Rorke's Drift Map?

[Grekwood]

wow, nice

now that's something new, Rorke's Drift in 15 mm

My dad built the model a couple of years ago, the idea was to play a 1:1 game in 15mm, but we still havn't had the time or finished painting the few thousand zulus 

[Barry S]

we used both T&T and WHAB, adapted and it worked well

anyone, fancy some pics?

Hi,
I'm not sure if you've posted them since this post but photos would be great 

My dad built the model a couple of years ago, the idea was to play a 1:1 game in 15mm, but we still havn't had the time or finished painting the few thousand zulus 

Thats really nice work Much nicer than the commercially made models I've looked at buying. Thanks fort he photos 

[keeper]

Welcome to LAF, Grekwood   We've met online before somewhere, haven't we?

Lovely Rorkes Drift piece

[Grekwood]

Welcome to LAF, Grekwood   We've met online before somewhere, haven't we?

Lovely Rorkes Drift piece

erm, i'm not sure, i don't think so 

hello Dave  i followed a link somewhere and found my way here 

[former user]

here's one, cople more in the link
http://s886.photobucket.com/albums/ac61/former user_the_anarchist/colonial%20wargaming/

[Barry S]

here's one, cople more in the link
http://s886.photobucket.com/albums/ac61/former user_the_anarchist/colonial%20wargaming/

Lovely stuff Sir!

Thanks for the link 

[kiwiandy]

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Thats brilliant I'm half way through making mine! 28mm (i must upload some photos)

what rules did/do you use?

[former user]

as I said (if the question was to me)

WH historical - pimped home rules
T&T - upcoming colonial supplement   
work both very well

[chicklewis]

My answer to why the British at Rourke's Drift survived is that they were lucky enough to be a company strength unit sitting on top of the ammunition reserve for the entire brigade.  With only the regular assignment of ammunition, they would have been crushed.  I've always believed the Zulu commander must have been mystified at how the Brits could just keep firing and firing without letup. 

[Plynkes]

Chick makes a very good point. The Zulu verdict as to why (from a survivor of the battle):

"The soldiers were behind a schaans, and they were in a corner."

(i.e. they were behind barricades, and had nowhere to run.)

[former user]

I agree

and they knew what would happen if they would have not keep shooting
the rate of fire with british regulars must have been amazing

I remember the anecdote from early WWI, when the germans thought that the firing drill was MG fire

OK, later on, different weapons, but nevertheless

[Grekwood]

i think another contributing factor as to why the brits won/survived rorkes drift may have been down to the zulus just being too tired and hungry to continue fighting. So being tired and running towards a continuous wall of fire must have just, made them think oh i give up 

3 of the 4 impi/regiments at Rorkes drift were married consisting of older over 40 year olds and not young fit men, they had also been marching all day, first to isandlwana then onto rorkes drift.

Uthulwana - married
Indlondlo - married
Udloko - married
Indluyengwe - Unmarried

don't know if this is any use to anyone but it's some of my army list and notes for my miniatures
http://www.sutherwood.co.uk/zuluwargameslist.pdf
it has the average numbers of men in real life and then the amount of figures i have/needed at 1:10 for isandlwana, i can then double up the zulus for a 1:1 rorkes drift.

i still need to write up the lists properly so they are easier to understand. Also need to write up my historical based sudan, boer war and napoleonic wars lists and notes.