Battlescape Review

The first thing I noted, with relief, when I opened the box was that this is a proper plastic kit, not vacu-formed tat. It is similar in design to the Temple of Skulls.

The main part is a single piece of rigid plastic. This is good in many ways but it does cause design limitations because the plastic cutter only works at right angles. In practice, this means you cannot have undercuts on the detail modelled onto the the plate. This is not an important limitation in this case but it does show that the GW marketing trolls have been up to their tricks again. The photographed model used on the box lid, etc, is not the kit you buy. This is not a big deal in this case as the battlescape kit is very good, albeit not as good as the photographed kit, but GW are nevertheless playing with fire.

There is a problem with the Rhino visor. It does not fit the space provided and you will need to reposition it and use filler. It also needs a little filler on the trees.

The assembled kit paints well and looks good. It is well designed with plenty of flat places to position troops. The Rhino has no bottom which does look a bit odd, so I positioned the doors in the shut position. I will probably have to put a false floor in.

I tried playing around with paint layering on this kit. This is not a technique that i have used before so i will leave you to judge how badly i did.

The rust is from MIG powders, stabilised with art charcoal/pastel stabiliser; you can't put matt varnish on powders as it 'hides' them.

This is a very nice piece of terrain and good value at a mere £15.

I give it 4 out of 5.