Zulu War Redcoats

Neglectful of this space as of late so I thought I'd show a new partial project. Zulu War British. These were 3D printed and painted by my friend Greg at SolarForgeMiniatures, check him out on Etsy.

The miniatures themselves are from Turner Miniatures but scaled down to actual 15mm size. If you notice most 15mm 3D printed Zulu models are in the upscaled size. I noticed these miniatures look terrible with 15mm terrain as they are just too tall. I enjoy how these miniatures look but I will stick with white metal for now. Started with six stands of infantry, 2 stands of cavalry, 1 artillery stand, 2 generals, wagons, & some wooden crates and mealie bags.

Ever since I first watched Zulu with my Dad as a young lad I've always had an affinity for the Zulu War. Honorable mention to later Zulu Dawn which isn't half bad either. Later on I read Like Lions They Fought (Edgerton), giving me a broader understanding of the war and Zulu history & customs in particular. Most recently I read Like Wolves on the Fold (Mike Snook), which I highly recommend. This book also got Zulu on my mind again, so here we are.

There was a good deal of poses and head sculpts to choose from with these miniature packages, so I chose some forage/campaign caps and some wounded heads as well.

The mealie bags & wooden crates are wonderful terrain pieces. I need more of those boxes because they can be used for almost any period and look really great. I left one stand of infantry unbased so they can act as wounded fighting a last stand from their wagon. The wagons have the added bonus of perfectly fitting the wooden crates so you can stack them up.

The cavalry units were painted to represent the Frontier Light Horse, an irregular mounted force of some renown. You can see one of the General figures painted up behind them. It seems that nearly every miniature or artist depiction of the period depicts the British infantry with the green facing colors of the 24th Regiment of Foot, famous for their actions at Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, so I decided to give mine yellow facings instead. According to sources these could both represent the 57th or 80th regiments. A minor detail but one that always irked me.

Now let me back to painting 400 Zulu.

Keep rolling those 6's
 -15mm Dieter