Back in the dim, dark mists of the olden days (around 2008), before Forgeworld started making Contemptor Dreadnoughts, I was asked to build a dreadnought based on the artwork from the Horus Heresy cardgame. What follows here is a compilation of posts from my modeling blog on DakkaDakka as the build came together. It’s fun to look back on it now and think about what I would have done differently or better if I was to do it today… ***
I like Dreadnoughts. It makes happy happen in my head that I get to work on another one 🙂
I’m taking this:
…and (hopefully) turning it into something that looks vaguely like this:
First up, the legs…
They needed to be more streamlined, and his hips needed some narrowing. So, I sliced off the external cabling and hydraulics, severed the legs at the hips and knees, and wound up with this:
Next step will be to narrow down the thighs, smooth off the tops of the hips, and give him new shins under those armour pads.
Started trimming the thighs down:
Then hacked the old hip joints and front armour off the waist piece:
Added a new hip shaft:
And busted out the ProCreate to fashion a new groin plate:
Took the torso sections and trimmed them down a little:
…so that when fitted together, they look something like this:
Then started adding the basic framework for the new torso plating:
A start on the front torso panelling:
