Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Ultramarines Redemptor Dreadnought (Part 1)

 I love this annual event (Dreadtober) as I usually get a really cool model built and completed for one of my factions. Two years ago I did an original Rogue Trader-era Space Marine Dreadnought (Furibundus). This year I will be revisiting that  theme by doing a modern-era Redemptor Dreadnought.  I will probably be following the same painting steps used for the Furibundus,  although it has considerably more detail, so I will likely be using more colors in addition to the Ultramarines scheme.

Redemptor in three sprues. 

Why I chose this Dreadnought is simply because it came with the final issues of Imperium Magazine and I thought it would make for a good endcap for the year considering how many Primaris Ultramarines I painted while I was recovering from my heart event earlier in the year. 

I haven't decided how I'm going to equip this guy yet, but these in depth profiles from the magazine are giving me some ideas...

Inspirational load-out guide. 

These magazines always have these small charts that are fun for rolling up little details about your specific models. They also have record sheets to track stuff like opponents defeated, etc. 

Battle Record charts.

I couldn't resist doing it for this post. So, rolling on the table my guy's name is Brother Allister and the fate that got  him interned into a  Dreadnought sarcophagus was that he was struck by a plasma blast. -Ouch!

Another reason I valued this magazine was the indepth and expanded assembly instructions that contain. This should be quite handy really soon! 

A Snippet of the assembly  guide

With the plastic piled up and clippers in hand, it's time to get Dreadtober 2024 going!!! 

Ready to build. 

What are you going to build and paint? Leave your pledge on the dreadtober blog page once you have it figured out. 


5 comments:

XarfaiEngel said...

That's a big boy for sure! It will look great with your blue colour scheme!

Siph_Horridus said...

Excellent to have you alongside.again Brother. I’m doing a Knight Lancer!

neverness said...

Thanks to both of you! I'm already a bit vexed by how many parts this thing has. I hope to pick up a Knight Lancer for next year, those are beautiful kits!

DAM said...

The redemptor makes for a fun project. Lot's of details to work on. Enjoy! I almost chose the brutalis this year, but fell back to the Invictor Warsuit I have had gathering dust for some time...

Marc van Holst said...

A great choice of project, you get some pretty cool stuff from those magazines. Redemptor's sure can pour out a lot of shots.