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Savnock wrote:Hey Pyriel- perhaps you could keep the cap on that skull, and just model up another skull instead?

I could live with that - happily!

Savnock wrote:I for one like the cap/skull combo, as there are already quite a few skull-helmet options out there from GW (all the chaplain minis, the WHFB Chaos Warrior one, berzerkers, etc. etc.).

Actually, there aren't a lot out there that don't involve a lot of cutting metal and/or having to perform additional sculpting work, so a 'straight up regular skull helmet' (no cap) would be greatly appreciated by many!

I second the Greek style helmet I love that mini.

Yepo!
That mini is very hard to find - and is highly valued on eBay. I'd say there is a strong market for it.
It would just be pretty bad Arse - to have a company of Greek Style SMs ;P.

Combine that with your guy's dope shields/shoulder pads.

The heads you have created are decent no doubt- but maybe if you can translate that to IG? You'll get the next best thing to great coats (you make em eventually? then you'll jack the DKOK market = $$$!).

Thinking about it those heads will look good on the wargames factory great coats.

Hey Pyriel- perhaps you could keep the cap on that skull, and just model up another skull instead? I for one like the cap/skull combo, as there are already quite a few skull-helmet options out there from GW (all the chaplain minis, the WHFB Chaos Warrior one, berzerkers, etc. etc.).


And really, really nice work here, man. Can't wait to see these on some traitors!

Oh, hmm. The time it would take to make a whole new skull head would upset Nick to much since the things are already to late for molding.
If however, the heads will be cast in resin there is no problem to cut of a halmet from one head and place it on another.

I´ll do a really nice looking skull helmet though.

As for roman styled heads, those are on the table but sadly are pushed back due to the eldar-ish stuff that is more important as I´m helping out with finalizing the jetbike bodies.

You guys and maxmini make me deliriously happy.

These are lovely I really like the aesthetic as their a great nod to the old 2nd Ed Plague Marines I'm rather tempted by an army of them unfortunately wallet says no......

Pyriel- wrote:

I´ll do a really nice looking skull helmet though.

Awesome!

I'll be waiting for that one...

Pyriel- wrote:
As for roman styled heads, those are on the table but sadly are pushed back due to the eldar-ish stuff that is more important as I´m helping out with finalizing the jetbike bodies.

Roman style heads and/or plume "add ons" would also sell very, very well I think...

or Adeptus Custodes heads.... hell the whole of the Custodes would be nice as would sisters of siliance

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:or Adeptus Custodes heads.... hell the whole of the Custodes would be nice as would sisters of siliance

They are the two coolest pre heresy units.

like hte pre heresy helmets, ive been using alot of old mark armour for my Fists, if you had some MK2 style helmets (the ones with a grill on the front), I'd eat them up, been using the maxmini ones, but they are slightly too narrow

Cool looking but strike me as traitor IG more than heresy era marines.

I hereby officially approve of these heads. Although I'm not a fan of the spiky ones, as you said, they are easily removed.

Put me in the Roman/Greek camp. I would buy obscence amounts of them.

What a fantastic improvement, your skills are developing really quick pyriel. The last 2 CH efforts have been crisp and symetrical, and the design is also becoming more and more flavorful!

These particular helmets wouldn't be for me personally as they wouldnt fit the mini's I gravitate to look wise, but I am very sure IG, DG and a whole bunch of other similar armies will love these.

Congrats!

I concur with the others though, CH has been mining neglected or little supported armies with their releases so far, I think your strongest sales may be through supporting armies that simply do not exist... Custodes, GS cults, Squats etc etc. Obviously prepping enough to make a whole new army is out of reach for now, but a lot of these things can be counts as, custodes/Grey Knights, Squats/Rattling Snipers, Engineseers, GS Cults/Traitor Ig, LATD etc etc.

I will agree on that very note - your skills as a sculptor has been incrementally increasing in awesome quality. Keep it up ;P The stuff is coming out nice.

I'd like to see a different take on SM Biker helmets the way Storm Trooper bikers have different helmets than the regular infantry guys in Star Wars. Any chance of that?

Also, some bits that could be used as Legion of the Damned would go a LONG way in getting me to place another order.

Oh! B, C, E & H are ace! Very interesting ...

- Salvage

I actually like the 'helmet head' look, to me it seems to suit the pre-Heresy look when maybe their primitive armour really did have a helmet on top of a full face mask, before slowly evolving to the modern one piece helmet?

Yeah, definitely put 'brush-top' helmets on your to-do list, and with a decent variety so people can make a full army with that look, I think they'd sell well.

Kanluwen wrote:Frankly, they look more like something you'd see on Traitor Guardsmen than Astartes.

exactly what i was thinking

Pretty darned nice!

I like style "H", I think I will have to order 7 or 14....

A seems ok as an old, pre-heresy loyalist helmet.
B seems a tad too small in scale.
C seems a tad generic and not 40k-ish enough - like a pig iron head.
D though H are the best ones, IMO - for traitor legions. G & E are especially good.
I - not fond of the helmet, but the faceplate is GWS or FW quality sculpting, IMO. Outstanding.

All of the helmets show a clear progression as far as sculpting skill goes compared with earlier works. Truly top notch work whether you like the aesthetic or not.

I third (or fourth or whatever number we have reached) the idea of greek/spartan heads. That would really rock.

Scottywan82 wrote:You guys and maxmini make me deliriously happy.

Second that emotion.

You know what else would be awesome? A truescaling kit. Pre-cast leg extensions (slice and place), torso and shoulder spacers, etc. Might be a bit farfetched but if you could make it work they would probably sell like gangbusters. Who the heck wouldn't want to TS their Marines if it took less than several hours per mini?

Love these. They're so iconic, I will definitely be getting some.

Thanks guys, apparently people notice some kind of sculpting improvement, I havent thought of that since you never see things yourself when you are immersed in something. Kind of like I painted and thought they look great but looking at them six months later I had to repaint every one of them since by then I thought they looked awful.

Second that emotion, and without regret as it's okay to be a fanboy of someone who listens to their consumers.

You know what elase would be awesome? A truescaling kit. Pre-cast leg extensions (slice and place), torso and shoulder spacers, etc. Might be a bit farfetched but if you could make it work they would probably sell like gangbusters. Who the heck wouldn't want to TS their Marines if it took less than several hours per mini?

Well, you know it might sound weird but Nick and I had this idea for some time now, we just havent agreed on weather to proceed with it or not but it is a very real possibility that I might do some sort of true scale thing later on if legals allow us to that is.

And thanks for the ideas streaming in, spartan themed helmets I havent thought about and roman themed are as I said on my table.
Today will see further work put into the "I" skull helmet, already did a basic smooth shape yesterday cutting of the german helmet. Today will see me experiment with various styles of skull helmet tops instead. I aim to be finished with it this day.

As for other helmets I am working on something that might appease thousand sons players and ultramarine players as well but all in due time.


Soon time for another update me thinks and a hint would be that it will fit nicely into any Blood Angel or Raven Guard army out there

Alpharius wrote:If you could make some of the Skull Helmets WITHOUT the 'cap' aspect, I'd buy a lot!

Please?

you planning on doing mortifactors? (chaos warriro skull helmest useful fro this and those zerker helemts)

also will these be in a pack, singularly or mix an match deal packs or all three?

loving the work guys keep it up

*looks for a job to try and fund chapter house purchases*

Spartan helmets> You do realise that I'd have to collect three entire companies of Space Marines if you did that, right?

Please don't hurt my wallet like that. ;(

you planning on doing mortifactors? (chaos warriro skull helmest useful fro this and those zerker helemts)

Not really but maybe the skull helmet will fit in there.

also will these be in a pack, singularly or mix an match deal packs or all three?

Not decided yet. If they are cast in resin they will be in packs, if they are cast in metal they will most probably come single but also rish a bit of detail degrading such as spikes being unevenly long etc.
Basically it is up to you guys what you would want.

*looks for a job to try and fund chapter house purchases*

Or you could always trade some bitz with me if you arent in a hurry (takes a while for me to get them myself)

Please don't hurt my wallet like that. ;(

*cough* Trade? *cough*

nice work, I did some brush top helmet casts for one of the GW staff, if anyone saw simons emperors fist on line, its not green stuff, its one of my casts!