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