Ork Incursion Imminent

I have a game lined up this week and I'm excited to finally play the assault terminators I finished up in 2019 for the first time along with my recently completed dreadnoughts.  It will be a smaller game though (~1000 points) so I'll only be able to play one dread.

I've put together a list:

++ Patrol Detachment 0CP (Imperium - Adeptus Astartes - Ultramarines) ++

**Chapter Selector**: Ultramarines

Battle Size [6CP]: 2. Incursion (51-100 Total PL / 501-1000 Points)  [6CP]

Gametype: Matched

+ HQ +

Lieutenants

. Lieutenant Aurelius: Adept of the Codex, Bolt pistol, Frag & Krak grenades, Master-crafted boltgun, Power fist, Rites of War, Stratagem: Exemplar of the Chapter, The Primarch's Wrath, Warlord

+ Troops +

Tactical Squad Vitus

. 7x Space Marine: 7x Bolt pistol, 7x Boltgun, 7x Frag & Krak grenades

. Space Marine Sergeant Vitus: Frag & Krak grenades, Bolt pistol, chainsword

. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Bolt pistol, Frag & Krak grenades, Heavy bolter

. Space Marine w/Special Weapon: Bolt pistol, Meltagun, Frag & Krak grenades

Tactical Squad Quinn

. 7x Space Marine: 7x Bolt pistol, 7x Boltgun, 7x Frag & Krak grenades

. Space Marine Sergeant Quinn: Astartes Chainsword, Bolt pistol, Frag & Krak grenades

. Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon: Bolt pistol, Frag & Krak grenades, Heavy bolter

. Space Marine w/Special Weapon: Bolt pistol, Frag & Krak grenades, Flamer

+ Elites +

Dreadnought Eddy [Legends]: Missile launcher, Dreadnought combat weapon w/ twin Storm Bolters: Storm bolter 2x [Legends]

*NOTE this isn't in Battlescribe - because my model is so old.  The closest has twin heavy bolters, but I'm going to sub for what is actually on the model so instead of twin Heavy bolters I'll do twin storm bolters and a combat weapon which is another profile.

Terminator Assault Squad Nox

. Assault Terminator Sergeant Nox: Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield: Storm shield, Thunder hammer

. 4x Assault Terminator w/THSS: 4x Storm shield, 4x Thunder hammer

. 5x Assault Terminator w/x2LC: 5x Lightning Claw (Pair)

++++Transmission: Adeptus Astartes Ultra++++

ORK INCURSION IMMINENT

Date: 6930021.M42

Location: Ultima Segmentum

Sub Sector: <PENDING>

MISSION BRIEFING

LIEUTENANT AURELIUS: You will assemble a patrol to intercept a xeno incursion.

HONOUR the chapter.

DEFEND the sub sector once the xeno incursion is pin pointed.  Coordinates to be transmitted.

You will take TWO tactical squads.

BLESSED be the blades and hammers of the NOX ASSAULT TERMINATOR SQUAD - this elite force will be available.

GLORY to the ancient fallen battle brother 'EDDY' - Deredeo Class Attack Support Dreadnought - He will serve again and assist in this mission.

DESTROY THE XENO

MISSION: A mission from Eternal War - INCURSION

REF: 08J/20186-51538-038577000187

THOUGHT: For every battle honour, a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered. RT 72

 ++++Transmission End++++

Dreadvember

It seems for October its traditional to either paint Orks (Orktober) or to paint a dreadnought sized model (Dreadtober).  I got a bit of a late start so its "Dreadvember."

Of course my Rogue Trader era Ultramarines wouldn't be complete without the classic 'Fury' and 'Eddy' originals and they have been sitting in my collection assembled for decades.  Actually the story is that I gave them to my dad for his army (about half of my reclaimed collection today).  He was actually to get both Dreadnoughts.  He would have made out like a bandit in the deal.  Anyway, he actually used a torch and welded these together.  Oh, by the way, if you aren't familiar they are completely metal, either pewter or lead (don't remember when they switched).  He did a pretty good job, they're fairly solid and only lost a little definition in one spot.  I think it was an incredible feat, but I wouldn't recommend trying it unless you really know what your doing.  We didn't!

Rogue Trader Furibundus Class Destroyer Dreadnought 'Fury'

Original Deredeo Class Attack Support Dreadnought 'Eddy'

Back detail

Of course the traditional Rogue Trader paint job wouldn't be complete without shark teeth, and I made sure to have them.  I looked to all the classics and other paint jobs I could find for inspiration, but to be honest I think I did a pretty great job compared to those old ones. My paint job is similar to page 173 of the RT rule book and the one below, but I wanted to add more gold to match a bit more to my army scheme, so I went with some shoulder markings.  I might go and add "DANGER" warnings to the gold panels or hazard stripes.  But I can do that later, I wanted to get these finished up because I'll be playing a game soon!

Here's some of the inspiration:

Example Ultramarine Dreadnought found online (not mine)

More examples, gotta have the teeth! (none of these are mine, used without permission, if its yours let me know and I'll give credit!)  You can see the one just above was also inspired by the ones that came before.  May my Dreadnoughts be added to the archives and be forever remembered to inspire relics for millennia to come ;)

(This one is a classic and was from a GW 'eavy Metal article in White Dwarf, but not sure which)