Tutorial – Imperial Laurel

Anyone who collects any Space Marines (most of us right?) will most likely have seen the Imperial Laurel bit included in the Command Squad box, but to this day I don’t think I have ever seen one used on a model. The bit itself doesn’t fit. When I started work I most recent project, a member of the Deathwatch, one of the criteria was that he have lots of purity seals, an iron skull honour and an imperial laurel. There was no specificity on this so I dug one out of my bitz box and planned to either attach it to his shield or shoulder pad. Then it occurred to me that it wouldn’t take much to make it fit on a helm where it is supposed to be. So here’s how to do it: