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Title: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: Hupp n at em on August 04, 2015, 12:21:30 PM
Recently picked up some Empire State Troops because they were marked down and I thought they might be useful for Frostgrave.  Unfortunately, as I have not bought any GW product recently (other than Black Reach cultists which were surprisingly non-scale creep-y for a GW product), I was not prepared for when I opened the box and saw how chunky these guys are. The heads are HUGE.

My problem is, I don't really have anything to replace them with, because I'm not a big fan of how cartoony the faces and giant oversize hats/feathers are.  Do the Fireforge kits come with a good amount of extra heads, and are they a good match sizewise?  Any other suggestions metal, plastic, or other?
Title: Re: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: white knight on August 04, 2015, 12:38:05 PM
Well, I have these sallet helmet heads, designed for my goblins but work equally well as humans:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XuA3kyw51_8/Ttug6X5WKFI/AAAAAAAAAiw/sVGd5wgp3Oc/s1600/WKGH01.jpg)

Here are a couple pictures I took with the recent plastics (you do have to build up the neck with these):
(http://wk.frothersunite.com/misc/wk/salletcomp1.jpg)

(http://wk.frothersunite.com/misc/wk/salletcomp2.jpg)

Here's a picture where someone used them to convert the old GW war wagon crew:
(http://www.madponies.net/images/WIP/sallet.jpg)

Link:
http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.be/search/label/Getting%20Some%20Conversion%20Bits (http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.be/search/label/Getting%20Some%20Conversion%20Bits)
Title: Re: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: white knight on August 04, 2015, 12:40:12 PM
Forgot to add, you do have to build up the neck with a touch of putty, as the GW heads come with neck stumps and mine come with a recess.
Title: Re: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: Major_Gilbear on August 04, 2015, 12:49:52 PM
Mirliton have some basinet and sallet helmeted heads that scale well:

(http://wk.frothersunite.com/misc/empire/mirlitonhead.jpg)

Also, I think the Perry heads (either these (https://www.perry-miniatures.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=heads&search_in_description=1&osCsid=ocrfl1vuu7idov5rs7n2c15lt5&x=0&y=0) or those from their plastic kits) scale fairly well:

(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq101/Henners91/2012-08-03130615.jpg)
Title: Re: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: Hupp n at em on August 04, 2015, 01:00:51 PM
Wow, the Perry heads scale surprisingly well, and I've bought one of every medieval plastic box they've made so I might even be set as far as number of heads goes.  lol
Title: Re: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: Major_Gilbear on August 04, 2015, 01:07:21 PM
Note that in the picture they are plastic Perry heads (not sure if that will matter, as the Perry metal heads are designed to fit their own figures anyway...)
Title: Re: Separate heads suitable for Empire State Troops
Post by: blackfly on August 05, 2015, 06:13:55 PM
Knights, Guards, and Barbarians from Basicks

(http://basicks.eu/shop/img/p/2/3/5/235-large_default.jpg)(http://basicks.eu/shop/img/p/2/3/6/236-large_default.jpg)
(http://basicks.eu/shop/img/p/2/3/7/237-large_default.jpg)

MaxMini:

(http://maxmini.eu/image/cache/data/products/bits/MXMCB025_feralheads-441x315.jpg)
(http://maxmini.eu/image/cache/data/products/bits/MXMCB082_genericmaleheads-441x315.jpg)

Those pics of the warwagon crew above are mine, and I have to say WK's sallet heads are the DB's, despite the extra effort needed to build up the  necks (which I am not very good at. :) ). Definitely recommended.