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was it something official (at a gamesday etc) or is this the same stuff as what TheGreatBeyond is saying is a fake.
gutting if it is a fake cos am holding off expanding my guard tanks till the new kits come out.
If you go to the link he provided, you can see that they were saying that the 'baby-blade' style of russ was a fake (and looks totally different then the pics of this demolisher).
Guess its just picky :P
Good news though, hopefully the new russ kit with the other variants shouldn't be far behind then.
what a legend
I like the new look, although I'm not seeing these hull changes they're talking about?
I thought only hellhound varients could take that.
*goes off to look for codex*
Those have comparatively much more detail and look really nice. Never used one from the new sprues, just took the old ones.
The turret looks like it's an even more modified, at least streamlined, Ryza pattern, (see Forge World) which are bigger than the current Russ turret (which is a good thing to me.)
OH NOES!! WHAT ABOUT THE NEW STORM LORD etc...
Idiots I swear.
Hell, maybe GW should just hire some of us to put their stuff together for them, we certainly wouldn't do worse than some of their own staffers do.
I bet you thought of that one ages ago and wrote it down in your special book to use later, didn't you?
Any more gems like that one?
I did much the same with a few russes I have and it leaves a very noticeable gap when you get down to look at it. But it made building the sponson part easier.
Not everyone that's into the hobby is a full-time pro.
They want to attract some youngblood or bring back the gamers that haven't seen plastic and glue for 10 years (which is good, if new people don't join the hobby will die).
People look at it and say, "hey, I can probably do something like that;" instead of looking at 'eavy metal stuff and thinking, "Jeez, that's too good. If that's what's expected there's no way i can live up to that; I guess i'll go play D&D mini's... at least they come prepainted."
the chimera has that same rubbish looking old one.
I am amazed at the quality of the builds they are showing off. (I agree they look a bit ordinary)
But good to see the options are going to be all there in plastic. Makes for a good reason to magnetize the tanks, thats for sure.
Where is the "old heavy flamer bit" located on/which sprue in the OLD Chimera and Leman Russ box sets?
A)
To lazy to add it to the "new" sprues...
Exactly...
It makes less sense to keep the old one now that they have updated the main flamer style of the hellhound.
Oh well, looks like I have found a use for any left over heavy flamer bits from the command squad box.
I can't see a difference in the hull to the old one, but i never had a problem with the russ at all. Maybe that's why i have 15 of them in different variants.
I like the flat fat look of the turret. I added plasticard additional armor to the sides of my demolisher turrets, similar to the old GW version and kept the turret flat. It's just a cool look for a streetfighting tank.
Fine to see the sponsons with the 'new' heavy bolters, glad they made it into the box
But the heavy flamer is just... to much.. to long... it sticks out to much from the tank..
And the Heavy Bolters looks just lite the Baneblade one but without the ammo feed >.>
quite like the new turret, although i hope its not copied onto the standard battle tank / vanquisher / exterminator / eradicator, i'd prefer the current (original) one for those
not loving the old style flamer, but then if theywant them this long, all we have to do is modify some ones left over from the cadian/catachan troops sprues, make them about the same length :) theyd look much better.
Don't like the Heavy Flamer, looks out of proportion somehow. (I don't have any Hull Flamers on mine so can't compare) Where's the Punisher sneak? I want to see something COMPLETLEY new for a sneak peak, not a re-hash on a old kit.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/ryzalr.htm
The shape just doesn't make sense otherwise.
How big is the round, and where does the breach go (it does have a hatch after all)?
Yes, I know if it was realistic, the barrels of the weapons would be to flimsy and prone to breaking, etc., but seriously, the turret is still too small for that big of a main gun.
M10 turret interior;
http://www.tankdestroyersociety.com/images/M10_...
For scale purposes;
http://www.asphm.com/projets/projet_m10_tank_de...
The Brummbar or Sturmtiger are closer (although unturreted).
The M8 has a similar look, small turret (but lighter gun).
The demolisher probably has a pretty short breach, as it fires a two-stage shell (and thus has little recoil).
Can you still buy a Leman Russ Exterminator for Space Wolves?
Where's the dozer blade, are they getting new ones (a huge chunky vindicator like one would be awesome)?
I do like the new 'Ryza' style turret but i am very disappointed they used the ugly old design for the demolisher barrel, the forge world one (as an example) is so much better. All in all, like the new hellhound, i think the new demolisher is very cool, i know i'll be buying a few!