A little while ago Warlord games were doing a half price sale on single plastic frames from several of their ranges and I couldn't help but pick up a few bargains. I ended up ordering a total of 5 sprues each with 4 figs on for £2 each plus £2 postage, which works out at £12 for 20 miniatures, which I was rather pleased with.
I went for a sample of the Anglo-Zulu war range and ordered 2 sprues of British infantry, one sprue of Natal Native Contingement, one sprue of married Zulu's and one sprue of unmarried Zulu's.
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British Infantry
Natal Native Contingent
Married Zulus
Unmarried Zulus
Now I'm not planning on collecting armies for the Anglo-Zulu war at this scale as I already have an extensive collection in 1:72 scale for the conflict, I've bought these with the aim of doing some pulp skirmish adventures along with the Darkest Africa adventurers that I bought from foundry last year. This was going to be a project I was going to try and write rules with from scratch, but amazon also had a sale recently which allowed me to pick up 'In Her Majesty's Name' (ospreys Victorian sci-fi rules) digitally for around a pound, so I will probably now be basing the project around these.
Very nice. I must have watched "Zulu" at least 100 times as a kid. When I wasn't watching the movie, I was recreating it with the Esci Rorke's Drift diorama set. It was a key gateway into wargaming for me, so I've always had a soft spot for the period. Cheers, Paul :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Zulu is one of my favourite movies as well, always inspires me every time I see it. The Esci stuff forms the core of my 1:72 scale collection for the period, but with quite a few addition from the HaT range. Whilst it didn't lead me into wargaming, it was the set that made me realise there was a lot more out there than GW.
DeleteBeautiful minis, great paintjob!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteNow that was a bargain and what a great job, you've done on these.
ReplyDeleteOne of my better value purchases, and thanks!
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