Revell in collaboration with Games Workshop have produced a set of old Ork and Space Marine plastic sprues in six 'Build & Paint' sets that are intended as add ons for the
Battle for Vedros starter set for children.
Most of these packs will probably of limited interest to hobbyists as the added little paint pots and cheap brush will not make up for the limited quality of the models - given that the kits are almost as expensive as their modern equivalents.
The exception is the Space Marine Heavy Assault set that sells for around £25, less than half the price of their modern equivalents at £56.
As well as build instructions, one gets a brush, six pots of paint, a Dreadnought base, some decals, and the smallest tube of polystyrene cement I have ever seen.
The Dreadnought Sprue.
Terminator Sgt
Terminators
Ammo Supply Objective Markers
The kits are easy enough to build with the proviso that you cut off the 'push together' lugs. These are friction-holds so inevitably stop the model sections from fitting together completely.
The finished product is quite reasonable. It ain't great but it fills a slot in your army list.
I sprayed diluted Mr Hobby Metallic Blue acrylic paint straight onto the blue plastic with no problem and VJ Air Chrome and Mr Hobby Metallic Red provided the rest of the palette. The red was painted onto a chrome undercoat.
These have been assembled straight out of the box with a little bit of base decoration added and I will add decals later.
This set is worth considering if you need to add some old space marines heavy infantry to your Primaris army. At this cost you get new for second hand prices. If you want better and more flexible models with a choice of weapon mixes then you go upmarket and buy the new equivalent kits.
As they say, you pays your money and you takes your choice.
