Rorkes Drift

[Bloodaxe]

Ive have an interest in the Anglo-Zulu wars.  Pendraken (and some others) have some nice British & Zulu figures in 10mm,  I found this:

http://paperterrain.mybisi.com/products/zulu-war

Cheap & easy terrain. Easy to assemble, no painting.

While Im a Pendraken fan, I may go with Baccus 6mm.  More figures, bigger units.

[O Dinas Powys]

Interesting 

I see they do a 10/12mm version for $20.

Have you seen this thread? http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,4317.0.html

Have a look for adr's posts, they lead to this set being produced: http://www.hokaheywargaming.co.uk/Rorkes%20d.html

Okay, it's £50 rather than $20, but you can get a special figure pack for £40 which you'll need anyway

I bought an unpainted hospital for conversion purposes. Another sadly stalled project although I do have doors, windows and enough wooden coffee stirrers to make it into a three story fantasy inn...

Cheers!

Meirion

[Bloodaxe]

Thanks!
Yeah I saw those already.  I have many history  & military books on the subject.  I'm still looking for possible rules. Any suggestions?
I have Black Powder Zulu. Two Hour Wargames Colonial. Havent played yet.

[O Dinas Powys]

Thanks!
Yeah I saw those already.  I have many history  & military books on the subject.  I'm still looking for possible rules. Any suggestions?
I have Black Powder Zulu. Two Hour Wargames Colonial. Havent played yet.

Not from me I'm afraid, I'm a role-player who's just dabbling his toes into wargaming and this is well outside my experience! 

Hokahey have their own set listed for £3 on that page. There are some pictures in the Pendraken 20th Birthday Bash thread, scroll down the first post a bit http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5645.0.html

I'm sure someone with a bit more experience will be along to help in a minute!

Cheers,

Meirion

[FierceKitty]

I've done it in three scales; 10mm easily wins, to my taste. 10mm needs a heck of a lot of figures to look intimidating.

[FierceKitty]

(By the way, where do they drift from and to?)

[Bloodaxe]

I've done it in three scales; 10mm easily wins, to my taste. 10mm needs a heck of a lot of figures to look intimidating.

That's why I think I may use 6mm. Mighty big units, more figs.

[Bloodaxe]

(By the way, where do they drift from and to?)

It was by a ford in the Buffalo river. Drift meant ford.

[FierceKitty]

In the post title, it's clearly a verb. Or does "drift" here mean to ford a river (in which case, what is a Rorke, which side should they be on, and who makes them in 10mm?)?

[FierceKitty]

In the post title, it's clearly a verb. Or does "drift" here mean to ford a river (in which case, what is a Rorke, which side should they be on, and who makes them in 10mm?)?

Perhaps it's a orcish settler after an alternative fantasy development which has Saruman settling veteran orcs in Rohan, upon which they take the proud title Rorks, variant spelling in elvish runes possible....no, I don't think so either.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Rourke was an Irish missionary who founded the mission at "Rourke's Drift". In this case I Drift means Ford, although there was a bridge.

IanS

[FierceKitty]

Why do I feel like a charcutier in Tel Aviv?

[Leman]

Probably cos you're South African. Can't imagine you didn't already know what all that meant.

[FierceKitty]

At least I never fell for apartheid or for Nelson Mandela.

[paulr]

Probably cos you're South African. Can't imagine you didn't already know what all that meant.

He was missing an '

So missing the point