Starting off, I already had in mind that this would be an Executioner variant - something about plasma cannons on a hovertank made sense to me - so I went out and bought myself a Leman Russ Demolisher kit, which included the necessary parts to build one alternatively. Thus, in honour of the Soviet scientist who designed hovertanks back in the 1930s, I'm giving life to the Levkov-Pattern Grav-Russ. However, the setting is vast and vague enough that such oddities and more can exist. Lore-wise, the Imperial Guard doesn't normally field vehicles that make use of anti-gravity technology - it's incredibly difficult to manufacture and maintain, restricting distribution to the superhuman Space Marines and the machine-cultists of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Artistic-wise, it's the love-child of the Mk V and the M4 Sherman tanks. The Leman Russ is the general purpose tank chassis used by the Imperial Guard, who make use of it for a variety of variations concerning its primary armament. While not much goes for them individually against the monstrosities they fight against, they more than make up for it with heavily armoured vehicles and some of the biggest balls you'll find this side of the Eye of Terror. Lore-wise, the Imperial Guard is the largest military organization in the Imperium, comprised of normal human soldiers predominantly armed with laser rifles that are little more powerful than today's firearms. With that in mind, this project is centered around customizing an Imperial Guard Leman Russ battle tank into a grav-tank version. Lore aside, the game itself is played using units represented by scale models that are assembled and painted by the player, who in turn has the freedom to customize their units as they see fit within game limitations. In case you're not familiar, Warhammer 40k is a tabletop game by Games Workshop that is set in the dark future of the 41st Millennium, featuring a technologically stagnant, xenophobic galaxy-wide Imperium of Man that is beseiged on all fronts by aliens, demons, mutants, and heretics, and is barely held together only by faith in the God-Emperor of Man. Heyo! Liam here, and I've been working on the titular project for a little while now.
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