Today I stumbled across the Turnip28 “Off the Rails” challenge that’s being run and I immediately leapt into gear. The gist of it is we’re to create a Scab Steam Engine consisting of an engine and between one and three carriages, each based individually (or not based, depending on how you’re running it).

Effectively we’re building an engine to breach the surface into the Turnip28 world from the Pfish folk of the underworld. Their tech is powered by a sentient oil known as ‘Swill’, and the two factions in this challenge utilise these swill-powered locomotives to breach the surface. These factions (teams), The Overground and The Underground, basically take on the roles of industrialists obsessed with progress no matter the cost, and the engineers and navvy plumbing the depths of the world before they make their ascent. I’ve elected to go with The Underground as there’s a lot of fun pro-union things I can do with that setting, but that’s about where I’m at with it.

Anyone keen on joining in, please check out the patreon post announcing the bash here.

Soon I’ll be printing up four big bases to start tinkering with, this should be a pretty fantastic kitbash if nothing else. I’m wanting to develop those skills.

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I’ve spent part of my afternoon trying to find the perfect base size. I’ve settled on 100x60mm square for each component, it’s something I can print easily on my Vyper — I need to come up with a less edgy name for the 3d printer — and isn’t too big it becomes out of scale for the rest of my Turnip28 collection. Speaking of which, my next crafting stream this upcoming Tuesday, I’m going to do a bunch of sculpting for my turnip 28 army. I want to have something table ready soon so that I can start teaching folks how to play and maybe get a bit of a local scene happening…

A girl can dream at least.

//Moxxie