If I add a fifth, it will probably just be another battle tank. I do have three other Leman Rus tanks to assemble and paint, two will be battle tanks and the third will be a Punisher variant - with the Punisher gatling cannon (with the new grinding advance rule, it will spit out forty (40!) dice per turn at Strength 5! It will be named Zakat (almsgiving/Charity). Maybe just try to spell it phonetically with Arabic script? I tried looking for faux Arabic scripts and tried Writing Tallarn with that. Of course "Tallarn" isn't a real English word so I couldn't translate it. I also looked up words I could use for names on my Scout Sentinets ("Swift", "Watchful", "Vigilant", etc.). watch list with all the Arabic words I was looking up. I got a little concerned I might end up on a C.S.I.S. In the Grim Darkness of the 41st Millennium, a planet that had been settled by Muslims at one point, when brought back into the Imperial fold after the Age of Darkness, might simply replace Allah with the Emperor.? I figured as new societies overtake others they often co-opt elements of the existing societies religion when converting them to their own. I was thinking I might pick up a fifth tank and calling this the "Pillar Platoon" and naming each after the 5 pillars of Islam (Faith, Charity, Prayer, Fasting and Pilgrimage). This tanks name is supposed to be "Sala" or "prayer". A few months ago we did a long run of interviews entitled The Voices of Fallout 4 that fan’s of the game brought with some amazing praise and lots of encouragement. I though of using Arabic - as the Tallarn seem to culturally similar to Terran Arabs. Tim Russ Interview Jby rontrembathiii Leave a comment. I think it could have done with a bit more kit hanging off of it. I'd thought of using French WW2 tank identifiers (coloured card suites) but then decided against it. I was really torn as to how to number things or what other stuff to paint on there. I'd wanted to come up with some unit marking - and probably still will at some point when I get to the others. so I ended up having to glue them in place. Unfortunately the sponson guns were in there a little tight and, while they could move, it would just scrape any paint that was applied to the sides of the gun when they were rotated in and out of the sponson. I managed to pry it off and found that the older version of the Leman Russ had a separate ring that was glued to the base of turret - which has the tabs that fit into the slots on the hull the allow the turret to remain attached, but till rotate freely - it was glued on upside down so the tabs were inside the turret!? I actually managed to carve this off and flip it so now I have an operating turret. ![]() ![]() In fact when I got it the turret was glued down the the hull. So the tracks are a bit messed up at the back and there are a few other things that don't quite match up. ![]() I bought it off eBay ages ago already assembled. Tanks are easy, though, so I finished up this Leman Russ tank that's been haunting the edges of may painting desk for far too long. Screwy head and lack of focus made working on them a little difficult. I haven't managed to finish up the Shadespire minis.
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