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I like the bottom left and top middle ones the most. Some seem a little weird.

Heh I like all the heads! They have a good techy feel to them and should look great for a commander or elite battlesuit.

Can't wait for the new jetbike variant, I have been waiting for that before placing a CH order.

I'm deciding if I should get some of the True-scale marine models. I was primarily looking at the really awesome ones produced by Warsmith, but, a few days before I was going to order them, they were tragically discontinued.
The Chapterhouse ones look pretty good, although something about them seems a bit off. On the plus side, they are cheaper, provide more parts, and supply an extra marine compared to the former, but I'm still undecided as of late.

I do think they are nice and will spice up a lot of generic Tau armies out there, and they do look decidedly Tau. Having said that I find myself liking Paulson Games new "not Tau" tau heads better.

SecretStamos wrote:I'm deciding if I should get some of the True-scale marine models. I was primarily looking at the really awesome ones produced by Warsmith, but, a few days before I was going to order them, they were tragically discontinued.
The Chapterhouse ones look pretty good, although something about them seems a bit off. On the plus side, they are cheaper, provide more parts, and supply an extra marine compared to the former, but I'm still undecided as of late.

Both were designed by hits_the_spot here on Dakka.

Absolutionis wrote:Both were designed by hits_the_spot here on Dakka.

That's really cool. The Space Crusader kits were outright incredible.

Those Tau heads get a giant "meh" from me.

The first set certainly fits in with Tau, could be good for distinguishing Team Leaders for XV8s or for Shas'vre/Bodyguard units.

The second set looks like they ran out of inspiration/ideas and just threw some bits on a block. The necks look too long or the head is placed too far back on the neck stalk. No real 'Wow!' factor for either, but these looked so very awesome when the original sculpt was being displayed but have lost me at the crucial sales point.

It's not the heads causing the weirdness, but the torsos. THe 1980s blocky robot look to the torsos has never meshed well with the rest of the model and now these new heads are accentuating it further.

frozenwastes wrote:It's not the heads causing the weirdness, but the torsos. THe 1980s blocky robot look to the torsos has never meshed well with the rest of the model and now these new heads are accentuating it further.

Wut?
The designer/sculptor was presumably able to look at the torso that he was meant to be designing heads to fit though. It's not the fault of the torso that he wasn't able to come up with something that meshed well with it, particulary as several people have produced head options that are as good or better than the originals.

I quite like these heads. Should i ever revisit Tau i will consider getting a few of these heads. I am quite partial to the left head of set 1 and the middle head of set 2.

plastictrees wrote:

frozenwastes wrote:It's not the heads causing the weirdness, but the torsos. THe 1980s blocky robot look to the torsos has never meshed well with the rest of the model and now these new heads are accentuating it further.

Wut?
The designer/sculptor was presumably able to look at the torso that he was meant to be designing heads to fit though. It's not the fault of the torso that he wasn't able to come up with something that meshed well with it, particulary as several people have produced head options that are as good or better than the originals.

In order for the head to look good, I think it needs to be twice as wide as the current heads and extend outside the width of the centre block of the torso (like the FW ones).

OR

The torso could be made rounder in some way.

Original head, these variations on the original, etc., simply can't fully compensate for the large sharpe-edged blocks that make up the centre torso.

The forge world designs that replace the torsos are excellent examples of correcting the issue. On their crisis suit models that use the standard torso, the weapons and arms are changed so drastically that the blocky torso no longer dominates the appearance of the model. Or they have a wider head.

I quite like the heads, but it would be useful if they could be bought in kits of 3 of the same head, or 1 of one design and 2 of another, as Its nice to have uniformity to your battlesuits and then have the team leader or commander in a bodyguard team stand out

I don't mind the head designs but the execution of the sculpting is IMO terrible.

Bobug wrote:I quite like the heads, but it would be useful if they could be bought in kits of 3 of the same head, or 1 of one design and 2 of another, as Its nice to have uniformity to your battlesuits and then have the team leader or commander in a bodyguard team stand out

Seconded.

I just got my Tau suit heads in today, and after looking at them, they are GREAT!!!! Not only are they pewter, but they are nearly perfect with very little flash, I think Nick is putting out very good stuff, and luckily Chapterhouse is a local business. I am very impressed with their product!!

I like heads 1 and 2 from the first set. But to be honest I couldn't care about the heads when I would rather see a new suit all together.
I think it's about time they drop the bulky box suit.

The Tau heads are kinda eh. I like the ones they come with. I do think a couple could be used as a replacement for the hellishly ugly multitracker however.