Warlord 'Horns of the Buffalo' 02 Jan 13 updated with laser cut wagon!

[inkydave]

Nicely done. Cant wait to see when you have kwa Jims finished.

Coming along very nicely! 

I'd sure like to have some of those mealie bag terrain pieces, but I doubt they will be available anytime soon.

Me too. The mealie bad redoubt is available seperately now but a few corners and straight sections would be very handy.

[Ray Rivers]

The mealie bad redoubt is available seperately now

Where is that? Couldn't find it on the Empress site.

[CptJake]

Where is that? Couldn't find it on the Empress site.

Warlord sells it:  http://store.warlordgames.com/warlord-games-580-c.asp

Jake

[Ray Rivers]

Thanks!

[CptJake]

I FINALLY have done more work on this set.   The week prior to Easter I primed the resin biscuit box and biscuit box/mealie bag barricades.   Then I cleared off my painting area so we could eatEaster dinner!   

I finally got motivated to get the paints and lamp back out and knock these out.   Here are some pictures.   In progress shots and more pictures can be found at the link at the end of this post.   

Jake









http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg134/CptJake_Minis/Rorkes%20Drift%20project/

[Dr Mathias]

Looking good! The texture on those bags came out great.

I need to get to work on my set

[aggro84]

I love the barricades. 

[Ray Rivers]

Me too!

Well done, and coming along nicely.

[bill cainan]

CptJake

A few points - though probably posted too late for you.
 
1. The colonial ox wagons were invariable painted green with red wheels - the colours of the available preservatives.  There are three (that I know of) surviving examples in various museums in KwaZulu Natal - all painted in those colours.

2. The stones forming the rough stone kraal at the eastern end of the mission staion are all reddish-brown, not grey.

3.  With regard to the mealie sacks - there is an interesting discussion currently on going on the AZW web site www.rorkesdriftvc.com which is discussing likely markings on these bags/sacks.

I will see if I can dig out some pictures of the wagons and will post them on the site.

Bill

[CptJake]

CptJake

A few points - though probably posted too late for you.
 
1. The colonial ox wagons were invariable painted green with red wheels - the colours of the available preservatives.  There are three (that I know of) surviving examples in various museums in KwaZulu Natal - all painted in those colours.

2. The stones forming the rough stone kraal at the eastern end of the mission staion are all reddish-brown, not grey.

3.  With regard to the mealie sacks - there is an interesting discussion currently on going on the AZW web site www.rorkesdriftvc.com which is discussing likely markings on these bags/sacks.

I will see if I can dig out some pictures of the wagons and will post them on the site.

Bill

When I asked about wagon colors ( http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36898.0 ) I got different info which led me to the color I used.  And after a lot of looking at various websites was pretty happy with the blue/gray color being a good one to go with.   Similarly, the mealie bag question, I went with the info I had and frankly didn't feel like dealing with a crap ton of markings that at scale would have probably been faded and hard to see anyway.





Yep, my rocks are too grey.  I wanted more contrast between them and the browns/tans/beige of the other barricade parts.

 

[Dr Mathias]

I haven't really investigated my Horns set fully, is there a gate, or opening in the kraal? How does one get the cattle in, or out?

[Notts Gamer]

1. The colonial ox wagons were invariable painted green with red wheels - the colours of the available preservatives.  There are three (that I know of) surviving examples in various museums in KwaZulu Natal - all painted in those colours.

2. The stones forming the rough stone kraal at the eastern end of the mission staion are all reddish-brown, not grey.

3.  With regard to the mealie sacks - there is an interesting discussion currently on going on the AZW web site www.rorkesdriftvc.com which is discussing likely markings on these bags/sacks.

Oh cack...that's me re-painting my Rorke's Drift set up, in time for the Stoke Challenge, in July.......

[Notts Gamer]

Those are possibly the most realistic looking sandbags I have ever seen.

Yep, if they were three parts empty....the mealie bags supposedly weighed 200lbs each (around 90kgs in Euro-weight).....I can't help thinking these ones look like a flattened pillow (albeit very nicely painted)

I can't help thinking (spending my life shifting 25kg bags of flour around) that they should be a whole lot bigger........

[CptJake]

I haven't really investigated my Horns set fully, is there a gate, or opening in the kraal? How does one get the cattle in, or out?

Gotta raise those African Jumping Cattle.  No gates in the set though I think Warlord now have gates and corners you can purchase.

I intend to just leave a gap for now.

Jake

[bill cainan]

Hi

herewith as promised, some photos of colonial ox wagons - at Fort Durnford, Fort Nonquai and at Talana Museum.

Bill