And now I too turn up at the Turnip table..... with the first painted followers from my first Turnip 28 Regiment: "Les Betteraves Royales Maléfiques du Grand Destin, du but Prédestiné et du design Inspiré !!"
Presented here are the Stump Gun Artillery Piece, its crew and leading Snob/Toady.
The Stump Gun and 2 Artillery crew adorned with the tall bearskin hats are Turnip 28 3d printed minis I obtained from ByronM, while the 3rd crew with the fuse lighting torch is an old converted ( ala green stuff, grass tufts) GW Warhammer Fantasy Battle Empire artillery crew mini from a mixed bag of unwanted minis I was gifted about 30 years ago from a friend abandoning WFB. The cart supporting the stump gun is also of GW vintage stock from a WFB blister pack of horse and cart baggage train minis I had impulse bought from my local hobby shop around that same time in the mid 90s.
The Toady is a converted model from the Victrix kit 'Napoleon's Middle Imperial Guard, Fusiliers-Grenadiers' # VX0016. The Toady's head was obtained from a stl I found last year on Thingiverse , but I cannot seem to find on the site currently. Arms/weapons are from my old WFB bits box, and of course the rest is a dose of green stuff and grass tufts befitting the Turnip 28 basic conversion techniques to represent the rooty corruption.
The minis are painted with a combination of Army Painter's regular paints and layers of AP speed paints. The bases colour is mostly Burnt Umber brown Liquitex brand basics acrylic paint & Argrax Earth Shade.
I have not much developed background lore for my Regiment as is often expected in theme of a Turnip 28 force, but I will create some simple lore as I paint more, and I know these Royal Baleful Beets of Grand Destiny and Fated Purpose and Inspired Design, seek out the rare parts of the root that mimics beets from which rooty juices they can craft the Royal Purple dyes they crave to stain the remains of their battered uniforms so they can resplendently display a colour befitting their private perceptions of their public status.
Total Points = 30
x1 Stump Gun (28mm Artillery) = 10 pts
x3 Stump Gun Crew ( 28mm Foot Figure) = (3x5)=15 pts
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Another convert to the rooty goodness! Great work Steve, they look wonderfully miserable (ie great!) - your conversion work on the gun really good too. Take a few bonus tubors!
- Paul
Only in AHPC does gardening start in the dead of winter. Fun roots, with lots of repurposing of old bits. Well done.
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ReplyDeleteStuff you read in the AHPC! Great work on this whacky weapon and crew Steve, and you seem to really be leaning into the spirit of nutty conversion/inspiration that so inspires the Turnip28 folks.
Great grimy weirdiness
ReplyDeleteBrilliant madness!
ReplyDeleteVery well done! Really love looking at well painted and especially converted Turnip28 stuff, and yours certainly doesn‘t disappoint in these compartments.
ReplyDeleteNever really understood the Turnip craze - but you have great imagination and excellent execution on them.
ReplyDeleteNot my bag, but great painting!
ReplyDeleteWonderful job!! I love Building turnip armies but I have never mustered up the courage to build a stump gun. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteWonderful work, Steve! For the minis I like best the converted ones but appreciate the painted colors most of all. They are brilliant!
ReplyDeleteFabulous work Steve. I really like your artillery piece and the Royal Baleful Beets of Grand Destiny and Fated Purpose and Inspired Design cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteLovely turnips!
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