Month: February 2025

Professor Nitpik is back and has his own Industrial City faction for the Wars of Ozz. I painted up his infantry in 2023. But now he has his own faction with new troops, stats, (and new spelling). Right before TotalCon 39, I finished 11 figures for the cavalry regiment and three brigade commanders.

The figures are metal and 28mm. The SKU for the cavalry is OZZ-540 “Mechanical Cavalry on Mechanical Horses”and that for the brigade commanders is OZZ-544 “Mounted Mechanical Leaders”. The mechanical horses have a flame-breath weapon and the riders have short-range ray pistols (very short range).

Interestingly, as a new faction they have a totally new chart with new Resolve and Elan results – to include “Reboot” and “Caracole”. The former makes the mechanical soldiers pause and gives an enemy a free hit on them. The latter results in a cavalry charge that stops short of contact with all figures firing their pistols at the enemy.

As I have been DEEP into convention prep this month, I am just going to be brief here and show you some WIP and the finished products. For these, I chose a lot of pearlized airbrush and craft paints. I also decided to make them sooty, oily, and grimy over their shiny metal coats.

Using my airbrush I applied the pearlized copper as an undercoat over the primer. For the riders, I used a pearlized red. The brigade commander riders got pearlized blue, yellow, and purple paints. The mounts for all were painted identically.

Next, I added various metallic craft and airbrush paints – mostly also pearlized. Then, I assembled them all.

Below you can see that progress before varnishing. Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” provided a nice spilled/burned diesel sheen. Here are some close ups:

I varnished the figures with a gloss and a matte coating. I mounted the figures on their steel and MDF bases. Then, I added flocking material to “rubble up” the bases. This approach shows the ruins of the Industrial City from where they originated.

I flocked these with junk. Then, I added pigments to the base rubble. This gave them a dirty and sooty look. Lastly, I added painted pillow batting exhaust fumes.

The three brigade commanders were completed similarly, and given their abilities as you see below..

Lastly, here is a video of the unit and the brigade commanders:

Here is the Instagram link for the same video:

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These 14 figures statues also qualify for Dave Stone’s annual “Paint What You Got Challenge”. Check it out! I’ll say it again. Dave is a great guy. I guess he’d prefer “solid bloke.” He runs this every year between Christmas and the end of February.

These were a lot of fun to build and paint up. I hope that you enjoyed them and that you will share any of your feedback in the comments section.

Final Note

Want to learn more about Ozz? If you want to check out the excellent Wars of Ozz figures’ range, there are two places to get them. You can also get the rules there. (I make no money from this.) The game rules and the figures are available from the next two places:

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

In the UK go to Sally 4th.

And the new Wars of Ozz Supplement is available as a PDF download from the next two websites:

• Drive thru Cards
• Wargame Vault

Below you’ll see the list of paints and the like that I used on this project. They are more useful for me when I need to recreate a color scheme in the future. They might not be as useful for you. In any case, that’s why I post them.

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

For my earlier posts on Wars of Ozz games, view this page. It includes figures, units, and other related projects.

PAINTS, INKS, GLAZES, SHADES, WASHES, PIGMENTS, FLOCKING, GLUES AND MORE THAT I USED ON THESE PROFESSOR NITPIK MECHANICAL CAVALRY AND BRIGADE COMMANDERS:

1. PVA Glue
2. Popsicle sticks
3. Gorilla Glue
4. Alligator clips and stands
5. MDF Bases
6. 2″ Square War Games Accessories Steel Bases (21)
7. War Games Accessories Steel Bases (FOW1)
8. Vallejo Surface Primer “Black”
9. Createx Wicked Colors “Pearl Red”
10. Createx Airbrush Colors “Pearl Copper”
11. Createx Airbrush Colors “Pearl Green”
12. Createx Airbrush Colors “Pearl Plum”
13. Vallejo Mecha Color “Sky Blue”
14. Army Painter “Dark Tone” (wash)
15. Vallejo “Metal Medium”
16. DecoArt “Peacock Pearl”
17. Vallejo Mecha Color “Metallic Green”
18. Vallejo Mecha Color “Metallic Blue”
19. Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
20. Martha Stewart “Duckling Pearl”
21. Vallejo Model Color “Off White”
22. Army Painter “Dark Tone” (wash)
23. Vallejo Mecha Color “Off White”
24. Vallejo Model Color “Brass”
25. Army Painter Speed Paint 2.0 “Brazen Copper”
26. Army Painter Speed Paint 2.0 “Polished Silver”
27. Army Painter Warpaints Fanatics Effects “Data System Glow” (effect)
28. Army Painter Speed Paint 1.0 “Blood Red”
29. Army Painter Speed Paint 1.0 “Fire Giant Orange”
30. Army Painter Speed Paint 1.0 “Zealot Yellow”
31. Army Painter Warpaints Air “Neon Yellow”
32. Vallejo Model Air “Chrome”
33. Army Painter Warpaints “Rough Iron”
34. Vallejo Thinner Medium
35. Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash/shade)
36. Battlefront “Black”
37. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss”
38. Vallejo Flow Improver
39. Vallejo Thinner
40. Army Painter “Black Battlefields” (flocking)
41. Juweela 1:35 Debris
42. Juweela Metal Scrap Rusty
43. Pillow batting
44. Vallejo “Carbon Black” (pigment)
45. Vallejo “Titanium White” (pigment)
46. Vallejo “Pigment Binder”
47. Vallejo Premium Color “Matte Varnish”
48. Black Sharpie pen
49. Brown Sharpie pen
50. Nitpik flag design from Wars of Ozz Facebook page (printed on card stock)
51. Card stock
52. Pendraken 12mm dice frames