Head over the shoota

One of the things that can trip you up with ork shoota boyz is fitting the head over the shoota. You can run out of space even when you have put the shoota and the arms holding it at entirely logical position. Just about anyone who does Orks must notice this.

so solutions...

Mine is dependent on having Battle for Black Reach bitz.

If you don't have Black Reach and you collect Orks then you should have got it and maybe still can...

While the stores were gearing up for Dark Vengeance I noticed a pile of Black Reach boxes on the floor. GW can be pretty weird policy-wise about what they'll sell and when, but I haven't heard that old boxes are verboten. It'd be on eBay too. Shouldn't be the hardest thing in the world to lay your hands on.

When the 'head over the shoota' prob happened with one of my emerging waaagh, I rectified it by adapting a head from the Black Reach set, which have flat back portion and created the fit by filing down the neck join on the torso.

The effect is good, though he looks like he has a lump in his throat (only) if you're looking up to the model at an unnatural angle. This of course is a problem too small to worry about.

It looks Orky. It looks fine.

Plus you get another head variation for your mob!