With the ETC moving to 1850 points, those of us with long standing 1750 points lists have to scratch our heads and think about how to make the move up. Just add a 100 point unit? add 100 points of extras to what you have? or completely rethink the list for the new limit?
I’ve pondered a few possibilities, and with Warpcon coming up next week it’s time to see how they fare in practice. So for Warpcon I’ll be adding a Chaos Dreadnought with Multimelta to my usual list. Not a bad unit for 100 points, particularly since the latest FAQ made the ‘friendly fire’ issue more controllable.
The only drawback is that I didn’t own a Chaos Dreadnought. Time to go shopping.
First choice is the ForgeWorld dreadnoughts – really amazing models and can be purchased with the exact loadout I need.
Problem: wouldn’t arrive in time… so no go.
What about the normal chaos dreadnought?
Ugliest model in the world.
Only remaining option – convert a loyalist dreadnought kit. Having looked at the various options, the ironclad looked like the best starting point, but it would need a few extras.
I raided my pile of chaos vehicle bitz, a defiler head, and even a space crusade chaos dreadnought multimelta (blast from the past!). Here’s how it panned out:
More pictures up on the facebook page!
WarHamSandwich 
January 22nd, 2012 at 8:52 pm
holy shitballs Harley, that is just fantastic! Love the MM conversion!
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Class mate, looking forward to catching up at Warpcon.
January 23rd, 2012 at 12:36 am
Dread is looking great! though i think i would just add a termicide unit to my 1750 chaos list for 1850 (if i had the bloody army painted)
January 23rd, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Termicides are great, but at 100 pts you only get 2 combiweapons. If I had 5 pts to spare then I’d be all over them-but not sure where I’d free up the points…
January 23rd, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Could drop the banner but that’s a big no-no for you methinks, that dread will do well I’d say, cheap and cheerful 100 points. I mean it’s not like the list was lacking efficiency in the first place!
January 30th, 2012 at 1:44 am
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