I haven't got much hobby stuff done over the past month, as I've been away at music festivals, ill with a heavy cold, & sorting out Christmas presents. But here are four conversions that I've done as gifts for my friend Tim's French platoon in Force on Force. He needed some figures armed with FN Minimi GPMGs to go with his
Peter Pig French Foreign Legion; so I've converted some USMC gunners, using French beret heads from Peter Pig's
Odds and Ends (Mostly Heads) range.
These were surprisingly simple - for the standing figures I made an incision each side of the jaw using a Stanley knife, then twisted the original head slightly one way, then the other using needle-nose pliers. The head came off in good condition, and can be used elsewhere! I then used a fine-gauge hand drill to make a hole for the peg/neck of the French beret head, & glued it in place. The prone figures were slightly trickier, needing the use of a small vice to hold the figures whilst I razor-sawed the heads off, prior to drilling the holes & filing-out indentations for the chins. I'm pleased with the results, & will be using the 'insurgent headscarf' heads that I bought at the same time to convert various figures for my PLO force & Middle East civilian bases.
I haven't got much hobby stuff done over the past month, as I've been away at music festivals, ill with a heavy cold, & sorting out Christmas presents. But here are four conversions that I've done as gifts for my friend Tim's French platoon in Force on Force. He needed some figures armed with FN Minimi GPMGs to go with his Peter Pig French Foreign Legion; so I've converted some USMC gunners, using French beret heads from Peter Pig's Odds and Ends (Mostly Heads) range. 
These were surprisingly simple - for the standing figures I made an incision each side of the jaw using a Stanley knife, then twisted the original head slightly one way, then the other using needle-nose pliers. The head came off in good condition, and can be used elsewhere! I then used a fine-gauge hand drill to make a hole for the peg/neck of the French beret head, & glued it in place. The prone figures were slightly trickier, needing the use of a small vice to hold the figures whilst I razor-sawed the heads off, prior to drilling the holes & filing-out indentations for the chins. I'm pleased with the results, & will be using the 'insurgent headscarf' heads that I bought at the same time to convert various figures for my PLO force & Middle East civilian bases.
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