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Thought i would put this up and see what you think. It was my first project following several years from the hobby.

Not knowing where to begin game or race wise, rather than jump right in with an army, i thought i would make something a bit different and see what whetted my appetite.

I have always loved conversions and scratch builds and thought i'd get creative. I have always had a fondness for Space Marines and the concept of a dreadnought fascinates me.

Dreadnoughts, or rather their bialogical component are considered to be the greatest of space marines. To quote 'When the greatest of the Astartes are crippled in combat the Battle-Brother's body will be repaired and transferred into an armoured cybernetic sarcophagus outfitted with extensive life support systems. This sarcophagus is then interred within the heart of the armoured body of a Dreadnought if there is even a spark of life left....'

Now, these are commonly the greatest warriors & leaders of the chapter in question. Chaplains and a librarian or two have also been ensconced in one of these armoured monoliths. However, what of the centuries of experience of an apothicary or a techmarine? Surely the adeptus astartes also value these too? A dreadnought apothecary, although feasable, strikes me as not that practical on a battlefield and so i found myself toying with the idea of a Techmarine Dreadnought. The concept of the the up scaled and up armoured, servo harnessed Diades class Techmarine Dreadnought began to take form. It also somehow seemed fitting to make it an Iron Hand and so, eventually, Venerable Mordan came to be.

I hope you like him...

Fully Armoured:

















And 'in the flesh', or rather, what is left of it...









Any and all feedback welcome.

Cheers,

Graymane

(sorry for the pic up - think it's sorted now)
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 Elbows wrote:
Interesting idea. Why isn't it red?


In answer to your question, i went with the Ironhands 'Ironfather' look, which is frequently shown without red. However, in hind sight, maybe a red arm might have been a good idea.

I am going to try a Contemptor version at some point soon so i shall have to make a nod to mars on that one.

Cheers,

Graymane]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/704589/8953178.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/704589/8953178.page GMT