I've been getting into a weird little wargame over the past few months called Turnip28. If you know, you know, but the important parts are that it has a weird shit-world Napoleonic era type setting, and that it heavily encourages kitbashing/making your own for your minis.
I should also say by "getting into" I mean that I've played 4 games of it and made more than an entire army list worth of minis. Mostly, each unit was made in a single session fugue state.
Before I did that though, I played a game using paper proxies to try it out. Had a lot of fun with these, and they were quick enough to make where I just tore them up as they died. I was running the Fungivorous Herd for this game, hence the pigs. I lost.
First up are the first ones I did. These are "chaff," which are essentially a scout unit and I did a couple of officers (Called "toadies" in game). They also have guns because I like winning shooting encounters occasionally. Like all of these, I used Victrix Napoleonic minis as a base. In the case the British Penisular Infantry Centre Companies kit. Basic assembly, but I did cover their faces in 2-part epoxy to make a vegetable-looking snout face thing. Other than that, just made then a bit grungy with some washes and dry-brushing, added some acrylic modeling paste to the bases, some undergrowth stuff that Army Painter makes, and some tufts of grass from Woodland Scenics. Definitely the sloppiest, but also the first, so, hey. One of them is arguably a One Piece reference.
Second was one which I will post uncensored if even a single person asks for it. I just didn't want the big post to have a bunch of swinging dicks in it. Otherwise, I assure you that they are there. These are "fodder" which are your cheap, shitty infantry. I gave them close quarters weapons because charging directly into gunfire is funny. I wanted to recreate the design from the proxies that I did and used the Victrix Gallic Naked Fanatics as a base. The helmets are made of epoxy and I think I mostly did a pretty good job, but made the mistake of assembling them before making the helmets, which made things unnessessarily difficult. There are also some mutant freaks mixed in which have been altered by either doubling up on limbs or adding lumps of epoxy because the base minis are kind of limited in poses and there are 12 of these guys. Painting is basic again with just base layers and filth, but I made sure to include a bit of chaffing/sunburn around any metal they are wearing.
Cannons in Turnip are called "stump guns" and they are hilarious. I have not yet gotten them to be properly effective. While the dudes for this follow the same process I've mentioned so far using Victrix French Napoleonic Foot Artillery (which have some great little bits and bobs) the cannon is made using the stopper for a travel chess set as the body, propped up on rooks from the same set, then ordained with shields and bits from the Naked Fanatics. The cannon bore was drilled out with an exacto knife blade clamped into an electric drill. Do not do this. There's also some bits of old sprue from something which was resin printed to mimic brambles/sticks. Really happy with how this turned out.
Pretty much concurrent with making the stump gun come the "brutes." Think heavy infantry. More of the british infantry, but I have them shields from… Some other Victrix set. I'm not sure which one to be honest. I just had the bits. One of them is definitely a One Piece reference. The heads/helmets on these are more from the travel chess set: 3 pawns and 3 knights. A couple are flourished with more bits from the naked fanatics as to be expected. I also put some Alizeran crimson on these for some quick blood effects since these are supposed to be the guys who have seen some shit and survived.
Since I knew I was going to be running the cult called the "Procession of Woe" I made some more toadies, this time with bishop chess piece helmets because they are heralds of a big old shrine. Nothing crazy here, but I like how they look.
Which leads into "the root shrine," which is essentially the general of the Procession of Woe. This is one of the more ambitious minis projects I've done. Unfortunately, for the root itself, I don't know what this is. It was given to me as a secret santa gift and looks like a resin print. There's a face on one side. If anyone knows what this is, please let me know since I like the vibe of it. The root is also the first piece I had to deal with, as that needed to be entirely wet blended all over to make it all turnip-y. Bronze chains as well, and some red spots for ick-factor. The shrine is made out of glued together pieces of basswood which I stained, then painted over the parts where the glue blocked the stain. The wheels and yokes are from the foot artillery set since I plan on using the actual guns from that to make ships cannons anyway. The canopy was originally some kind of cream colored rough cloth, which I frayed a bit and dyed. Lastly, everything else from the bits hanging as decor around the top of the shrine to the dudes pulling it are more naked fanatics. They come in a bag with enough to make 24 guys, so I'm gonna use them whenever I have a chance. This is not the most stable mini since it has multiple bases, so I might be reinforcing this at a later date. Really happy with it overall though. Complete pain to transport.
The last ones (so far) are "bastards." Heavy cavalry and really fun to use. Melee weapons because they can force retreats really easy. I used Victrix French Dragoons for these as a base, but there is a lot of epoxy on these freaks. Mostly on the snout and bug eyes, but I gave all of them some lumps as well. I also carved out as much of the bellies of the horses as possible to make them a bit more emaciated looking. Anyway, horses are really hard to paint! I think I did halfway decent, but only halfway. Also used some little mushroom pieces from AK Basing Bits (good detail, honestly a bit too expensive unless you really need a specific thing) for some of these in addition to the sprue bits for terrain.
Since I have the horses for it, next up is probably "whelps," which are light cavalry, but that's going to take more planning since I want them to have guns for hit and run tactics when I eventually run the stilt walker cult.
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