Alternate weapons for Perry Zouaves.

[eilif]

Am looking at Perry Zouaves as a possible VSF choice.  They are stuitably gaudy and there's so many groups they could be painted up as.  However, I want my VSF troops to have weapons that are slightly closer to the turn of the century.  Something like a Martini-Henry or even something bolt actioned, I'm not really picky about pseudo-historical accuracy.

The point of the plastic Zouaves would be to do this on-the-cheap, so what kind of options do I have for affordable scale-appropriate weapons?

Also, for anyone that has this kit, how many of the command sprues does it come with?

[joroas]

One command sprue, but they are available on their site for a £1:

https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_63&products_id=2570&osCsid=ob70maksn6mrjpia9apc3c4hp7