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I want to buy a Leamn Russ for my upcoming Renegade Militia force. I want it to look unique, so I've written a lsit of things to do:

- Add spikes, skulls, anything to 'chaosify' it
- Add some sort of cloth-like thing for the lascannon/Heavybolter in the front, maybe like these tanks. See the things at their MG's? I want that.
- Pieces of cloth hanging down the sides. I unfortunately don't have any pictures, but imagine huge cloaks hanging down the sides, flowing over the sponsons.

That cloth thing is called a mantlet. This can be done with putty pretty easily, and if you want to make it even more gruesome, make it look like it is stitched together from the skins of their victims.

The chaos vehicle sprue would do wonders for it between the spikey bits and the gargoyle heads you can put on the tips of the gun barrels. If you can find it, a defiler upper body and battle cannon can yield a unique look as well by using that as the turret.

The Mars Alpha pattern tanks from FW have that canvas mantlet cover already.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Death-Korps-of-Krieg/DEATH_KORPS_OF_KRIEG_VEHICLES_AND_ACCESSORIES/DEATH_KORPS_OF_KRIEG_MARS_ALPHA_PATTERN_LEMAN_RUSS_EXECUTIONER.html