Lesser Pumpkin Heads of the Great Land of Harvest (Wars of Ozz)

In my last post I shared about King Jack and the Great Pumpkin Heads of the Great Land of Harvest. I’m sure that some of you thought – hey – are all of their inhabitants that big? Surely, to have greater pumpkin heads – there must indeed be lesser ones, right?

Indeed there are!

There are several units of lesser pumpkin heads and individual pumpkin head generals – more human-sized ones anyways. I have completed a couple that I will be sharing, starting with this post on my regiment of Lesser Pumpkin Heads. The lesser pumpkin heads are pretty skinny dudes. They can move effortlessly (without cost) through woods, but otherwise they are an average unit.

The Lesser Pumpkin Heads (let’s shorten that to LPH) are part of the Wars of Ozz figures and their SKU# is OZZ506 and can be seen here. The unit is comprised of 20 metal figures, appropriately armed with hatchets, axes, sickles, and scythes – but the unit required no assembly. As with all standard Ozz units the figures are based 4 at a time on five 2″ square bases, but there is no Regimental Commander here.

My goal was to organize them to appear to be a rabble-type force. Unlike the disciplined units of the Munchkins or even the Gillikins, I don’t see these as being very organized in battle with regards to uniforms and drill. I also mixed up their clothing colors, weapons, and flocking such that no two of the five bases looked exactly alike. I did use the basic colors of the Great Pumpkin Heads for the LPH – and especially the yellow-green eyes. Here though, I also needed to show straw (like the stuffing of a scarecrow) coming out of the holes in their clothes and near their wrists.

I’ll share a few WIP shots and then some eye candy. These were also worked on (especially due to the need for orange) simultaneously with King Jack and 4 of his other units in various states of completion at the same time.

I’ll start with assembly of the figures and then move to describing the painting process. I used a number of contrast and speed paints, but did also use highlights and washes. All of the paints that I used will be listed at the end as I normally do for those interested (and for my own reference in the future should I need that information).

WIP Shots…

I chose to “pre-base” the LPH on 3’4″ square steel bases for three reasons. First, so that I could more easily attach them to my poster tack covered specimen jars, second so that they would be easier to paint, and third to make it easier to affix the LPH to their final resting place – the 2″ square steel bases – done later in the process.

By April 17th, I had made some progress on the LPH.

As you can see, the regiment has a lot of color – which will be better viewed in the next section. Some of these photo groups will be four image galleries and some three.

Eye Candy

Stand 1

Stand 2

Stand 3

Stand 4

Stand 5

Group shot…

That wraps up the Lesser Pumpkin Heads infantry. I also have a unique artillery unit of theirs next that I think you’ll enjoy. Thanks for taking a look and any feedback.

And yes, I still have more to come…

Miscellaneous details and references for those interested in that sort of thing:

For all of my previous posts on Wars of Ozz games, figures, units, and other related projects – please see this page.

PAINTS, INKS, GLAZES, SHADES, WASHES, PIGMENTS, FLOCKING, GLUES AND MORE THAT I USED ON THIS LESSER PUMPKIN HEAD REGIMENT:

1. 2″ square steel base from Wargames Accessories (#21)
2. 3/4″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#A9)
3. Gorilla Glue
4. Poster tack
5. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
6. Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “Black”
7. Vallejo Model Color “White”
8. Citadel “Tesseract Glow”
9. Vallejo Game Color “Moon Yellow”
10. Battlefront “Gunship Green”
11. Vallejo Mecha Color Green Blue”
12. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
13. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Pallid Bone”
14. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Gravelord Grey”
15. Tamiya “Orange”
16. Vallejo Model Color “Light Orange”
17. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Camo Cloak”
18. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
19. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Highlord Blue”
20. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Gryph-Hound Orange”
21. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Hive Dweller Purple”
22. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Magmadroth Flame”
23. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Grim Black”
24. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Absolution Green”
25. Vallejo Model Air “Dark Steel”
26. Vallejo Model Air “Light Steel”
27. Vallejo Model Color “Wood Grain”
28. Vallejo Model Air “Green Brown”
29. Vallejo Model Air “Dark Brown”
30. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Sand Golem”
31. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Purple Alchemy”
32. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Holy White”
33. Army Painter “Mid Brown” (wash/shade)
34. Army Painter “Green Tone” (wash/shade)
35. PS Model Color “British Brown Drab”
36. Elmer’s PVA Glue
37. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
38. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
39. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
40. Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
41. Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
42. Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
43. Army Painter “Battlefields Meadow Flowers” (flocking)
44. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Orange Tufts” (flocking)
45. Gamer’s Grass “Orange Flowers” (flocking)
46. Small stones (flocking)
47. Small oak twigs (flocking)

Again, as you may want to check out the Wars of Ozz figures’ range – there are two places to get them (and I make no money from this btw). The game rules and the figures are available from the following two places:

In the US Old Glory has a site – Wars of Ozz Miniatures.

In the UK go to Sally 4th.