FoxPhoenix's 907th Alascadian IG

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**Kasrkin Jack**

Nah, GW collectors is full of Steel Legion and Valhalla, he wasn't there, but i'll check other websites, thanks

**infilTRAITOR**

You can't, I checked.

eBay is your only friend now.

**Kasrkin Jack**

I was trying to find other online stores as a while back one of them was still selling cadians in boxes of 20's (damn you GW, you money grabbing

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Also, who think's i should do a P&M blog when i get my battleforce, ill take lots of pics of the box and contents if i can wait that long to start ripping sprues open

**deadly chicken**

me i guess....

**FoxPhoenix135**

Yeah, I had to spend 20 dollars on a metal command squad from ebay just to net that one model... they are crazy not to offer it in the collector range. It would sell like mad.

Jackarius: Go for the blog. I like blogs! Make it cool though.

**Nuclear Mekanik**

Page 2 of this very thread, Metallifan the Canadian dude says he can get hold of the old command squad for you, containing Officer Awesome ^^^

**Kasrkin Jack**

Hmm. I think i'll leave it, i want a model that can be a good leader for my army who stands out, but who isn't a character like Yarrick, the problem with the command squad is that they just look like a 'higher up cadians' not really standing out leaders, such as Space Marine sergeants.
Looks like ill have to get converting, i like the IG commanders in Dawn of War, double powerclaws ftw

**FoxPhoenix135**

Well sorry I haven't been updating recently, but I've had some real life get in the way for a bit. Luckily, those issues resolved, and I can go to my competition tonight. I got my 2 extra chimeras painted yesterday and today, and my list is finalized. Wish me luck!

**FoxPhoenix135**

I got best in show at my local tournament- you can go to my blog to read the particulars. Here are the photos of the award-winning list though:

**Stretch**

Congrats on the tourney! Are you going to keep expaning this list and thus your thread?

**FoxPhoenix135**

Of course, Stretch! My work never ends. I have plans to buy a few of each type of Russ kit, and I need some fast attack choices of course... and more Chimeras! And Basilisks. And more Guardsman for bigger blob platoons. And... well you get the idea.

**infilTRAITOR**

Very well done, bud!

**FoxPhoenix135**

Thanks infilTRAITOR... how many painting points do you think a Temple of Skulls is worth???

A note about this particular piece of scenery for anybody with small children: the spikes on the pillars are actually sharp, so they may need rounded off to avoid the little ones from sanctifying the temple with blood, if you know what I mean...

**typhus**

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I got best in show at my local tournament- you can go to my blog to read the particulars. Here are the photos of the award-winning list though:

Temple of skulls ftw!

**slann**

yeah those spikes are like the ones in the city of death stuff super sharp . I picked up a nasty cut from reaching over a building to grab some dice .

**physcosamatic**

thats why there the city's of death :L

**FoxPhoenix135**

I ordered a new Demolisher kit today... it should be fun. I don't know yet which variant I want to run in the next tournament... but it would probably be the regular demolisher with either multi-melta or plasmacannon sponsons... I'm thinking of running it with a pask for extra oomph against armor... I would love 3's to glance and 4+'s to pen on av14 with the main cannon!

I'm only gonna have one of them (stupid lack of money) so may as well kit it out, right?

**FoxPhoenix135**

Some random in-game pics for your enjoyment... (check out the 2nd one for a sneak peek at my Straken model).

Hop on over to http://foxphoenix40k.blogspot.com/2009/08/cityfight-battle-report-750-ig-vs-sm.html to read the battle report or look at the turn by turn pictures!

**Grey Knight Luke**

how did you clean up those pics fox? did you use photoshop? they came out really nice, Kudos.

**chrisocasio**

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:I ordered a new Demolisher kit today... it should be fun. I don't know yet which variant I want to run in the next tournament... but it would probably be the regular demolisher with either multi-melta or plasmacannon sponsons... I'm thinking of running it with a pask for extra oomph against armor... I would love 3's to glance and 4+'s to pen on av14 with the main cannon!

I'm only gonna have one of them (stupid lack of money) so may as well kit it out, right?

Hey Fox,

Got some new Demolishers myself recently, and the lovely thing about them is that you can simply interchange all the weapons. I was going to magnetize them for that purpose, but GW, IMO, actually did something right and the sponsoons, main gun, and forward support weapon are all interchangeable now. It's literally just plug and play! So, if the demolisher w/ MEQ/tank killing sponsoons doesn't suit you, you can easily change it out from game to game I've found.

-Chris

PS: What unit were you with in the Army? I'm guessing the Stryker Brigade up in Alaska based on your current location?

**slann**

Cool pic those are cool for game action shots .

**FoxPhoenix135**

@Grey Knight Luke: nope, no photoshop, just Windows Vista's preview program (it has simple adjustment features for contrast/brightness, hue/saturation, and a simple cropping tool). If you like photoshop though, download The Gimp, an open source (read: free!) program designed to perform similar functions. In fact, having used photoshop in the past, I have to say that the Gimp is a pretty darn good clone.

@chrisocasio: Nope, I never have been stationed in Alaska. It is merely where I reside. I was supposed to be stationed at Ft. Polk, LA. Unfortunately, I was injured days before our graduation ceremony in Ft. Benning... and doctors deemed me unfit to stay in the service, so while I was being medboarded out I was transferred to the 2/54th BN of the 192nd Infantry BDE and helped do some M.O.U.T. training for the Latin America Special Operations units that would come to Ft. Benning to train... I did that for about 4 months. Most days it would consist of me and some of the other platoon mates of mine hiding in empty rooms with our rifles, with blanks, and playing some OPFOR. Others it would consist of me teaching them proper stacking, or room clearing, but not much since I only know a very little amount of Spanish. I had been trained as an 11-C, but Most of what I learned in our mortar training on the square is already starting to escape me, but certain things still stand out. I still remember some of the memory aids to level the sight's bubbles... "Side bubble, side bubble, TNC (traverse and check)!!!" I had an expert mortar badge, but I doubt I would be able to re-earn one if I had to do the test exercises over again now. Its been over a year now.

Well I should probably stop reminiscing, and get back on topic!

Slann: Thanks for the compliments!

**sonofruss**

My avatar is better than yours fox.

**FoxPhoenix135**

Only if you like lined spiral notebooks

**sonofruss**

Mine has a pie to eat your has to read a book.

**FoxPhoenix135**

Oh is that what that is? I couldn't tell with all the colors so muted and bland.

**Grey Knight Luke**

ouch, that is cold fox.

**FoxPhoenix135**

Lol it did sound that way didn't it? Its all in good fun, I'm sure Son of Russ would agree.

**FoxPhoenix135**

Getting back on topic though:

Here's a picture I forgot to include in the in-game shots yesterday-

**FoxPhoenix135**

So today I got my new Demolisher kit in the mail. The Mrs. may not be happy when she gets home and sees it... but for now I am enjoying the new backbone to my IG army.

Some key points I wanted to hit on that may not be widespread information to those looking to buy one of these kits:

Let's start with the bad news: There are no accessory sprues for this kit anymore. No track guards, dozer blades, pintile stubbers, or even Imperial Aquilas to paste on. Save your accessory sprues from those chimeras and old LRBT kits if you want to use them on these, because otherwise you will have to purchase the sprue for 12 bucks from GW direct. I'm going to have to myself, to keep the dozerblade theme I have on all my vehicles going. As an alternative, however, I suggest browsing through bits on Ebay. You might be able to snag a dozerblade or set of track guards for much cheaper, if that's all you are looking for.

Now lets dive into the new and improved: For starters, the tracks are MUCH easier to build, thanks to the new design that has special slots for the tracks to slip in instead of those annoying wheels that never see the light of day. The track pieces are numbered as well, making it nearly fool-proof. I have no gaps in my treads, a first for me! To sweeten the deal further, the directions are actually COMPREHENSIBLE and much more step-by-step then the previous instruction booklets (which more resembled CAD drawings that you were supposed to figure out on your own). These new directions make things run a lot smoother.

Now the really good part: CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS!!! Yup, you read it right. Just take a look at that picture up there. Now, you don't have to glue on the side sponson hull pieces, but I did anyway because I figure 90% of the time I'll have them. Anyway, the three main weapons, two hull weapons, and 4 choices of sponson weapons are all created to be interchangeable with their optional counterparts. Meaning, if you don't glue them in, you can swap out the weapons to make different variants without having to be an expert modeler. This is huge for me, because I can't magnetize anything to save my life (lack of magnets and expertise). That sticky poster-tack you might recall me mentioning in my very early posts works very well for this, as the slots are not super-tight and the weapons tend to drop out of them if they don't have a little extra help. So with this kit, its like getting all three variants in one. Of course, you can only field one at a time, but the ability to pick which variant fits into your next list is just awesome.

So, with this kit, you can make:
A Leman Russ Demolisher
A Leman Russ Executioner
or A Leman Russ Punisher

with choices for:
Hull Heavy Bolter or
Hull Lascannon

as well as:
Multi-melta sponsons
Plasma Cannon sponsons
Heavy Bolter sponsons or
Heavy Flamer sponsons

So, in all, I guess my 45 bucks was well spent. I expect to see the 2nd wave of IG updates might include a similarly-upgraded kit for the regular Leman Russ Battle Tank, with options for a Vanquisher, Exterminator, and Eradicator. If you like the accessories to come with the tank, and only want vanilla LRBTs, I suggest you stockpile them now, before they go out of production. Otherwise, be on the lookout for that new kit that I imagine will be released soon.

I took this from my blog. Enjoy!