - name aside, I think HBMC is right, it's closer to an update of the Space Crusade MK X Abomination than anything else...

I thought the FW Contemptor was a "new" version of the Epic SM Dreadnought from the Epic Stompers box, not the old RT Dreds.

The FW Contemptor (and others) have the names of the old RT Dreds, but they certainly don't look anything like them. They don't even look like modern remakes of the old RT dreds.

A solid 'meh', maybe even a 'yuck'. The autocannons are about 25% too long, and the legs are way too chunky for the size of the body. Standard Contemptor legs would be better. It resembles modern GW design aesthetics of 'bigger, badder, more guns!', rather than Forgeworld design.

Also, Contemptors are totally the dreads from the Epic stompers box. Which always made them even cooler in my eyes.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Each to his own I guess. I think it looks awesome.

Agreed. Far better than endless Contemptor rehashes.

I like its boob armour.