Mr Potato Dread

[Captain Crooks]

Here is a giant dreadnought I built using a mini Mr Potato Head as the basis. I spent a lot of time cramming detail into places noone will ever see, like the leg wells and the bottoms of his feet.









I built this guy years ago in an attempt to bridge the aesthetic gap between old orks and new, to satisfy some obscure inner need to imagine what a giant dreadnought would look like with the round, Rogue Trader appeal, and because I wanted to field a bunch of old school orks in a big Apocalypse game and they needed some backup . This was well before Forge World released their Mega Dredds (and Kustom Mecha-Dredds) which are essentially the same thing only more junk-yard oriented. For a very long time this model had no arms because I just couldn't design something that looked right. Then in desperation ( i needed him for the big game) I whacked on some Stompa weapons, which seemed totally weedy on an actual stompa, but seemed to suit this guy just fine I made it my new year's resolution to finally get him off the paint queue and onto the display shelf, so here he is!

The round lumps on either side of his body are hardpoints for smaller shooty weapons that have been lost to time and space - i'll rebuild them sometime in the future. For now i'm calling Mr Potato Dread 'finished'. I also showed him next to some of his friends for a sense of scale. The modern deffdread up the back has had his legs modified so he stands taller than your stock version. The red RT dreadnought wasn't painted by me, and while I plan to strip it at some point, it seems a shame since it's painted quite nicely!

 

[Count Von Bruno]

Wicked cool, I know there is a long history of GW themselves appropriating other toy and model lines for use in 40K but not things like Mr Potato Head

And it actually doesn't look too out of place.

On a side note, I've never seen anybody stick an arm on the front of an RT Dread before, the thought had never crossed my mind until seeing this.

 

[Mr Papafakis]

Hoorah for kitbashing goodness

I'm not really a fan of the newer styling of GW orks, but I like your skills at converting. How heavy is it? Just looks a bit precarious balancing on one foot. Did you anchor him to the base from underneath? The proportions of the weapons to his body are spot on.

I suffer from the same issue as you mentioned (wasting time detailing areas that will never be seen), I suppose it's some sort of perfectionists curse

Great work.

 

[Captain Crooks]

How heavy is it? Just looks a bit precarious balancing on one foot..

The model itself is not that heavy, being predominantly plastic and hollow. The weight is supported through the leg via thick brass rod, and the large base helps it all balance. The model sits at an angle to try and emphasize his 'full tilt' running pose, I thought it would be amusing to have a fat round robot running really fast, contrary to expectations. I originally had the body tilted forward a lot more for this reason, but while it looked like he was really sprinting, i found the pose hid a bit of the detail i had painted and so i tilted him back a bit.

 

[Niibl]

Re: AW: Mr Potato Dread

Great work.
I think you managed the merge between old an new style very well.
I never new there were small potato heads though.
One more toy to look, for I think.

 

[Asslessman]

Splendid ! One of the things that make it tie with the old orks is the sort of funny look it has instead of the super grimdark most newer models get. It is running with arms in the air like some kid going to a play ground and I like that.

I will never really see my daughter's potato head like I used to now...

 

[Orjetax]

I've seen this potato head conversions before, and I must say that yours is my favorite. Looks great.

 

[Captain Crooks]

I've seen this potato head conversions before, and I must say that yours is my favorite. Looks great.

This is the model that started it all for me, Irondog's Tater Titan:



http://www.irondogstudios.com/images/ta ... tater.html

It's such a great and characterful build, I wanted to emulate it in a smaller way Mine ended up taking about as long to complete, if not longer :S

By the way i didn't like the photos i uploaded so i've redone them a bit bigger and with less unnecessary angles

 

[cheetor]

That's fantastic James. Both the build and the painting are excellent.

It's great to see project like this, but the time involved in the build itself puts me off trying something similar. There is no arguing with unique results like this though.

 

[Captain Crooks]

That's fantastic James. Both the build and the painting are excellent.

It's great to see project like this, but the time involved in the build itself puts me off trying something similar. There is no arguing with unique results like this though.

This is just the tip of the iceberg for my ork vehicle bashing, but this is the only one that would be (slightly) relevant to this forum. My goal this year is to get paint on some of my more deserving projects that have been neglected too long... right now I'm finishing my Squat Rhino since it was the only tank to survive the game with CvB on Saturday. It's earnt it's colours! not like that lousy Land Raider...

 

[Suber]

I did know about the one Captain Crooks says, but this one is genuinely original about its conception and approach. For me this one has just the 'Bwahaha, I'm an Oooork!' crazy screaming vibe . I really love this one!