Dreadnought

We've been working a bit on Beeb's Blood Angels Dreadnought. It's the new plastic one from the Assault on Black Reach set. It's a pretty cool sculpt, although I'm thinking about maybe extending the exhausts on the power plant at the back so they stick up more and are less flush to the body of the Dreadnought. It's got a good amount of detail though, and we're going all out to paint little kill markings, warnings, details etc. I mounted it on a tech base to match up with the rest of his army. I'm thinking about adding some cables snaking across the ground. Also I'd quite like to add a banner, and maybe freehand paint something on the plain leg - perhaps a small angel with a cup of blood or something like that.

It uses the usual basic paint job for Blood Angels: chaos black undercoat, first coat of Mechrite Red Foundation paint, followed by Blood Red, then a wash of Baal Red. Edging is applied with Blazing Orange. The metals are all Boltgun Metal, washed with Badab Black. Highlights are applied with Chainmail. The golds are done with Scorched Brown mixed with Shining Gold, followed by pure Shining Gold, then highlights of Burnished Gold.