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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Gripweed on May 09, 2018, 05:24:30 PM
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I have made more progress on the Zulus, the Perry plastics have re-energized my desire to paint.
First the married:
(https://preview.ibb.co/kMhk8n/0509180948_1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cFa58n)
Then the unmarried:
(https://preview.ibb.co/mjZjZS/0509180953.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k6zwg7)
I kitbashed some Perry and Warlord Games plastics (With the obligatory British photo bomb):
(https://preview.ibb.co/myYduS/0509180950.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jRx4ZS)
I have not decided what to do with the movement trays yet, but they will help immensely in moving the Impi.
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Excellent!! The kitbashing works well with both manufacturers!! Love the Perry Zulus 👍
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Wow, they look AWESOME! Do the Perry/Warlord Zulu look good side by side?
How about the Brits?
Thanks for posting, hope to see more!
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Thanks guys! The Warlord and Perry mix perfectly in my opinion.
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Thanks guys! The Warlord and Perry mix perfectly in my opinion.
Are the British up next?
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I do have a box of each, but have not assembled a Perry Brit yet. I will post a comparison pic once I assemble one.
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Very nice indeed. I really wish I could get over my (somewhat) irrational loathing of plastics, so I could churn out some stuff like you have. I have bought quite a few boxes of Perry and other manufacturers, but whenever I sit down to make some I remember how much I cannot stand the fiddly little bastards and put them aside for some so far fictional "later."
Those Perry Zulus are really nice, though (apart from the horrible shields, but hey, Empress sell nice ones separately). They may well be the models that finally make me face my fear of plastic.
Anyway, sorry for the digression, I really like these. I look forward to seeing more of this project.
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Very nice....reminds me of my Zulu project!
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Plynkes brings up the issue that has always kept me from diving into these plastic sets (well, that and the fact I don't need another project... ::) ). Aren't these pretty fiddly to assemble? As I understand it both arms, the head and shields all have to be cut from their sprues, made to fit into their respective holes and then glued into place - it just sounds like a lot of work. Pictures of yours truly squinting, cursing, gluing fingers together and other frustrations rise, miasma-like, in the mind. But then, I'm more a painter and gamer than a modeler.
They are lovely figures, though, and you have done a cracking job on them! :D
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They are a bit fiddly, but with a little practice I can get one together in about five minutes. I assemble them in batches of two or three before I go to bed. I find it quite relaxing, unless I drop a piece. Years ago I dropped the head for a Rafm ancient German figure. I spent hours looking for that head, and never did find it. I expect it will turn up when we rip up the downstairs carpet. ;)
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Great job
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Here is a comparison shot of the British. The Perry figure is on the left, and the Warlord on the right.
(https://preview.ibb.co/heTofd/0510181820.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bO6KmJ)
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Thanks. From the pics on their websites- Perry has more figs in the box and command models, but Warlord has kneeling poses.
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Looking great so far - can I recommend sabot trays for moving these around
Having assembled almost seven hundred plastic Zulus it becomes quite straightforward and they are probably one of the easiest armies to paint
(https://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/ErictheShed/zulu/DSC_1100_zpstln8rzqx.jpg)
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Wow Eric, very impressive! I only own about 300 Zulus. I just bought a couple of packs of the Matabele from North Star to mix in :)
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Good heavens, Eric! Looks like you've figured out how to assemble them with no trouble... ;)
Just curious: how many are we looking at there?
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Thats 750 Zulus...90% are Warlord, plus a box of Wargames Factory, Commanders all Black Tree
Can you have a square of Zulus?
(https://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/ErictheShed/zulu/DSC_1103_zps397fvhwj.jpg)
The whole Zulu project is documented on my Shed wars blog if interested including refigfhts of Isandlwhana and Rorkes Drift
Assembling plastics - easy cut everything off the sprue first and assemble a box at a time
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Bloody hell. :o :o :o Thats not 750 that's 'Thaasands of em' Wonderful stuff.
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"Man killing machine," indeed!
Isn't there a line from history (gulp - or was it the film?!) where some poor Tommy comes dashing back to the lines, panting "Here they come, thick as grass and black as hell!"? Memory wobbles and the books are away, but it was something like that. At any rate, that's what I'd say facing that collection! Splendid work!
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"Here they come, black as hell and thick as grass!" It was a man called Bob Hall, a civilian meat contractor who had been at Isandlwana, and then later on had the misfortune to find himself at Rorke's Drift. He was with the Native Horse that decided that riding away was a better prospect than having to face the Zulu for a second time in one day. And their flight precipitated that of all the NNC that were at the station, too.
(I hadn't memorized that, my books are only a few feet away, and an Ian Knight one was waving at me and shouting "Me, sir! Me, sir! I know, sir!" in a eager, schoolboyish way. :)
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Thank you, Plynkes! Mr Knight never disappoints.
(At least I wasn't simply quoting the screenplay! ::) )
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So I painted one of each from the Perry and Warlord kits. I like both, but prefer the Perry figures.
(https://image.ibb.co/gmpTgJ/0511181253.jpg)
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Hi,
I am just about to start painting some zulu figures myself.
Can you give any advice on the colour scheme for dark flesh tone?
Cheers,
Kev
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So I painted one of each from the Perry and Warlord kits. I like both, but prefer the Perry figures.
(https://image.ibb.co/gmpTgJ/0511181253.jpg)
They both look great. Perry on left, Warlord on right? They seem to match alright.
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I love the Perry Plastic British Infantry!! Bought 3 boxes and painted one box so far !!! Some pics attached
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Thanks guys!! Yes, the Perry figure is on the left :) Mike your Brits look fantastic!
Kev, I paint the Zulu flesh with a variety of paints. I use P3 Battlefield Brown, and Umbral Umber, GWs Rhinox Hide, and Vallejo's Chocolate Brown. The Chocolate Brown I drybrush P3 Gun Corps Brown, and the rest with Vallejo Dark Flesh. Thank for looking!
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I forgot to mention the whole figure is coated with Agrax Earthshade :D
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Looking good. The Perry figures are a quality step up from the Warlord ones. The proportions are better, the poses are better, the anatomy is better, the details are better, the overall effect is better.
I have some Perry Zulus in front of me to assemble right now... My first Zulus for a few years. They've tempted me back in... ::) :)
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Looking forward to seeing them captain when you post them on this site 👍
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Thanks Captain! I,too, look forward to seeing your Zulus. The Perry kits have really inspired me to get back into colonials. I I loved playing Sword and the Flame back in the 80s.
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That line of 700 Zulu looks incredible. It chills to the bone to think of those poor boys at Isandlwana facing around 20,000. Just that 700 alone would frighten me to death. Lovely work ;)
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Well, I painted one Perry and one Warlord Brit. I like both, but prefer the Perry, so much so I just bought a second box of them. I also painted up a Zulu from a red shield regiment.
I have a quick question regarding the strap for the canteen. Was it more commonly white or would a leather brown be more proper, or perhaps a mix?
(https://image.ibb.co/k6knyy/0515180910.jpg)
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I have a quick question regarding the strap for the canteen. Was it more commonly white or would a leather brown be more proper, or perhaps a mix?
That's a good question. It was part of the 1871 valise equipment, which in its pristine condition was white for most regiments, including the leather strap on the canteen. Period photos show white, but such photos are invariably of immaculately turned out soldiers in Home Service kit. I have yet to see a photo taken in Zululand that even shows the water bottle. To a man nobody who posed for a photo seems to have had any consideration for future war gamers as they all seem to have discarded their bottle for the photographer.
One would conclude that either bright white for newly-arrived troops or a light sandy brown for troops that had stained their gear to reduce their visibility would be the way to go. At any rate I think it would be the same colour as the rest of the leather parts of the equipment. They would either stain all of it or none of it, one would think.
I don't think the darker brown leather like your chap has on the left is quite right, but I wouldn't swear by it. I have seen it depicted that way in some of the older Ospreys, for example, but I don't know what they are basing that on. Not sure. We need an expert with a really nerdish fetish for infantry equipments to settle this one for us.
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Having earlier said that I'd never seen a photo that showed the canteen strap on campaign I'm going to call myself a liar because I just found just such a thing in one of me books. It's a photo of some of the men of G Company 2/24th at the end of the war and their canteen straps are a pale colour (either stained or not stained white leather, it's hard to tell which in an old fuzzy B&W photo) but definitely the same colour as the rest of the straps and not "leather brown."
So at least we know that white is right (which is not necessarily the same as saying leather brown is wrong, mind).
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Well thank you for the research, I think I will change the strap to white. :)
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Hi,
I am just about to start painting some zulu figures myself.
Can you give any advice on the colour scheme for dark flesh tone?
Cheers,
Kev
All my Zulus are primed with Halfords camo brown spray ...and that's it. Army painter does the rest...Fastest way of painting up hundreds