KLAAANNGGG!
Brother-Sergeant Darius, quite simply, loved his job. As a veteran Ork hunter, it fell to him to mentor new recruits and train them in the ways of Greenie-slaughter. Today was another lesson in "how to take out stationary Ork dreadnoughts" - rather conveniently, they came across a stalled out red one not too far from base and went to work.
KLAAANNGGG!
After ensuring the dread was blinded/immobilized, Darius climbed on top of it and had a recruit throw a good-sized stone to him. Grinning from ear to ear he began to smash the stone on the locked hatch, knowing that the greenie inside would get annoyed enough to unbutton and come out, giving the marines yet another easy kill. Glancing around, Sgt. Darius saw his recruits edging forward, bolters at the ready. "Any time now, lads. Get ready.", he said through the vox, raising the stone for yet another strike -
- quick as a snake, and as loud as a thousand rusted gates, the dreadnought's Klaw grabbed Darius around his middle and easily snipped him into two sections. In shock the squad of recruits began to fire ineffectually against the now-active dreadnought's hide.
Smeggit the gretchin was a smarter than the average Grot - he heard that some of da Boyz were being wiped out by some sneeky Beekies using the ol' "Smak da Kan Wiv a Rock" trick. Vowing to not be as stoopid as the other ladz, he patiently played dead and waited until the Beekies came around to try their trick on them. "Well, Smeggit, me old lad, so far so good.", he muttered to himself. "One Beekie Boss in two pieces, and a bunch more in flama range. Time ta cook!"
Knowing that he shouldn't, but absolutely unable to resist, Smeggit cracked the hatch just enough to give the old wun-finger salute (in stereo!), and then thumbed the trigger...
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| A rude lad. |
I love me some 3-D printing. This model is entirely so - it doesn't appear to be a scan, but a ground-up digital sculpt based on the Rogue Trader Ork Dreadnought (Killer configuration). It's modular - there are also parts to make the Super-Attack Onslaughter variant - but I wanted to keep it simple for the first print. The rude pilot is obviously an original sculpt.
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| A Bad Lad at all angles. |
Didn't feel too original with the paint job - when in doubt, red and simple is the way to go for Ork gear. Interestingly enough, flamers are not an option for RT era Dreads. I always liked the Ork flamer though, so I printed it anyway. If I ever use it in an RT game, it can be counts-as.
