How to repose Inquisitor Coteaz\'s head?

[mutantpotato]

I\'m working on a conversion of inquisitor Coteaz with retuine, and i\'m going to repose his head to look forward ( he is pointing toward were the eagle was). How is the easiest way to do this? I\'ll be grateful for any suggestions on how to do this.

- cheers

 

[demonherald]

To be honest it could pose a couple of problems due to how it is attached.

There are two ways you could approach it.

Carefully remove the head as close to the body as possible using either a very sharp knife.(really be careful and take your time.) or better still a jewellery or tenon saw. (the ones with the thin Blades like GW sell but you\'ll be able to find them cheaper.)

Pin the head back in place and use greenstuff to mould the neck around it.

the other more brutal method would be to clipper the head off and use another head to replace it. The Bare head on the terminator or marine command sprues would work OK.

I would go with the first option though. Good luck and post pics when you have it done.

 

[DaN]

As well as the above mentioned method, depending on how much you want the head moved, you COULD try simply twisting it with pliers...

But this could deform the sculpting - I only mention this as an alternative.

I guess you could CUSHION the part somehow before using the pliers, but even then the torsion could cause the metal to snap anyway.

I would go with the hacksaw/GS option.
Good luck.

 

[Thecadian]

yeah the first idea is best just make sure the cut is as clean as possible otherwise its a nightmare to pin and GS

james