From PeterA: (Little) Big Stompy Robots of Death! (27 points)

 For my first post as part of the Sunday Crew I present three 15mm Dreadnaughts for the Horus Heresy. All are upscaled 3d prints from their original Epic scale (somewhere between 6-8mm I believe) and are part of my expanding collection for gaming the Horus Heresy in 15mm. In last year's Challenge I entered some Death Guard and Imperial Fists, so here are some more Loyalists in the form of a Space Wolves Contemptor and Leviathan Dreadnaught, and a Traitor Leviathan from the World Eaters.

First up, the Space Wolves Contemptor. I tried to bring out some of the detail using oil paints and thinners to apply a pin wash, not something I have done before. more practice will help, but it was relatively straightforward and I am quite pleased with the results, much more restrained and subtle than an acrylic wash. I used a few of the smallest decals from the GW Space Wolves Legion transfer sheet (intended for their full size models) to add a bit of colour, and there is also some sponged on battle damage. There are also a couple of Varagyr Terminators (3d prints again) for an idea of scale.

Joining the Contemptor is a Leviathan Dreadnaught - unfortunately I dropped him during painting and he lost one of the claws on his power fist, which promptly disappeared into the carpet's Bermuda Triangle-like vortex. As before, pin wash to try and bring out the details, some decals for bling and more Terminators for scale. As he is a big boy, he also has a hero rock (actually bark for garden use) which he takes with him everywhere!

And here they are together - I do love the insane size of the Levithan, as well as the four barrelled cannon for administering the Emperor's mercy!

Speaking of insane, here is a World Eaters' Leviathan. In the setting, these are meant to be siege Dreadnaughts, designed for tearing down/through fortifications and any soft squishy things inside them. However, the World Eaters are blood-thirsty, berserk maniacs, whose primary (only, really) tactic is to charge headlong into the enemy and hit them in the face. So clearly this Dreadnaught doesn't have the patience for siege warfare and is carrying out research on what a siege drill designed for burrowing through metres-thick walls can achieve in close combat. Either that, or it is simply running at the afore-mentioned wall to see if it can run through it.

Again, I have tried a pin wash, mostly on the blue and metallic parts. I don't have any decals for the World Eaters, so the Dreadnaught has had to make do with liberal use of the blood effect paint from GW to mark him out as a World Eater.

One last pic of all three together:

Points wise:

3x 15mm Dreadnaughts = 24 points

3x (little) Big Stompy Robots of Death = 3 side duel points

Total = 27 points (not sure if the Side Duel points get added to the total so will defer to the Almighty Sunday Minion! - the duels wallah should sort that - your post is tagged suitably )

From DaveD. Welcome into the fray Peter. Big Stompy Robots are always a joy to see .the hero rock sounds like a good idea . Oil washes are always a great way of working once you are used to them I feel . Well done on trying it .So I will round you upto 27pts .