Space Marines - Elites
Dreadnought
From Simon's collection and taken at various shows.
To the right of this picture (cropped as it was blurred, but you can see the shoulder) was the GW Venerable Dreadnought, which compared to the really nice Forgeworld models is horrible. It even looks like extra metal parts added to the standard Dreadnought. So if you are in the market for a Venerable Dreadnought, spend the extra money and get yourself a really nice resin version from Forgeworld.
Okay then...
You want to see it in all its glory, well here it is.
Dark Angels Venerable Dreadnought
Dreadnought
Dreadnought
Space Marine Venerable Dreadnought from Simon's collection.
Space Marine Dreadnought from Simon's collection supported by Grey Knights.
Red Scorpions Dreadnought, a Golden Demon entry from GamesDay 2007.
Chaplin Dreadnought, a Golden Demon entry from GamesDay 2009.
A Dreadnought is piloted by a mighty warrior who has been saved from death by his internment within its armoured sarcophagus. In this way the warrior can continue to vanquish the foes of the Emperor for many centuries, or even millennia.
Spearheading the assaults of the Space Marines, Dreadnoughts are feared by all foes of the Imperium. On the battlefield they are death incarnate, with powerful weapons blasting their foes and lethal close combat weaponry crackling with deadly energies. There are few opponents in the galaxy who can stand against such armoured savagery.
Standing three times the height of a man, Space Marine Dreadnoughts are amongst the oldest war machines fighting on the battlefields of the 41st millennium.
Some Dreadnoughts are even said to date back tens of thousands of years to the Great Crusade, when the Emperor himself walked amongst his people.
The art of their construction has long since been lost, the arcane knowledge required passing into ritualised mythology, and each Chapter’s Dreadnoughts are treasured relics. They are a living embodiment of the Machine God, representing the ultimate fusion of the biological and the mechanical, as each one contains a living, sentient being. The pilots encased in the shell of a Dreadnought often have memories stretching back many thousands of years, and these ancient warriors are a tangible link to their Chapter’s past and heritage.