Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cheer as demented peasants kick each other to death in the mud."

Turnip28 is... well, it's a lot. Like Napoleon stood for a portrait by Hieronymus Bosch. A post-apocalyptic world where instead of just stagnating, civilization slid backward into a deep, muddy hole. Where root-worshipping cults throw parades of hapless, mutated peasants at one another in the name of their chosen vegetable. Where a turnip will feasibly contain gristle, a chunk of splintered bone, a little hair...

It's all very, very gross.

Luckily, all the information and links required to get you up to speed with this manic nightmare of a sod-soaked futurepast are available in the one place: Max FitzGerald's Patreon! patreon.com/turnip28/about

This video isn't sponsored or endorsed by Max and others involved with the creation of Turnip28 in any way, but I got the bug bad. A turnip bit me. I should get that looked at...

00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Assembly & Adding Greebles
04:26 - Basecoats
14:00 - Shading
15:51 - Highlights & Finishing Touches
19:35 - Yucky, Messy Basing!
22:28 - The Finished Fodder

Thanks to Producer Patrons Alan, Kyrie, Andrew, Jimmy, Rod, Phil, Robison, Woodcock, David Kinney, and Matt Dischner - as well as all the other Patrons that made this video possible, and Exit23 Games for recording equipment that helps keep the channel ticking over! Find out more at the following links:
patreon.com/sonicsledgehammer
twitter.com/sonicsledge
instagram.com/sonicsledgehammer
ko-fi.com/docwholigan
http://exit23.games

THE BASE:
Start with a thin layer of Stirland Mud. Add tufts, then more Stirland Mud, working it into the tufts so they look clogged and grimy. Lightly overbrush a grimy, yellowish brown - I've used Vallejo Flat Earth - and once dry, dab gloss varnish 'puddles' on the base around the bottom of the tuft clods. Paint the base rim in a dark brown and done!

PAINTS USED:

PRIMER:
Matt Black (Army Painter Spray)

VALLEJO:
German Camo Black Brown
Silver Grey
German Grey
US Dark Green
Umber Wash (Game Color)
Steel (Air Color)
Flat Earth

ARMY PAINTER:
Leather Brown (Fanatic)
Ash Grey (Fanatic)
Imperial Navy (Fanatic)
Dorado Skin (Fanatic)
Greedy Gold (Fanatic)
Ancient Stone (Fanatic)

CITADEL:
Leadbelcher (Base)
Mephiston Red (Base)
Mechanicus Standard Grey (Base)
XV-88 (Base)
Ionrach Skin (Base)
Deepkin Flesh (Layer)
Magos Purple (Contrast)
Gryph-Hound Orange (Contrast)

GREENSTUFFWORLD:
Light Rust

VARNISH:
Varnish+ (Instar)
'Ardcoat (Citadel Technical)