From DallasE: Khornate Chaos Dreadnought (20 points)

 

Well I'm back with some more old-school 40K goodness. This time it's a metal Chaos Dreadnought done up in Khornate colours, for service with my Berzerkers.

Firstly a word on collecting these ancient out-of-production models. I might have mentioned this in my post on the Chaos Lord on Juggernaut, but generally speaking OOP Games Workshop stuff ain't cheap. Yes you might get lucky from time to time (like I did with the Jugger), but people on eBay generally are aware (or think they are aware) of the prices these models will bring and set their own BIN accordingly. Models sealed in original blister packs or boxes can be outrageously priced, but painted stuff can be had for not-unreasonable prices. This model was unpainted and loose and acquired on eBay for about $100 CAD.

 

"A hundo for a chunk of metal that cost $55 brand new? That's crazy!" you might exclaim. But I have a perfectly reasonable justification for this. The Bank of Canada has an "inflation calculator" that compares the cost of a basket of goods in any year to its cost in any other year, and that's a good enough proxy for me. It tells me that $55 in 1999 is equivalent to $99.18 today, and that's about what I paid for the model. The other thing to consider is "what would an equivalent model cost, brand new from GW?" The answer here is... about $75 for the Space Marine Venerable Dreadnought. So maybe that's a bad example.

 

But then again, maybe not... is the new Venerable Dreadnought "comparable" to this classic Dreadnought? The new Dread is a million plastic parts that you have to assemble (correctly), and has a fist on it that would put Hellboy to shame. This one is METAL and fewer than 10 parts. I'm also paying for the old-school cool because this model fits right into the 25-year-old aesthetic of my project. To me that's worth $25. I know, this is all just to make me feel better, but it works :-)

How cool is this, right? I know it's missing the trophy pole but I have a plastic one I might add later... anyway the red was done with Khorne Red, highlighted Mephiston Red, washed with Nuln Oil, then brought back up with KR and Mephiston. Brass bits were done in Brass Scorpion, highlighted Retributor Gold then washed with Agrax Earthshade. The rest is mainly Leadbelcher washed with NO. Groundwork was Dark Brown, Steel Legion Drab, Rakarth Flesh as a final drybrush.

I'm claiming 20 points here for a 28mm vehicle.

Cheers,

Dallas

No need to justify your labour of love here Dallas, although I teach class in financial mathematics so understand inflation adjusted prices.  It's a great bit of kit.  I love the steam punky look and the fact that it appears to have toes.  The Red and Gold livery suits it very well, and you basing is aces.