"Kroot, head tests..." Topic

Ok, I decided to rummage thru the ol bits box and see what all heads I could find that might work.

The model is my single kroot left over from my tau army that had hid a different box when I sold them off.

The heads tested include;

Classic lizardmen saurus head
New lizardmen saurus head
Classic chaos warrior heads(the ape bodied ones)
Dark elder helmet head
new plastic ungor head
Gorkamorka boyz heads x2
Mutation sprue head
Very classic dark elf head

Link to all pics;

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>Ok, I decided to rummage thru the ol bits box and see what all heads I could find that might work.<

Work for what?

As a replacement of the standard kroot head. Sorry I should have said that this is kind of a spin off post from the earlier one about kroot.

I think that the Lizardmen Saurus heads (both) are the winners for me!

It would create an instant SF/VSF reptilian.

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While playing around with them I have to say my favorite was the chaos horned helmet head. I could see clipping the horns and making some sort of hightech helmet

I thought the Orc with the pony tail was the one. Great fun combination.

actually…that is an EXTREMELY helpful set of reference images!

I think it would be a great idea if others into 'kroot mods' as a showcase for 'head swaps' could do the same thing just to show others some of the 'variety/options' with the least amount of expense/effort for VSF/SF 'conversions'

same basic 'krootish' body, just showing what 'heads/mods' would work…then maybe some kroot body mods (like with nid etc arms??? from same basic parts???

I took some 'nid clawed finger arms' and replaced the kroot head with a TENDRIL feeder head and pulled a set of 'batwings' from spare 'Fury' heroclix and made an 'Avatar of Cthullu-ish' figure in under an hour…

(now I just have to get a decent digital camera to post this stuff to Displaced Minis…*sigh)

*slish…slish*

Meh. GW orcs and orks tend to look like GW orcs and orks, to me. The lizardman parts, though, made for a cool conversion!

I thought the beastman head worked really well also

The one orc head I thought would look really good with sculpted muttonchops into a ape like head. I do agree that it's hard to make that much of a change but I did do a nice converted ogre that used a GW orc head and a Mageknight body and it came out quite nice, and clearly not orc like.

You would also be surprise what a flesh color does as everyone sees green and thinks orks.

I wish I had a gor head to try out on the body but I only had the ungor.

I was also looking for my tendril head but could not find it otherwise I would have used that one.

DWW, I'd be willing to take some better pics to add to a collection if people are intersted. While I only have the one kroot torso, someone else would have to do the arms test.

Here are some cool Saurus heads for modifying your Kroot:

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I decided to try one replacement from scratch:

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I always felt that the Kroot heads were too small for their bodies, but is this too big?

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You chopped off too much neck I think on most of those.

They would all look really good with about 3/128th" to 1/64th" of neck added to them… Maybe as much as 1/32" in some cases

Does anyone have a close up shot or zoomed image link of a GW Saurus head?

CC

CC,

I'll say it again, you are a damn fine sculptor. How are those Morlocks doing?

Ralph

Thanks Ralph, I'm still learning though. :)

"How are those Morlocks doing?"

Right now they are sitting comfy in a bin back home, waiting for me to get back to finish them up. I will definitely have some photos of the final conversions soon.

CC

I wonder what a Kroot body with a Gnoblar head will look like. :)

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