Carrot Creatures of the Great Land of Harvest (Wars of Ozz)

In my last post I said that I was next going to share a “surprise unit” – and I hinted that it was actually devoid of any Vitamin A…and here it is – the Carrot Creature regiment of the Great Land of Harvest.

Well, as far as I know, metal figures are not nutritious – so that was an easy claim. Please, as a public service announcement…don’t eat your figures!

Back to the figures! The Great Land of Harvest not only has produced the Great Pumpkin Heads and the Lesser Pumpkin Heads. There are many other mutations and oddities that have armed themselves and organized for the defense of their homeland – or to attack their neighbors – or alternatively mercenary service in other factions’ armies. This regiment is one of them, and I have several more Harvest units that I will be able to share shortly. But, let’s focus on the Carrot Creatures Regiment (we’ll shorten that to CCR but that has nothing to do with Creedence Clearwater Revival…).

Initially, when I looked at the Wars of Ozz website, there were not any photos of the CCR. That since has been remedied and now you can see the website shot of them here. The CCR are part of the forces of the Great Land of Harvest and their SKU# is OZZ532.

The unit is comprised of 10 metal figures, and and is physically armed with axes, shovel handles, shovels, and scythes. The unit required no assembly other than assigning the arm holding the weapons. I said “physically”, because in the rules the CCR is also armed with bows (which are treated as carbines). Rather than either ignore that aspect, or modify the figures, I chose to modify the bases to reflect this weaponry as you will see below. I really did not want to modify the figures for the bows – and I believe specifically bow-armed Carrot Creatures will eventually be made available for purchase. As I wanted my Harvest troops to have a few more missile troops, this choice was ideal.

The figures are larger (as befits big monster-sized carrots) and are based in the game on five 2″ square bases without a Regimental Commander. Their melee value is 5 out of 10, but their marksmanship is 7 out of 10 (remember why your Mom said to eat your carrots!). Their Elan and Resolve values are at 6 out of 10 – a reasonably stout unit.

My goal was to get the right shades of orange on them – and we all know how painting miniatures either colors of orange or yellow can be challenging. I thought they should be a bit ruddy – to reflect their subterranean lifestyles (I am assuming here, I don’t personally hang out underground).

Similar to my other Harvest units, I mixed up their weapons and flocking such that no two of the five bases looked exactly alike. To match the other Harvest troops, I did paint the eyes with a glowing yellow-green. The figures are great – with a suitably cartoony and menacing look. I thought they looked quite like Tasmanian devil-inspired carrots.

As before, I’ll share a few WIP shots and then some eye candy of the CCR regiment. 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. Orange is not a simple process. 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 – I forget things!).

WIP Shots…

As with the pumpkin heads, I primed the orange parts of the figures in black, then dry brushed them in white, followed by a dry brush of a couple of oranges, and then highlighted and shaded them. For the leafy “hair”, I primed that in green, then moved to highlights and shading. I mocked the unit up on their bases to make sure that they would fit both vertically and horizontally. This has both an aesthetic purpose and a practical one – as I did want them to look good without having their weapons in the other figures’ faces or hanging off of the bases to get wacked in a game.

After varnishing (gloss, then matte), I flocked the bases with the same color themes as my other Harvest troops. Additionally, I added some small crossbows that I had lying around to the fronts and backs of the bases. I painted these crossbows a brighter green – and hopefully they can serve as player reminder that the CCR actually has a missile capability!

Eye Candy

Stand 1

Stand 2

Stand 3

Stand 4

Stand 5

Group shot…

That’s all for the Carrot Creatures Infantry Regiment. I hope that you liked their quirkiness as much as I did. This makes 108 figures that I have painted for Ozz this year!

Thanks for taking a look and any feedback, especially on the orange colors – I am curious as to your thoughts.

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 CARROT CREATURES INFANTRY REGIMENT:

1. 2″ square steel base from Wargames Accessories (#21)
2. 3/4″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#A9)
3. Gorilla Glue
4. Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “Black”
5. Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “Russian Green”
6. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
7. Poster tack
8. Vallejo Model Color “White”
9. Tamiya “Orange”
10. Vallejo Model Color “Light Orange”
11. Vallejo Model Color “Clear Orange”
12. Battlefront “Gunship Green”
13. Vallejo Model Air “Escorpena Green”
14. Battlefront “Sicily Yellow”
15. Vallejo Model Air “Brown”
16. Vallejo Model Air “Dark Brown”
17. Vallejo Model Air “Dark Steel”
18. Citadel “Ironbreaker”
19. Vallejo Model Air “Light Steel”
20. Citadel “Hellion Green”
21. Army Painter “Mid Brown” (wash/shade)
22. Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash/shade)
23. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Magmadroth Flame”
24. Citadel “Tesseract Glow”
25. Army Painter “Green Tone” (wash/shade)
26. PS Model Color “British Brown Drab”
27. Elmer’s PVA Glue
28. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
29. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
30. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
31. Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
32. Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
33. Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
34. Army Painter “Battlefields Meadow Flowers” (flocking)
35. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Orange Tufts” (flocking)
36. Gamer’s Grass “Orange Flowers” (flocking)
37. Small stones (flocking)
38. Small oak twigs (flocking)
39. Small metal crossbows (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.