This has to be done carefully, otherwise you run the risk of taking off the undercoat as well. Once it was dry I used a stiff brush to very carefully remove the latex, exposing the rusted layer underneath. Also, it flows really nicely through an airbrush. Then I painted all of the hull with Ammo Green Moss, I love using this colour as apparently it’s the same colour that British tanks in the First World War were painted with. I gave it an hour or so to dry, or until the latex was transparent. Using a bit of sponge I applied the latex solution in the areas that I wanted to chip. Finally, I drybrushed the whole model with Ryza Rust to pick out the edges and raised areas.Īfter that it was time to get sticky with some Vallejo Liquid Mask. Similar to the Plagueburst Crawler I used some Vallejo Camouflage Medium Brown in the recesses to create shadows in the rust. I left the model a couple of days for the primer to fully cure, it takes at least 24 hours otherwise you run the risk of the primer coming off. In any case assembly was completed in short order and I quickly moved onto priming the hull and turret in Vallejo’s German Red Brown Primer which makes for a nice rust coloured undercoat. As far as sub-assemblies go, I left the track segments on the sprue as it would make them easier to paint and I wouldn’t need to be as careful airbrushing the main body of the Leman Russ. In the end, I decided not to bother and just went with a closed hatch. The only real issue was that the tank commander is glued to the underside of the turret hatch, which makes it a little difficult if you want to leave him separate to paint, otherwise you need to leave the base of the turret unglued. Assembly was pretty easy, much more so than the Plagueburst Crawler at any rate. As the Vanquisher Battle Cannon is made for putting holes in other tanks I decided to lean into the anti-tank role with a Lascannon as secondary hull mounted weapon and multi-melta side sponsons. As my first Leman Russ built, if you discount the wrecked Leman Russ I inherited from my brother and now use as a terrain piece, then it is going to have to be the Vanquisher.
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