The Alcat Rats Veterans Brigade (Build Kit)

The Alcat Rats Veterans Brigade arrives as a build kit to create a set of ten physical resin miniatures, each standing 29mm from feet to eyes, cast in clean grey resin with supports already removed and surfaces cleaned, ready to assemble and paint straight from the box. This is a battle-hardened squad of grimdark special operatives, built for long campaigns and dressed for every kind of trouble, with layered flak jackets, combat boots, knee armour, utility belts loaded with kit, and a mix of heavy weapons that means they are never under-gunned.

Supplied unpainted.

The set includes a mutli-part build kit giving you the components to assemble a further six troopers in configurations of your choosing. The build kit includes multiple torso variants, a spread of heads covering goggled masks, caps, and communications rigs, and weapon options ranging from a long-barrel sniper rifle with scope to a rocket launcher, a heavy stubber, and a bulky comms unit with trailing cable. Every part slots into a consistent scale so you can mix across poses without running into proportion problems.

Sculpted by DakkaDakka, the Veterans Brigade sits comfortably alongside the rest of the Alcat Rats range, sharing the same proportions, palette logic, and world-weary character that makes the line immediately recognisable on the tabletop.

Ten oval bases are included. No glue or paint is supplied.

The squad reads best in a warm, dusty field palette with dark contrasts on the weapons and armour panels. The guide below assumes you are working with a brush and standard hobby acrylics.

1. Prime

• Apply a thin, even coat of grey or sand primer across all assembled and sub-assembled pieces, holding the can or airbrush roughly 25 to 30cm from the surface to avoid filling fine detail.

2. Armour Base

• Base coat flak jackets and armour panels in a mid-tan or desert yellow, such as Zandri Dust or Vallejo Iraqi Sand.
• Base coat the uniform trousers and fatigues in a muted olive green, such as Castellan Green or Vallejo Russian Uniform.

3. Trim and Details

• Paint goggle lenses, scope optics, and indicator lights in a deep red, then pick out a small bright orange or white highlight on the upper edge to suggest a lit surface.
• Work the straps, pouches, and boot leather in a dark brown such as Rhinox Hide, keeping the edges slightly lighter to separate them from the base uniform.

4. Weapons

• Base all weapons in a dark grey such as Mechanicus Standard Grey or Vallejo Dark Grey, then drybrush with a lighter silver-grey to bring out raised edges and barrel vents.
• Pick out any cables in a near-black and give them a subtle highlight along the top ridge to show the curve of the hose.

5. Weathering

• Apply a thin brown wash across armour panels and clothing, letting it settle into recesses and folds to add depth and campaign grime.
• Use a small torn piece of blister foam to stipple dark grey and rust brown across boot soles, knee pads, and weapon stocks, simulating mud and wear.

6. Bases

• Texture the oval bases with a coarse basing paste or fine sand, prime over the top, then drybrush in two stages from a mid-brown up to a pale bone tone. Add occasional tufts of dry grass to tie the squad together visually.

This is an adult hobbyist collectible, not a toy. Not suitable for children under 14 years due to small, detailed parts.