Anglo Zulu War

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's brilliant

[fred.]

Nice work - was about to ask which model it was - then read on a bit more!

[fred.]

Yes its 60th rifles . And yes guns indeed should be grey I pointed that out myself as my Zulu Impi over them 😆

Cool, will remember them as an option when (if) I ever get back to this. 

If the guns had been grey they would have performed better and held off the Impi...

[paulr]

          

[Deedles]

More progress on my Zulu army with 4 new regiments added

[Deedles]

Zulus now at the 1000 of em point . Started painting them mid February - so they have come along pretty quickly . Lovely simple figures to paint . The shields help give them that interest point .

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Holy funt! 
That is seriously impressive now! 
Wow

[fred.]

Excellent - ace to see such big armies!

Great work. 

Can I ask about the basing, I can see small squares, rectangles, and are there large squares too? How do these relate to your rules?

[Deedles]

Excellent - ace to see such big armies!

Great work.

Can I ask about the basing, I can see small squares, rectangles, and are there large squares too? How do these relate to your rules?

A basic stand at 30x30 is 1 unit for fighting / casualties. A 60x30 is 2 , a 60x60 is 4 . Each unit is made of 2 1's , 4 2's , and multiple 4's depending on unit size . It allows easy casualty removal , formation shapes etc . Zulus are essentially melee troops . On initial melee contact the Zulus fight with the same number of bases as the imperial which are all 30x30. If it goes to a second round the deeper and wider Zulu stands start to fight - unless imperials are in barricades or square .

[pierre the shy]

Holy moly Deedles that is a truly impressive sight! 

I hope Lord Chelmsford's army packed several spare uniforms in thier kitbags. 

[fred.]

A basic stand at 30x30 is 1 unit for fighting / casualties. A 60x30 is 2 , a 60x60 is 4 . Each unit is made of 2 1's , 4 2's , and multiple 4's depending on unit size . It allows easy casualty removal , formation shapes etc . Zulus are essentially melee troops . On initial melee contact the Zulus fight with the same number of bases as the imperial which are all 30x30. If it goes to a second round the deeper and wider Zulu stands start to fight - unless imperials are in barricades or square .

That is a smart way of dealing with basing for this volume of figures. 


Rules make sense, and I suspect once it gets to round 2 and the Zulus get all their extra bases to fight, its game over for the red coats!

[Deedles]

That is a smart way of dealing with basing for this volume of figures.


Rules make sense, and I suspect once it gets to round 2 and the Zulus get all their extra bases to fight, its game over for the red coats!

Yes indeed . If imperial firepower can kill 1/2 the front stands of a Zulu regiment in a turn the forward movement is stopped until they are urged forward again. Our ranges and movements are large as we are lucky to have very big tables to play on

[paulr]

         

Impressive painting speed and a very smart way to base

[Deedles]

Thanks

And my gaming bud Martin has finished the Imperial invasion forces



Now all I need to do is fall on one of those 4 columns - hmm Isandlwana looks a nice place

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hear it's lovely at this time of year!