Lord Marshal Posted yesterday at 11:58 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:58 AM (edited) Get your head in the game. Quote This box contains 51 Space Marine heads – helmeted ones, stern ones, taciturn ones, stoic ones, and also a few shouty and angry ones for good measure. They’re perfect for sprinkling in among your squads and characters, to add some extra personality here and there. The majority are designed to work with Tacticus armour, but there are also six heads for Terminator armour included. While 30 bare heads make up the bulk of the box, the helmets include a few callbacks to various armour styles, including Mk VI and Mk VII patterns of armour – who can say no to a beakie? There are also four helmets with crests, two longitudinal and two transverse, to mark out your highest ranking characters. Quote Edited yesterday at 12:01 PM by Lord Marshal HolyPestilience, lansalt, Ramell and 8 others 2 9 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Knight Posted yesterday at 12:04 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:04 PM The helmets are brilliant. I'll probably end up getting this just for those. The white MkX without the grill is great. StrangerOrders, HolyPestilience and WrathOfTheLion 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhorse0607 Posted yesterday at 12:05 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:05 PM Yeah so this is nice, but makes me even grumpier that half of the chapter upgrade sprue are just heads and helmets Yes they're "chapter specific" but a lot of these are really close to what are in the upgrade sprues DemonGSides, Subtleknife, ThaneOfTas and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephaston Posted yesterday at 12:07 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:07 PM Neat, I see two beaks, four frowns, and two visors. Nice spread. Mix it with the head upgrades from 30k and you can feasibly have a whole company of completely unique heads. Detjan, sv-germ, phandaal and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CL_Mission Posted yesterday at 12:07 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:07 PM Looks like a very nice set. Would have loved a few more helmeted heads, I like to have a good selection of unhelmeted heads but I feel I already have plenty already and they're not hard to come by but some more interesting helmets would be great, some more MK.X with fancy optics and what not. Some more bionic head would be great too and a couple more crested MK.X helmets. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faminus Posted yesterday at 12:10 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:10 PM Yey crested helmets ! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted yesterday at 12:13 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:13 PM I see more MKXI helms! As nice as the helmets are, many of the bare heads are absolutely hideous. There has been a marked decline in 40k marine barehead quality lately, a lot of duds in the deathwatch kit, some terrible ultramarine accessory heads, now this Marshal Reinhard, Ahzek451, gortonsfisherman and 7 others 5 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtleknife Posted yesterday at 12:14 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:14 PM They are lovely but it makes the decision to cram the chapter upgrades with generic heads (like with the recent ultramarines one) all the more vexing. ThaneOfTas, Mmmmm Napalm and Crimson Longinus 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dried Posted yesterday at 12:18 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:18 PM (edited) 4 minutes ago, Robbienw said: I see more MKXI helms! As nice as the helmets are, many of the bare heads are absolutely hideous. There has been a marked decline in 40k marine barehead quality lately, a lot of duds in the deathwatch kit, some terrible ultramarine accessory heads, now this I feel the opposite. The last Space Marine waves contained some of the most amazing Marines heads I saw GW produce. Especially the last Space Wolves releases which knocked it out of the park. And those are great! I feel GW did those heads, because the future SM kits will have (allegedly) mixed armour so people will be able to mix helmets for the existing kits with this upgrade sprue. Edited yesterday at 12:19 PM by Dried SvenIronhand, Xenith, Joe and 1 other 2 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted yesterday at 12:24 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:24 PM (edited) 6 minutes ago, Dried said: I feel the opposite. The last Space Marine waves contained some of the most amazing Marines heads I saw GW produce. Especially the last Space Wolves releases which knocked it out of the park. And those are great! I feel GW did those heads, because the future SM kits will have (allegedly) mixed armour so people will be able to mix helmets for the existing kits with this upgrade sprue. Forgot about Space Wolves, some hilariously bad ones there as well, although they are better than this new set. Edited yesterday at 12:24 PM by Robbienw Toxichobbit 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Nord in Gravis Armour Posted yesterday at 12:33 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:33 PM What's the equivalent of a walk-off home run for "Worst Photoshop of the Year?" hauteclere, Rhavien, darkhorse0607 and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephaston Posted yesterday at 12:35 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:35 PM One of the frowns looks a tad different from the other frowns, featuring ventilation slits instead of pipes. Not sure if we had one like that before. Dezron 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Knight Posted yesterday at 12:38 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:38 PM 3 minutes ago, Nephaston said: One of the frowns looks a tad different from the other frowns, featuring ventilation slits instead of pipes. Not sure if we had one like that before. I'm expecting a few like these in the "Tactical Intercessors" kit that we get in 11th edition Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted yesterday at 12:45 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:45 PM Looks like a good kit overall, however... What the hell did they do to the Mk. VII helmet? Why are there smoothed-out flanges over the ears? Why does the faceplate look so squished? Why does GW not understand the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Robbienw, Avf and Xenith 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Knight Posted yesterday at 12:51 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:51 PM These are MkX helmets with different grills, not MkVII helmets. Marshal Reinhard, Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla, Blindhamster and 5 others 1 7 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVoidDragon Posted yesterday at 12:55 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:55 PM It's great to see something closer to the classic helmets return, but I don't know why they felt the need to modify them into something different. It seems a bit odd to decide to bring back the iconic design, and then go "Na, don't just have them as they were, change them!" so they're not actually that helmet. Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla and Kallas 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted yesterday at 12:57 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:57 PM To be fair, the Mark VIII with the flange over the ears is much closer to Jes' original Mark VIII concept. Magos Takatus, CL_Mission, hauteclere and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harald Fairmane Posted yesterday at 12:59 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:59 PM 21 minutes ago, Lord Nord in Gravis Armour said: What's the equivalent of a walk-off home run for "Worst Photoshop of the Year?" Dont know if its the angle of the photo but that space marine did not give me the best first impression Lautrec the Embraced, skylerboodie, Alby the Slayer and 8 others 11 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegfriedfr Posted yesterday at 01:05 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:05 PM More bare heads nobody asked for. Why don't they dont sell helmets as resin bitz is baffling. Casual Heresy, lansalt, Joe and 8 others 3 5 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted yesterday at 01:08 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:08 PM 28 minutes ago, Nephaston said: One of the frowns looks a tad different from the other frowns, featuring ventilation slits instead of pipes. Not sure if we had one like that before. These are going to turn out to be MKXI (Mark 11) helmets, i'm telling you. Like the MKX had the face plate similar to the Mark 4, the MKXI will be an evolution of the MKX, but with the faceplate going back to the Mark 7 grill style. Would bet money there will be full MKXI armour that is similar to MKX, but with some notable style differences. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naryn Posted yesterday at 01:13 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:13 PM Love these. Space marines shouldn't be handsome, they should be battlescarred gene-freaks. These are closer to that vision than anything we've had since the Sternguard kit I'd say. Looks great, will definitely pick these up. Subtleknife, Sonder76 and Casual Heresy 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoriyaSchism Posted yesterday at 01:14 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:14 PM 27 minutes ago, Evil Eye said: Looks like a good kit overall, however... What the hell did they do to the Mk. VII helmet? Why are there smoothed-out flanges over the ears? Why does the faceplate look so squished? Why does GW not understand the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? The issue is the Primaris gorget. That's why these helmets are closer to Mark VIII helmets of the old Deathwatch kit in terms of dimensions. You can easily use old tactical heads with Primaris bodies, it just takes a little gorget trimming and a slight boost on the neck. DemonGSides 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.A.Rorie Posted yesterday at 01:16 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:16 PM Yes, Please! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Centurion Posted yesterday at 01:19 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:19 PM (edited) One of that new mk7 helmet looks like its inspired by this sergeant helmet from the tactical squad box, but less fancy becouse of extreme simetry. Edited yesterday at 01:20 PM by Sergeant Centurion Crimson Longinus 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Wulfrik Posted yesterday at 01:28 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:28 PM 19 minutes ago, siegfriedfr said: More bare heads nobody asked for. Why don't they dont sell helmets as resin bitz is baffling. Forgeworld (Specialist Studio) won't make parts for 40k now, they're direct rivals with the main studio due to structural decisions. Tinfoil time: if anything I wouldn't be shocked if the main studio did this to cannibalise Forgeworld's existing bare head packs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386851-space-marine-head-upgrades/#findComment-6135231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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