Dreadtober WP1, Dark Angel Saturnine Dreadnought

Welcome to this years Dreadtober build. I am not sure if this truly qualifies as a pure Dreadtober build, as it is a quite new model that has not been sitting in the pile of grey shame for long. Initially I had planed to do a Deredeo dreadnought, that has been sitting around for some time, but as the new Hours Heresy box dropped I could not help my self and I ended up with more grey shame.

I did build some of the Terminators recently and I liked how they turned out so I wanted to do the dreadnought as well. So I pulled out the sprues from the big box and I realized just how complex this kit is. There are a huge amount of parts. Just the legs consists of 16 pieces each, the torso is 24 pieces and the shield generators are 8 pieces each. So I got really concerned about this build, as the build it self would take some time and then painting all the details to an acceptable standard might not be possible in one month. But I will give it a try.

So the first task was to build the model, and as mentioned there are a lot of small parts to assemble to build all the major parts of the model. It is impressing how good the pieces fit and interlock with each other. The model is as complex as any scale model I have built and I did enjoy the process even if I felt a bit under pressure. All in all it took me three days to build (about 2h each day). I decided to leave it in as many sub assemblies as possible to be able to get to all the details.

Next step will be a base spray and start with the paint. I will do this as a pre-heresy First Legion Dark Angles dreadnought, similar in style to my previous ones. Lets see how this develops.