Shiny Package

Well I ordered some parts from Brigade Models the other day and these have arrived this morning. I have to offer my thanks to Tony at Brigade as I asked for a mix of parts to convert up some examples of Space Marine tanks. 
And here we have it - in two little baggies we have four Neo-Soviet Kunitsa APCs and five extra turrets that I orders. I actually should only have ordered four turrets, but made a mistake. 

Casting - 4 of 5
Okay first deviation from the list of rules I put in a few posts below, but it is important to talk about how much work needs to be done on clean up. Overall these are good, with minimal venting flash on two of the APCs which is easily removed. There are slight mould lines along the sides of the APCs but these are quick enough to scrape. 

Sculpt - 4 of 5
The APCs are nice, with enough detail to make them look good up close. They have items such as top and rear hatches with handles, a little windscreen and a front plate for some form if markings. I think the sides could do with some piping or exhausts just to break up the plating, but not a major issue. The turrets feel a bit more functional then detailed, and  do not have any delineation from the front of the multi barrels. 

Variation - 2 of 5
As much as I like the design of the Kunitsa there appears to be only one body design (there is a mortar version but I am counting this separately) with no extra stowage options. This is in line with APCs generally, especially the common or garden plastic Rhino but I would like to see maybe some ablative armor or a mirror version to add a be more detail. 

Atmosphere - 3 of 5
As stated on the over arching line review these give a really good near future sci-fi feel, with a definite evolution from real world vehicles here. I would like to see something that rises it slightly beyond this with some style element running through the line but this is just the GW fan in me I suspect more than anything else.

Value for Money - 5 of 5 
These are the best value APCs I have seen on the net, at 75p each these would go well alongside a plastic Space Marine box set to build up a full battle company for not much. The turrets came in at 20p a piece, totally 95p each for 4 different variant tanks. Not bad at all.

I will post up the conversion guide tomorrow for the Rhino type tank conversions hopefully. I defiantly need to sort out some better pictures as these do not do the models justice but I need both daylight and probably a better camera...