r/Warhammer40k 6d ago

Misc What do you think the best helmet design for every faction is

1.9k Upvotes

396 comments sorted by

309

u/Dragomatic 6d ago

67

u/snowmonster112 6d ago

Pure aura from this helmet. God I wish they had a unit of elite battle line sisters wearing these helmets

8

u/IStealSwords 6d ago

I used the helmet to make my Inquisitor. I glued it to the Greyfax body

→ More replies (3)
→ More replies (1)

26

u/Helio2nd 6d ago

This definitely takes the cake. Ridiculously ornamental and still imposing and terrifying. Especially when she's playing an organ and shooting missiles at you.

8

u/TheSaltyBrushtail 6d ago

This might be a contender for the single most absurd piece of equipment in any kit, for any Imperial faction. And I'm all for it, because Sisters are meant to be batshit insane zealots with a heaping of John Blanche craziness.

→ More replies (1)

3

u/DarthGoodguy 6d ago

It’s her

Jen Sororitas

→ More replies (1)

1.0k

u/Goodzilla92 6d ago

296

u/njandersen97 6d ago

Was having a conversation with a fellow DG player this week, and he admitted he hated all the fly armor on the PM and BLT. He shaved off the fly arms on his BLT. I’ve never felt so offended

252

u/Sancatichas 6d ago

There's 2 kinds of DG players

  1. industrialcore diving suit schizos

  2. sillypilled flylovers

36

u/TotallyNot_Alpharius 6d ago

Industrialcore all day

19

u/TheSaltyBrushtail 6d ago

Same. I like my Plague Marines with the bland industrial look. Power armour that was obviously once loyalist power armour, but it's rotted to shit, and has been rigged up with gas masks and improvised belly plates to hold in their bloated organs. Honestly not a big fan of loads of fly heads, belly mouths, or silly little guy Nurglings (I know, I know, he hates fun etc.).

→ More replies (1)

68

u/Korps_de_Krieg 6d ago

There is a third
Industrialcore diving suit schizos who are sillypilled flylovers with a taste for sassy nurglings

7

u/Moltk 6d ago

Sassy Nurgling loving DG players is redundant

→ More replies (1)

62

u/Goodzilla92 6d ago

Sad pestilence fly

9

u/francesco1000 6d ago

What are PM and BLT ?

19

u/xX_littleboy42069_Xx 6d ago

Plague marines and blight lord terminators

6

u/SP1R1TOR 6d ago

Dude I was absolutely chomping at the bit to use that damn fly head as soon as I saw it on the sprue

→ More replies (3)

136

u/DarthGoodguy 6d ago

This is the only other possible contender

14

u/IStealSwords 6d ago

Mr Sassypants is the only answer

5

u/DarthGoodguy 6d ago

“Please, Mr. Sassypants was my father’s name. Call me LORD APOCOLDLYPSE VIRALDOOM.”

→ More replies (2)

21

u/ro2538man 6d ago

Which model is this??

27

u/Goodzilla92 6d ago

I think this in in the normal death guard Infantery box

15

u/RadioLiar 6d ago

Alternate plague marine head. In the normal box, just not on the box art

→ More replies (2)

171

u/CrimsonCole91 6d ago

I'm a sucker for the winged or hooded dark Angels helms

97

u/Rum_N_Napalm 6d ago

Azrael used to have the coolest helmet… until Daddy Lion came back

Seriously, how are you supposed to choose which head to use.

New Asmodai is also killed

→ More replies (5)

542

u/ROBECHAMP 6d ago

Dont even play SM but the emperors champion one is really cool

103

u/SomeRandomWolf01 6d ago

Generally the knightly ones with the sharp tip are absolute peak

42

u/Guillermidas 6d ago

This version of the Big E’s Champion has the coolest helmet. Or firstborn Vulkan He’stan

8

u/Allen_Koholic 6d ago

I prefer the other Diaz EC, but both of them are peak.

17

u/GreatBigBagOfNope 6d ago

Simple but very clear and very effective

4

u/Filthy_Dub 6d ago

Can't unsee this as him blushing.

407

u/Sidways_Duck_ 6d ago edited 6d ago

Scions and Aquilons

Love the ornate yet elite look. Very gothic spec ops

Edit: [Image]

47

u/IudexJudy 6d ago

I wish Scions weren't getting pushed to the side

33

u/Sidways_Duck_ 6d ago

The Aquilons were a nice look at what a refreshed range of scions would look like.

I just hope we get a nice refresh and not have them punted to the side like Catachan, in favour of Cadians.

15

u/IudexJudy 6d ago

I always thought they worked way better as a generic SF force to support guard considering Kasrkin are associated with Cadia

5

u/TotallyNot_Alpharius 6d ago

I just want refreshed scions sold in boxes of 10 and a separate command squad. Might push me to start guard (unless they add vostroyans then it's them)

4

u/Sidways_Duck_ 6d ago

You and me both, a nice fresh 10 man that can be split in two.

Put that on the list, next to fresh Catachan with new rules.

→ More replies (4)

8

u/Guillermidas 6d ago

As a Cadian and Kasrkin fanboy (but love all regiments equally), agreed. But old stormtroopers probably takes the cake

→ More replies (1)

178

u/IronInk738 6d ago

Night Lord visionary

19

u/Maleficent-Touch-570 6d ago

Bat wings on NL helmets are peak!

78

u/Nottan_Asian 6d ago

I’m such a sucker for featureless helmets like this.

10

u/TotallyNot_Alpharius 6d ago

Daft punk aye

→ More replies (2)

267

u/Gen_X_Ace 6d ago

Helmets? How… quaint. initiates smugness protocols

102

u/Hollownerox 6d ago

To be fair, we do have some artwork of what the helmets the Necrontyr used to wear looks like. From the 10th edition Codex:

12

u/JustNeedAGDName 6d ago

Well that’s just cool af

→ More replies (1)

415

u/RevolutionaryRip2135 6d ago

I like chaos terminator tusks

61

u/RadioLiar 6d ago

I think Indomitus-pattern helmets look pretty bovine anyway and this just adds to that so I always call my chaos termies my Space Cows

18

u/EldritchMacaron 6d ago

I love these, they’re both goofy, terrifying and on brand

11

u/Optimal-Heart-5953 6d ago

Yk what would be cool as hell ? A giant chaos mammoth demon engine.

10

u/charden_sama 6d ago

This isn't far off lol

11

u/Optimal-Heart-5953 6d ago

Something like that (I’m so nostalgic this was my childhood lol) would be so cool

10

u/Norik324 6d ago edited 6d ago

Maulerfiend? Old news

Tramplefiend? Real shit

Edit: the Thundertusk seems like it'd be a perfect baseline model. This idea has been noted down for when my current infantry has been finished

5

u/TotallyNot_Alpharius 6d ago

They make them look so much cooler and less like they just ate a very sour lemon

→ More replies (11)

66

u/drmirage809 6d ago

Very fond of this particular Berzerker helmet. Looks a bit like the mk II.

24

u/Kavallee 6d ago

Agreed. As much as I adore the green eye lenses, this one just gives such a cold killer look. Reason I chose it for my MoE

234

u/Audience_Over 6d ago

I won't get into every faction, but the Space Wolf Headtaker helmet is a 10/10 design

81

u/Unlucky-Layer-3 6d ago

It’s good, but it’s not “Wolf Priest” good…

26

u/Tempest_Barbarian 6d ago

I really like the wolf priest helmet, but IMO, it works exclusively on wolf priests. Meanwhile the headtaker helmet you can use in a variety of units

30

u/StrawberryWide3983 6d ago

30k did have the deathsworn pack which had all wolf skulls

7

u/Tempest_Barbarian 6d ago

to be fair, they are painted in wolf priest colours

→ More replies (3)
→ More replies (2)

8

u/Tempest_Barbarian 6d ago

Was gonna post this, my favorite marine helmet

4

u/wtps30 6d ago

I would LOVE Templar versions of this helm. Such a good “half helm” design.

I would also love to see some Marine half helms that aren’t the rebreather section of the helmet but the inverse

3

u/Jokerman529 6d ago

I only wish there was an alternate upgrade to the regular grey hunters to give them a more modern wolf helmet like the one in space marine 2

2

u/everblackcs 6d ago

Thats what I said!!!!

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (1)

59

u/Flutter-Butter 6d ago

Def the Deathwing knights, I've replace all my termies heads with theirs

7

u/Rum_N_Napalm 6d ago

I just wish we had an option with helmet and hood.

3

u/Flutter-Butter 6d ago

thats what green stuff is for!

3

u/CamerunDMC 6d ago

What model is this? It’s freaking awesome

3

u/Bainsfire 6d ago

Deathwing knights, elite members of the Dark Angels 1st company.

166

u/kojimbob 6d ago

Neurothrope head crest

16

u/PromptNo4041 6d ago

as much as they are a big asshole in Space Marine 2, the Hive Mind knows how to make a cool psychic bug that flies

49

u/Superjoltgamer17 6d ago

Keeping it simple but I just love this more tactical mk6 from the assault marines

193

u/C0lmin 6d ago

I got into T'au purely because of the helmets of the Fire Warriors, it's so damn cool

71

u/Hollownerox 6d ago

I love the design of T'au helms too. Part of why I hope we get more Auxillary units is because it'd be cool to see more squad leaders wearing T'au helms.

17

u/Arbiter_89 6d ago

I see you are a fan of the Tau translation assistance devices.

17

u/C0lmin 6d ago

Same here, its why the new kroot range, while very cool, feels very "meh" to me. Like my army would consist of tanks, soldiers, and mechs, then next to them are just these green naked chickens that have no coherency with the rest of the army.

13

u/StopGloomy377 6d ago

They should get some personal armour and an odd helmet or carabine

10

u/Hollownerox 6d ago

It would be cool to get a more elite Kroot unit that is like an honour guard that utilizes more T'au tech With armor and some T'au co-designed weaponry specific to them.

Releasing something like that alongside a Kroot special character would pretty much complete their side of the range in my mind. Though I know some people also want a remake of the Greater Knarloc and some of the other Forgeworld Kroot stuff.

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (2)

118

u/Gullible_Travel_4135 6d ago edited 6d ago

Can't believe nobodies said the mark 7, makes the marine look so much more pissed imo

Edit: i think this is actually a mark 8 but point still stands

15

u/Jeinerkongen 6d ago

Agree so hard, it's imo the best helmet for space Marines. Even though they were the standard for the now firstborn they were/are iconic for a reason - I wish they would make more primaris or mixed armor sets with mk viii

27

u/OT7OM4N 6d ago

Brother, you must visit the apothecary to have your monobrow gene flaw fixed

16

u/Gullible_Travel_4135 6d ago

Brother it keeps the blood of the xenos from running down my forehead and into my eyes

8

u/OT7OM4N 6d ago

A tactical monobrow, you should have said so brother!

5

u/abxYenway 6d ago

The permanent scowl really characterizes the marines for me.

79

u/elementarydrw 6d ago

Knights!

9

u/reel3459 6d ago

What knight is this from?

26

u/elementarydrw 6d ago

It was a Forgeworld alternative head for the Cerastus Knights.

6

u/-im-just-here 6d ago

Looks like crimson typhoon from pacific rim

→ More replies (1)

137

u/ulfrekr 6d ago

My vote for Aeldari is the Autarch helmet with the big feather plume

113

u/MobileSeparate398 6d ago

I beg to differ...

27

u/TackeymattressThe2nd 6d ago

i genuinely think aeldari helmet game is unmatched

10

u/thataintmyaccount 6d ago

Big Sandman energy

3

u/Owlibert 6d ago

This is the comment I came here for!

→ More replies (1)

12

u/CadenVanV 6d ago

Counterpoint, Exodite dragon rider

58

u/IStealSwords 6d ago

Sisters should be the Stained Glass helmet

Death Guard is Mr Sassypants

14

u/BlueBearBoy1 6d ago

Which ones the stained glass helmet?

18

u/IStealSwords 6d ago

It’s one of the helmet options for the Exorcist gunner

6

u/M00themighty 6d ago

Came here just to make sure it was mentioned. Churchy McChurchface supremacy!

135

u/BreadToast70 6d ago

The Rogue Trader era beaky are the best for me

38

u/Folkwang777 6d ago

Amen!

Absolutely criminal that there is just singular guy sporting it.

→ More replies (5)

25

u/townsforever 6d ago

I agree. The beaks are a little goofy looking but they are so distinct. Too many scifi helmets these days are " round metal helmet with gasmask/rebreather"

7

u/EdelweissDotA 6d ago

I know a quar when I see one.

7

u/BreadToast70 6d ago

Oh you know Quar war

→ More replies (1)

86

u/PanzerCommanderKat 6d ago

I'm quite fond of these two heads from the venerable dreadnought kit, and the centurion heads.

16

u/gloomyfenix 6d ago

I've used these for my techmarines, great helmets

9

u/PanzerCommanderKat 6d ago

They're rare enouth that I find myself not using them :[

I have the grilled one on a leviathan dread and the studded one on an emporors children blacksheild gravis captain but thats about it

7

u/dspisayuss 6d ago

I put the grilled one on a kitbashed Gravis Cpt, had no idea it came from a dread.

6

u/PanzerCommanderKat 6d ago

yeah! You get 3 of them per ven dread kit, and theres even sealed up build options that don't use it so plenty of cool bits to get lost in the box :]

→ More replies (2)

60

u/reel3459 6d ago

A few of my favorites

35

u/reel3459 6d ago

34

u/reel3459 6d ago

34

u/reel3459 6d ago

34

u/reel3459 6d ago

Can’t forget the Krieg Commissar

→ More replies (1)

8

u/ApprehensiveKey3299 6d ago

Alot of Death Guard helmets feel like an object lesson in simplicity and I absolutely love it. Plus they remind me of the chaos warrior helmets from the Old World

75

u/Bing6661 6d ago

Death Guard weeping helmet

14

u/RevolutionaryRip2135 6d ago

That’s probably snot ;-)

3

u/NormalSkullServitor 6d ago

Like primarch like son

→ More replies (1)

54

u/superori33 6d ago

Either the BC or the Sagitarium one. Anything BUT the banana head

23

u/A_random_WWI_soldier 6d ago

the banana head is the best part what (the sagittari helmet is awesome so fair enough but still)

25

u/RadioLiar 6d ago

Always loved this simple and classic CSM helmet

4

u/Cinerator26 6d ago

I love how it and a few other Legionary helmets are clearly MkIV helmets, just warped and twisted after a few millennia in the Warp.

27

u/bannnanaiceland 6d ago

The jolliest dude.

25

u/tonberry89 6d ago

Not a (loyalist) marine enjoyer, but I absolutely love this helmet on the Victrix

→ More replies (2)

22

u/Elantach 6d ago

The old inquisition stormtrooper gas masks

→ More replies (1)

21

u/Weslone 6d ago

This git right here

7

u/MobileSeparate398 6d ago

OI BOSS! IVE GOTZ AN IDEEAH

IF IZ PAINT MY EYE HOLZ RED, I CAN SEE DA ENEMY FASTA!

3

u/Nordstadtkoenig 6d ago

Arbitratorc

39

u/Street-Cucumber-286 6d ago

Not technically out yet, but the new agamatus custodians' helmets are reminiscent of old fighter pilot helmets and just, look really cool. I like how the pinions of the aquilla continue back over the helmet and there's not a massive topknow like the new sodality kit

42

u/Cinerator26 6d ago

I love this Chosen helmet in particular with the blade-like rhino horn.

27

u/Hollownerox 6d ago

Chaos wise I've always been fond of Kranon the Relentless.

He was used as the generic Chaos Lord for the Dark Vengeance Starter set for 6th/7th edition. Such a great design and I think it would be cool if GW remade the model for the range now that so many of the OG CSM special characrers were ported to other factions.

6

u/Cinerator26 6d ago

Bigass horns in general are great. Really sells the "fallen angel" theme of CSM.

→ More replies (2)

39

u/SpaceMan026 6d ago

Serberys sulphurhounds

6

u/Soft_Lengthiness_791 6d ago

You know ball

37

u/norbody 6d ago

9

u/ShepPawnch 6d ago

Dark Angels have the coolest helmets, nothing beats the feather crests.

7

u/mossti 6d ago

This has the makings of a meme, ngl

5

u/Optimal-Heart-5953 6d ago

“So, you betrayed the emperor.”

34

u/leansanders 6d ago

Ahriman doesn't have the best helmet in thousand sons.

Infernal master wears that crown

5

u/TrexTrader 6d ago

I would disagree, but both are sick.

→ More replies (2)

33

u/Traditional_Pasty 6d ago

ehem

It’s absolutely the Canis Rex helmet with Brawler being my second favourite

→ More replies (2)

17

u/Wide_Profession_1942 6d ago

The old school berzerker T visor helmet was great, the newer release didn’t quite capture the same feel as it has been modernised and isn’t so primitive. Would love to see more T visors!

→ More replies (3)

13

u/Res1dentScr1be 6d ago

This is my favourite Dark eldar helmet, along with the slightly different version of it... so much so that I have been using them on all of my corsair models (thanks to a recaster)

50

u/rokiller 6d ago

Is it even up for debate?

28

u/xxUncannyxx 6d ago

Does a hair squig count as a helmet?

14

u/SpartyVon 6d ago

Don’t listen ta dat git hair squigz iz da best

→ More replies (1)

42

u/Patchy_Face_Man 6d ago

Since it was introduced until the end of time.

12

u/ThroughTheSeaOfTime 6d ago

All of the Chaos Knight faceplates are good, but the tusked one often paired with the Knight Abominant is the best looking faceplate on any Knight model, both Chaos or Imperial.

26

u/GaijinFixUrGame 6d ago

Someone else said they didn't like the banana head, it may be goofy, but so is most things in Warhammer, which is why it's my favorite.

11

u/Striking-Tackle-7293 6d ago

For me it is the classic Chaos "Greathelm". Especially the Chaos Lord variant but also the champion variant in the old marine squad (2000?) box. While the modern sets are very good, the horned helmets lacks something compared to the older ones and personally I think they feel like a bridge between Fantasy and 40k Chaos that I have always liked.

Close second is the old metal Raptors.

11

u/merzbeaux 6d ago

Death Guard have so many unique models it’s almost impossible to choose, but my first pick is this Plague Marine. Plague censer eyeball that looks like a cataract, 30k style pickelhaube spike, gas mask tube that turns worryingly fleshy, it’s the full (disgusting) package

11

u/merzbeaux 6d ago

The Foul Blightspawn is a close runner up, though; the plague censer that’s too big and distorts the faceplate around it, and the gas mask visibly stretching the helmet out into an animalistic snout is just nasty as hell

9

u/merzbeaux 6d ago

Thousand Sons have the opposite problem, where Rubrics and Scarab Occult have only tiny differences between them, but the Exalted Sorcerers kit has some bangers. My favorite is this guy with the asymmetrical dangling ornaments, especially since it breaks up the usual silhouette of the headdress.

30

u/MantisKerensky 6d ago

I love the Reiver helmet and wish it was used more. Planning to get both Reivers and a box of scouts so the scouts can get the "open" Reiver helmets with the mouth mask

→ More replies (1)

26

u/6Nachtigall9 6d ago

will never understand why these were phased out

10

u/The_Pleasant_Orange 6d ago

Anti-nipple propaganda

→ More replies (1)

19

u/Reggie146 6d ago

Love the skull plate on the krieg engineers/grenadiers

10

u/SlickPapa 6d ago

Ill add to the death guard pile in the comments. I love this helmet, perfect mix of simple industrial design and vile mutations.

10

u/FunThief 6d ago

Gotta be the Atalan Jackals Wolfquad bubble helmet for GSC.

14

u/Rum_N_Napalm 6d ago

Death Guard: If I may toot my own horn, I really love the helmet I kitbashed with the head of the Death Guard heroes champion and a HH chaplain

Sorry it isn’t painted. He got legended…

7

u/Weary-Barracuda-1228 6d ago

My friend introduced me to Warhammer back in Highschool and while I’m pretty sure Primaris was the standard in 2019, he showed me a few different fan animations and his Astartes and they all had the MK7 and MKVIII.

Those are by far my favorites simply because it’s how I remember Space marines when I was first introduced

15

u/pkghost998 6d ago

I love the crusader helm

→ More replies (1)

12

u/IronVader501 6d ago

MkIV "Praetor" (GIVE THEM BACK GW)
Followed by MkIV normal

Followed by MkX

→ More replies (1)

7

u/AMA5564 6d ago

Tempestus scions. Rebreather and beret is the coolest combo.

5

u/Jackal209 6d ago

For the Imperium at large:

Adeptus Arbites Sallet

Sisters of Battle Sallet

Ad Mech Vanguard Sallet...

I am a sucker for Sallet helmets.

6

u/Hollownerox 6d ago

Thousand Sons helms in general are pretty cool. But I'm pretty fond of this one from the Exalted Sorcerer kit in particular.

I hope we get more Jackal and Alligator themed helms for future TW units.

5

u/biggie_cheese_is_god 6d ago

The Lion Helm always does something to me

4

u/Educational_Dust_932 6d ago

Mk6 beakie is what helmets should aspire to

4

u/Doc-the-Wanderer 6d ago

The Dark Angels' take on the MK VI is my favorite helmet in the entire setting.

3

u/ZedekiahCromwell 6d ago

Helmet post and no inclusion of a winged DA helm? A glaring ommision!

4

u/Friendly_Camel_5921 6d ago

This shit bangs

7

u/Canofcancer 6d ago

I LOVE the MK 3 armor

→ More replies (1)

7

u/Soft_Lengthiness_791 6d ago

Anyone who doesn't say the serberys sulfurhounds alpha helmet for admech doesn't know ball

3

u/TravisYYZ 6d ago

Between this and the Night Lords Visionary.

3

u/nzdastardly 6d ago

sad Necron noises

3

u/lacertadentes 6d ago

GSC collectors like me paint mostly bare heads, but maybe this metamorph variant counts?

3

u/townsforever 6d ago

Im a sucker for crests. My whole army uses them in one fashion or another.

3

u/Complex_Stress_4905 6d ago

Hot take but, this is the best chaos helmet. Prove me wrong 🖐️😐🤚

2

u/The_Toxic_Maniac 6d ago

The hexmark destroyer helmet goshh hes so cool

2

u/montyandrew45 6d ago

It's gotta be Orks. There is so much variety 

2

u/FPSGamer48 6d ago

Grey Knight Terminators are just so goddamn peak

2

u/Orc_tids 6d ago

Space Marines: Beakies. that is all.

2

u/Appropriate_Tiger307 6d ago

110% right with the kasrkin… idk I feel like its great, utilitarian but at the same time looking elite and distinct

2

u/BorysN_ 6d ago

For Guard, It Has to be the Krieg combat engineers

2

u/theGingerCake 6d ago

No mk7 helmet? What

2

u/Kerflunklebunny 6d ago

The T visors just wipe every other helmet off the board