Finallly finished, all in all, just over 150 figures.
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As mentioned in the previous post, most of the shields were homemade due to the fact that nearly all the original Esci shields had been lost over the years.
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The spears were also missing and were replaced with spears made from stiff plastic broom bristles.
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To make up the numbers, a handful of Esci Barbarians managed to slip in as Zulu"impostors".
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Even Tarzan from the old Airfix set was press-ganged into to group as an old robust grey-haired warrior with his Airfix drum playing entourage, guards and lovely female companion.
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Now it's a case of getting them on the table....., which means painting up someone to fight against, and who else but old Esci British Rorke's Drift infantry.
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The partially completed figures above are waiting patiently in the painting queue, but since finishing the Zulus I've moved onto other things so it might be a little while yet, but the plan to do them is still there and the story will definitely continue.
Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love your shields!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil !
Deletewhat rules ?
ReplyDeleteGood question :-)
DeleteIn Her Majesty's Name is a nice ruleset for Victorian era skirmishing, possibly we might be able to adapt it to deal with hordes of Zulus.
Thousands of them indeed! Well done!
ReplyDeleteCheers Nick !
DeleteStunning mate, inspiring as usual :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them Al mate.
DeleteHARD BATTLE, 1879 ISHAWALNA,ZULULAND.
ReplyDeleteNice work. My Zulus are old ESCI, now Italeri and HAT. When we do a game I'll blog it.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see that Bruce. I saw some of your Zulus on your blog. You got some great 1/72 stuff on there.
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