NEW Foundry Darkest Africa - Zulus!

[Captain Blood]

In fact, it's a damned shame that nowhere in his vast Darkest Africa output for either Foundry or himself, has Mark sculpted a couple of packs of Zulus. 

Still, looking at these Ngoni, I can't help thinking that Copplestone Zulus would be well worth seeing...

Well, well, well... No sooner wished for...

Not QUITE Copplestone, but...



http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/DA/020/index.asp

48 brand new Zulus fresh from Foundry.
From a new sculptor I've not come across before - one Ronnie Shilton.
(Not a psuedonym, surely?)

All I can say is they look darned good and an awful lot like Copplestone's Darkest Africa output. Hard to say without seeing them in the flesh of course, but stylistically, I'd say 'Ronnie' has made an extremely good attempt at capturing the same look... Nicely dynamic and lithe looking.

Now IF I was in the market for Zulus, these would join Copplestone's Ngoni pack as high on my shopping list. (And I haven't been able to say that about anything from Foundry for many a long year... )

 

[Svennn]

Ancient civilians and now Zulus -what on earth is happening to everyones favourite wargames emporia?

[Galloping Major]

I'd heard Foundry were re-doing Zulus based on the Darkest Africa dollies.
Ronnie's worked for Foundry for some years as a master mould maker etc., nice bloke too. 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Lance. That'd explain why they look a lot like the Copplestone DA figures - they're Copplestone's dollies with titivations such as monkey tails and headrings added.
Still - quite neatly done, despite being re-treads.
I may indulge myself with a pack or two 

[Lowtardog]

Thanks Lance. That'd explain why they look a lot like the Copplestone DA figures - they're Copplestone's dollies with titivations such as monkey tails and headrings added.
Still - quite neatly done, despite being re-treads.
I may indulge myself with a pack or two 

WARNING!!
One or two could seriously damage your health and where zulus are concerned will lead to rapid addiction

[Operator5]

And here I am working on cleaning up the files for In the Heart of Africa. How fortuitous. 

[Yankeepedlar01]

These are three figures from the pack of Zulu Chiefs, which I got as a pre-release on a visit to Foundry last month. They are very nice figures, compatible with Empress I think, but chunkier and more 'powerful' figures to my mind.

[Malamute]

Oooohhh shiny! How interesting.

[Plynkes]

Look pretty nice, don't they. I particularly like the wobbly shields.

[Bugsda]

Wobbly shields! Nice touch 

But £23 for six Zulus plus weapons, I'd have to be drunk. 

[Svennn]

Wobbly shields! Nice touch 

But £23 for six Zulus plus weapons, I'd have to be drunk. 

Is that what it comes out at with postage?

I do mostly agree with the Foundry rant but the base price of £10.75 for 6 makes them £1.79 each, but nobody orders unless there is a DFS style 20% off sale which makes them £1.43 each.

I can think of many who sell at £1.50-£2.00 each who somehow escape the bashing Foundry gets and I have recently had a moan about p&p which shows they are not unique in that either.

Oh I am becoming a right whinger lately - must get out more.

[Bugsda]

Is that what it comes out at with postage?

Just about, it's the postage that pisses me off.

I've got an 8 year old who'll think nothing of spending £3.99 of my money on a 30mm plastic Gormitti, so a couple of quid for a metal zulu doesn't scare me much.

£8 for a stamp and a box is taking the piss and I won't reward it, unless I'm really desperate 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks for the pic, David. I think these look really nice. Rather better Zulus than er.. other leading brands...
Presumably the shields come with the figures, it's just the assegais / knobkerries you have to buy separately?

I'm not going to pay postage on a couple of packs either - but I might arrange to pick 'em up at Salute, or the next time Foundry do one of their endless money-off / post-free deals

Mmmmm. Tasty...

[Lowtardog]

It would be worth getting the E R Ritter Shaka Zulu book and doing intertribal wars on the rise to power of Shaka, that way you could use some of the other DA figures as well as rival tribes etc

or add in the old Europeans as in the TV mini series

[Plynkes]

Yes, and if you have a Brian Horrocks figure from your Arnhem games, you can use him too!


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