THE QUADLINGS ARE COMING! THE QUADLINGS ARE COMING!

With apologies to Paul Revere, of course! (these DO have red coats!)

But this post is not about one Quadling regiment – it is about 3 infantry regiments (63 figures), 2 artillery batteries (12 figures), 2 generic brigade commanders, a named brigade commander (Rolf von Guufling), a Quadling faction witch (Glenda the Sorceress), and 2 hero conversions (Zeb the Scribe of Ozz and Wood the Courier of Ozz). Yes, that’s 81 figures, AN ENTIRE QUADLING BRIGADE!

Quadlings are the “beefy farm boys” of the world of Ozz. They are the most human-like of the factions, and are great friends with the Munchkins. Their color fixation is red. Most of their army is made up of militia. I had not had any of my own Quadlings on the tabletop at previous conventions.

I was about to hit another two gaming conventions (HAVOC and MAYHEM) in April. I am also going to HUZZAH! in May. After 3 weeks of being away on vacation, I returned back from Florida on March 19th, hoping to make a dent in my mass of Quadlings. These I had previously gotten from Greg Priebe (80 figures) and Chris Palmer (1 figure). It would make up an entire Quadling brigade plus two heroes – but the HAVOC convention would start on April 5th – could I do it? In just 17 days? I decided to try to and plow on and get a whole brigade of figures done for my upcoming Wars of Ozz convention games. I finished on April 4th!

As I did not have enough time to do my usual type of post with WIP and all that – I focused on painting these – and getting them fully tabletop-ready. So this post will just be fully painted stuff. I’m not even going to add the paints this time! (ok I might edit and add them later next week).

So enjoy the photos – and if you are coming to an upcoming convention (add HUZZAH! to that list too), these will be in play – so join me!

Here we go – EYE CANDY!

Eye Candy

1st Quadling Infantry Regiment

This (and the other regiments I painted) are all Northern Quadling regiments – with a slighly better Melee value of 7/10 and a Marksmanship value of 6/10 than other Quadlings. Their Resolve and Elan are average at 5/10 and 6/10 respectively. As all of these regiments are the same sculpts, I painted each with slightly different colors to match the flags that Buck Surdu designed. On this regiment I used a blue facing theme of color over white pants. The plumes on the shakos are red. They are all armed with muskets.

2nd Quadling Infantry Regiment

I went with a sallow yellow-facing theme over light grey pants – and put white plumes on the shakos.

And a side view below:

Some close ups:

4th Quadling Infantry Regiment

For the 4th, I went with a bright green-facing theme over dark grey pants – and I put red plumes on the shakos. I skipped the 3rd because its flag is red, and I wanted a contrast with the red coats!

Marching in column:

Lastly, a gallery collection of views:

1st and 2nd Quadling Light Artillery Batteries

These I only varied in the plume colors (white and red). I also painted the guns slightly differently. They have Marksmanship and Melee values of 6/10 and 4/10 respectively. They do have good Resolve at 7/10 and the Elan of 6/10 is good for artillery.

2 Generic Brigade Commanders

Overall I had 7 mounted leader figures to deal with (each regiment had one, I had the leader pack with three from Greg Priebe, and Chris Palmer gave me one at Fall In 2023). This allowed me (if you had not previously noticed above) to vary each regimental commander’s pose for each infantry regiment. I decided to use two of the remaining ones as generic brigade commanders – and save two more as conversions for Ozz heroes for which there are no dedicated figures to buy. For these two, I painted them slightly differently as they were the same pose.

Rolf Von Guufling, named Brigade Commander

A named brigade commander has 2 additional abilities/skills versus generic ones that have only 1. Of course, the generic ones are free to each brigade, and a named one cost 2 points. Greg’s lot of Quadlings included named Rolf, with his plate of cookies (which as anyone who knows me that the cookies HAD to be chocolate chip). He has Magical Protection plus one additional randomly selected skill. I thought that his bringing chocolate chip cookies to the battlefield merited a burgundy/pink theme for his facings – or maybe his magical protection…

A view from the front:

Glenda the Sorceress

Of course each faction has a witch – and this one is Glenda. She has spells: Transport (can send any unit 10″ in any direction – even behind enemy lines), Fleet Feet (can increase a friendly unit’s Movement rate), Confusion (can rattle an enemy unit’s attacks), and Good Luck (can improve a frienly units. She also can act as a commander with the ability of Charismatic as an as overall leader which is very powerful.

And a view from the side:

Ain’t she pretty in pink?

Zeb the Scribe of Ozz

As I mentioned, I converted two of the mounted Quadling commanders (all are mounted on giant boars) to heroes. They could be part of any faction. The first was Zeb the Scribe, an homage to Zeb Cook, a legend of the early days of Dungeon & Dragons and other games. Zeb played in one of my games at TotalCon 38 in February. I found some small resin books and used green stuff to create a sort of book rack for the figure. When attached to a unit, Zeb can rearrange one attribute of that unit to the best value of the four.

Zeb’s theme was very purple and yellow:

From the other side:

Wood the Courier of Ozz

This one I really thought a lot about as well as it is an homage to Dave Wood, my West Point classmate/roommate and longtime buddy. Over the last months, Dave has helped transfer many figures for other GM’s for Ozz games and more support of conventions – hence the “Courier” appellation. Dave is also a ultra-distance runner who thinks marathons are short (seriously). I knew that Dave’s drink of choice is Diet Mountain Dew (caffeine-free if possible as well). But this is Ozz, so what about Munchkin Dew? So, I found some doll house/diorama Mountain Dew bottles, and designed and sculpted a couple of baskets to hold them, and voila! I think it will be fun on the tabletop.

The figure gives +2″ of movement to an attached unit.

Another view:

A nice side view:

Cheers Dave!!

Lastly, I put all of the Quadlings into their own box – with Zeb and Dave joining my box of heroes separately.

That concludes this post. On April 5th – they will be on the tabletop!

I’d love to hear your thoughts on these – any favorites or suggestions on my insanity are all welcome fodder.

Until next time – thanks for looking!

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.

As you may want to check out the Wars of Ozz figures’ range – there are two places to get them and the rules (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.

And if I update the paints I used – it will be after this sentence!

UPDATED (and in no order of use – and I’ll never not use a list again!) :

PAINTS, INKS, GLAZES, SHADES, WASHES, PIGMENTS, FLOCKING, GLUES AND MORE THAT I USED ON THESE QUADLING TROOPS:

Vallejo Flow Improver
Vallejo Premium White Primer
Vallejo Model Air Surface Primer – German Dark Yellow
Vallejo Surface Primer – Gray
Vallejo Airbrush Thinner
Vallejo Mecha Varnish Gloss Varnish
Vallejo Mecha Varnish Matt Varnish
Wargames Accessories #16 (1/2″ Square steel base)
Wargames Accessories #21 (2″ Square steel base)
Wargames Accessories FOW #1 (1.25″ X 1″ steel base)
Wars of Ozz Miniatures Round MDF base
Wars of Ozz Miniatures Square MDF Sabot Base
Vallejo Black Citadel Contrast – Black Legion
Citadel Nuln Oil GLOSS Citadel Nuln Oil New Formulation
Citadel Contrast – Aethermatic Blue
P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight
Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade
Vallejo Mecha Color Sky Blue
Citadel Soulstone Blue
Army Painter Speed Paint – Caribbean Ocean
Army Painter Speed Paint – Royal Robes 2.0
Battlefront Colours of War Battledress Brown
P3 Brown Ink
Citadel Contrast – Cygor Brown
Citadel Contrast – Gore-Grunta Fur
Citadel Contrast – Snakebite Leather
Citadel Cryptek Armourshade Gloss
Battlefront Colours of War Dark Leather
Vallejo Model Air First Light
Citadel Seraphim Sepia
Army Painter Speed Paint – Dark Wood
Army Painter Speed Paint – Satchel Brown
Vallejo Model Air Wood
Vallejo Model Color Wood Grain
PSI Kneadatite (green stuff)
Wars of Ozz Miniatures Regimental and Faction Flags
Vallejo Brown Rose
P3 Midland Flesh
Army Painter Speed Paint – Peachy Flesh
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures Lavender Flowers
Pendraken 12mm Dice Frames
Army Painter Battlefield Field Grass
Woodland Scenics Blended Turf
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures Blue Flowers
Army Painter Grass Green
Army Painter Green Meadow Tufts
Army Painter Lowland Shrubs
Army Painter Moss Green
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures Pink Flowers
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures Red Flowers
Small Stones
Twigs
Army Painter Yellow Flowers
Gamers Grass Yellow Flowers
Elmer’s PVA Glue
Card Stock
Gorilla Glue
Citadel Contrast – Basilicanum Grey
Citadel Contrast – Space Wolves Grey
Army Painter Speed Paint – Battleship Grey 2.0
Citadel Contrast – Striking Scorpion Green
Vallejo USA Olive Drab
Polly Scale WWII German Armor Dark Olive Green
Sharpie Black Sharpie
Craftsmart Amethyst
Vallejo Model Air Black (METALLIC)
Vallejo Model Air Bright Brass
Vallejo Model Air Gun Metal
Army Painter Speed Paint – Aztec Gold 2.0
Army Painter Speed Paint – Hoplite Gold 1.0
Vallejo Model Air Steel
Crooked Mile Cottage Doll House Mountain Dew Bottles
Sharpie Yellow Sharpie caps
Citadel Contrast Paint – Magmadroth Flame
Citadel Changeling Pink
Vallejo Mecha Color Magenta Fluorescent
Reaper MSP Core Colors Pink
Army Painter Speed Paint – Familiar Pink 2.0
Citadel Contrast Paint – Luxion Purple
Citadel Contrast Paint – Magos Purple
Citadel Contrast Paint – Sigvald Burgundy
Citadel Astorath Red
Citadel Blood for the Blood God
Citadel Contrast Paint – Baal Red
Citadel Spritstone Red
Citadel Contrast – Aggaros Dunes
Secret Weapon Washes Parchment
Citadel Ushabti Bone
Vallejo Thinner Medium
Vallejo Mecha Color Off White
Craftsmart White
Vallejo Model Color White
Citadel Contrast Paint – Ironjawz Yellow
Army Painter Speed Paint – Ancient Honey Reaper
MSP Core Colors Sun Yellow

Until next time…

Winkie Medium Artillery Battery (Wars of Ozz)

Last year I painted up a Winkie Light Artillery Battery (WLAB). I thought it was high time that the Winkies got a longer-range artillery battery to start 2024. They were sick of the Munchkins out-ranging them. To that end, I painted up a Winkie Medium Artillery Battery (WMAB) – the subject of this post.

As described previously in my posts on the Winkies, they are much more interested in fighting hand-to-hand in melee with a foe versus shooting a weapon at one. I posted this on the WLAB post last year – but it bears repeating:

Winkies (the orcs of Ozz basically) are not overly bright in general, and certainly are not very educated. According to the Wars of Ozz rulebook,

“…Winkie artillery is something of an afterthought. Numerous battles and sieges have shown the usefulness of a strong artillery arm, but it is simply not a glorious or honourable role according to the Winkie mindset. Few Generals are chosen from the ranks of the artillery. Chieftains’ sons would much rather be leading a regiment of spearmen or jaegers. The artillery requires too much thinking, the guns can’t compete with the workshops of the Munchkins, and there is too much heavy lifting to be glorious. Consequently, the commanders of the batteries are an eccentric lot. They range from brilliant to simply odd. Except for the master gunners, most of the crew are conscripts secretly happy to be well back from the front line.”
Wars of Ozz by John R. “Buck” Surdu, Section 2.2.2.5, page 25

The WMAB is SKU #OZZ-307. It, like the WLAB, has 5 figures plus the gun in total. I again used an MDF sabot base for all of the figures. The battery is 28mm in scale, and the figures are metal. It is worth 5 points – one more than a WLAB and the same cost as a regular Winkie infantry unit. It does outrange the WLAB. In the game, light artillery has a short/long range combination of 6″/18″ versus that of a medium battery like this which has a short/long range of 8″/24″. It can take 5 hits – represented by the 5 figures – though when it gets to 4 the unit is eliminated.

The WMAB has the exact same uniform colors as the WLAB. I started painting the unit in parallel with Evora’s BodyGuard Infantry Regiment. This is my fourth unit for Dave Stone’s “PAINT WHAT YOU GOT CHALLENGE 2023/2024” painting challenge that runs from December 26th, 2023 to February 29th, 2024. It’s also going to play a major role in many of my upcoming games for the multiple gaming conventions that I plan on supporting as a GM. At present, that support level is now at 25 four-hour games just through May across 4 different conventions in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire (TotalCon38, HAVOC, Mayhem, and HUZZAH!.

First, I’ll share some (well VERY few) WIP shots, then some eye candy of the WMAB.

WIP shots…

Regarding my painting, I mostly followed my usual process, except I did the gun first. It came out too coppery versus brass at first – and Army Painter “Talos Bronze”, while a nice metallic speed paint, is indeed very copper-colored. A switch to a craft metallic paint - Martha Stewart Crafts “Brushed Bronze” – did the trick. I could have gone with steel, but I like the look of bronze cannon.

The crew was easy to do:

And here is the WMAB finished on its magnetized MDF sabot base:

Now for some WMAB…

Eye Candy

As with all of my artillery units, the magnetized MDF sabot base allows for the gun to be turned around 180 degrees so as to designate it being limbered.

Group shot

The two Winkie artillery batteries are shown here below. As the crews are uniformed identically , I gave the WMAB red flowers on their bases to differentiate them from the WLAB bases’ yellow flowers.

The Winkie Medium Artillery Battery on the left and the Winkie Light Artillery Battery on the right.

The WMAB represents my penultimate Winkie unit at this time (I love that word but I hardly ever get to use it!). I do hope that you enjoyed seeing it and reading the post. Next up will be my final Winkie unit and yet another entry for Dave’s challenge – and soon. Thanks for looking!

And yes, I still have much more Ozz 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 THE WINKIE MEDIUM ARTILLERY BATTERY:

Gorilla Glue
1/2″ x 1/2″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#16)
Artillery Battery MDF sabot base from Old Glory/Wars of Ozz Miniatures
P3 “Brown Ink” (ink)
1 1/4″ x 1″ steel base from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
1/8″ neodymium magnets
Everlast steel ABA 3/4″ washers
Elmer’s PVA Glue
Red Sharpie pen
Poster tack
Vallejo Premium Primer “White”
Vallejo “Flow Improver”
Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
Citadel “Nuln Oil” (wash)
Vallejo Model Color “White”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Ironjawz Yellow”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Baal Red”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Talos Bronze 2.0”
Vallejo Model Air “Black ” (metallic)
Martha Stewart Crafts “Brushed Bronze”
Citadel “Cryptek Armourshade” (wash/shade)
Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash/shade)
Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
Reaper MSP “Pure Black”
Vallejo Model Color “Wood Grain”
Vallejo Mecha Color “Off White”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Ork Skin”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Snakebite Leather”
Vallejo Model Air “Bright Brass”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Apothecary White”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
Army Painter “Red Tone” (wash/shade)
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
Vallejo Mecha Color “Green Fluorescent”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
Vallejo Model Ink “Black Green” (ink)
Battlefront “Sherman Drab”
Vallejo “Thinner Medium”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Basilicanum Grey”
Citadel “Retributor Armour”
Vallejo Model Air “Wood”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Black Legion”
Citadel “Seraphim Sepia” (wash/shade)
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Aztec Gold 2.0”
Citadel “Warpfiend Grey”
Citadel “Agrax Earthshade” (wash/shade)
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
Pendraken 12mm dice frames
Army Painter “Yellow Flowers” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Wild Flowers Primrose Tufts” (flocking)
Gamers Grass “Yellow Flowers” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
Small stones
Army Painter “Lowland Shrubs” (flocking)
Twigs
Citadel “Blood for the Blood God”
Gamers Grass “Green Meadow Tufts” (flocking)
Pillow batting (for smoke)

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

In the UK go to Sally 4th.

My Last Project of 2023 – Munchkin Light Artillery Battery (Wars of Ozz)

The last Wars of Ozz unit of 2023! Fittingly, it is also my last Munchkin unit – at least for the near future. As I shared in my last post on the Munchkin Landwehr, I am still recovering well from my knee surgery, and I have able to work on a few things. The Munchkin Light Artillery Battery was one of those.

A year ago, I painted up a medium battery for the Munchkins. That unit, with it’s 8″ short and 24″long range, has had the longest range of any of my Ozz units in 2023. To level the playing field/tabletop – and to provide a bit more variety for scenarios, I have decided to get the Munchkins this Light Battery – and to get the Winkies their own medium battery as well (coming soon I hope). Maybe at some point I’ll address this shortfall for the Gillikins, but not now! Again, Dave Stone is also currently is painting challenge “PAINT WHAT YOU GOT CHALLENGE 2023/2024”. This is my second unit for that challenge.

The Munchkin Light Artillery Battery (MLAB) has a short range of range of 6″ and a long range of 18″. Otherwise, the stats for the MLAB and crew are the same as the larger MMAB except for cost. Both units are good at missile combat with either their cannon or their carbines – with a Marksmanship value of 6/10. As for Melee (which is obviously not ideal for artillery), the MLAB and MMAB are both below average at 4/10 as one would expect. The Resolve value (the measure of the unit’s desire to stick in a fight) for both types is great at 7/10, and as for Elan (the desire to take the fight to the enemy), both are at an average 5/10. The MLAB is cheaper at 4 points, versus the MMAB cost of 5 points. Having two types of artillery give a lot of flexibility to a player or to myself as a GM.

The MLAB’s SKU is #OZZ-106. All of the figures are metal and 28mm in size. Artillery batteries in Wars of Ozz games are composed of 5 figures plus the gun. While an infantry or cavalry regiment has 5 bases – each of which can take 4 hits per base – a battery can only take 5 hits (one per figure). Each hit removes a figure and loses a die for the unit when it fires. The scale is 28mm and these figures are metal.

As with the Landwehr, I did not take many WIP shots, but I’ll share what I have and then go into some eye candy.

WIP shots…

Painted MLAB figures gluing to MDF sabot base inserts.

This was also a time to work on models with my grandaughter post-Christmas. We built a Pokemon Mew model, and then a Grogu. She just turned 7, so I was impressed with how well she did. Yes, this was fun too!

Back to the MLAB, here are some…

Eye Candy

The crew and gun without the sabot base.

Detail of the MDF sabot base, showing the bloody spots for future casualties as the figures get removed.

This project’s completion brings my completed forces for the Munchkins to 8 units and 3 individuals (not counting the 4 Adventurers of Ozz):

My Munchkin forces – 8 units, 3 individuals, 115 figures, 50 points.

The links for all of these are consolidated below:

I appreciate your looking at this artillery unit. Next up I’ll be doing my annual 2023 year end round-up and 2024 goal-setting post. That’s mainly for me to hold myself accountable! (somebody has to…)

Thanks for checking this post out and please let me know what you think in the comments section. 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 MUNCHKIN LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTERY:

MDF Artillery sabot base from Wars of Ozz Miniatures
Elmer’s PVA Glue
1/2″ x 1/2″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#16)
1 1/4″ x 1″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
Poster tack
Vallejo “Flow Improver”
Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
Vallejo Premium Primer “White”
Secret Weapon Washes “Heavy Body Black” (wash)
Citadel “Nuln Oil” (wash)
1/8″ neodymium magnets
3/4″ steel washers
Vallejo Model Color “White”
The Armory “Dark Blue”
Vallejo “Thinner Medium”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Hoard Bronze 2.0”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Crusader Skin 1.0”
DecoArt “Peacock Pearl”
Gorilla Glue
Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash/shade)
Vallejo Model Color “Dark Prussian Blue”
Army Painter “Blue Tone” (wash)
P3 “Brown ink” (ink)
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Apothecary White”
Vallejo Mecha Color “Off White”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Bad Moon Yellow”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Baal Red”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Karandras Green”
Pendraken 12mm dice frame
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Hardened Leather 1.0”
Vallejo Model Color “Wood Grain”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Glittering Gold 2.0”
Vallejo Mecha Color “SZ Red”
Martha Stewart Crafts “Brushed Bronze”
Vallejo Model Air “Steel”
P3 “Midland Flesh”
Citadel “Blood fro the Blood God”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Royal Robes 2.0”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Aggaros Dunes”
Army Painter “Flesh Wash” (wash)
Battlefront “Sherman Drab”
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
Army Painter “Battlefield Grass Green” (flocking)
Small stones
Twig
Pillow batting
Gamers Grass “Green Meadow Set”
Army Painyer Battlefield XP “Woodland Tufts”
Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Dark Blue Tufts” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Light Blue Tufts” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Wildflowers – Corn Flowers” (flocking)

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

In the UK go to Sally 4th.

Harvestland Artillery of the Great Land of Harvest (Wars of Ozz)

I promised more troops to join my other my Wars of Ozz figures from the Lesser Pumpkin Heads – and here they are – the Harvestland Artillery and Crew.

In my last post I shared about the Lesser Pumpkin Heads infantry regiment, who joined their kin King Jack and the Great Pumpkin Heads of the Great Land of Harvest. These artillerists have – yes – a catapult to launch pumpkins at their enemies. Their catapult counts as “light artillery” and the crew are supposed to be armed with carbines as secondary weapons. The figures are metal and 28mm in scale. The SKU is #OZZ522 and it can be seen here. There are 5 Lesser Pumpkin Head (LPH) figures, a catapult, and a stack of pumpkin “ammo” for the model. I’m not sure that the ammo came from any intelligent source – but as of all the pumpkin heads, only King Jack can speak (and he won’t tell) – so the mystery continues…

Similar to my LPH infantry, I wanted these to appear to be a rabble-type force. Again I varied their clothing no two of the five figures would appear to be alike. I did use the basic colors of the Great Pumpkin Heads for this battery – especially the yellow-green eyes. And again, I also needed to show scarecrow straw stuffing coming out of the holes in their clothes and near their wrists.

As before, first I’ll share a few WIP shots and then I will show some eye candy. I worked on the LPH, GPH, King Jack and one other Harvest unit in various states of completion at the same time – (that other Harvest unit being my next post’s surprise).

I’ll start with assembly of the figures (which was easy) and then describe 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).

My motivation to get these done was to have some relatively long-range fire capability for the Harvest Brigade. However, there is one other unique game aspect to this unit that is pretty cool:

Pumpkin Patches:

Before the Game begins, King Jack can convert one field to a pumpkin patch. When a lesser pumpkin unit is in the field and King Jack is in contact with the unit, he can use his activation to raise…up to two hits on the pumpkin head unit…
Wars of Ozz addendum

With this, the Harvest battery cannot get bigger than its original 5 figures, but if placed in a pumpkin patch effectively, this means that the unit would be very hard to kill. The LPH infantry could also take advantage of this similarly, but I think the main advantage is for the battery, which could recover up to two hits per turn. The question of LPH artillerist training is not addressed, I guess they just sprout ready right out of the ground – that certainly saves training resources!

WIP Shots…

The unit and movement base as received – started on April 5th.

I used the artillery sabot base (SKU #OZZ-BAS2) for the unit similar how I built my Munchkin and Winkie batteries.

After filing and washing, the battery dries.

As before, I drilled out the MDF base and glued small steel bases under the base and inserted 1/8″ round neodymium magnets into the holes. I also glued another set of 1/2″ square steel bases under the figures’ round MDF bases. This will allow them to both stay in place and be easily removed during a game. For the catapult, I did a similar action with a larger steel base under the catapult, so that it could show either “limbered” or “unlimbered” status.

By April 11th, I had primed the unit and started working on the component figures. I primed the catapult green and the figures black. I also painted in the wells of the sabot base and the LPH eyes with the glowing green color I’d been using. In my view, it is supposed to be the color of the Harvestland figures inner animation – or their blood – or both – you pick.

By April 19th, the unit was painted, varnished, flocked, and its base was done.

So it’s time for some Ozz-inspired…

Eye Candy

As you see, the battery is very colorful. These photo groups will be two image galleries for the figures.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Group shots

That’s the Harvestland Artillery. Hope that you enjoyed seeing it and my processes. The next “surprise” unit that I will share for my Harvest Brigade is one that I had a lot of fun painting. Though it was actually devoid of any Vitamin A…I think you’ll enjoy seeing it shortly.

Thanks for taking a look and for sharing any feedback you’d care to write in the comments section.

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 HARVESTLAND ARTILLERY BATTERY:

MDF sabot base from Wars of Ozz miniatures, OZZ-BAS2
Elmer’s PVA Glue
1/8″ neodymium magnets
1/2″ square steel base from Wargames Accessories (#16)
1.25″ x 1″steel base from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
Gorilla Glue
Poster tack
Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
Reaper “Black Primer”
Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “Black”
Vallejo Mecha Surface Primer “Russian Green”
Army Painter “Green Tone” (wash/shade)
Battlefront “Gunship Green”
Vallejo Model Color “White”
Citadel “Tesseract Glow”
Vallejo Game Air “Escorpena Green”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Sand Golem”
Vallejo Game Color “Moon Yellow”
Vallejo Mecha Color “Green Blue”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Pallid Bone”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Gravelord Grey”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Camo Cloak”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Magmadroth Flame”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Grim Black”
Vallejo Model Air “Brown”
Vallejo Model Color “Wood Grain”
Vallejo Model Air “Green Brown”
Vallejo Model Color “Light Orange”
Tamiya “Orange”
Army Painter “Mid Brown” (wash/shade)
Vallejo Model Air “Dark Steel”
Vallejo Model Air “Light Steel”
Vallejo Model Air “Dark Brown”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Purple Alchemy”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Holy White”
PS Model Color “British Brown Drab”
Vallejo “Flow Improver”
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefields Meadow Flowers” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Orange Tufts” (flocking)
Gamer’s Grass “Orange Flowers” (flocking)
Small stones (flocking)
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.

Winkie Light Artillery Battery (Wars of Ozz)

Any good brigade in Wars of Ozz games will need a bit of artillery. As I mentioned in my last post on the Winkie Sharpshooters, Winkies (the orcs of the world of Ozz) are much more interested in fighting hand-to-hand in melee with a foe versus shooting a weapon at one. Winkies are not overly bright in general, and certainly are not very educated. According to the Wars of Ozz rulebook,

“…Winkie artillery is something of an afterthought. Numerous battles and sieges have shown the usefulness of a strong artillery arm, but it is simply not a glorious or honourable role according to the Winkie mindset. Few Generals are chosen from the ranks of the artillery. Chieftains’ sons would much rather be leading a regiment of spearmen or jaegers. The artillery requires too much thinking, the guns can’t compete with the workshops of the Munchkins, and there is too much heavy lifting to be glorious. Consequently, the commanders of the batteries are an eccentric lot. They range from brilliant to simply odd. Except for the master gunners, most of the crew are conscripts secretly happy to be well back from the front line.”
Wars of Ozz by John R. “Buck” Surdu, Section 2.2.2.5, page 25

I therefore decided to have a Winkie Light Artillery Battery (WLAB) for my Brigade, and save some points for other troops. This unit (#OZZ306) has 5 figures plus the gun in total. I use an MDF sabot base for all of the figures and the gun similar to the Munchkin Medium Artillery Battery that I completed earlier. The WLAB is also 28mm in scale, and the figures are metal. It is worth 4 points versus a regular Winkie infantry unit which costs only 5. In the game, light artillery has a short/long range combination of 6″/18″ versus that of a medium battery which is 8″/24″.

The WLAB are supposed to have red coats, with white vests and trousers. Of course, being Winkies, the carriage of their gun had to be yellow. To me, their uniforms evoked a British look with the red coats. I again felt that the Winkie fur caps HAD to be black (but I think I’ll be changing some future Winkie units’ headgear on that score).

I began prepping the unit back on December 22nd in anticipation of my end of year surgery. My goal for the mass priming was to have some more units ready for painting in early 2023. I started painting the WLAB in earnest on New Year’s Day – and managed to complete the battery on January 5th.

This unit also qualifies as my second entry for for Dave Stone’s “Paint What You Got 2022/2023” challenge. As is my custom, I will list all the paints I used on this unit at the end of this post for those interested. This list really is mostly for my own use for later reference as well – I do forget stuff on occasion – and this listing has saved me on multiple occasions when I need to repeat a painting process! First, I’ll share some (well a few) WIP shots, then some eye candy of the WLAB.

WIP shots…

I mostly followed my usual process – but here are some photos of the WIP below. I primed back on December 22nd in a mass-priming exercise as noted earlier. The rest of the WIP photos are from January 1-January 3rd.

Primed on December 22nd. I waited until New Year’s Day to work on them.

January 4th progress – almost done with flocking here.

I finished the flocking on January 4th, which left me only to add a wisp of smoke (a shred of painted pillow batting from one of my smoke markers) – to the match wielder on January 5th – and the WLAB was done. On to…

Eye Candy

The WLAB is on an MDF sabot base – that I also magnetized for easy transport and playability.

Group shots

The WLAB with the gun in limber position (facing backwards) and a crew member removed to show the neodymium magnet. Each crew member lost results in a combat die being lost.

I am definitely going to continue to build my brigade of Winkies in 2023, as well as more Ozz goodness. I have now completed 104 of my 268 planned figures for the game – so I have a ways to go. It’s only slightly fewer figures than my Spanish Conquest/Mesoamerican period stuff, but hopefully it will go quicker.

And note to Roger of Rantings from under the Wargames Table, yes, Roger, I do have an Excel spreadsheet for all these figures! Like Roger, I hope that you will stay with me on this path. And also check out Roger’s blog too.

As a second side note – and another recommendation – coincidentally my Aussie buddy Luke (IRO – the Imperial Rebel Ork) is also working on some black powder fantasy stuff for his Turnip28 project. Think anthropomorphic marsh rutabaga trolls (try to say that three times quickly)and Napoleonic zombies. So, he’s doing black powder fantasy as well. He’s even getting into sculpting for it – so I recommend you check him out. He’s done some cool artillery that you can see here and here is his sculpt post – both of which are outstanding, but there is a lot to see on his blog. His stuff is more grim dark than Ozz, but very cool, and it’s quite interesting that we are on a similar wavelength at the same time cross-globally.

Lastly, I had planned for this post to be about a 2022 roundup and my 2023 goal setting – but that will be the next one sometime this week (sorry Roger – but I do promise at least one Excel shot next time for both you and John from Just Needs Varnish! (another fine blog indeed).

I that roundup post, I’ll review and hold myself accountable for my 2022 predictions and goals of a year ago. I did fall short in some areas, which I am hoping to improve upon in 2023. I will set my 2023 goals in “blogging stone” as well. I am really going to push myself to finish as many Ozz figures as I can until preparing for conventions or even (shudder) playing a game take up more time – after all I need to game sometimes…

And I still have more Ozz stuff 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 WINKIE LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTERY:

Gorilla Glue
1/2″ x 1/2″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#16)
Artillery Battery MDF sabot base from Old Glory/Wars of Ozz Miniatures
1 1/4″ x 1″ steel base from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
Poster tack
Vallejo Premium Primer “White”
Vallejo “Flow Improver”
Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
Citadel “Nuln Oil” (wash)
Vallejo Model Color “White”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Ork Skin”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Black Legion”
Vallejo Model Air “Bright Brass”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Ironjawz Yellow”
Createx Airbrush Colors “Pearlized Black”
Vallejo “Thinner Medium”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Baal Red”
Citadel “Cryptek Armourshade” (wash/shade)
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Holy White”
Citadel “Seraphim Sepia” (wash/shade)
Vallejo “Gloss Varnish”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Runic Grey”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Striking Scorpion Green”
Vallejo Game Air “Black”
Citadel “Ironbreaker”
Vallejo Model Color “Wood Grain”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Snakebite Leather”
Citadel “Warpfiend Grey”
Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
Vallejo Model Air “Steel”
PS Model Color “British Brown Drab”
Army Painter “Red Tone” (wash/shade)
1/8″ neodymium magnets
Elmer’s PVA Glue
Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefields Meadow Flowers” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Red Tufts” (flocking)
Pillow batting (for smoke)

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 Wars of Ozz 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.

Munchkin Medium Artillery Battery (Wars of Ozz)

Any Munchkin Brigade needs a good dose of heavy firepower to fend off the enemies of the Emerald City at long range. For my Munchkin Brigade for Wars of Ozz games, I finished off a Munchkin Medium Artillery Battery with Crew (OZZ107). Let’s call it MMAB.

In the game, the MMAB is the stronger of the two artillery choices (the other being a light battery). For comparison, a medium battery can fire at targets up to 24″, while a light battery range is out to 18″, with musket range being at max of 14″. In the game, firing at half ranges is more effective as one would think, and short range for the MMAB is 8″, while a light battery is 6″, and muskets are 7″. So this MMAB gives the brigade a bit of standoff firepower.

The artillery batteries in Wars of Ozz are composed of 5 figures plus a gun. For close combat, they are armed with carbines (which are slightly more than half of the range of muskets – but hopefully they don’t have to get into melee – but the odds are that they will!). While an infantry or cavalry regiment has 5 bases – each of which can take 4 hits – the battery can take 5 hits (one per figure). Each hit removes a figure and loses a die for attacking. The scale is 28mm and these figures are metal.

I started parallel-working on these while I worked on Colonel Tik-Tok’s Infantry Regiment back on November 25th. When I needed to let something dry, I did a little work on this unit. The gun with its carriage required assembly. With the carriage needing serial painting – so as to get the right bluish look per Ozz canon (pun intended – see how I did that!) – and the gun being pretty big, the parallel approach got it done without causing me impatience. I followed the same procedure as to painting these figures as I did with the previous units, by priming in white, then washing with a dark shade, then painting, highlighting, and shading.

A major consideration for me was how to paint up the cannon and carriage. First, there were undersides to the gun and carriage to consider for painting and assembly. Second, there were the choices of colors. I experimented with several blues and bluish craft metallics for the gun. Initially, I went with a classic grey gun metal look for the gun, but changed it to brass as I liked the look better. As Munchkins are being very fond of blue, I thought that was appropriate. As is my custom, I list all the paints I used on this unit at the end of this post for those interested in that sort of stuff (and for my own use for later reference as well). First, I’ll share some WIP shots, then some eye candy of the MMAB.

WIP shots…

As discussed, I started on November 25th. This was mainly preparatory work on filing, washing before priming. My main effort was the CTTIR during this time.

There is an MDF base available for artillery batteries with slots for the gun and figure – that even allows for removing casualties and for denoting if the gun is limbered or unlimbered. That needed assembly, so another thing to do while other things were drying. I also was thinking about transport and storage – so I added steel bases under the MDF ones for the artillerists and the gun.

Then, I slowly worked on painting the cannon and carriage components and assembled them by December 1st.

The cannon painted and varnished resting on its MDF base. Above, you can see how I traced so that I would be able to score the base under the tracings. This would get a better hold for gluing.

The figures came next, but unfortunately do not have any WIP shots of them. I followed Ozz canon (yes, I did that again) for the colors.

On December 4th, this brought me back to completing the magnetizing the unit for gaming, storage, and transport. My artillerist figures were mounted on 3/4″ steel washers. These would be glued to the MDF bases, which had 1/2″ steel squares glued to the their undersides as seen above. I drilled out 1/8″ holes in the center of each of the base’s recesses. Then, I glued another 1/2″ square steel base below the holes with 1/8″ neodymium magnets in each hole. In the end, the figures were removable from the base (but won’t fall out), and the base will store safely in my magnetic sheet-lined Really Useful Box with my other units. You can see this below in the photo.

By December 7th, I had the unit painted and was ready for final assembly and flocking.

And…by December 9th I was done!

How about some…

Eye Candy…

The unit can be shown as limbered (as above) or unlimbered as you can see below. A casualty is taken out on the right.

My favorite shot:

So now I am up to three units plus two Wizards. The Munchkin Light Cavalry is next. As you may want to check out the figures range – there are two places to get them (and I make no money from this btw). The game rules and 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.

Thanks for checking this post out and please let me know what you think in the comments section. 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 MUNCHKIN MEDIUM ARTILLERY BATTERY:

Vallejo Premium Primer “White”
Vallejo “Flow Improver”
Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
Gorilla Glue
1/2″ x 1/2″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#16)
MDF Artillery base from Wars of Ozz Miniatures
1/8″ neodymium magnets
3/4″ steel washers
Poster tack
Citadel “Nuln Oil” (wash)
Vallejo Model Color “White”
1 1/4″ x 1″ square steel bases from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
Elmer’s PVA Glue
Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
Armory “Dark Blue”
DecoArt “Peacock Pearl”
Tamiya XF-6 “Copper”
Vallejo Model Color “Dark Prussian Blue”
Martha Stewart Crafts “Pale Bronze”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Dark Wood”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Contrast Medium”
Army Painter “Blue Tone”
Secret Weapon Washes “Golden Brown” (wash)
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Crusader Skin”
Citadel “Nuln Oil GLOSS” (wash/shade)
Citadel “Cryptek Armourshade” (wash/shade)
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Hardened Leather”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Grim Black”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Frostheart”
Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Baal Red”
Vallejo Model Air “Bright Brass”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Bad Moon Yellow”
Citadel “Contrast Paint – Karandras Green”
Vallejo Model Air “Armour Brown”
Vallejo Model Air “Steel”
Army Painter “Speed Paint – Holy White”
PS Model Color “British Brown Drab”
Army Painter “Battlefields Grass Green” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Dark Blue Tufts” (flocking)

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