I was just going through some old projects that I had started a while back and never got back into, and came across this Turnip 28 trooper that I put together about two years ago, and maaaan, I need to do more! This was really fun, I hope you enjoy checking it out as much as I enjoyed stumbling across it!
The first step was finding an old figure that could be the base, and this old 3D printed zombie fit the bill. It’s from about 2020, and the detail wasn’t great, but it’s a good base to start with!
I sketched up some ideas, I want him to have a pseudo plague doctor look to him, and a flaming turnip for a sigil on his shield.
I cut out some rings from a styrene rod to be lenses on his mask, and a larger ring to be bent into shape for the base of his beak. The beak started out as a cone of Epoxy Sculpt that was fit into place:
Then it was just a matter of sculpting in the details on the mask:
I also sculpted in some tubers growing out of the back of the mask to make him look freshly sprouted:
The shield was next up, and I wanted to keep it simple but still have some fun with it!
And here he is all painted up:
This was a really fun project and only took a few hours, I’m going to dig back into the box of bodies and see what else I can scrounge up to base more Turnip 28 troopers off of!
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