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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Gazjones on 16 June 2014, 11:44:19 PM
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Hi Guys. My club held a Rorke's Drift game at a public event over the weekend. Here are some pictures.
A Zulu attack approaches through the garden toward the front defenses.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/stiffbristles/RD2sml_zpsf7f93bd7.jpg)
Men on the front wall await the Zulu onslaught.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/stiffbristles/RD4sml_zpsf4c0ce37.jpg)
A view along the back of the mission station.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/stiffbristles/RD3sml_zps7382f3a6.jpg)
The hospital is on fire and troops have fallen back to the redoubt.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/stiffbristles/RD8sml_zpsd8f556da.jpg)
The storehouse defenses under great Zulu pressure. Yes i do know the red headbanded men are NNC but we had to use them as Zulu to make up the numbers.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/stiffbristles/RD1sml_zpsb927f2ac.jpg)
Here is the real storehouse shortly after the battle and my model for comparison. The large loopholed wall was a later addition built from the remains of the burnt down hospital.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/stiffbristles/DriftStorehouse_zps34154358.jpg)
All buildings and fencing scratchbuilt. Imperial troops by Empress Miniatures. Zulu are a mix of Empress and Warlord.
Gaz
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The buildings are stunning :-* :-* :-*
The rest is very good as well.
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Wow!,great looking game,eveything looks wonderful.Really nice buildings,scratchbuilt?
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Damn that is a gorgeous set. Very well done.
What rules did you use?
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Everything looks fantastic. Thanks for posting!
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Super set up.
Love the buildings.
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Excellent stuff :-*
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Not my period but you make it look so very tempting!! Very nice!
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What can I say but WOW :-*
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Great looking exhibition game.
Very well done.
Tony
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Smashing stuff! The buildings are excellent! :-*
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I love the mass effect of the Zulus.
Javier
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A big Thankyou to all you guys for the great comments ;)
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Stunning!
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Some wonderful skill on display there.
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What can I say but WOW :-*
What she said.
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What a beautiful game! :-*
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Excellent. Well done. A proper quality spread. Lovely :-*
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Very nice indeed 8)
Forgive the question but I assumed that the buidlings at Rorke's Drift were plastered?
cheers
James
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Lovely stuff
Great buildings
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Very nice indeed 8)
Forgive the question but I assumed that the buidlings at Rorke's Drift were plastered?
cheers
James
Neither were plastered James. Both buildings have always been described as being of varying colour brick and stone. I've added one more picture showing the real storehouse shortly after the fight. No rendering, but what clearly appears to be some kind of whitewash is visible on the right.
Gaz
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Even better seeing the model building next to the real one - a faithful reproduction. Hats off. Well done.
Did you model the buildings yourself or was it a team effort?
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Even better seeing the model building next to the real one - a faithful reproduction. Hats off. Well done.
Did you model the buildings yourself or was it a team effort?
Thankyou very much ;)
I did all the buildings myself from a balsa frame. Wooden floor foam underlay was used for all the brickwork. An old bathrobe was used for the thatching. Other bits and pieces around the table are from the other members collections.
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Neither were plastered James. Both buildings have always been described as being of varying colour brick and stone. I've added one more picture showing the real storehouse shortly after the fight. No rendering, but what clearly appears to be some kind of whitewash is visible on the right.
Gaz
Never knew that, thank you for the enlightenment :)
All the more impressive for the similarity between yours and the originals 8) 8) 8)
cheers
James
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Never knew that, thank you for the enlightenment :)
All the more impressive for the similarity between yours and the originals 8) 8) 8)
cheers
James
No problem. Everybody helping everybody else in a myriad of ways is what makes this such a wonderful hobby.....And of course, a wonderful forum ;)
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I'm assuming that it's the film that's thrown general knowledge off then as I recall the Warlord Games version is plastered ???
cheers
James
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Outstanding! Richard
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I'm assuming that it's the film that's thrown general knowledge off then as I recall the Warlord Games version is plastered ???
cheers
James
The film was made on an extremely low budget. The makers located an old farm with two buildings that would do as a set.
The location used and buildings looked nothing like its historical counterpart. Fifty years ago not many people cared about accuracy like they do today. As for the WG model, i don't think you'd really like my opinion, but it's a good gaming piece:-X
Gaz
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Outstanding! Richard
Many Thanks Richard ;)
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That's a thing of beauty, right there.
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As for the WG model, i don't think you'd really like my opinion, but it's a good gaming piece:-X
I think we're probably thinking along the same lines lol
cheers
James
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Thankyou very much ;)
I did all the buildings myself from a balsa frame. Wooden floor foam underlay was used for all the brickwork. An old bathrobe was used for the thatching. Other bits and pieces around the table are from the other members collections.
Well that is a splendid effort then.
Note to self - old bathrobe makes for highly convincing thatching (I remain sceptical on the roofing properties of teddy bear fur... )
(Now, where is the wfie's dressing gown... ? ;))
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SPECTACULAR !!
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an overall superb game to be sure! Lovely painting and modelling! I hope you lads enjoyed it!