Head swaps

[elegantmess]

I bought a bag of the "Ancient Warriors" Caesar knockoffs not only to fill ranks in medieval armies but also for head swaps. I have a pule of quasi-historical game pieces and off-scale goblins and orcs that medieval helmets would help a lot and was wondering if anyone would share any tips that could save me hours of frustration?

[Santi Pérez]

I don't know if my advice will be of much help to you, elegantmess.

My head swaps are very easy to do. I simply cut off the donor and recipient heads. I make sure the head fits properly in its place and then glue it down with the Ceys special glue for difficult plastics that I've been using for several years. Next, I add a few layers of white glue around the neck, ensuring a firm joint.

Since my figures are intended for dioramas and not wargames, this is sufficient.

I leave you here the pictures of several examples:






I hope they'll be helpful. Best regards.

Santi.

[elegantmess]

I think the figures in the middle would be less cartoony or more historically indistinct mercenary types.

[elegantmess]

Somehow,I keep posting the blurry photos. Started easy and didn't have to crawl arund on the floor too much.
Still learning photos

[Beano Boy]

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=25145#p277688

This might help you out a little. Or even a lot if you have loads of them to do.
My you have great fun and well primmed success, in all your endeavors! BB

[elegantmess]

Thank you for all of the advice. I've done my share of sword/shield arm twisting and bending, but arm swapsand bending are beyond me at this point. There's at least 1 great helm under my desk.
This is my 3rd attempt at head swapping. The converted guy fits my generic soldier needs.

[elegantmess]

A bit of twisting and snipping to a truly awful figre as realization of an idea. some others will get swods and axes pilfered from headless figures.

[elegantmess]

And another one. I thought the head on the left figure wastoo large and cartoony. It's a largeŕ scale goblin.
Looks pretty good with a helmet from a Burgundian knight.
The plastic issimilar to the soft grey HaT plastic andit's really easy to accidentally lop of an arm while trying to seerate the had. I found rhat out sgortly after the photo


Dark Alliance orc for comparison.

[sobrevieviendo1]

https://www.oneseventytwoscale.com/2012 ... thene.html i use copper wire instead of pins and ca gel

[elegantmess]

I've been experimenting with making the hole slightly larger than the pin(I use really small paperclips ) but haven't been able to find gel glue until recently.

[elegantmess]

A head swap and some drider conversions. All figures are from the Arcane Legions game. They were a great, cheap source of fantasy minis before Dark Alliance expanded their line.

[Peter]

Looks nice to me!

The "Ancient Warriors" Caesar knockoffs are from .... Temu?

[elegantmess]

I got them on ebay, but they seem to be available in a lot of places. I've even seen them in a grab bag at the thrift store. The price has gone up alittle bit since I first saw them. They also seem to come in various quantities.

[elegantmess]

Not a head swap, but a careful cut and twist can improve a lot of figures with their weapons attached to their heads. It seems a lot of figures are modeled in such away as to make this an easy conversion.
Zvedza Russian Knight for a guinea pig.