<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Headswapping non-human heads onto humans"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Headswapping non-human heads onto humans http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/warpath/veer-myn.html) and is considering using the rat ogre equivalents as ogryn, but since these abhumans are very technologically advanced, he wants to make the troops by headswapping the skaveny heads onto van saar, cadians, scions or another "clean" force. Anyone have experience doing this kind of non-human to human headswap? What should we look out for?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504107.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504107.page GMT Headswapping non-human heads onto humans Good luck!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504140.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504140.page GMT Re:Headswapping non-human heads onto humans https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/broolian-beastmen) and various IG parts.

With the regular Veer-myn I learned a few lessons:
-The heads are comically large, even compared to Cadian bubble-head. The models come with a lovely, bulky torso that fits well with the head.
-The torso have bulges on the side to attach arms to, but if you cut/shave these flat they fit GW human arms perfectly (I used catachan arms).
-Human legs look super-weird on a Veer-myn torso, so I ended up just sticking to an arm-swap and I liked the result.

Spoiler:




I built my Ratgyrn pretty much straight out of the box and love them. They scale basically perfectly with the old metal Ogryn. I'd wager to guess converting these with newer plastic Ogryn/Bullgyrn parts would be really easy.

Spoiler:



If your friend is just looking for abhumans in general and would like some infantry that matches GW human scale a little better, Victoria Miniatures beast men are scaled perfectly. You can basically swap their parts freely with most Imperial Guard parts.

Spoiler:




If you have any questions or want any more part/model comparison images, let me know. I love working on projects like this.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504324.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504324.page GMT Re:Headswapping non-human heads onto humans
InquisitorKnickers wrote:
I have done a very similar conversion project for my renegades and heretics using Veer-myn, Victoria Miniatures Beastmen (https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/broolian-beastmen) and various IG parts.

With the regular Veer-myn I learned a few lessons:
-The heads are comically large, even compared to Cadian bubble-head. The models come with a lovely, bulky torso that fits well with the head.
-The torso have bulges on the side to attach arms to, but if you cut/shave these flat they fit GW human arms perfectly (I used catachan arms).
-Human legs look super-weird on a Veer-myn torso, so I ended up just sticking to an arm-swap and I liked the result.

Spoiler:




I built my Ratgyrn pretty much straight out of the box and love them. They scale basically perfectly with the old metal Ogryn. I'd wager to guess converting these with newer plastic Ogryn/Bullgyrn parts would be really easy.

Spoiler:



If your friend is just looking for abhumans in general and would like some infantry that matches GW human scale a little better, Victoria Miniatures beast men are scaled perfectly. You can basically swap their parts freely with most Imperial Guard parts.

Spoiler:




If you have any questions or want any more part/model comparison images, let me know. I love working on projects like this.


This is so helpful! I'm a little hesitant on the armswap idea though; the main thing we want is to get a high-tech look for these guys, since he's combining abhuman helots with survivors of the dark age. We're aiming for a three-caste system, with the more rat-like being more physically powerful but of lower social status; officers will be made largely from Delaque gangers while the nightmares look even more perfect as Ogryn now that you've given the scaling comparison.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504652.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10504652.page GMT Re:Headswapping non-human heads onto humans a trio of Skaven Guardsmen, with Plague Monk heads and legs, and Shock Trooper torsos and arms. The unpainted models can be seen here. I followed a tutorial by Eric Sexton I found a while ago. The conversion requires a bit of cutting and greenstuffing, and I think the legswap is pretty much mandatory to get the body in a pose where the head sits in its place naturally.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10506423.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/777915/10506423.page GMT