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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Gluteus Maximus on February 26, 2009, 06:01:05 PM

Title: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on February 26, 2009, 06:01:05 PM
.... pre-orders are currently 88% complete  ;D

Pics from their site below:

(http://www.wargamesfactory.com/Images/zulu_renders1.jpg)

(http://www.wargamesfactory.com/Images/zulu_renders2.jpg)

They look pretty good to me, if maybe a little stocky. I'd prefer to see them next to Black Tree or Empress Zulus before I buy, but if the price is good I'm tempted to buy some anyway as I need to bulk out my Zulu armies cheaply and then save up for some Empress for the elite regiments and personalities etc.

Intriguingly it looks like the shields are quite "wobbly" like the pics of existing shields I've seen, rather than being perfectly smooth and flat like most other minis. Maybe it's just the photos, though.
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: answer_is_42 on February 26, 2009, 06:59:55 PM
hmmmm...they look awful.
Maybe it's just the pictures, eh?  ::)
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: AKULA on February 26, 2009, 07:01:30 PM
Quote from: Gluteus Maximus on February 26, 2009, 06:01:05 PM
(http://www.wargamesfactory.com/Images/zulu_renders1.jpg)

(http://www.wargamesfactory.com/Images/zulu_renders2.jpg)

EXCELLENT - MORE ZOMBIES.....

 ;)
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: answer_is_42 on February 26, 2009, 07:06:16 PM
Quote from: AKULA on February 26, 2009, 07:01:30 PM
Quote from: Gluteus Maximus on February 26, 2009, 06:01:05 PM
(http://www.wargamesfactory.com/Images/zulu_renders1.jpg)

(http://www.wargamesfactory.com/Images/zulu_renders2.jpg)

EXCELLENT - MORE ZOMBIES.....

 ;)

Haha! Yes! Is that an insult or a compliment, though?
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: Captain Blood on February 26, 2009, 07:12:22 PM
The problem is, you just can't tell from a computer image what the finished figure is going to look like.  :?

The faces look quite good, but the bodies look weirdly dumpy and misshapen...

I do agree that the wobbly shields are a nice touch though - very much more like real cowhide.

Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: AKULA on February 26, 2009, 08:20:27 PM
Quote from: answer_is_42 on February 26, 2009, 07:06:16 PM
Quote from: AKULA on February 26, 2009, 07:01:30 PM

EXCELLENT - MORE ZOMBIES.....

Haha! Yes! Is that an insult or a compliment, though?

I'll leave you to decide..... ;) :)
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: bluewillow on February 28, 2009, 05:06:07 AM
yes a little on the to well fed side for me, like the wobbly sheilds though, looks better than just flat ones

cheers
matt
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: matakishi on February 28, 2009, 11:35:53 AM
If they did the shields as a separate sprue we could just buy them to add to existing figures.
Title: Re: WF "Liberty and Union League" Zulus
Post by: Plynkes on February 28, 2009, 11:39:31 AM
Quote from: matakishi on February 28, 2009, 11:35:53 AM
If they did the shields as a separate sprue we could just buy them to add to existing figures.

Now that is something from WF I would buy. Never seem to have enough of the things. Would be great for converting generic DA tribesmen into Ngoni (which is what I'd want them for). Can't say I care for the figures themselves one little bit though, I'm afraid.