I'm looking for alternate heads for the Iron Core Stormtroopers for a derivative project based on a novel series.
I love the stock Stormtrooper helmets, but I'd like to see what the bodies would look like with a visible-face type helmet. The obvious answer of Panzerjaeger only gets me female heads and I want to do a mix.
Anybody have suggestions, ideally with some pictures of some alternate heads that don't look horribly oversized on the bodies?
@Greaver Blade I have not tried it myself, but there is Warlord's German helms. Beyond that you could try converting the WA WW1/2 historical set heads or just use the Ooh-rah heads.
@Brian Van De Walker I'm going to assemble a body and see how some Grognard Adrian helmets look on the bodies. That'll let me know how things look to scale.
Due to the closer-to-true 1/56 scale of the Eisenkern, I'm looking at Infinity for alternate heads as those are closer in proportion than the Death Fields "heroic scale" stuff.
I'll post up pictures as I try things.
I guess while I have a thread for it, I think it would be kinda cool to have a digital release of varient helmets for the Iron Core range. Would probably involve discussions with Mark, but it would be a nice way to update the range without the commitment that another whole box would require.
@Greaver Blade I believe Mark has patron with STLs, so he might be the person to ask actually.
@Brian Van De Walker Huh, I'll look for that. I asked him if he'd sell STLs in the past but never heard back.
Dropped Mark a message through the Dreamforge Games site. I'll update if he responds.
I suspect there would be more than a few interested to hear what he has to say.
Thanks for reaching out to Mark.
No response yet, but if I hear back I'll post it here.
I'm going to try some 3D printed heads from across Cults3D and MyMiniFactory to see what works. Some downscaling will likely be required as the current Eisenkern stuff is proportioned much closer to true 28mm stuff.
Here's some of the heads I'll be trying out:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/ironface-guardians
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/special-marine-helmets
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/nyokan-heads-and-tails-pack
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-odst-kasrkin-head-swap-255564
Late to the party here, but I always recommend Anvil Industry or Mad Robot for conversion parts.
Mad Robot is a bit more 'Heroic' scale, Anvil has a wide selection of designs from historically based to sci-fi.
Hope this helps.
@Doctor Tyrannosaur I've been buying Anvil for years, but the heads are a bit too chonky for Iron Core.
Mad Robot is viable. I think he has options to resize heads, so I could downscale them a bit.
Pig Iron productions has some fairly good sized heads
https://www.pig-iron-productions.com/product-category/heads/page/3/
I used their system commando heads for my Ironcore kitbash
Those look really good! Huh, I'd not even considered Pig Iron. Time to give them another look.
