Is it possible to use Metahuman heads on UE4 Skeleton?

[drewweth1 (drewweth)]

My project was started in 4.27. I’ve kept up with upgrades to 5.4 but I’m still using the UE4 Skeleton for all my player and NPC skeletons. My player wear a lot of armor, so I just need the head to and would like to use the Metahuman heads to bring my characters to life.

I was wondering:
1.) How would I change the Metahuman skeleton to use the UE4 skeleton? I tried “Replace Skeleton” but there’s a ton of missing bones.

2.) I know Metahuman was developed originally in UE4 so I think some of the old models have UE4 skeletons, but I can’t find a way to download them from Metahuman Creator.

[drewweth1 (drewweth)]

Here’s some more pics.

[YuuJin]

if you have version control, you can try injecting the new bones with UE5.4’s skeleton editor, see if can keep using the old animations with it