Colonel Sourdough, Munchkin Brigade or Division Commander (Wars of Ozz)

I have not painted any Munchkins since last July when I built the Aerostat. Since the start of my Ozz journey, I have painted up a decent-sized Munchkin collection at this point, 33 points worth as shown below.

1. Zoraster’s Guard Infantry Regiment – 8 points
2. Colonel Tik-Tok’s Infantry Regiment – 6 points
3. Munchkin Medium Artillery Battery – 5 points
4. Munchkin Light Cavalry Regiment – 5 points
5. Munchkin Aerostat Corps (balloon) – 6 points
6. Zoraster the Wizard – 3 points
7. Munchkin Mayor (brigade commander) – 0 points (free!)

But, these are all – for the most part – pretty good units that have done well in recent games. I decided that it would be a good idea to add forces to the Munchkins to vary them from game to game or at least to create a wider range of player choices.

As most brigades are 20-30 points, I have decided that adding newer troops would also add this variety. To do this – and to have the capability of deploying two full Munchkin brigades, I have started to build:

1. Munchkin Landwehr Infantry (National Guard) – 4 points
2. Munchkin Light Artillery Battery – 4 points
3. Munchkin Sharpshooters – 6 points
4. 8 Lesser witches (these could go to any faction, at 2 each = 16 points)

The additional three purely Munchkin units would bring me to 48 points just for them – but more importantly, their addition would leave them in need of another brigade and/or divisional commander figure. After all, the poor Munchkin Mayor would have his hands full with 50 points! (I did hint in my last post that I needed some of these).

Enter Colonel Sourdough, SKU# OZZ-114, worth 2 points. It is a nice figure, with a lot of medals and a big blunderbuss/musket. He looks rather big for a Munchkin, but as a leader he looks the part. He is cast in metal and 28mm in size. In the game, he would be based on his own individual MDF leader base. No assembly was required other than for the MDF base.

Brigade leaders control dice pools for their units. Colonel Sourdough has no combat values other than what he can do if he is attached to a unit. In that case, he gives that unit Superior Fighting Abilities and one random ability that is determined at random in each game. This is why he costs 2 points. His luck is 6/10, which is lower than most leaders.

WIP Shots

I followed the same basic painting pattern as is my habit, so WIP shots here will be brief. I used a lot of blues. I also thought that he could handle his alcohol – so ruddy faced he would be!

For the completed Colonel Sourdough, here is some…

Eye Candy

That wraps up the good Munchkin Colonel. I may add another Munchkin Brigade/Army leader in the future, but for now I will be set.

Next up I will be sharing a similar addition for my Winkie forces. That’s only fair, right?

And yes, I still have more Ozz 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 COLONEL SOURDOUGH:

1. Regimental MDF base from Old Glory(I use regimental bases for brigade leaders and brigade bases for regimental leaders as they look and work better that way).
2. 1.25″ x 1″ square steel base from Wargames Accessories (#FOW1)
3. Elmer’s PVA Glue
4. 3/4″ Everbilt steel washer
5. Poster tack
6. Vallejo Premium Primer “White”
7. Vallejo “Flow Improver”
8. Vallejo “Airbrush Thinner”
9. Secret Weapon Washes “Heavy Body Black” (wash)
10. Vallejo Model Color “White”
11. P3 “Brown Ink” (ink)
12. Vallejo Model Air “Gun Metal”
13. Battlefront “European Skin”
14. The Armory “Dark Blue”
15. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Fire Giant Orange 1.0”
16. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Dark Wood 2.0”
17. Vallejo Mecha Color “Metallic Blue”
18. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Bad Moon Yellow”
19. Vallejo Mecha Color “Sky Blue”
20. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Aethermatic Blue”
21. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Poppy Red 2.0”
22. Citadel “Contrast Paint – Talassar Blue”
23. Vallejo Game Air “Dead White”
24. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Hardened Leather 1.0”
25. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Polished Silver 2.0”
26. Vallejo “Glaze Medium”
27. Army Painter “Warpaints – Shining Silver”
28. Vallejo Model Air “Black Metallic”
29. Vallejo Model Air “Steel”
30. Vallejo Model Air “Bright Brass”
31. Vallejo Model Color “Brown Rose”
32. Army Painter “Speed Paint – Crusader Skin 1.0”
33. Pendraken 12mm dice frame
34. Army Painter “Battlefield Field Grass” (flocking)
35. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Gloss Varnish”
36. Vallejo Mecha Varnish “Matte Varnish”
37. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Light Blue Tufts” (flocking)
38. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Dark Forest Dark Blue Tufts” (flocking)
39. Shadow’s Edge Miniatures “6mm Wildflowers – Corn Flower Tufts” (flocking)
40. Army Painter “Battlefields Field Grass” (flocking)
41. Printed Avery label

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.