Hi,

Lately, I've bought several sets of resin heads for my future figure projects. Without a doubt, Hornet seems to be very good brand, if not the best.
Then I realized that some other brands have much shorter necks, which will cause trouble when assembling.

(Hornet on the left, ultracast on the right)

What would be the best way to attach such short-necked heads? With hornets', it's as simple as making a hole and sticking the head in. But with these, I don't know what.
Finding figures that will accept them straight will probably be hard. The other way would probably be building a neck for them? Milliput sculpted over metal wire?
Or should I just avoid such heads altogether?

I would use the pin and hole method - drill a hole in the head/base and insert a long pin. I would more than likely shallow out/drill out a recess in the body. Then drill a matching hole the size of the pin. Insert the head to the desire height and sculpt in with putty or milliput.

That sounds like a good solution, thanks.
But then there's another problem, how to hide the seam between the resin head and the new neck?
I got a pack of milliput but I haven't tried it yet. Ho well can it be smoothed when workable?I guess the best would be to avoid a seam altogether, if just possible. Sanding a seam in such a tight spot would be tricky.

Milliput can be smoothed with a wet finger or paint brush.
We short neck guys have feeling too!. Having been called a "Bull Neck Bas***d" a few times over the decades, I feel it is much better than being called a "pencil necked geek"!
The short necked ones are designed in theory to be drop in replacements for other figures that already have separate heads. I say in theory, as personally I have found this to be not really practical, when matching up the the collar and shoulders, and the twisting of the necks and usually need to lengthen the necks to suit the pose. I personally prefer the longer necks, as they are easier to adjust. To lengthen the necks I usually drill into the neck, insert a substantial piece of plastic rod, and re-sculpt a neck using Magic Sculpt. (Magic Sculpt- simply because it's what I have on hand.)

I wont buy short necks. I dont care how good they are.

There are enough good heads with necks out there that we can find a head that will be perfect for any figure.

I currently have about a dozen heads painted and awaiting bodies.

I used to be a pencil neck, but have recently grown to become another bull neck...

You could also disguise the area where the neck joins the shoulder by sculpting a scarf or pullover top like I did here:

Hi,

this figure is amazing. Looks very good. I think is an I.D.F soldier....?How do you sculp the scarf? I try it with miliput (white fine) but it looks too flat. I want to sculp these scarfs for my vietnam Figures. Do you have any tipps?

Good work at all

Greetings

Stefan

Scott and Dave have the right idea here. And when it is tough to hide the seam/transition between putty and resin Dave, (the other one;) has highlighted a good method of hiding it.
To sculpt a scarf out of milliput I would roll it THIN, cut to a rough scarf shape before application and then wrap it around and drape it however you want the scarf to sit, be it wrapped around so both ends finish back over each shoulder, or with a one end through a loop like a tie and hanging in front. And whatever folds do not occur naturally from this I would add later; a toothpick would work, wetted with saliva for instance...
Or with practice you can slap the putty on and give the illusion of one part overlapping the other by clever positioning of folds and creases. Once it has started to cure, you will find that you can be a little more boistrous with it to get the sit right.
Cheers
Brad

Thanks, Stefan. Yes, it was originally an IDF Golani captain, but I've painted it to represent a Sri Lankan infantry officer. You can see more pix here. I've sculpted the bandana out of blu-tac. It's much more pliable than other mediums and can actually be rolled ultra-thin and then draped like real cloth. Only drawback is that it never really dries hard, so you have to be careful when handling the fig.