DreadTober 2025: Week 2

 

Hi folks,

It was great to see the diversity of projects last week and to see some new challengers joining us for their first DreadTober. Now the second Friday deadline has rolled past and it is time to check out some progress. Hopefully, you are all having a fun time bringing your projects to life.  Let's see who made it through the week!

Name: Neverness
Project: Celestial Lions Dreadnought
Blog: https://nevernesshobby.blogspot.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/neverness92.bsky.social

"Goldfinger, he's the man, the man with the midas touch..."

Name: Agis

Project: First legion Saturnine Dreadnought

Blog: https://agis40k.blogspot.com/

Instagram: @agis.40k

How good is the iconography on this Dread! This is going to be spectacular.

Name: Dave Weston

Project: Adeptus Titanicus Warlord Titan

Blog: 40kaddict.uk

Some great progress on this Warlord already, I can only imagine what it will look like after Dave starts turning screws.

Name: XarfaiEngel

Project: 2 Adeptus Titanicus Reaver Titans; stretch goal: Ghrastak (Luna Wolves Contemptor)

Blog: https://abutterflyshobbytally.blogspot.com/

Instagram: @xarfaiengel

Some nice work on the armour of these Reavers. Cool pose on the first one too!

Name: Wachtmeister
Project: 2nd Edition Dark Angels Dreadnought
Blog: https://wachtmeisterspatrol.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wachtmeisters_patrol/

Good to see some red on the weapons of this classic dreadnought; brings on those 2nd Ed. vibes.

Name: Wachtmeisterson 
Project: Ork Deff Dread

Last minute progress is still progress!! This Orky Dread is coming along nicely, but will take dedication to get finished; they have so many details compared to the vintage models I often paint.

Name: DAM
Project: Dark Angels Brutalis Dreadnought
Blog: http://262krieg.blogspot.com/
Instagram: @262_krieg

Progress pending.

Name: Tom
Project: 2nd Ed Blood Axe Ork Dreadnought
Instagram: @university_dave

Holy throne of Terra...

Look, I could gush about this project all day, but lets just focus in on that camo: absolute awesome sauce.

Name: Ed

Project: Night Lords Contemptor Dreadnought
Blog: https://berserkerbladeblog.blogspot.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnage_x_scissors

Progress pending...

Name: jabberjabber
Project: Iron Warriors Contemptor Dreadnought
Blog: Warpstone Flux - https://warpstoneflux.blogspot.com/

Jabberjabber's dreadnought is constructed, undercoated and ready to go. After initially being indifferent about the Contemptor design, it has really grown on me since its inception. Looking forward to this one!

Name: Thousand Eyes/Mac an tSagart
Project: A leaping hellbrute
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steppingbetweengames/

Some impressive progress on this Iron Warriors Hellbrute!!

Name: Sachiel

Project: Bray'Arth Ashmantle
Blog: https://sachiel-returns.blogspot.com/

Some awesome sub-assemblies have been completed, including a detailed base. Such a fantastic model!

Name: Siph
Project: Armiger Warglaives
Blog: https://weemen.blogspot.com
Instagram: @siph_horridus

A DreadTober stalwart joins the fray!! Siph is working on a "swarm" of Armigers to take to Titan Walk. I reckon we can do better than the word "swarm" though. If you have a suggestions for what a group of Armigers should be called, drop it in the comments! 

Name: Beanz
Project: Hive Fleet Leviathan Tyrannofex

Beanz managed to open the box on this giant Nid and make some serious inroads into the construction. We played a great game of 10th Edition this week, in which he walloped my urban Dark Angels 49 to 87 VP with his growing Hive Fleet Leviathan army. Lessons were learned 😁

Name: OzMonster
Project: Commander Farsight and Sinanju Gundam

A hobby butterfly like his father, OzMonster has been working on a base for Farsight and has also cracked upon a big Gundam model. The base is going to feature some cherry blossoms to lean into the samurai vibe and a skull to help with the posing. Oz glued one of Farsight's legs slightly off the correct angle, so we are going to have to do some pinning shenanigans.

Name: Marc

Project: Hive Fleet Numereji Tervigon
Blog: https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/
Instagram: @m4cr0dutch

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/m4cr0dutch.bsky.social

I have finished all of the small pieces of the sub-assembly of my project (the head, crushing claws and four legs). I also did a rough conversion on the Termagant to give it a Devourer. One wrist connection doesn't quite fit, but the rest of the model should be able to distract from that!

That's it for week 2! Next deadline we will be at about the halfway point in the challenge; it will be interesting to see if some people are finished and willing to try for a bonus Dread. 

I was also hoping to get some guest bloggers to write a post about their favourite Dreadnought from their collection. If you are interested in contributing, let me know using the Contact Form (top right-hand side of the DreadTober blog) and I will send you a form with some interview style questions to answer.