Converting DK grenadiers.

[GrandMagnus]

Hi, I'm considering converting some death korps grenadiers to be members of my own imperial army regiment. I want to remove their heads, even though they are great, and give them some cadian helmets instead. So what I'm wondering is the following:

 

1. I know cadians and DKoK don't exactly match in their scale, so how much bigger would their heads be and would it look unnatural?

 

2. How difficult is it to remove the DKoK grenadier heads? I've been looking at the kit and it seems like it wouldn't be too dificult, a few cuts here and there and some filling followed by greenstuff to smooth out the area that might have been damaged.

[BFeeder]

I had a similar idea about a year ago, though I used Krieg Engineers:

You should find that the Forgeworld heads scale much better than the GW plastics when combined with the Krieg line. As for the removal of the Krieg heads, it's not too difficult - the only potential problem areas are the greatcoat collars (something that the Engineers don't have thankfully).

Hope this helps!

[Stormxlr]

I saw two models side by side and well Cadian heads are way big. They will look like they got a pumpkin on their body

[GrandMagnus]

Thanks for the picture BFeeder, so you would suggest using the Cadian forgeworld heads? Okay, good to know. That would be quite expensive unless I can find some cheap ones on ebay.

 

Stormxlr, that was I was afraid of with the plastic cadian heads.

 

EDIT: Another thing I would ask about, how big/small are the republic grenadiers heads from Anvil Industries compared to imperial guard?

 

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/AFTERLIFE/Republic-Grenadier-Heads