Viking Expedition to Natal

[Dr. The Viking]

After is definitely better than before 

haha! Thanks! Where's your thread this year


Anyway I have twelve of the little buggers almost done now. Weeeehoooo!

[Dr. The Viking]

The entry for August - a twelve man rifle group.

I will be using Triumph and Tragedy for my games of Zulu War and in these rules up to a quarter of the force is allowed to wield rifles. I thought it was a nice starting unit to make.

The rules also state that one unit must consist of at least 20 figures. Making this unit will be my aim for September. All other units can be between 12-20 figures. I think I will go for the lower figure in most cases.

I was surprised to learn from the leaflet in the Warlord Games box, that the zulu had organized their forces inspired by the British. Especially that shield designs were not random but rather uniform!

[OSHIROmodels]

For such a simple technique they look the nuts mate 

cheers

James

[Dr DeAth]

Impressive,  looking at the 'before' figure I'd not have thought you'd get such good results on the finished item.

[former user]

For such a simple technique they look the nuts mate

this!

[Mason]

They do indeed look the danglies.
Nicely finished, sir.
 

[pocoloco]

Bloody marvelous looking poltroons! 

"The generality of Zulu warriors, however, would not have firearms – the arms of a coward, as they said, for they enable the poltroon to kill the brave without awaiting his attack."

The end result is amazing, gorgeous work. Yet I am quite sure if I were to try that, the end result wouldn't look half as good. So you must use some kind of magic 

[Mason]

..... So you must use some kind of magic 

Crazy Viking Magic!
 

[matthais-mouse]

Very nice indeed :-)

[Ray Rivers]

Outrageous! 

Yes, you are correct about the shields. Wargames Factory has an excellent article on Zulu regiments and shields.

I've included the .pdf document for you to take a look at. Scroll down about mid way where they start describing the different regiments and you will see pictures of their shields.

Look at bottom of my post for .pdf attachment.

[Dr. The Viking]

For such a simple technique they look the nuts mate 

cheers

James

Thanks, well yeah I guess the Zulu army just takes well to this process due to the colours.

Impressive,  looking at the 'before' figure I'd not have thought you'd get such good results on the finished item.

Hehe well, I had my doubts too!

They do indeed look the danglies.
Nicely finished, sir.
 

Finished!? Haha! There's 52 of the turds yet! 

Bloody marvelous looking poltroons! 

"The generality of Zulu warriors, however, would not have firearms – the arms of a coward, as they said, for they enable the poltroon to kill the brave without awaiting his attack."

The end result is amazing, gorgeous work. Yet I am quite sure if I were to try that, the end result wouldn't look half as good. So you must use some kind of magic 

Well, if you know how to handle a brush I think it is fairly straight forward.

Poltroon?! Haha what a brilliant word. I never heard it before.

Crazy Viking Magic!
 

It's magick! 

Very nice indeed :-)

Tank yous!

Outrageous! 

Yes, you are correct about the shields. Wargames Factory has an excellent article on Zulu regiments and shields.

I've included the .pdf document for you to take a look at. Scroll down about mid way where they start describing the different regiments and you will see pictures of their shields.

Look at bottom of my post for .pdf attachment.

Brilliant! Thanks for the PDF!

[janner]

haha! Thanks! Where's your thread this year


Anyway I have twelve of the little buggers almost done now. Weeeehoooo!

Good point, I'll update the 30k stuff as I cracked some 2.5k points this summer

[FramFramson]

This batch is turning out very well!

[Dr Mathias]

Nice work, and useful information for when I get to my Zulus! I have the T&T rules but haven't read through enough to digest it

[gamer Mac]

Really like the skin tones on these, cracking work