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I just got my shipment of heads from Westwind productions.  They look pretty great.  For those who expressed interest when they were announced, I have taken some pictures,  and will post  them later this evening.


JM
   
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Albany, NY

Definitely looking forward to seeing them, I've been selling some Steel Legion-starved gamers on using them in conversions ...

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Vlad_the_Rotten





Sorry about the crappy pics, I'm no photographer...


First:  German Helmet w/Gas Mask (You get 5 different versions)


Second:  German Field Cap w/Gas Mask (you  get 4 different versions)
Finally:  British Helmets w/Gas Masks (My favorite, all 20 heads are the same)

Hopefully I'll have more pics soon, painted even... these pics don't show much of the detail...
   
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Hyderabad, India

Looks good, thanks for sharing!

PS to those who are interested:
http://www.warweb.com/secrets-the-third-reich-28mm-infantry-head-system-c-70_180_1777_1820.html

 
   
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They seem pretty cool. Remind a bit of the ones Eureka put on their Bundeswehr and zombie containment chaps.

   
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Thanks for taking these pictures, it's great to have references. The German field cap heads on catachan bodies would make good chaos traitors/Alpha Legion paramilitary cultists.

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Albany, NY

Aye, thanks for the pics, I tried to find other pics of the gas masked heads and had no luck, including WW's store itself. Also, are you in America? What distributer did you order from, if so?

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I'm in America. Southern Indiana, to be specific.
I ordered directly from Westwinds site.  3 Packs (60 total heads) plus shipping ended up being right at $20.  Roughly $5 per pack, and $5 shipping.  I ordered them on 5/11, and received them on 5/21.  Not too bad all around, in my opinion.
   
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$20 for 60 heads is super cheap.

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Albany, NY

Could I bother you to take pics of what the heads look like on sprue, sans GW body? I'm gonna be throwing some money WestWind's way in the next few days - the prices go up June 1, by 10% - and still can't find pics of what the heads actually look like by themselves. I'm particularly interested in the german cap heads.

Thanks!

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How would those heads -especialy the german ones- fit on empire militia models?
   
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Sorry about the lack of response, Boss.  I was in North Carolina all last week.
My wife just left for Florida today and took the camera with her, but I'll try to finagle some stand alone pics as soon as I can.  I'll also try to get some on the new empire plastics too.

Thanks,

JM
   
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Albany, NY

I actually ordered 80 heads worth today, to make it in before they raise their prices June 1. WW is getting a bit backlogged so orders after May 24 won't ship until June 4 or later, but getting in at $5 a pack is worth the wait IMO. So if anybody is clutching, throw your money in quick like!

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Com` on guys I`m waiting with the credit card in hand to order!
   
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anyone have some more pics? i took a leap of faith and bought 3 packs of german gas mask helmet heads and a pack of the soft cap gas mask heads from warweb.

speaking of warweb has anybody ever ordered from them? i know it's kind of after the fact but i hope they're trustworthy.

   
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so i got impatient when warweb told me that thye'd be out of stock for about a week so i went ahead and ordered more from west wind themselves. the problem i have now is that i have 2 packs of the soft cap heads coming and since i was going to only use these on the officers i think i'm going to end up with too many.

do you guys think i should extend the softcaps to the sergeants in the units  as well?

man i wish i knew what more of these looked like. i cant wait for the order now to see lol... 

   
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Albany, NY

Got my order on Saturday, about 3-4 days before I expected it! I got 2x German field caps, 1x German helmets, 1x Brit helmets (all gasmasked, obviously). They all look good in blister, pretty minimal mold lines and such. The caps look great, the masks are very cool and sci-fi (multiple plugs, nice 'plate' type face covering, goggles), and there is actually another cap head on the German helmet sprue. I actually don't care for the identical Brit ones too much, which is sad because the rest are going to my brother

Can't really give a meaningful pic unfortunately - only have a webcam, which is pointless for details - but you should be quite happy if you're waiting or undecided

Now need something to put the heads on, besides CSM!

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so what do you think boss, should i put soft caps on sergeants too or just commanders?

i'm hoping to get mine some time this week.

   
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Albany, NY

What's going on the grunts? Cadian heads? I'd say definitely use caps on sarges too - you've got 40 of 'em to go through, they're awesome, and more caps should tie things up nice and generally look great. Course you'll have to check it out with a test fit or two, I don't have any guard to even try things out ... yet!

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grunts are getting the german gas mask heads.
i'm looking forward to getting this rolling!
   
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Philadelphia

Could someone kindly tell me/us what the contents of the German Gas Masks and Helmets pack is?

Total heads?  How many helmeted Gas Masks?  Any cap heads?

I'm trying to figure out how many packs to order, and the warweb, and west wind sites don't give a count, or pics. 

Any help would be much appreciated!  Thanks.

 


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Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

20 each pack according to earlier posts in the thread.

I just ordered 100 of the gas mask helmeted heads, and 20 capped for a traitor nurgle IG army. I will take some pics when they arrive from the UK. I am in Australia, but UK's mail service usually is pretty quick, so hopefully I can get some pics up soon.

 
   
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Albany, NY

German cap set -> 5 sprues of 4 different heads (20 total)
German helm set -> 5 sprues of 3 different helmeted heads + 1 cap head (20 total)
Brit helm set -> 5 sprues of 4 identical heads (20 total)

The German helmet set is pretty nice, I like the cap head on that sprue quite a bit. One helmet has webbing or whatever on it, the other two are, IIRC, plain helms.

And I hear you on the lack of pics, apparently no retailers want to photograph the things. I almost got the zombie heads JUST so I could see what they look like ... but not THAT interested

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Philadelphia

Thanks Boss!  Much appreciated. 

Now it looks like I'll have to pick up a pack.  I already have some Cadians on the way, and I'm looking forward to doing some converting. 

These sure beat the FW respirators at $36 for 10...


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I just have to say that except of great products they have excellent custumer service!

My order got lost in the warp, and just after 2 couple of emails custumer service (and Wendy in paricular) sorted everything out.

I strongly recommend doing buissnes with them!

   
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My heads arrived in the mail today.



The head is sitting high due to me not trimming the sprue off properly



They're the helmeted heads. You get 4 capped heads in the 20 helmeted head lots. You probably can't make out the picture that well, but there is a mix of respirators/filters or whatever you want to call them. Some are bigger and chunkier. You also get a camo netted head (not overly keen on it myself) 5 different style heads (4 if you exclude the capped head) One head has a mask that is half off, which looks particularly good in my opinion.



How they come packaged.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Big_WIlly_Style/Traitor%20Guard/germanheads004.jpg

Capped heads. I was impressed by these as there are 4 different heads. These would look excellent in a veteran unit, they are pretty personalised and have goggles and stuff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Big_WIlly_Style/Traitor%20Guard/germanheads.jpg[/IMG]

And a comparison of a gas masked head next to a Cadian head

Should be buying a battle force next pay so hopefully I can post some pore pics as I progress.

EDIT: Stupid dakka and posting pics. I can't figure it out.

 
   
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Just a note for whoever was asking about ordering from Warweb... I ordered some more heads, this time from Warweb. The shipping to Indiana was the same as direct from Westwind, and I still haven't gotten the heads yet. I ordered 2 weeks ago. So,I'd recommend ordering direct.
   
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Is that the image?


 
   
 
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