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Title: Head and shoulders
Post by: doctorphalanx on 31 December 2012, 11:28:23 AM
I've joked about doing head swaps in 10mm but never attempted it. Perhaps some people have?

What might be slightly easier would be to graft on not just a head, but a head-and-shoulders. If Pendraken could be persuaded to produce a range of generic busts, it might open up a lot of possibilities.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: goat major on 31 December 2012, 11:53:44 AM
Quote from: doctorphalanx on 31 December 2012, 11:28:23 AM
I've joked about doing head swaps in 10mm but never attempted it. Perhaps some people have?

What might be slightly easier would be to graft on not just a head, but a head-and-shoulders. If Pendraken could be persuaded to produce a range of generic busts, it might open up a lot of possibilities.

I think Nik is the expert on generic busts
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: goat major on 31 December 2012, 11:54:44 AM
but seriously some spare heads would be a useful little item
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Post by: FierceKitty on 31 December 2012, 12:00:06 PM
I've done transplants at the waist with fair results. Fussy job, however.
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Post by: Gran76 on 31 December 2012, 01:04:52 PM
Ive recently converted an Argentine carrying a MAG with an Argentine head from the special forces,wooly hat.Very fiddly as i dropped the head at least 4 times and was lucky to locate it again.I used nail clippers which shot it off in a random direction. Gluing the head to the torso was tricky as well as i didnt pin it and super glue was watery.Learned some lessons and i suppose i can only get better ;) I got a small hot glue gun for xmas which im going to try which might let me manipilate the head before it sets.
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Post by: capthugeca on 31 December 2012, 01:26:27 PM
knees and toes, knees and toes!

[Sorry, someone had to say it  :D]
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Post by: Gran76 on 31 December 2012, 02:01:53 PM
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose...... :D
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Post by: Sandinista on 31 December 2012, 03:32:58 PM
Was thinking it was about shampoo
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Post by: nikharwood on 31 December 2012, 04:43:21 PM
Quote from: goat major on 31 December 2012, 11:53:44 AM
I think Nik is the expert on generic busts

Mate, that's too funny  :D
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Hertsblue on 31 December 2012, 05:33:27 PM
Generic lack of busts, judging by Keira.  :P
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 01 January 2013, 10:07:20 AM
KEEP IT CLEAN :d :D :D :D
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Post by: FierceKitty on 05 January 2013, 11:01:39 AM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 01 January 2013, 10:07:20 AM
KEEP IT CLEAN :d :D :D :D
Making a clean breast of it, are we?
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Vulpine on 06 January 2013, 09:57:06 AM
I did (or tried) a few head swaps for my Doctor who sculpts. It's almost impossible to pin, my best advice is to make a neck with middling putty. Dampen the head and (using tweezers) press it onto the neck then take it out again. Once the putty is dry glue it into the neck.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: FierceKitty on 06 January 2013, 11:00:19 AM
Quote from: Vulpine on 06 January 2013, 09:57:06 AM
I did (or tried) a few head swaps for my Doctor who sculpts. It's almost impossible to pin, my best advice is to make a neck with middling putty. Dampen the head and (using tweezers) press it onto the neck then take it out again. Once the putty is dry glue it into the neck.
Maybe try it for your doctor who paints, or the one who plays the dulcimer.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Vulpine on 06 January 2013, 09:19:07 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 06 January 2013, 11:00:19 AM
Maybe try it for your doctor who paints, or the one who plays the dulcimer.

?  :-\
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Post by: Sandinista on 06 January 2013, 11:17:30 PM
 :D :D :D :D
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Post by: Techno on 07 January 2013, 08:02:34 AM
Ditto. ;)
I expect a lot of doctors paint, even if it's only the decorating....But I bet there aren't many who play the dulcimer.....(Or would it be better to say "that play the dulcimer?")
Over to Thailand for today's English lesson. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: OldenBUA on 07 January 2013, 08:21:49 AM
Quote from: Vulpine on 06 January 2013, 09:19:07 PM
?  :-\

Nothing to worry about. It's just that according to FierceKitty, you've committed a capital crime.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: FierceKitty on 07 January 2013, 09:21:23 AM
Nah, nah. We just break their knees for little things like that.
Actually, I did meet a dulcimer-player recently. She was a vet, which is sort of medical.
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Post by: Vulpine on 07 January 2013, 09:26:20 AM
I recon I must have a spelling/grammar mistake? Well, I would rather speak sense and wright rubbish than think rubbish a wright well. ???
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Post by: FierceKitty on 07 January 2013, 09:34:17 AM
Where is the code book?
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Post by: OldenBUA on 07 January 2013, 10:25:52 AM
@Vulpine: It's just that (a) Doctor who sculpts is different from Doctor Who sculpts. Pedantic? Yes. Amusing? Only if you're in the right mood.

@FierceKitty:  Wouldn't it help more to break the fingers of those who type faster than they think?  X_X

And I still think decapitation is appropriate for the hideous crime of decapitalisation. Something must be done, or before you know it they will forget to dot their i's and only chaos will reign.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: FierceKitty on 07 January 2013, 10:28:52 AM
Decapitate/decapitalise...there is a certain elegance about it, admittedly.
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Post by: nikharwood on 07 January 2013, 10:13:46 PM
I'm loving this...the perfect antidote to the onset of 'manflu' (sic) as helpfully diagnosed by female colleagues today.

:D
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Post by: Techno on 08 January 2013, 08:11:48 AM
Quote from: nikharwood on 07 January 2013, 10:13:46 PM
I'm loving this...the perfect antidote to the onset of 'manflu' (sic) as helpfully diagnosed by female colleagues today.
:D

Oh dear...Cue...."Another one bites the dust."...
Get well soon Nik.

Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Hertsblue on 08 January 2013, 08:39:46 AM
Quote from: OldenBUA on 07 January 2013, 10:25:52 AM

@FierceKitty:  Wouldn't it help more to break the fingers of those who type faster than they think?  X_X

And I still think decapitation is appropriate for the hideous crime of decapitalisation. Something must be done, or before you know it they will forget to dot their i's and only chaos will reign.

To which I would add the use of rogue apostrophes when writing plurals. Sadly, strict enforcement of the death penalty would de-populate the forum somewhat.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 09:02:00 AM
Also decimate my classes ten times simultaneously.
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 08 January 2013, 09:27:14 AM
No - only if enforced for the double negative - "Aint done nufing Sir"

IanS
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Post by: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 10:33:53 AM
If my students give themselves the trouble of speaking four consecutive words of more-or-less English, it's a good day.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: OldenBUA on 08 January 2013, 12:02:30 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 08 January 2013, 08:39:46 AM
Sadly, strict enforcement of the death penalty would de-populate the forum somewhat.

But it would give the opportunity to having a go again at guessing when the new member 1000 will join up.  :D  Or would that be the new member 100?  :-\

Anyway, I don't know if I would be around to witness any of that.

Edit: It has only just occurred to me that the original title of this thread has taken on a new and sinister meaning. Entirely by coincidence, unless there was some subconscious force at work?
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Hertsblue on 08 January 2013, 03:29:42 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 10:33:53 AM
If my students give themselves the trouble of speaking four consecutive words of more-or-less English, it's a good day.

But are your students native-speakers, FK? I would forgive anyone with English as a second or third language.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: seano1815 on 08 January 2013, 10:15:08 PM
I did a head swap for a command figure for my WOTR collection, turned out to be not too bad and hasn't fallen off yet Good for a king i suppose :P
all the best
Sean
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Post by: Techno on 08 January 2013, 10:41:56 PM
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 11:55:01 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 08 January 2013, 03:29:42 PM
But are your students native-speakers, FK? I would forgive anyone with English as a second or third language.
I'm less tolerant. I measure my Thai students against others I've taught (Czechs are the best yet), and they measure up very poorly. I'd be more forgiving if they were any good at anything but Angry Birds. But they've had a long time to learn, and they're still at a loss for a reply when you say "Good morning". In English IV, at that.
This country is likely to be a Chinese colony in a hundred years.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Hertsblue on 09 January 2013, 11:56:15 AM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 08 January 2013, 11:55:01 PM

This country is likely to be a Chinese colony in a hundred years.

There's your mistake. You should be teaching Mandarin.  :D
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: FierceKitty on 09 January 2013, 01:58:31 PM
Careful. Many Chinese don't like that name for the language. The official name is something like putongua, meaning "most widely spoken". Though I was amused in a noodle-shop in Suzhou once to hear two Chinese communicating in terrible English, since they were from opposite ends of the country and couldn't understand each other's Chinese.
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Techno on 09 January 2013, 02:41:20 PM
Same in Wales (apparently)...
Welsh speakers in the South of the country have problems understanding those in the North..and vice versa.
(Don't even bother Ian !)  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 January 2013, 03:59:57 PM
Thought you had to have sever cold to even attempt Welsh......

IanS  :D
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Post by: Techno on 09 January 2013, 04:11:37 PM
You mean the 'phlegm' sound I assume Ian.  ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 January 2013, 04:15:24 PM
Yep

IanS
Title: Re: Head and shoulders
Post by: Hertsblue on 10 January 2013, 08:31:20 AM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 09 January 2013, 01:58:31 PM
Careful. Many Chinese don't like that name for the language. The official name is something like putongua, meaning "most widely spoken". Though I was amused in a noodle-shop in Suzhou once to hear two Chinese communicating in terrible English, since they were from opposite ends of the country and couldn't understand each other's Chinese.

I once overheard a German guy chatting up a Greek girl on a bus in Crete in their common language - English.