Hooray, I painted something! The Contemptor Dreadnought is one of my favourite kits from the Horus Heresy plastic range, so I couldn’t help to paint one for my small Sons of Horus collection. Find out more after the jump.
![Cinematic shot of a Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sons_of_Horus_Contemptor_Dreadnought_CCW_Cinematic_shot.jpg)
![Cinematic shot of a Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sons_of_Horus_Contemptor_Dreadnought_CCW_Cinematic_shot.jpg)
The model was fun to assemble, as there are so many posing options and loads of weapon and customization options. I chose dual Dreadnought close combat weapons with a chainfist upgrade and grav guns, so he can go hunting other Dreadnoughts. The Hearesy YouTube channel helped me a lot with finding a good loadout, go check it out if you haven’t already.
![Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly, front](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sons_of_horus_contemptor_dreadnought_ccw_01.jpg)
![Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly, front](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sons_of_horus_contemptor_dreadnought_ccw_01.jpg)
I chose to magnetize the arms, as I want to paint a second Contemptor Dreadnought with ranged weapons at some point, this way I can swap the arms and also run them as two mixed weapons Dreadnoughts. The elbow joints are super easy to magnetize, you just need to insert four 4 x 1 mm disked shaped rare earth magnets for each arm (two for the arm and two for the joint), no drilling needed, they just fit into the crevices.
![Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly, side](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sons_of_horus_contemptor_dreadnought_ccw_02.jpg)
![Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly, side](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sons_of_horus_contemptor_dreadnought_ccw_02.jpg)
![Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly, back](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sons_of_horus_contemptor_dreadnought_ccw_03.jpg)
![Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought with close combat weapons painted by Stahly, back](https://taleofpainters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sons_of_horus_contemptor_dreadnought_ccw_03.jpg)
The model was also a pleasure to paint, I just followed my Sons of Horus painting tutorial but upscaled the techniques to Contemptor Dreadnought size:
Hope you enjoyed my take on the iconic Contemptor Dreadnought. I also painted a Kratos Heavy Assault tank for my Sons of Horus, so maybe you would like to check it out, too.
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