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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Heldrak on 18 April 2011, 06:06:58 AM

Title: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Heldrak on 18 April 2011, 06:06:58 AM

Now that LPL Round 5 is well-and-truly over, I thought that folks might like to see some individual photographs of the Reaper Chronoscope Zulus from my entry (particularly since the rear rankers were somewhat obscured by the need to crowd them all in for the photo):

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0006.jpg)

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0009.jpg)

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0010.jpg)

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0011.jpg)

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0013.jpg)

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0014.jpg)

Leopard skin capes:

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0015.jpg)

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLV/LPLV5/IMG_0016.jpg)


It was always my intention to use Empress Zulu "Movie" Brits for an entry this year, even before the Africa theme was announced. When the theme was announced, I was going to order some Zulus from Empress to form my second team but I was was concerned about getting them in time from overseas. That being the case, I went with the Reaper Zulus because I knew that I could get them quickly from Miniature Giant. I had the same problem in LPL3 for round 10- Reaper Cavemen weren't my first choice, figure-wise (I would have preferred Copplestone or Pulp Figures), but I knew that I could get the Reaper ones in time to make an entry.

I also like the Reaper Zulus because they have a lot of personality (they look like chiefs, more than just like standard generic Zulu Warriors). In the event, I started work on my Zulu team first, because I didn't have any experience painting African skin and I wanted to leave myself a lot of lead time in case I needed to re-do it. As it happened, their skin worked out well first crack out of the box, but I kept watching the Zulu film for reference and I saw that leopard skin elements were very popular (at least on-screen) so I was stuck doing a lot of finnicky leopard skin for my entry. That took up all my time and it meant that my Empress Brits got pushed back to round 6.

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: traveller on 18 April 2011, 06:43:41 AM

True art!  :o :o :o :o

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: former user on 18 April 2011, 04:34:00 PM

excellent work!

how do they fit with other ranges?
easily the best Zulus on the market
but for the spears - which are actually rather easy to replace

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Heldrak on 18 April 2011, 05:16:08 PM

They're mind-numbingly huge and thus perhaps unlikely to fit with other Zulu ranges. When round 6 is over, I'll post a scale comparison shot with an Empress Brit so you can see the scale disparity... Yikes!  :o

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Froggy the Great on 18 April 2011, 05:17:33 PM

The Zulus are large even for Reaper.

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Frank on 18 April 2011, 09:27:13 PM

Thanks for these pictures. It is nice to have a closer look at your wonderful miniatures. :-*

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Heldrak on 18 April 2011, 09:31:48 PM

Quote from: Frank on 18 April 2011, 09:27:13 PM

Thanks for these pictures. It is nice to have a closer look at your wonderful miniatures. :-*

That's high praise coming from you, Frank...!  ;)

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Chairface on 19 April 2011, 02:58:33 AM

Gorgeous!  :-*

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: dodge on 19 April 2011, 07:12:26 AM

pure excellence

wondeful stuff

dodge

Title: Re: Chronoscope Zulus
Post by: Old Goat on 19 April 2011, 08:24:23 AM

Lovely work.