September 14, 2009

Rebirth of a behemoth!


Okies, maybe the title is bit misleading. It's not actual behemoth, just a double-tracked Leman Russ that has been dusting away on a shelf for some time. First it was to become a Demolisher, then Atlas and now, well I don't know yet exactly what.

The new turret is from 1:48 scale KV-1 kit, yes I'm a kit-basher, should learn those valuable plasticard skills and start making my own pattern stuff. But there will be two more of these on the production line in some point as I bought three kits at one go.

Dazrek brandished the new wonder bomb tightly. The Mekboy Laudbang had said that the bomb would attach itself to Oomie vehicles by itself, all Ork was to do was to run as close Oomie armour as possible and plant the 'magnatized' bomb on the vehicle and kaboom! It was supposed to be the effect those magna-ties and some fields of them, but Dazrek had lost track of Mekboy endless tek-speak and run off towards the field of battle with the new bomb. Magna or not, it was time for some good Boom and then lots of Dakka.

As sent by Gork himself, a lone Oomie tank was approaching the pit in which Dazrek was hiding. The tank is quite big, thought Dazrek, with wide tracks and large turret. Meks would love to loot that, but it will go boom soon, Dazrek grinned and dashed towards the tank as he saw the turret turn away to shoot some wretched Grots running away from all the fun.

Arming the bomb with a turn of a switch on one side of the flat bomb, Dazrek was just few leaps away from the front of the oomie tank. Hop, and he launched the bomb directly on the front piece of a tank. Sporting a huge grin he waited the tank explode in shower of fire and smoke but to his great dismay the bomb just bounced off from the tank. He had just a short moment to wonder what had happened when the hull-mounted bolter of the tank opened up...


Yes, as poor Dazrek's fate shows, the Leman Russ sports antimagnetic paste on the front, a Zimmerit of some sorts. It still need lots of work though.