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I run Mono-khorne. As a result, my basing and modelling techniques involve a preponderance towards gluing skulls to things, but I'm always running out. Other chaos players at my FLGS use other units usually and, pun intended, throw me a bone every once in a while, but then I google conversions for khornate things, or browse CMON and the Dakka gallery, and people model converted champions and HQs literally sitting on a pile of skulls taller than the mini. Where are all these skulls coming from?

Secret Weapon Miniatures sells what is called the "Sack O' Skulls":



I have the old metal ones and they're quite nice.

They also offer "Bone Fields" resin bases as well.

You can purchase them in bulk from bitz manufacturers.

Here's a pack of 100 for $16. I bet you could find resin or plastic even cheaper with a bit of digging online.

http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2229

They also make bases with skulls already on them.

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=79_30_60&zenid=c59d76128f74be5a59a14ec183dc7356

http://shop.microartstudio.com/skulls-c-3_34.html

Great question any ideas for UK buyers?

Check out the Halloween section of stores this fall. I find small necklaces all the time that have skull beads on the, Buy up all I can and stock pile them away.

 GamesEtc wrote:
Check out the Halloween section of stores this fall. I find small necklaces all the time that have skull beads on the, Buy up all I can and stock pile them away.

I learned to cast them.

Even something as simple as pushing a skull glued to stick into plastecine clay, and then pouring plaster into it, is more than sufficient for bases.

Push base into clay as a guide.
Remove base and push skull into clay repeatedly, over what will be the top surface of the base.
Pour plaster/resin into the mold you just created, and eel off the clay once it hardens.
You just created a one of a kind skull covered base, that the skulls wont fall off

Oyumaru
GS/milliput

Oyumaru is like £5 or something
then your materials of GS and milliput are probably like another £6
With that you could make like over 9000 skulls.

Basically take a skull (you'd need 1), you push it into the oyumaru, wait like 2 mins, pull it free, press your GS/milliput into the mould wait for the milliput to dry, pull it out and your done!.
The oyumaru would allow you to make well over 20+ at a time, which means you can pretty much make them on a per model basis and have as many as you like.

All the helms in this cloak are press moulds and casts I did (so i could make the back side flat easily before adding the fur trim).

@Solar Shock:

What kit is the helmet on the bottom right of the cape from? It's the one with the single line for the face vent, immediately beneath the grey knight helm and to the right of the CSM helm, above what looks like the back of a necron head at the bottom.

Thanks!

another csm helm. i think its an old champion styled one. it had two horns that curve out and in and touch almost at the top.

sorry thats such a poor description

on a tablet, ill see if i can find an img.... top left

This was over in the tutorials section here on DakkaDakka

http://www.youtube.com/embed/DUrRnYo6SIc