A Stumble Of Dreadnoughts?

   It has often been said that I take ideas too far and this is going to be a firm tick in that column, I'm afraid. I was bought a plastic Warhammer 30k Leviathan Dreadnought for Christmas, it wasn't on any list and I wasn't planning on getting one but the model was gratefully received and sent me down a rabbit hole.

   To start with, I know leviathans are supposed to be really good at the moment, and even in 1st edition I've had them rip through my armies and I've watched one single-handedly kill a Warhound titan but the one in my Sons of Horus army, just never achieved anything. Chatting to my old podcast mates they suggested I try one of 2 or 3 weapon sets as it would just be more effective, so I've tried one of those on this one - a pair of Cyclonic Melta Lances.

   Building the Leviathan got me thinking about my Ultramarines in general and one thought that popped into my head was, with the amount of dreadnoughts I own - could I run a full dreadnought list? The answer was, very nearly. . .

   A quick order online* and I had the bits I needed for an initial 2,000 point list as one of the guys is going to a tournament late in Feb that is running at that limit and wants a test game.

*and then another 2 smaller ones elsewhere

   The first extra model for this post is a second close combat Contemptor Dreadnought to be best buddies with one I already have. This one is the new plastic kit and I've magnetised the weapon arms to allow other ideas in the future.  I'm really pleased with how I've broken up the amount of blue panels - although the assault emblem on one fist might be a detail too much.

   The last one for this post was a bit of a what do I do with the hundred of so points I can't spend in this list - fit a box dread in. These guys aren't great in 30k, they just don't have enough shots or attacks for the size squads they generally face, but it fills points and hopefully helps me just do that last bit of damage on something that the bigger boys didn't quite finish off. Failing that it can hold something and keep out of the way.

The downside of all this, is for some reason I've changed how I paint dreadnoughts and now I'm not happy with my older ones, so I'm looking at going back and giving them a bit more effort.

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