Rude Turnip Chaff

Not quite done yet, but close enough for my taste.

These are some Turnip28 Chaff. They serve as skirmishing light troops ahead of the more numerous Fodder. Despite this, they are not especially good shots. Their value as a distraction is more to do with how they act, which is rudely.

Painting was largely the same as last time, but with Vallejo Green washed Biel-Tan instead of red for facing colour. I did this in a nod to Napoleonic Riflemen, but I think it required more work in the end than Red to stand out from the blue. The cross straps here are in Zandri dust, and the hair in Mournfang Brown. For all four figures I applied excessive amounts of typhus corrosion, and as a result had to re-glaze the blue jackets, brown pants, and green facing. In the end this came out well enough nonetheless. The figures still need mud applied to their backs and boots, and my intention is to have some hanging vines added to their long-rifles. The rifles are normal Napoleonic guns crossbred with Jezails for length. Their hats are Napoleonic, and the shields are Persian.

This one is my favorite. His fingers were originally sculpted, but those broke off and were replaced by plastic fingers from a GW zombie. I considered several finger gestures, but this one seemed the most appropriate for skirmishers. He is shouting "Hey! Over Here! You Missed Me!" very loudly while waving his hat. His rifle is intended to be leaned against his shield, as seen in the earlier image.

In addition to the mud which will need to be added, I also want to add red dots to the top of his tufts. I did this on the Fodder, but it proved to not show up very well so a brighter red may be needed. Alternatively, I could apply dots of glue to the tips of the tufts and paint those, but that seems like too much effort for the easy-bake Turnip style I work with.

The joke with this figure is that he cannot see what he is shooting at due to his face being bandaged. Only one figure in the entire set is actually shooting at a target instead of goofing off. Turnip comedy modelling is one of my favorite things about the whole game.

Here is that aforementioned bastion of competency. I am tempted to clog the barrel of his rifle with plant matter to have a complete set of incompetents and may well do so. Shredded Gauze painted darkly seems like the best option for a seaweed/vine-type material, so my intent is to use that.

Chaff Three is facepalming. He is intended to be placed next to the first one, in reaction to his shouting and rudeness. The angled nature of his rifle pose means I will have to either base him at an angle or on towards the edge, I lean towards the former. His rifle-strap is also broken, which means that plant matter will need to be shoved there too.

They will all have shields, but each shield is still early in development. My hope is for a wicker-type pattern, but Ushabti Bone is a paint which taunts me by drying slowly and mixing with washes. Given that this is Turnip28 I intend to proceed onwards rather than strip and restart the shields. More layers of paint just means more protection for these sorry Sots after all.

The next Turnip figures I intend to pursue will be Brutes, but for their production I will need to delve into casting with Bluestuff to replicate a very specific component.