Rooting Around - Turnip28 Spring Clean Challenge
Snobs and Command Frippery
In Turnip28, the leaders of your rabble of soldiers are known ss Snobs, with the Regiment being commanded by a Toff, and ancillary leadership coming from Toadys.
I set about the Victrix Bavarian Command sprue to build a couple of Snobs, plus a drummer and standard bearer to give my Regiment a bit more Napoleonic elan.
These two chaps were simple builds as previously described, with legs liberated from bodies and supplied with alternative torsos.
This is my first Toady, again a torso swap, but with an added Bearskin from some French Line Infantry. Simple case of trimming away the face, drilling a hole into the hat, and carving out a recess so it fits snugly. I'll probably add a shield to this one as well.
Finally, my Toff. Bit more of an interesting build here, so worth elaborating some more.The Toff himself was pretty simple – just trimming off the Bavarian officer’s collar and creating a nice recess to fit the 3D printed head.
The ‘horse’ was an experiment in using different materials to see if they resulted in some interesting textures for painting.
Firstly, I sliced away the mane and ears, before making a green stuff snout/root thing. I wrapped the neck/head in some bandage, and coated it with some thinned down pva to try and create a coarse-sack like cloth texture. I used some tin foil for the hoof wraps, with wire twists used to approximate ropes to secure those wraps and as a bridle.
Finally the tail/stalk was simply done by carefully slicing into the tail, with some offcuts of electrical wire cover added as well (using what was lying around after making the ropes).
Before and after images below.
Congratulations @scribbs great work on your project figures.
Thanks Zorg