Dreads as leaders?

[Undave]

Dark Angels Mortis pattern Dreadnoughts have twin linked heavy weapon systems on both arms i.e. 2 twin linked lascannons, autocannons etc

 

[Roger Bunting]

You\'d think Imperial Fists could have that, what with them being sit back and shoot stuff kinda marines. Still, they have more options than Grey Knights, who, for example, can\'t have psycannons on their dreds unless you\'re using the forgeworld rules. Odd, that.

 

[mud duck]

I think that in the majority of cases a dreadnought wouldn\'t make for a very good leader. From my understanding of the fluff, dreads are not really all there mentality. And spend most of the time in a deep sleep. Bjorn is awoken something like every couple hundred years, or if the Chapter really, really needs his firepower/wisdom/leadership, and this made be the reason that he is for the most part lurictive at these times. Plus think of the poor captain that has been training men, learning tactics, who works best at what, etc., for the last hundred years only to be \"upstarted\" by by some walking tomb. May not be the best for moral.
On the other side, a dreadnought is a link to the history of the chapter, a fount of wisdom and advice, a thing/person of the past, something that isn\'t/ shouldn\'t be wasted. Where\'s living captains/leaders are the present and the future, something that is a little more expendable. And they are still building a name, honor, history, for themselves where\'s a dreadnought has all of these things.
\"Wars should be left the young, because wisdom knows better.\"

 

[Bengoodall]

And a dreadnought tends to be a bit more stompy in close combat then a captain, as good as captains are.

Mortis, thats what I was thinking of!

Twin linked twin heavy bolters, autocannons, lascannons, or missile launchers.

Ive got three of those, which come in behind the assault ones in one wave.

 

[revmatt]

The basic lit on the dreads doesn\'t paint them as hulks at all. Wisdom of the ages and stuff like that. f#ck it, Im making a dread leader for an army. Like I actually get time to play, I can barely get pics together to post.

 

[Bengoodall]

Also, when in doubt, given about ninety different answers, just do it anyway

Have you considered just starting a space wolf army and using bjorn.

Nothing to say you have to use the current bjorn model, just chop and paste.

 

[revmatt]

Nah, gonna make my own theme army, just paint em all up the same, or at least key playas. Im a painta, not a playa.

 

[Gussy]

Speaking of this...where can I get a twin link heavy weapon for the left arm?

Originally posted by Undave
Dark Angels Mortis pattern Dreadnoughts have twin linked heavy weapon systems on both arms i.e. 2 twin linked lascannons, autocannons etc

 

[Undave]

Forgeworld.



Or make your own

 

[Bengoodall]

You cant order just one twin linked weapon, they wont post just one out.

What were you after?

 

[Gussy]

I\'m trying to get a left weapon arm. It seems all the left arm are either claws of some type or missle launcher, even on Forgeworld.

Oh, forget it...just found it. Way towards the bottom of their list.

Thanks!

 

[Undave]

If you go for the Forgeworld option make sure you don\'t get MkIV arms if you are planning to put them on a plastic dreadnought as it\'ll look a bit wrong.

 

[Bengoodall]

Theres not a hell of a lot of difference really, most of the weapons are there or there abouts, the only difference seems to be the curve in the top plate on the MkIV, and its a flat angle on the MkV.

And the autocannon has a sealed magazine on the MkV also.