I started acquiring Leman Russs tank and extra bits in the form of used, second-hand tanks provided by a friend who originally wanted to start a Chaos renegade army but gave up. However, the expense of purchasing Forge World resin kits and shipping to Canada was prohibitively expensive, while as a kit-bashing / scale-modeller I had envisioned making my own conversions. There were two separate Leman Russ boxed sets sold at that time with extra pewter bits, the Demolisher and the Exterminator:Įver since the introduction of Forge World Imperial Guard Resin Conversion Kits for the Leman Russ Battle Tank, I had always wanted to field a variety of tanks. Below it is a selection of pewter metal bits that were available in the plastic tank kits for a while: This is the original Imperial Guard Vehicle Accessory Sprue. This is the original plastic kit for the Leman Russ tank, catalogue photos are courtesy of Stuff Of Legends::

Here is an Imperial Guard Appendix that mentions the Armoured Company, with Leman Russ tanks as HQ as well as Elites, Troops, and Heavy choices: I had never envisioned myself as a 'tread head' or enthusiast of tanks however, i did grow up building plastic models and my first was a Monogram Snap-Tite German Tiger I tank.Īlthough I had built a few of the Space Marine Mark 1 Rhino as they originally came three to a box when first released, the only Imperial Guard tank i had was a Chimera APC. Hello and welcome from a friendly painter / modeller / hobbyist in Canada!

Old leman russ battle tank