Forgeworld Blog - New Dreadnought class sighted!

[Mr Mystery]

It's kind of Spacey, and it's also kind of Crusadey.

Break the internets, Forgeworld!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/FW/Blogs/AVE432GERD_1HTGERW43_41A.jpg

[Brakkart]

Ohh that looks rather nasty and wow does it pack a lot of firepower. Me likes it a lot!

[DrLove42]

The female space marine model! With a chest like that it must be female.....

Looms like belt fed autocannons and a big missile battery, maybe a whirlwind thing

[Wolfshade]

Awesome.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Damn son. That thing is trippy.

[Mr Mystery]

Being a Dreadnought Chassis, should have a range of weapon fits open to it as well.

And don't forget the auxillary weapon under the chassis. Might be a Heavy Bolter...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

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[spagunk]

Battletech called, they want their Timberwolf back.

In all seriousness, I can't wait to see what they will be doing with it.

[Ulthwé Guardian]

Looks a little like a Timber Wolf from the Mach Warrior franchise.

[Wolfshade]

Do you think we could construct a name of the model from the file name?

AVE432GERD_1HTGERW43_41A.jpg

[eldargal]

Oh good, just what the game needed, another dreadnought type.

[Wolfshade]

Reminds of space crusade:

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/20/38996_md-Chaos,%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines,%20Dreadnought,%2 0Rogue%20Trader,%20Space%20Crusade.JPG

[Jared van Kell]

Personally I am liking the look of the new BattleTech style Dreadnought. With two twin-linked autocannons, a cyclone missile launcher and what looks to be a heavy bolter underneath I am expecting this thing to do quite well in the shooting phase.

But we shall see.

JvK :cool:

[Wolfshade]

Maybe a hyperios launcher?

[Mr Mystery]

Could be anything. Remember - Dreadnoughts have ever been testbeds for new dakka....

[Darren Richardson]

Reminds of space crusade:

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/20/38996_md-Chaos,%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines,%20Dreadnought,%2 0Rogue%20Trader,%20Space%20Crusade.JPG

Oh I am so green with envy right now, if they are yours you are one lucky sod to have TWO Space Crusade Mission Dreadnought super sized dreads....

Not to mention all those regular dreads...

[Wolfshade]

No not mine some grab from google image search.

[energongoodie]

I love dreadnoughts.....but this looks bonkers.

[Kirsten]

looks cool to me

[Faultie]

Sweet! I've been wondering when the Madcaticus and Maddogitatus patterns would become available!

[Houghten]

I flipped a coin, it came up heads. I therefore believe they will be calling this pattern "Furibundus," rather than "Deredo."

[energongoodie]

looks cool to me

I'm sure I'll still buy one :)

[Brettila]

That bottom gun really looks like a grenade launcher, like on the Landspeeder Storm or Scout bikes.

[White Tiger88]

It's kind of Spacey, and it's also kind of Crusadey.

Break the internets, Forgeworld!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/FW/Blogs/AVE432GERD_1HTGERW43_41A.jpg

Dread Rambo, the newest addition to forgeworlds "Screw all the non-marines" policy :P

Also did no one notice the thousands son contemptor in one of the pictures?

[Kirsten]

I'm sure I'll still buy one :)

yeah I could see an Iron Hands one in my future.

the bottom gun looks too wide barrelled to be a grenade launcher to me, but who knows.

[Tyrendian]

Also did no one notice the thousands son contemptor in one of the pictures?

no I didn't, and still don't... where?

[Robert Mont'au]

Looks like the Dreadnought from the cover of Fulgrim in the Horus Heresy series.

[Brother Sutek]

To those that made the attempt at humor calling this a "female" dread I would call to mind the vast number of large breasted men we see at EVERY CONVENTION AND GAMING EVENT! Lets try to be nice Ladies and Gentlemen. Rant over, sorry been a long day of dealing with teenage boys in driving class.

[Gamgee]

So ugly. I thought the worst I have ever seen was the Dread Knight. I guess I was wrong.

[madlib]

What a waste of time. It looks pretty stupid, but even if it didn't, another dreadnought pattern is just redundant and a waste of FW's creative resources.

[Defenestratus]

Ugh. Spit. Vomit. Hack. Phlegm. Spit again.

What the **** is that?!?!

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Yeah, can't say I'm a fan either - guess it's one of those Marmite type things where you either love it or hate.

[Jared van Kell]

I am going to wait until I have seen the complete model before I make my final decision as to whether or not I decide to buy it. I personally like the look of it so far but the complete model will be the make or break for me on this issue.

JvK :cool:

[Mr Mystery]

What a waste of time. It looks pretty stupid, but even if it didn't, another dreadnought pattern is just redundant and a waste of FW's creative resources.

Not really. Contemptor pattern is what Dreadnoughts should be (well, I think so anyway :p). Castra Ferrum is the standard - and this is the heavy weapon platform. Provides horrendous amounts of firepower by the look of it, whilst being able to go largely wherever Infantry can. That's a decent support role Marines don't currently have all that well covered.

[Defenestratus]

Not really. Contemptor pattern is what Dreadnoughts should be (well, I think so anyway :p). Castra Ferrum is the standard - and this is the heavy weapon platform. Provides horrendous amounts of firepower by the look of it, whilst being able to go largely wherever Infantry can. That's a decent support role Marines don't currently have all that well covered.

The marines get yet another dreadnought chassis (as if the two or three that already exist weren't enough) and we Eldar players are STILL waiting on a conversion kit for the Wraithknight.

Its stupid.

[40kGamer]

The marines get yet another dreadnought chassis (as if the two or three that already exist weren't enough) and we Eldar players are STILL waiting on a conversion kit for the Wraithknight.

Its stupid.

Wraithknight kit! I'm still waiting on a Farseer & Warlock Jetbike kit! :p

[Deadlift]

Yeah, can't say I'm a fan either - guess it's one of those Marmite type things where you either love it or hate.

I'm yet to see a full picture, I love Dreadnoughts in all their various guises both loyalists and chaos. To me they are a iconic 40k model. But I do think we have enough variants. But I guess it's FW excuse to print money.
However I would much prefer to something new for the Necrons or any other underrepresented xenos army.
I'm actually getting bored of all this HH stuff now. Especially as other FW lines seem to be suffering for it.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I'm yet to see a full picture, I love Dreadnoughts in all their various guises both loyalists and chaos. To me they are a iconic 40k model. But I do think we have enough variants. But I guess it's FW excuse to print money.
However I would much prefer to something new for the Necrons or any other underrepresented xenos army.
I'm actually getting bored of all this HH stuff now. Especially as other FW lines seem to be suffering for it.

It would be nice if they did the special characters from Fall of Orpheus or Maynarkh specific Flayed Ones (Not keen on the current GW ones). A "big" centrepiece model would be nice too. I don't mind the Admech or Solar Auxilia stuff, but the SM stuff is starting to bore me a lot so I relate there.

[Mr Mystery]

And now we have a classification, and a full pic.

Say hello to my little friend, the Deredeo class Dreadnought.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10367683_10153457376623056_2395735260705236130_n.j pg?oh=c9c5a9b0e30a7d92798c3247bcd800e1&oe=5527060D&__gda__=1428544856_71a89e64cc8e942671aef0cec44709d a

[Erik Setzer]

That looks more like the Space Crusade robot than an original Dreadnought. Nothing wrong with that, of course, I just think it's odd BoLS claimed it was the original Dreadnought model making a comeback.

[Mr Mystery]

Robot in Space Crusade was a Dreadnought :)

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic1378427_md.jpg

Was also used for the Epic Chaos Dreadnought sculpt.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z14_SLCCr2E/U9jxDsiclVI/AAAAAAAABjE/4WAgOCaBLNk/s1600/IMG_0628%5B1%5D.JPG

[Erik Setzer]

I thought it was called a robot at one point? I thought it might have also been called a Dreadnought, but they kind of waffled around with names. Regardless, it wasn't the original Marine Dreadnought in 40K, and certainly not the one they showed on Facebook.

Yeah, I see Space Crusade was 1990, original Dreadnoughts (as shown on BoLS Facebook) were 1987. Not sure how they could even confuse the two versions, they look quite different from the legs up (the legs aren't really that similar, but at least somewhat).

On a side note, someone actually had a Space Crusade "Dreadnought" and some Androids at the GW store a couple weeks ago, plus a Rogue Trader era Land Raider. His son was using some of the original metal Harlequins (he claimed from the old box with, IIRC, 26 models in it). Was crazy nostalgic. (And then there was the whole line about how the models were older than half the people in the shop at the time.) If the guy ever sells his stuff, I'm going to jump all over it. Especially old Marine vehicles for Horus Heresy.

[Defenestratus]

That model is hideous. The legs and torso don't go together at all.

[Erik Setzer]

I wouldn't call it "hideous." I think they were trying to do a nostalgic callback to the Space Crusade model, while keeping part of the aesthetic of the Contemptors.

[Horncastle]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10367683_10153457376623056_2395735260705236130_n.j pg?oh=c9c5a9b0e30a7d92798c3247bcd800e1&oe=5527060D&__gda__=1428544856_71a89e64cc8e942671aef0cec44709d a

I want to put those arms on a Mark V (if they aren't to out of scale).

[Houghten]

I flipped a coin, it came up heads. I therefore believe they will be calling this pattern "Furibundus," rather than "Deredo."

That'll teach me to trust a coin.

[Kirsten]

I like it

[Mr Mystery]

Also......

Quick Brother Stompy! The Orks threaten to overwhelm your position......FIRE ZE NIPPLEFLAMERS!

[Horncastle]

FIRE ZE NIPPLEFLAMERS!

At least they're functional; unlike most nipple adornment on armour.

[Mr Mystery]

There is that!

I'm liking the more functional look of this bad boy.

[Darren Richardson]

got to say, now I've seen more of him, I like him too, a mobile walking tank is what he kinda is....

Hah the Imperium are making Patlabors :D

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Am I the only one wondering how the dead guy fits in there?

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Am I the only one wondering how the dead guy fits in there?

Perhaps they saw off his legs before fitting him in? it would be suitably grimdark and amusing.

[Arkhan Land]

Yeah I always thought with the dreads you get most of your torso and head in the sarco-center section.

[Houghten]

Given the way the front juts out, I'd imagine the Marine is horizontal in this design.

[Kirsten]

the marine is often just a few organs, brain and nerves anyway, there doesn't have to be a body necessarily

[Popsical]

Oh dear god! Its bloody awful! Ugly desecration of all that is aesthetic.
It looks nothing like the deredeo at all.
To be honest its just another validation of the 6th/7th ed rule that if your dread isnt pure firepower built, its a waste of time having it.
Unless its in a drop pod obviously.
I miss the days of my dreads being able to have a balanced weapon payload and WALKING across the battlefield to engage the enemy.
Nah, now i must field a suicide drop unit, or a gun platform.
UGLY and boringly predictable. Yawn.....