I was thinking of toying with some Veer-Myn as a side project, but the heads are as ***** as sin. Does anyone know of any decent head swaps? Trying to avoid GW Skaven as I'd like to downplay the whole silly rat theme. Ideally, I'd love to use something that is still slightly beastial but completely covered, unless anyone has any other suggestions that go well together.
These are definitely what you're after:
http://basicks.eu/shop/product.php?id_product=211
http://basicks.eu/shop/product.php?id_product=209
They do 2 sets of samurai-hat style variants as well for some odd reason if that's to your taste.
Still some ratty elements, but the teeth are much smaller and overall the sculpting is less comedic in style.
You might find that a few of the heads in the veer-myn set are usable, too, like the ones with the gas-masks... that should save you from having to spend too much on alternate heads, while still allowing you to avoid using any of the comedy mantic heads with giant teeth sticking out everywhere, or the "monkey-like" face shape.
Last edited by scarletsquig; 18-07-2012 at 11:59.
If you play any of Mantic's games, check out my Battlescribe project for KoW and Warpath.
Nice link, scarlet.
I do enjoy Mantic's Gas-mask heads - from what I recall, though, the consumer requests for a bit of both head types kept them in the final product (or some such rot).
Are the heads attached to the Veer-myn? That could get messy.
...and a little help comes in a little glass vial in a gun pressed against her anatomy...
Originally Posted by scarletsquig
You can always file off your nipples, it's easily done.
Heads are separate, you get 5 gas-masked,and 5 bare heads in each unit of 10.
Would be nice to see more heads bitz packs from Mantic... for pretty much every single army they make, both sci-fi and fantasy.
If you play any of Mantic's games, check out my Battlescribe project for KoW and Warpath.
Ah, those are pretty much perfect. I have seen a few other heads I might try, and if I could combine a samurai helmet with a gasmask I think that'd look awesome on a Veer-Myn. Now all you need to do is change the name of the race... or give them a super secret special awesome name that others use for them.
Last edited by Zond; 19-07-2012 at 11:45. Reason: New idea.
Another approach that might interest you - Using the backpack canisters that come with the models as heads instead:
Lots more conversions here: http://www.gowarhead.com/p/hammering-warpath.html
If you play any of Mantic's games, check out my Battlescribe project for KoW and Warpath.
That's awesome! I also have to say I love the diver-zombie suit they used the Nightspawn model for!
Suddenly, buying Veermyn seems like an awesome idea...
...and a little help comes in a little glass vial in a gun pressed against her anatomy...
You can always file off your nipples, it's easily done.
Wonderful blog
That's amazing. Though it does make me a little sad for Mantic.
I don't really. This was what gave Kings of War coverage and 'street presence', people using them as a substitute for WFB armies. This gets Warpath minis out there so people know about them. Then eventually we might see people picking up the free rules and playing WP in itself, as happened to KoW.
Hellebore
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No idea what you're on about, but okay.
You said you felt sad for mantic, I assumed it was because their models weren't being used for their own game, but for someone elses. I was saying that's a good thing for them in the short term.
Hellebore
"Humanity's Insignificance pales in comparison to its Ego." (Sir Rumplestiltskin)
"The capacity to think does not assign importance to your thoughts, it merely indicates you can." (Sir Rumplestiltskin)
Oh no, nothing like that. I applaud and encourage use in that manner. I use all their Warpath models in Tomorrows War or Stargrunt for example. I feel bad for them that the heads for the Veer-myn are so bad that using the backpack is a remarkable improvement.
Last edited by Zond; 07-08-2012 at 11:45.
haha, lol. I personally don't really mind their normal heads - giant rats are giant rats and they look goofy because of that, not because of the sculpting quality imo. Anymore than a 28mm clown sculpt looks stupid for being a clown...
Hellebore
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