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I like the Colonel, leaps and bounds better than the last model we had for him.

So does this mean we'll be seeing Bastonne and his gloryboys soon?

A kick-ass model that ISN'T Space Marines?

Eh, it'll cost a good $15 bucks though.

The bionic arm looks too sleek to fit to imperial guard otherwise the model looks good.

I'm sad that the new Leman Russ turrets seem to have the plate, in which the barrel for the main weapon is seated, in two pieces. The fit of the pieces seems to be really poor as in all of the pics there has been a big gap between the pieces.

The Leman Russ' looks adorable

I like straken! finally a bioinc arm thats holding a melee weapon lol.

Not a fan of LR sponson weapons. Why are they so long now? Sort of dwarfing the main cannon.

Thanks for the news, and <3 M-Tek armor!

Long executioner turret is long. I like it. The punisher isn't that impressive to me though, and straken looks about as good as he did the last time I saw that model.

Not a fan of LR sponson weapons. Why are they so long now? Sort of dwarfing the main cannon.

For once i agree with luna, they look to long.

Also the punishers main gun looks funny, like a really lame conversion.

I'm a little disappointed by them.

Straken is a nicely done sculpt, sadly the Punisher is disappointing, though the Executioner looks well enough.

I love them all. Awesome sculpts, and Straken is so much better than that weedy old model.

I think the Punisher gatling cannon looks fine. What did you expect a gatling cannon to look like?

straken + zombie head =traitor commissar

typhus wrote:straken + zombie head =traitor commissar

Replace it with a Vraksian head and you've got a nice Enforcer.

i think the comment on the punisher cannon means we kinda wanted some more detail rather than the barrels looknig like they are welded to the gun mantlet. a little sculpted spacing or another ring near the base to just make it look like a different part of the gun.
Personally i don't like the new tanks. i prefer the older bulky Russ. i think it fits better with the fluff and looks more formidable.

Wow, Straken is awesome, I really love the new sculpt!

I think the tanks are decent. Overall it's a good find.

Yeah, the elongated turret looks silly. Russes are meant to be fugly and boxy.

Ever see those long-barrelled Russ variants in the 3rd ed. VDR days? Bulky they were not... looking. Thingy.

Executioner: awesome
Straken: awesome
Punisher: very meh

Cryonicleech wrote:A kick-ass model that ISN'T Space Marines?
Eh, it'll cost a good $15 bucks though.

$15, if we're lucky. But very cool none the less.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Yeah, the elongated turret looks silly. Russes are meant to be fugly and boxy.

Its what was to be expected given the drawings in the book. Though these pictures are atleast more flattering than the demolishers'.

I agree, for the Demolisher the longer turret just doesn't work, but the Executioner is kick-ass.

I don't get the new barrels, but I guess it's better than nothing.

I do hope that we get an all-new Russ chassis when the Russ / Exterminator / whatever comes out, because that base chassis is getting pretty long in the tooth, and it shows.

I like the Straken sculpt. Instead of making my own from scratch I can just add a barrel feed clip to the shotgun and BAM! AA12 here I come!

I'd make my own Leman Russ Variants or use the Forge World conversion kits. The one's posted do not excite at all. Thanks for the posting though.

ph34r wrote:Executioner: awesome
Straken: awesome
Punisher: very meh

Seconded.
The executioner looks bad a$$.

I for one hope they keep the current Russ chassis. It fits with the fluff in that it's slow, ponderous, and bulky.

Making it look more like, say, a Baneblade would be slowed. An elongated turret is bad enough. *I* like my boxy Russes.

Hang on, there won't be a new chassis judging by these pictures. Rock on, boxy.

The punisher cannon looks lame, it should have a cowling at its proximal end.

SMs don't get bionics as good looking as Straken's...

Straken is great.

Waaagh, you could probably add the cowling to the Punisher yourself if you wanted. Seems like it'd be easy to convert.

I like the Executioner, but for some reason, that gun gives me the impression that there's a 50/50 chance that ice cream will come out instead of plasma. I don't know why.

Ice Cream instead of plasma...... that is the coolest comment about a tank ever. Infact it made me think of a candy land type battle field where meltaguns shoot out thick sprays of chocolate syrup and gum drop mortars rain from over head...... DELICIOUS!

Punisher turret + Ork Battlewagons + a bit of scratchbuilding and kitbashing

Other than that I wouldn't sully a Guard force with something that "wrong" looking. Uncanny valley! Ho!

Disclaimer - I'm well aware that a gatling gun doesn't really enter the realms of uncanny valley but roll with it.

Straken looks good - if a bit high tech - maybe if the Catachans had gone for the sleek hightech jungle fighter and GW had made some Skull Taker bits I'd warm to it more.

It's a good model - just out of place again.

Yep, Straken spot on. Hope this signals a move away from having models (both 40K and Fantasy) wave missile weapons around like they're swords. It's not big, it's not clever and will probably lead to accidents.

I'll have to pile on here and say GW did well on 2 out of 3.

I wonder what the cost of the 'combined' Russ box will be though...

Might make conversion kit turrets from Forgeworld seem reasonable?

@Alpharius: the way things are going, probably. Forgeworld stuff looks better and better every time!

I like the Straken model, although not a fan of the Leman Russes. The different variants are cool, but I'm sure GW will repackage it so you'll end up buying all the variants in one box, and it'll cost an arm and a leg (and bit of your soul) to get it.

I honestly would prefer if they just sold conversion packs like Forgeworld does, so that way you don't end up with 5 gun barrels that you'll never use.