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Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Another kitbashing project I had in the back of my head for quite some time. Surfing around for cool IG vehicles I found this from Vontrrag:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3963999
That is based on an old White Dwarf (?) kitbashing tutorial and seems to have even had some lore and stats back in the day.




Vontrrag (who has some other pretty cool model files for download and is a nice dude on top of it) has modelled the thing for 3D printing, but I wanted to try and cobble the general chassis together myself. So I only printed the side panels, back exhaust and mud guards, got myself a Gryphone pattern chimera turret from another source


So I got myself a Chimera lower hull and front as well as a Leman Russ upper hull and started.
step 1: preparations

Cut the chimera upper front as shown. The formost part is cut imediatly at the transition from angled to horizontal plate. Also file away the structures on top of the upper part of the Leman Russ upper hull front.

step 2: building the hull

Glue the first and third part of the Chimera upper front to the lower hull. Carefully file down the region with the red arrow in the first pic, so that the Leman Russ hull attaches nicely there. Now put the Leman Russ upper hull to the Chimera structure. You might need to file away a bit of the Leman Russ hull were the red arrow is.


step 3: rounding up

Upper pic: a bit of plasticard closes the whole for the the Chimera hatch. Lower pic: the back of the Leman Russ hull was cut short up to the triangular plates at the back corners. The Basilisk backplate was glued to close the hull, but has to be angled a little bit (dryfit first!).


Step 4: adding details

The sides were closed with plasticard. I also added the printed mudguards and side armor panel. Middle pic: Had some tires lying around and tried to fix them to the floor. I first had one axis each for the forward and backward wheels but that looked dumb and completely lacking any suspension or way to steer. This version is... a bit better. At least one could imagine each wheel "housing" to have a rudimentary suspension and maybe a way to steer either by turning the wheel or differential speeds. Last pic: a very basic and ugly, but working variant to get the 3D printed chimera turret to the turret mounting of the Leman Russ.


Step 5: before priming


The final result so far. The hull flamer is magnetized (I would prefer a heavy Bolter, but I currently don't have one spare). Some more details will be added, maybe a kind of basket with jerrycans.

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That's looking great! I've had a few attempts a the Centaur since seeing it (issue 15 of the Journal fyi). The angles on the chimera hull are a pita to work with, good job on the smooth joints.

Oh and if it helps at all I took some better quality snaps of the original:






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Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Thanks for the pics. I see that the wheels were originally much higher on the chassis than in my attempt. So mine looks very "high legged" compared to your pic. I was informed that it was renamed later to "Pegasus" to avoid confusion with the Centaur Carrier.

I also have a proposition on the rules for the vehicle:
. It looks fast and should be with the strong Leman Russ engine working on wheels instead of tracks and a hull that should be lighter than either a Chimera or a Leman Russ. And I imagine it as having quite a good radio equipment.
So I would guess:

Pegasus L.R.V (75 points)*
M14'', WS6+, BS 4+, S6, T6, W10, Ld7, 3+
Multilaser + hull Heavy Bolter/Heavy Flamer
can take vehicle equipment except track guards
Abilities:
Scout Vehicle (9'' move before the first turn)
Vox relais (5 points): The Centaur can act as a relais for Vox orders. Characters with the "Voice of Command" ability can order infantry units with a voxcaster within 18'' of the centaur as long as they are either within 3'' of the Centaur or within 3'' of a vox caster that is within 18'' of the Centaur**
Expanded Vox net (10 Points): The centaur can access multiple Vox channels simultanously. Characters within range can use their voice of command ability on non-regimental orders without constraints regarding regiment***

* like the Salamander Scout tank. +2'' movement, but T6 instead of T7 due to wheels instead of tracks
** The wording sounds complicated. I meant: as Long as the commanders Vox can reach the Centaur, it can transmit the signal further to an infantry unit. So up to 36'' orders
*** again, the wording is suboptimal. I mean you can "translate" orders from for example a Catachan Commander to Scions and Cadians



Edit: do you have some pics of your versions?

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Very nice so far. It's from a time when Imperial Guard had some colour and flavour.

I like the Centaur over the Minotaur, looks like a WW2 British/American armoured car (I'm thinking of the Staghound).

Would look great in a Steel Legion army, could serve as an alternative to the Sentinel.

I'm tempted to make one myself to go with the Steel Legion army I plan on buying this year, except I don't have the Chimera/Leman Russ or wheel parts...

I wonder how many more gems like this are hiding away in long forgotten Citadel Journal issues?

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Boom! Leman Russ Commander






It was not for me, but have a look at this thingy:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3956786

It seemed to be a similar kitbash.

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And here is the final result:

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Looks god, the paintjob too.

Also in the Journal as conversion articles are:
The Pegasus AAV (CJ 9); a Chimera hull with old Rhino sides and a front access ramp.
The Chimerro, Chimedon and Chimerax - Chimera variants with a battlecannon, quad autocannon or hunter-killer missiles in the turret; based on late 2nd edition Epic models

I've gone and looked, but the Lexicanum entry is rubbish; it mentions that it was renamed from Centaur to Pegasus in WD 270, but page 42 of that issue is a Painting Masterclass for a WFB Chaos Lord, and nowhere else in the issue does it mention any Imperial Guard vehicles.
   
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Could you post some pics of the Pegasus AAV? That sounds like something I would enjoy building.

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