More guard tank stuff..

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**Klueless**

reds8n wrote:from the GW site....

Take cover and call for reinforcements - new tanks are coming from the forges to lay waste to the battlefield. A number of new vehicle kits and Bitz Packs are released this August, perfect for tank commanders and treadheads of every persuasion. Shown here is the new Imperial Guard Leman Russ Demolisher - the ultimate siege tank, plated in additional armour and bristling with deadly weaponry.

The multi-part plastic kit includes all the hull and sponson-mounted weapons available to this beast, and can also be assembled as a Leman Russ Executioner or Leman Russ Punisher!

linky with pics

I have heard these rumors too. Apparently all Leman Russ types will be available in two box sets.

**BrookM**

Klueless wrote:
reds8n wrote:from the GW site....

Take cover and call for reinforcements - new tanks are coming from the forges to lay waste to the battlefield. A number of new vehicle kits and Bitz Packs are released this August, perfect for tank commanders and treadheads of every persuasion. Shown here is the new Imperial Guard Leman Russ Demolisher - the ultimate siege tank, plated in additional armour and bristling with deadly weaponry.

The multi-part plastic kit includes all the hull and sponson-mounted weapons available to this beast, and can also be assembled as a Leman Russ Executioner or Leman Russ Punisher!

linky with pics

I have heard these rumors too. Apparently all Leman Russ types will be available in two box sets.

Aye, one light box and the other heavy.

**Bubbalicious**

I think they lowerd the sides as well were the tracks are because there are only seven rivets on the side just infront of the multimelta and there are eight on the curent russ..
And it looks like the made the front bit of the sides less pointy and more roundisha as well.

**ShumaGorath**

dirkthe1 wrote:I like the whole plastic change over-makes it a bit more affordable, but i agree, they wont change the russ-think of the uproar if they did! People would go mad!

Terrible people, we're better off without them.

**aka_mythos**

1hadhq wrote:
aka_mythos wrote:
1hadhq wrote:Since this new design of the chimera and russ chassis is part of codex IG ( vehicle drawings page 50 + 53 ), but the hydra / manticore /deathstrike are just some pics ( not a correct side view of non-released vehicles ) is it safe to assume they will stay FW?
I think its more the fact that GW didn't make their models top priorities for design. My guess is that at the time the codex was finalized, "hydra/manticore/deathstrike" were not finalized in design. While some vehicles maybe left only as models available through Forge World I don't think a lack of drawings in the codex is an immediate indicator of that.

Models not top priority for GW
I agree, Gw hadn't those IG tanks ready when they shot the pics for the codex.
But all of GW's new models are identical to any drawing seen before ( from stormlord to IG at least.) and 3 tanks didn't get such presentation. Maybe youre right and its only the 18 months release window, keeping us guessing.

I think you're reading that the way you wanted to. Not that models are not a top priority for GW but that those models are not a top priority relative to the other Imperial Guard tanks.