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| Massed warriors (around 350 of them)- how a Zulu Impi should look! |
This is a post some 24 years in the making. Some time ago I quite enjoyed Colonial gaming and the Zulu War was my conflict of choice. Some mates and I put together armies in 15mm and had a great time. Early in 1994 I had a major life change and the figs were packed away. I've since moved house some 18 times and the figs have remained unopened; the awful noises that came from the box made me shy away. Then last week when there was interest at the club about doing some Colonial gaming and I realised I (might) have all the figures. Depending on how they fared at least.
Here is what greeted me once I plucked up the courage to open the Zulu Box...
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| The Horror... The Horror... |
And after 23 years this was the sum total of damage - other than bent spears and knoberries which needed reshaping
The vast majority of these figs, if not all, are from Essex 15mm colonial range
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| Usuthu!!! |
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| I love the warrior in the bottom right corner wearing a captured British flag as a trophy! |
And if one of going to cross the Buffalo River into Zululand, you need some terrain to fight over right?
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| Semblance of a small veldt hamlet named after an Irishman |
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| British tentage and a Kraal |
Next Up: The British and their Boer allies.
4 comments:
Not bad at all Paul, they fared pretty well but then Essex figures are solid!
They sure are - and two coats of dull coat varnished clearly helped too
Thanks Don!
Tough little chaps.
Thats what Lord Chelmsford thought in 1879 too I'm sure!
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