Author Topic: Turnip inspired Stargrave Pirates. (Read 9523 times)

nicknorthstar · « **on:** July 03, 2021, 09:45:13 AM »

I've finished my first crew for Stargrave, and so I was thinking of what to do for pirates. The pirates feature heavily as random encounters, wandering monsters and baddies for scenarios.

Originally I was planning to build my pirates from standard Stargrave kits, but to give them a distinct paint job.

Unfortunately, the last two issues of Wargames Illustrated featured articles about Max FitzGerald's Turnip28 concept. The infernal idea lived 'rent free' in my head for a week or so, and so in the end I had to give it go. Here's the first of my Stargrave Pirates done Turnip-like.

The body and arms are Stargrave Mercenaries. The head is a Perry Miniatures medieval (as is the sword) and the backpack Napoleonic French from Warlord games (taken from the free frame included in Wargames Illustrated 403)

swiftnick · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2021, 09:56:05 AM »

Looking very interesting!!

3Fingers2 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2021, 10:05:20 AM »

Love it when I seen the turnip 28 I thought they were very nurgle cultist like ?

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2021, 10:20:33 AM »

Quote from: 3Fingers2 on July 03, 2021, 10:05:20 AM

Love it when I seen the turnip 28 I thought they were very nurgle cultist like ?

Very much so. I don't do GW stuff anymore, but I recognise that this Turnip stuff is sub-Nurgle

Storm Wolf · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2021, 10:38:37 AM »

Very cool!

Who is to say what strangle alien sybiotic/parasitic lifeforms exist in the galaxy?

Some may even be root-vegtable related

Must resist the urge to convert???

Glen

LiamFrostfang · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2021, 11:46:14 AM »

nice job!!!!!

gamer Mac · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2021, 12:56:02 PM »

It is just wrong but I like it

Dags · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2021, 01:06:44 PM »

I completely misread the title as 'Trump inspired' and have just spent 5 minutes wondering why he wasn't painted orange

Chief Lackey Rich · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2021, 01:18:42 PM »

Quote from: nicknorthstar on July 03, 2021, 10:20:33 AM

Very much so. I don't do GW stuff anymore, but I recognise that this Turnip stuff is sub-Nurgle

I'm finding GW a handy source of armored trooper figs if nothing else. Mantic would be cheaper but the local store doesn't carry them at all, unlike the Empire of Grimdarkness.

When we getting a proper modular boxed set of those, eh? Maybe a "small box" set like the Frostgrave wizards kits with two frames of 4-5 bodies (or better, leg & torso parts) and a slew of variant add-on bits for maximum variety? Nobody needs 20 of them, even the pirate shock troops don't show up in those kind of numbers.

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2021, 03:08:33 PM »

We're working on Shock Troopers now, we haven't got the design nailed down yet.

Here's a picture of the pirates V crew.

The crew are how I normally paint, I wanted the pirates to look different. The Turnip28 conversions, plus that Blanchitsu style, has achieved that.

Chief Lackey Rich · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2021, 04:12:30 PM »

Good aesthetic contrast, for sure.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2021, 04:26:20 PM »

Brilliant Nick

The HYW bascinets work an absolute treat on the grungy space pirates. Love them.

Plynkes · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2021, 05:09:08 PM »

This is nice to see. I've been quite taken with that turnip stuff in WI. Makes me want to do some slightly daft conversions (though probably something different) just for the fun of it.

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2021, 05:16:30 PM »

Quote from: Plynkes on July 03, 2021, 05:09:08 PM

This is nice to see. I've been quite taken with that turnip stuff in WI. Makes me want to do some slightly daft conversions (though probably something different) just for the fun of it.

Same. I've done 4 of them, that's what I'll need for encounters with Pirates, don't intend to do anymore just yet.

nicknorthstar · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2021, 06:56:59 PM »

Here's all four Stargrave Pirates. I've called them the Allium.

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