lionfire wrote:From what I've seen they are kinda rare like the beak marine helmet. They are $6.99 each from what I see at The Warstore. http://www.thewarstore.com/product47361.html

Owain wrote:If you're willing to bust out the Green Stuff, they're not hard to sculpt.

CommissarCandlestick wrote:

Owain wrote:If you're willing to bust out the Green Stuff, they're not hard to sculpt.

My abilities with green stuff are hugely limited.

Skinnattittar wrote:

CommissarCandlestick wrote:

Owain wrote:If you're willing to bust out the Green Stuff, they're not hard to sculpt.

My abilities with green stuff are hugely limited.

Well then you are in luck! Berets are very simple to sculpt, laughably so, in fact. I would go so far to say that IG berets are probably one of the best starting sculpts to do, for those with little experience.

Here is the simple breakdown that I have used:

Use IG Catachan heads, plastic preferably. Cut off the top of their heads and/or trim away their hair/bandannas to where the brim of the beret will be and so that their heads will conform to the beret. Leave a small lip from their bandannas as a guide and as the "curl" of the edge of the beret.

Next, use Green Stuff to form a pointed "dunce" cap atop the head, leaning to the opposite side you want your beret, make enough length to stretch over to the other side.

Trim or shape the point into a semi-circle and then fold over.

Use a craft razor to adjust the beret as necessary, be sure to smooth the Green Stuff with the razor after a few minutes of hardening. You may have to practice this many times before you get good berets, but if you are doing a lot of them, then you will be able to stand a handful of less convincing berets (which is reasonable, you see a lot of bad berets in the military).

But if you want to spend money for a ton of heads that look the same.....

CommissarCandlestick wrote:

Skinnattittar wrote:

CommissarCandlestick wrote:

Owain wrote:If you're willing to bust out the Green Stuff, they're not hard to sculpt.

My abilities with green stuff are hugely limited.

Well then you are in luck! Berets are very simple to sculpt, laughably so, in fact. I would go so far to say that IG berets are probably one of the best starting sculpts to do, for those with little experience.
Here is the simple breakdown that I have used:
Use IG Catachan heads, plastic preferably. Cut off the top of their heads and/or trim away their hair/bandannas to where the brim of the beret will be and so that their heads will conform to the beret. Leave a small lip from their bandannas as a guide and as the "curl" of the edge of the beret.
Next, use Green Stuff to form a pointed "dunce" cap atop the head, leaning to the opposite side you want your beret, make enough length to stretch over to the other side.
Trim or shape the point into a semi-circle and then fold over.
Use a craft razor to adjust the beret as necessary, be sure to smooth the Green Stuff with the razor after a few minutes of hardening. You may have to practice this many times before you get good berets, but if you are doing a lot of them, then you will be able to stand a handful of less convincing berets (which is reasonable, you see a lot of bad berets in the military).
But if you want to spend money for a ton of heads that look the same.....

OK, but would it work with Cadian models?

Skinnattittar wrote:

CommissarCandlestick wrote:

Skinnattittar wrote:

CommissarCandlestick wrote:

Owain wrote:If you're willing to bust out the Green Stuff, they're not hard to sculpt.

My abilities with green stuff are hugely limited.

Well then you are in luck! Berets are very simple to sculpt, laughably so, in fact. I would go so far to say that IG berets are probably one of the best starting sculpts to do, for those with little experience.
Here is the simple breakdown that I have used:
Use IG Catachan heads, plastic preferably. Cut off the top of their heads and/or trim away their hair/bandannas to where the brim of the beret will be and so that their heads will conform to the beret. Leave a small lip from their bandannas as a guide and as the "curl" of the edge of the beret.
Next, use Green Stuff to form a pointed "dunce" cap atop the head, leaning to the opposite side you want your beret, make enough length to stretch over to the other side.
Trim or shape the point into a semi-circle and then fold over.
Use a craft razor to adjust the beret as necessary, be sure to smooth the Green Stuff with the razor after a few minutes of hardening. You may have to practice this many times before you get good berets, but if you are doing a lot of them, then you will be able to stand a handful of less convincing berets (which is reasonable, you see a lot of bad berets in the military).
But if you want to spend money for a ton of heads that look the same.....

OK, but would it work with Cadian models?

The head should fit the body, yes. I have a whole squad of Catachan headed Cadian torsos and they look great. You will have to shave their necks down a little, but if you have patience and take your time to figure out what works, it will be easy enough to produce a whole army of these guys in relatively little time.

As with anything in P&M, patience and practice is what really pays off in the end.

Ghostofman wrote:If you care Shadowforge makes a "Sci-fi female" upgrade kit for cadians that includes several female heads with berets (as well as ones with various other softcaps, one with goggle, several bare heads and some that mate with the empty cadian helmets). They are the right scale and have reasonable proportions, when used with the cadian bits they add some subtle variety without the "OMG BEWBS!" issues.