The D-Day Guy W/Big Hair

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The D-Day Guy W/Big Hair

Post by Jesse James » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:51 pm

OK, so I was fiddling with my D-Day figures here, trying to get them all situated as I want them for display on a shelf here, and I'm about as annoyed as anyone else is with the one headsculpt as you can't fit a helmet on it...

We all know the guy I'm talking about.

Anyway, I found you can fit the Forces of Valor helmets on him pretty good actually. It's a nice swap really, to get him in a decent helmet. Dragon helmets also work well too if you've got them, but it's more likely you've got a FOV helmet handy. Very nice. :)
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Post by VMF115 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:02 pm

You mean the guy with the pompadour. :D
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Post by tmanthegreat » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:25 am

That's the guy! The head was initially used on the German officer, and then got put on the US figures. I can't stand the hair thing either. On one figure with that headsculpt, I trimmed the hair down a bit and repainted, with the others, I found that the old hot water trick on the helmet did wonders :wink:
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Post by Jesse James » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:40 pm

Yup, that's him. My officer fit his hat just fine with some work, but really that worked out... The US guy though, not so much, so I've gone the alternate route of a larger brain bucket, and it works fantastic. The FOV helmets must have a bit more size to them inside to fit that guy's boofant.
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Post by General Blasto » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:36 pm

I too have used this same head on other 21st C guys and some BBI figures also. The need to trim the front of the hair is a MUST. Otherwise, helmets won't fit. I've not tried him with FOV figures, yet. But I've done other 21st heads on the FOV bodies. I did note that the FOV helmet is smaller than the 21st helmet, but I now have loads of custom figures to add to my Armies :P Da General

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