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G'day,

I was wondering if this head actually exists somewhere or did Relic just invent it for the game...



I'd love to have a box of those heads to use for my Marines but I can't find them anywhere.

Anyone know if it exists and where it is?


EDIT: Ok, here's a test cast for something I sculpted...

There's one like it in the Venerable Dreadnought kit. Not exact, but pretty close.

Is that a regular sized Space Marine head in the Ven Dread kit?

The one in the Venerable Dreadnought kit is a normal-sized space marine head. It's pretty close to what that one looks like, but you'll need to make a few adjustments.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/40K-Space-Marines-Venerable-Dreadnought-Head-Crusade-Bits-Bitz-S-/201078002274?pt=Games_US&hash=item2ed12ed262

These perhaps?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Legiones_Astartes/Imperial_Fists/IMPERIAL_FISTS_MK_III_HEAD_UPGRADE.html

The standard bearer from Calgars Honour Guard has the same helmet. Which is wear Relic got their helmet from I'm guessing.




Maxmini does some Steam Knight heads, one of which looks the same.



I know maxmini used to let you specify if you wanted more of a certain type of head when you placed an order. I'm not sure if they still do though.

Hmm, the closest ones so far are the Ven Dread and Calgar's Honour Guard, though the Honour Guard has more detail which I don't really like.

Maybe I should try and sculpt something myself and cast it (maybe somewhat shaky IP infringement grounds though...).

The MkIII Iron Armour helmets don't really work for me, the way they flare out at the bottom and the general chunkiness just makes the models look a bit dopey to me. That maxmini head is interesting but the top of the head isn't really working for me.

There's something about the shape of the Relic helmet, it's much sleeker than a MkII helmet. There are a couple of Black Templar helmets that have a similar shape.

The first two heads here have the same sort of shape though slightly different design:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WARHAMMER-40K-BIN-BITS-BLACK-TEMPLAR-12x-HEADS-/351159698004?pt=Games_US&hash=item51c2bfc254&_uhb=1

File down an honour guard head and cast that for yourself. I don't see the IP infringement if you have extensively modified it and are not selling it, both of which are true.

Check out the Grey Knights kit?

Couple other options:

Black Templars sprue?


Death Company sprue?


Ravenwing sprue?


Vanguard Veteran sprue?

There's also the Forgeworld Mk III heads.

The hornless head in the IW conversion set are kinda similar.
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-SE/Chaos-Space-Marines-Iron-Warriors-Upgrade-Pack

This was from the Command Squad sprues...it's not exact but hope it's a step in the right direction....




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Note: disregard the top knot, that was a kitbash on my part....

Ok!

So I finally got around to doing some sculpting. This was a regular Mk7 Aquila head from a Tac Marine, chopped up his face and resculpted it.

This is actually an instant mould and greenstuff recast, which didn't come out as well as I'd hoped (the two halves of the mould didn't line up, which is why I didn't bother painting the back of the head because it's not lined up properly anyway also some of the details got a bit warped).

So I'll probably do some silicone/resin recasts, I have done a couple of variants that are similar (the only variation being the number of vertical vents and the size/presence of the tube leading in to the face of the mask).



I'll probably combine a few of these, a few other ones I've sculpted with the Ravenwing and Black Templar heads. Something about the straight down face plate just looks way tougher and meaner than you're average Spehss Mareenz, at least to me

One of the Sevrin Loth Honour Guard heads is pretty close:

This one is from the Chaos Raptors sprue. Its not exactly like the original post, but with a bit of filing & minor GS it would be pretty close.

Doh!

I have a feeling that was meant for a different thread