13thWarrior Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I am building my Space Wolf Company, one unit at a time. I have played at 2000 points but also want to build for versatility. I have run Long Fangs for a Heavy Choice and Rhinos, a RazorBack, and a Land Raider Crusader (once) for tanks. What are the strengths of the Leman Russ over other tradition SpaM vehicles? What do you use to support the Leman Russ? How did you paint / model / convert your Leman Russ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obs0l3te Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I bought the old box set back when they had them a long time ago. I mainly covered it in wolf pelts, painted it my army colors with a few space wolf things here and there. as for use.. Its good for just about any thing... I allways bring it when I play ORKS and BUGS. Seeing as it can kill whole squads by itself (3 heavy bolters, 1 auto cannon, and storm bolter, can't beat it) front armor 14, hide it in some cover and your good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Bjoern Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x120/DarkBjoern/Space%20Wolves/LemanRussExterminator.jpg The Autocanon is made from the barrels of two preds, the heavy bolters from the SoB Immolator and the battle cannon from the Leman Russ. Sponsons are from a Pred and the tracks are from a Land Raider. Since the 5th Ed is out i had not used him outside Apocalypse games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Dammit Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 But i would keep my money for now, there is a big chance it will be gone when the new dex comes out :P Here's mine http://members.home.nl/maxdammit/40k/Razor/Russ%20done.jpg I ordered the Auto cannon and front gun when they still sold bitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13thWarrior Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 AWESOME PICS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF4i Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'll post mine up later. I rarely use it, and mostly have it for having it's sake. For the points, I much prefer Vindicators or Dreds. Though, when I dust off my small Armoured Company, its fun to have a touch of the Wolves in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vassakov Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 As far as uses go, it's not that great. 2 Dakka Preds gives you more firepower, more targets and costs less. Also, you'll get a shedload of spares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneSniperSG Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 As far as uses go, it's not that great. 2 Dakka Preds gives you more firepower, more targets and costs less. Also, you'll get a shedload of spares. It makes a nice, if expensive, augmentation to Preds. My LRE and my Pred won me 3 games against eldar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Fang Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Gotta love it, wall of metal ftw. I built mine using the forge world turret and used a spare heavy bolter from another Russ for the third one. My IG is Russ heavy as they are fluffed as from a world saved by the Wolves so i have plenty of spares. Long Fang FW Upgrade kit (GRYPHONNE IV version) Ryza turret version (Not as gd imo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbak the Wolf Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 to have an exterminator in your army can be a gamble ... on paper you have 3 heavy bolters and an auto cannon, if u add a storm bolter, its an effective anti personel weapon ... 3 heavy bolters == 3x3 shots == 9 1 auto cannon == 1 x2 shots == 2 1 storm bolter == 1 x 2 shots == 2 to a max of 13 shots in total when within range ... and yes, its impressive ... but in real life, your opponent will know its effectiveness as well ... if i were an opponent facing an exterminator, and i have many troops, i will try my best to finish that tank off ... and if you are smart enuff, you could use the above to draw massive fire to it, then allowing the rest of your army to move without being shot at ... for myself, i prefer taking 1 of these babies along with a dreadnought so at the opponent's turn, he will need to choose between the 13 shots tank, the powerful dreadnought or the rest of my army ... then again lets hope i dun meet a tau player ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karn888 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 i use mine all the time, just park it on one side of a table and let it shoot, i usually support it with a vindicator on the opposite side of the table, forcing my opponent to pic between to 2 targets that can easily dominate a table quarter. i find it is a very useful tank and in most games that i field it i makes up its points in kills, also the higher front armor increases its survivability. i modled mine with the forgeworld turrethttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/karn888/0814081228.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacefrisian Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I guess if you take a Vindicator and a Leman Russ you'll get more kills with the Leman Russ as most peeps spread their units to avoid getting under the big plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF4i Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 This thread got me thinking, what if you ensure you've got a land raider in your army? I mean this will be for 1750+ games, but that would take some of the heat off the Leman Russ I'd think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyrer0me0 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I use mine quite a bit and its a permenent part of my tourney list. Its a little bit pricey but is my only heavy support. We get alot of 4+ saves down in miami so it tears through things quite nicely. I had one game where it vaped a broodlord and retinue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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