Thoughts on Space Marne Alternatives

Now as will be come apparent I have a fondness of Games Workshop and their worlds, but to be honest I have spent no more than £50 with them in the last year or two. And with 6mm miniatures from their Epic line I feel a bit worried at spending £3 a tank when there are alternatives out there.

So one option to get some Space Marine tanks out for less is to look at the Brigade Models Neo-Soviet Kunitsa APC which has a remarkable similarity to the ubiquitous Rhino. 


Not quite the same in style and a little undersized when you compare against the old plastic Rhinos but not a bad base for transport and tanks. 

Few ideas for these 

• Sponsons can be made from the pintle mounts - you get two with most models in the Neo line, one machine gun and one missile launcher so just save up the machine guns. 
• Smaller turrets for a Predator can be found on the Wombat APC Hybrid
• Short bore cannons for a Vindicator can come from the Volk
• Missile launchers for Whirlwinds from the Vikhr 

Now the detail level is lower on the Brigade Models but at around £2 in total per model, with parts left over, it is not a bad source.