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Houghten
03-11-2012, 08:35 AM
As some of you may know from my Disqus comments on the news threads, I'm not exactly fond of metal or Finecast. So when I found the mace on the Dark Angels frame, I thought to myself "A-ha! Perfect crozius arcanum," cut off the winged sword and replaced it with the winged skull, and now I've got myself the makings of a plastic Chaplain. I still need a skull helmet, though - any suggestions as to in which kits I might find a suitably large skull?

MaltonNecromancer
03-11-2012, 08:55 AM
Warriors of Chaos Skull Champion helmet:

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/images/chaos_warriors_skull_head_1_large.jpg
http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-warrior-champion-skull-head-p-1253

Schnitzel
03-11-2012, 08:56 AM
Ron over at From the Warp did a great Chaplain conversion (http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2010/11/chaplain-skull-helmet-conversion.html#more) about a year ago. Fortunately I had it book marked.

Cheers.

sonsoftaurus
03-11-2012, 09:33 AM
Couple others that can work:

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-space-marine-head-p-326

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-space-marine-head-p-2003 (with shaving off the arrow)

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/khorne-berserker-head-p-68 (with trimming arrow and bunny ears)

Chris*ta
03-12-2012, 06:56 AM
Have you considered doing a bare head instead?

There are plenty of appropriate plastic heads around.

Luke Licens
03-12-2012, 10:58 AM
I took a regular Marine helmet, drilled the face out, and popped a skull bit into the hollow shell. You've gotta drill slow or you risk cracking it open, but it's still pretty simple.

Houghten
03-13-2012, 10:13 AM
Warriors of Chaos Skull Champion helmet:

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http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-warrior-champion-skull-head-p-1253It's a bit... distended, but thanks for your input.


Ron over at From the Warp did a great Chaplain conversion (http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2010/11/chaplain-skull-helmet-conversion.html#more) about a year ago. Fortunately I had it book marked.

Cheers.I am so definitely giving that a go. I even have a spare Chaos vehicle frame to take the same skull from!

Thanks for the link!


Couple others that can work:

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-space-marine-head-p-326

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/chaos-space-marine-head-p-2003 (with shaving off the arrow)

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/product_info.php/khorne-berserker-head-p-68 (with trimming arrow and bunny ears)That middle one is a good fallback possibility for when I horribly fail at the greenstuffing. Ta!


Have you considered doing a bare head instead?

There are plenty of appropriate plastic heads around.It's helmets all the way for my Chapter. Even the Scouts have Cadian heads. Let other, stupider Chapters show their bare heads to the enemy's gunsights.


I took a regular Marine helmet, drilled the face out, and popped a skull bit into the hollow shell. You've gotta drill slow or you risk cracking it open, but it's still pretty simple.I've been trying this already, but the helmet is a bit too small for my sausage fingers to hold steady while precision drilling.