In my previous post about King Jack and the Great Pumpkin Heads of the Great Land of Harvest, I discussed his leadership abilities – in that he’s the only one among the pumpkinheads who actually can speak to other races. I am sure that he must be able to communicate (in ways non-pumpkinheads can understand) to his kind like the Lesser Pumpkinheads, the Harvestland Artillery, and other Land of Harvest units and individuals. There must be something to the guttural moans emanating from the menageries of vegetable troops of the Great Land of Harvest that is a form of communication in some way.

But wouldn’t King Jack need some able-bodied lieutenants to help him to command his army? Plus, hell, he’d need some type of witch or wizard to even out his forces against enemies with their own magic users? And yes, I know he needs cavalry – which exists in that world – and I eventually hope to add them – but not right now…too many figures are already in the queue!

For these reasons, my immediate need pre-HUZZAH 2023 was to get a few subordinate general officers for my Harvest forces – as well as a Harvest witch. Having more brigade commanders would allow me to field several brigades (albeit smaller at first) of maniacal veggies. And a adding a witch would make playing that side more fun too.

Way back, I accidentally ordered two Zoraster the Wizard figures during the initial Kickstarter. I was able to trade my excess wizard with Greg Priebe of the Harford Maryland H.A.W.K.’s for a generic witch.

I have named her Lady Thistlethorn, the Harvest Witch. It’s a good a name as any. She’s an Ozz figure, and was part of the random wizards and witches for Ozz available as OZZ-513. Of course, Lady Thistlethorn will have her spells assigned randomly each game.

As for the three generals, they came from OZZ-531, “Pumpkin Headed Generals”. In the rules, they are listed as General Gourdvine, General Squashblossom, and General Crustfiller. Each has a single defined benefit and a random one – and all can serve as either brigade or army commanders.

The figures are not identified/associated with a particular name, so I chose to make General Gourdvine as the figure with the traditional jack-o-lantern head, General Squashblossom as the jack-o-lantern-headed figure with the carrot nose, and General Crustfiller as the figure with the burlap bag over his head (?). All 3 are mounted on skeletonized horses. The three are metal, 28mm scale, and came in two pieces (rider trunk and mount with the legs).

As with the Lesser Pumpkinheads, my goal was to use the basic colors of the Great Pumpkin Heads for these – and especially the yellow-green eyes. Once again, I also needed to show straw (like the stuffing of a scarecrow) coming out of the holes in their clothes and near their wrists.

For Lady Thistlethorn, I went with a black outfit with green facings – and a slightly different green for her skin. I am not fully happy with her, as the two green shades are too close, but in the rush for Huzzah 2023 prep, I decided that she was good enough for now. She’s a bit sexy with her thigh-high boots and leather bustier – and certainly I will get some more witches in the future.

I’ll share a few WIP shots of the PHG’s and the HW and then move onto the eye candy for both types. I will list my paints etc. at the end as I normally do for those interested (and for my own reference in the future should I need that information as often is the case).

Pumpkin Headed Generals

PHG WIP Shots…

Harvest Witch (Lady Thistlethorn)

Harvest Witch WIP Shots…

Eye Candy

Pumpkin Headed Generals Eye Candy

General Gourdvine

General Squashblossom

General Crustfiller

Harvest Witch (Lady Thistlethorn) Eye Candy

Group shot

That’s the Pumpkin Headed Generals and Lady Thistlethorn, the Harvest Witch. They did all debut at Huzzah 2023.

Thanks for taking a look and for any feedback. The next post will round out my pre-Huzzah 2023 painting scramble. Hint:

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 THESE PUMPKIN HEADED GENERALS:

1. Mounted Brigade Commander MDF bases from Old Glory/Wars of Ozz Miniatures
2. 1 1/4″ x 1″ steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
3. 2″ square steel base from Wargames Accessories (#21)
4. Gorilla Glue
5. Poster tack
6. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
7. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
8. Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “Black”
9. Vallejo Model Color “White”
10. Citadel “Tesseract Glow”
11. Battlefront “Black”
12. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Dusk Red”
13. Vallejo Model Color “Black” (metallic)
14. Battlefront “Gunship Green”
15. Hataka “Beige”
16. Citadel “Mechanicus Standard Grey”
17. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
18. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Bad Moon Yellow”
19. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
20. Tamiya “Orange”
21. Tamiya “X-20A Thinner”
22. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Nazdreg Yellow”
23. Vallejo Model Color “Light Orange”
24. Vallejo Model Color “Clear Orange”
25. Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
26. Vallejo Model Air “Steel”
27. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Skeleton Horde”
28. Army Painter “Mid Brown” (wash/shade)
29. Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash)
30. PS Model Color “US Olive Drab”
31. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
32. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
33. Elmer’s PVA Glue
34. Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
35. Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
36. Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
37. Army Painter “Battlefields Meadow Flowers” (flocking)
38. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Orange Tufts” (flocking)
39. Gamer’s Grass “Orange Flowers” (flocking)
40. Small stones (flocking)
41. Small oak twigs (flocking)

PAINTS, INKS, GLAZES, SHADES, WASHES, PIGMENTS, FLOCKING, GLUES AND MORE THAT I USED ON THE HARVEST WITCH (“LADY THISTLETHORN”):

1. 3/4″ steel washer
2. Gorilla Glue
3. Poster tack
4. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
5. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
6. Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “White”
7. Vallejo Model Color “White”
8. Citadel “Tesseract Glow”
9. Battlefront “Black”
10. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Forest Sprite”
11. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
12. Citadel “Squid Orange”
13. Vallejo Model Color “Wood”
14. Reaper MSP Core Colors “Blackened Brown”
15. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Nazdreg Yellow”
16. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Black Legion”
17. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Space Wolves Grey”
18. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Snakebite Leather”
19. Citadel “Waystone Green” (Technical)
20. Army Painter “Green Tone” (wash/shade)
21. PS Model Color “US Olive Drab”
22. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
23. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
24. Elmer’s PVA Glue
25. Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
26. Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
27. Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
28. Army Painter “Battlefields Meadow Flowers” (flocking)
29. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Orange Tufts” (flocking)
30. Gamer’s Grass “Orange Flowers” (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.