I have a good collection of original metal dreadnoughts, very accurate miniature versions of the larger Rogue Trader ones. The armament (single or twin arm hooters) and body styles (short leg wide body vs long leg wide body) vary ever so slightly from those specified for the full scale ones, but are still clearly made up from the same components.
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Mutilator Detachment.
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A classic Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader Mutilator Detachment consists of 4 Dreadnoughts:, 2 Contemptor close assault Dreadnoughts ("Chuck" armed with 2 bolters on each arm - the Rogue Trader one even came equipped with a jump pack); 1 Deredeo attack support Dreadnought ("Eddie" armed with a missile launcher and bolter); 1 Furibundus destroyer Dreadnought ("Fury" armed with a las-cannon and 2 bolters).
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Mutilator Detachment.
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The other 4 Dreadnoughts are all Contemptors.
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Contemptor Dreadnoughts.
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Original 1st edition Adeptus Titanicus metal Dreadnoughts can be pretty expensive these days, but as luck would have it, one of the local second hand games shops had another 8 for only £2, hidden in amongst a load of 15mm figures.
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Deredeo Dreadnoughts.
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A great find and they'll be cleaned up and painted sometime soon, possibly as World Eaters but more porbably just to bulk out my Crimson Fists. There are 4 more Deredeos and 4 more Furibundus - mixed in with the 4 Contemptors that will give me a total of 3 Mutilator detachments and 1 Destroyer detachment.
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Furibundus Dreadnoughts.
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For comparison, I've dug my full scale 40K Dreadnought Multilator Detachment out of the howitzer ammunition box in the garage. It would be nice to have a chance to finish painting these one day, only the first one has been completed. The rest have got as far as Humbrol 104 Oxford Blue base coat and the chainmail drybrush on the weapons.
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Contemptor Dreadnought 1
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Contemptor Dreadnought 2
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Deredeo Dreadnought
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Furibundus Dreadnought
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