Converting The BaC Dreadnought (part 1)

I’ve been collecting several of the of the Betrayal at Calth dreadnoughts to add to my Blood Angels force. The models in this set are fantastic, but the dreadnought’s pose is a little flat. I am going to reposition them to varying degrees, primarily the legs the head and the torso. This opens up a lot of dynamic options for the model.

Stock pose for the dreadnought

 

Removed legs after a saw cut at the hip

The first dreadnought is going to receive some significant leg work. Others will likely have more simple repositioning. This one is going to have a remodeled middle leg.

Cutting out the Dreadnought head for repositioning

Changing the position of the head on this kit is pretty easy. Once its been removed from the liner part of the torso and trimmed it can be pivoted slightly to bring a lot out of the torso’s upper body.

Removed and trimmed head

 

Repositioned head

Even a little bit of repositioning of the dreadnought’s head will make the torso’s position a lot more interesting.

Dreadnought legs cut, knees separated

Next up its time to chop up the legs. I am discarding the knee and middle leg. The plan is to rebuild these out of plasticard and putty.

Lower legs filled in

Using some greenstuff putty the cavity inside the trimmed lower legs are filled in. This will provide a solid foundation for the rest of the legs to built on.

Dreadnought Close Combat Arms

The contemptor dreadnought’s arms are convenient in that they are symmetrical making it very easy to create a left and right arm from the close combat weapon arm from 2 separate kits. Other dreadnoughts will have different load-outs that I can assemble later.

Test assembly of dreadnought upper body

Using a small amount of glue I did a test pose for the upper torso. This begins to capture the aggressive pose that I am going for with this model.

Stay tuned for the next part of this project!