Fun Army Lists.

So in order to break up all the Tournaments I have been going to lately I have been running Fun/non-competitive lists at my FLGS on our weekly gaming night. I have noticed that these lists have been doing well too. Now I don't know if it's because my opponents have bad luck mixed in with their own fun lists or not. But either way I have been having fun and that's what really matters when it comes down to 40k. I want to review the lists I have run over the last couple weeks and maybe even get some feedback on weather you guys think they really are competitive lists or if you would just consider it to be a fun/gimmicky list.

Magnetizing a Contemptor Dreadnought

By popular demand, here is a guide to how I magnetized my Contemptor Dreadnoughts. With Pictures!


Make sure to check your magnet polarity before you glue! Check 2 and even 3 times, you don't want to mess that part up!

Step 1: Cut off the 1/2 ball on the bottom half of the waist and drill in to fit a 1/4 inch magnet

DDM Ready and Loaded.

So I had another productive weekend. I was able to put together some models from the AoBR kit and was able to paint a couple things also. But before I show you what got painted I would like to talk about something I was able to try out in a game this last week.

I was able to try out the Mortis Pattern Contemptor Dread with 2 Kheres Assault Cannons and a Cyclone Missile Launcher. It would look kind of like this...

Bad Ass!

Anyway I was playing a 1500 point game vs Kan Wall Orks list. I ran 2 of these dreads in my list and they were defiantly the MVPs of the game. By the end of the game they were able to take out or assist with taking out 3 mobs of 20 boys and 5 of 6 Killa Kans. I will have to give this build a couple more tries before I go and buy the arms and CML for it, but I think it may work very well with the type of lists I have been using as of late.

Anyway on to what I did this weekend. Lets start with the Dread.

I may need to go back over the blue highlights. I will have to take another look at it as they may be a bit to light... but they again it could be just that I can't see it because I am color blind. Let me know what you guys think.

Here is the second Drop Pod. I decided to go with a little different scheme for painting this one compared to the first.

And now for some good measure here are some comparison pics.

Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought: Build

The Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought was a very interesting build. The kit is very well made with minimal flashing and mold line. The design is also outstanding I though. They got some interesting details into the model that I did not even notice till I was almost done building it. Things like how the leg joints and knee pads work in a way to give you a correct range of motion for the model so you know what kind of leg position would work well with the kit.

I have the pillar magnetized for easier transport. The model itself is also quite the job to magnetize. I have each joint in the arms magnetized, the shoulders, head, and torso all magnetized. 

Here is a pic of the Torso and 1 arm in it's individual parts.

And finally here is a picture for size comparison with a chaos dread, and a peek at another project.