Notice the bare skull like carapace, bony claws, and slime-dripping maw? These surfaces all started as a simple paint job (basecoat, shade, highlight) that I built upon using layers of different techniques and art media, e.g., inks, glazes. For example, you can use a mix of matte and gloss varnishes to add contrasting textures to your paint job. If we cannot deliver the goods within this time we will tell the consumer immediately and agree on another time for delivery. The Ur-goul skulls present a bit of a challenge as the details are sadly not very well defined. If I use these for a project, I will be using a very small drill to deepen the nasal holes on the skulls. They would make effective bases for building your own Ur-gouls if you were able to strategically use Greenstuff to soften the sharp edges of the skulls and complete the missing nostrils. They’re missing their lower jaws, but the human jawbones could be used to fill in for the missing parts. Seraphim Sepia (Citadel) – Similar to the Vallejo Sepia wash, but with a more matte finish; it may take several coats for proper darkness and depth with sepia washes

A specific conversion that I’m looking forward to completing is a mostly skeletal face with a distended mouth gurgling the praises of Grandfather Nurgle. I can use one of the lower jaws from the human skulls as the lower structure of the mouth. You may have noticed a common theme amongst models and scenery pieces from the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar ranges – skulls. They’re everywhere, decorating the walls of Khornate keeps and hanging from the belts of fearsome warriors. But we don’t think there are enough skulls out there…

Final Thoughts

The Morghast skull is extremely detailed and could make for some absolutely amazing Death conversions. I can see the skull being used for a head on Daemon Princes or maybe even 40k Dreadnoughts.

White Scar (Citadel) – A white paint color that you can use as a highlight for skulls and bone, or as the base coat for washes and shades The massive skull is one that is kinds stumping me. It could be used as the head of a massive undead or Nurgle beast. I could also see it in use for some kind of Khorne project. It strikes me that the top portion and facial area of the skull could be used to decorate a chaos chariot. If you really wanted to do some work you might even be able to make the body and face of a Nurgle Plague Toad out of the skull. This is a common question for general miniature painting. The best answers is it depends on the size and surface your painting. Most skulls on Warhammer and Age of Sigmar miniatures are small (<0.5cm in width or diameter).The gold was edge highlighted with Army Painter Shining Silver [Runefang Silver or Stormhost Silver]. The Tau skulls present less of a use for us AoS players, but the uses for 40k armies are obvious. Base scatter, kill decorations, objective markers, or even a helmetless Tau body sprawled out in death are excellent uses. You could even use the skulls to make servoskulls for a very radical inquisitor, or maybe as the head of a servitor slaved to the will of a Heretek Adeptus Mechanicus Magus.

I have a lot of plans for the kit and the possible conversions I can do with the contents. I'll be adding a reply to this post later detailing some of my thoughts because this initial post is going to be really long as it is. Enter the Citadel Skulls. This is a box of 340 plastic skulls, designed for the hobbyist to decorate scenery, bases and models as they see fit. There are even 20 extra jawbones! The Tyranid skulls have the same possible uses as the Tau skulls. I plan on using at least one of them as the head of a leader of a Death unit that I’ve been working on off and on. I will of course shave off the crest bone of the skull before adding them to the leader of the unit. The Citadel Skulls from the Warhammer basing materials range provides a set of highly detailed miniature skulls that are ideal for basing your miniatures.

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The detail level on these skulls is good. It's not as sharp as some of the other kits I've seen, but the details are definitely not too soft. The skeletal nature of the skulls will be perfect for creating Plaguebearers that look like the flesh of their faces has sloughed off due to various skin diseases. Adding some Greenstuff to the skulls will add variety to the new heads. If you need multiple layers of paint to highlight your bone, then make sure you allow each layer to dry before applying the next. You’ll get a smoother, better quality finish. A final thin highlight of Army Painter Lava Orange [ Troll Slayer Orange] was applied. Then I applied a small dot of VMC White [ White Scar] for the reflection. I shaded the polished metal with my 1:1 Dark Tone [ Nuln Oil] and Nuln Oil Gloss mix, but instead of applying the wash all over, I painted it directly into the recesses. Once dry, I tidied up with Plate Mail Metal [ Ironbreaker].

Sepia Wash (Vallejo) – To paint bone with realism, try using a warm toned wash like sepia instead of Agrax Earthshade There are a lot of different types of skulls in this kit, so I’m not going to be talking about the Human and Ork skulls more than a mention here and there. I highlighted the polished metal with Army Painter Shining Silver [Runefang Silver or Stormhost Silver].

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Linen White (Reaper) – A light value paint color for painting bones on a skeleton or a skull detail