Games Workshop 99120105068" Start Collecting Astra Militarum Miniature, Black

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The Start Collecting! sets from Games Workshop are the best way to learn the games of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000. The great value boxes include everything you need to start playing, with a good amount of models and the rules easy to find online. What's more, they even sometimes contain exclusive sculpts that you can use on the tabletop!

Warhammer 40K : Astra Militarum (Start Collecting!)

Each model kit contains enough parts to build one Leman Russ tank, either as the standard pattern or as an Eradicator, Exterminator, or Vanquisher-class vehicle. I bought an Astra Militarum Start Collecting Box specifically for this article. My thought was that I know what the box should contain but having the actual box would be a good idea and see for myself. I say specifically, but of course, I’ll use them! A Valhallan Leman Russ and more Cadians of course. With the Leman Russ Battle Tank kit that comes in the Astra Militarum Start Collecting box, you can build a single; Battle Tank, Eradicator, Exterminator or Vanquisher. Also, note that the Eradicator and Exterminator have very different ways to fix their barrels to the turret compared to the other Battle Cannon and Vanquisher. The Eradicator and Exterminator are sort of housed inside the turret and once one is in and you glue the turret together you will not get it out. The Battle Cannon and the Vanquisher are easily interchangeable as the tips of them can simply be pulled out and swapped. This is the easiest model to build and make a decision on. You get all the Heavy Weapons available to the Astra Militarum…

And finally… the Commissar build. This guy comes with a Power Sword and a Plasma Pistol. For those of you with a Codex, you’ll know what this isn’t the Commissar’s normal loadout.

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You can also change the unit composition to the following to maximise Special Weapons and use them as a valid Veterans Squad… By building the models in this way we have a valid Infantry Squad with a Heavy Weapon and a Special Weapon… You cannot build the Demolisher, Punisher or Executioner with the Leman Russ Battle Tank kit in the Astra Militarum Start Collecting box. To build these variants you need the Leman Russ Demolisher kit. Leman Russ Build OptionsThe Heavy Weapons sprue covered a little more, later on, gives you the option to swap two Guardsmen out for a Heavy Weapons Team. Your unit of ten Guardsmen can become a unit of eight Guardsmen plus a Heavy Weapons Team. There are still ten guys in the squad, eight as normal on 25mm bases then two manning the Heavy Weapon on the 60mm base. I would also recommend building the Sponson Mounts onto the sides of the Leman Russ. This tank is a beast and you want to get the most out of it, so maximise its damage output by adding the Sponsons and using those available weapon points for Plasma Cannons, Heavy Flamers, Heavy Bolters or Multi-Meltas. His normal loud out is a Bolt Pistol and a Chainsword. So this build will require you to spend those extra points on a Power Sword (2 pts) and the Plasma Pistol (5 pts). The following list is comprised of a Patrol Detachment and comes to 261 points. The Patrol Detachment requires a single HQ choice and a single Troops choice to be valid. The infantry sprues come with two Flamers and two Grenade Launchers. But an infantry squad can only take one Special Weapon. So if you go and use all four you will end up having an invalid squad. Veterans can take up to three Special Weapons – they could also take zero Special Weapons. Building three Special Weapons and taking these guys as Veterans is certainly viable – there are no Veteran models, you just use whatever you want and maybe model them differently from your regular Guardsmen.