Anglo-Zulu War. Zulus - the start of Thousands of em!

 Doing an AZW project has been on the cards for a while. While in 28mm it would look epic - I have seen it several times at shows over the years I wanted something that would not come with added storage wars. Compared to the Sudan it’s also more limited in scope , so 10mm seems the obvious route to go down . 

Friend Martin said he would do the Brits  and other pieces if I did the Zulus . At least it means no guns and cavalry etc . So the orders have been placed with Pendraken providing the majority - over a 1000 figures and another few 100 from Steve Barber . 

So the first Zulu regiment or iButho has been completed . We are using a rough scale of 1/20 .We  will do a campaign at mad friend Gerry’s Situation Room later this year . So to kick off here is the first one 

This represents about 2000 men from the uMbonambi from the left horn at Isandlwana . Its frontage is 16 inches so a decent size . 

These are an Unmarried regiment , and have black shields with some white spots 

I sprayed them with a colour forge Hyrax Brown rattle can . Then it’s a pretty simple and quick painting process:-

Base coat - Spray

Drybrush a lighter brown - I used Vallejo Flat Earth

Black for the hair 

Weapon colour - flat brown for the Knobkerrie and beige brown for the Assagie 

Loin cloth a lighter brown/khaki/off white 

Head dress and leg decorations picked out a lighter colour , off white 

Give em a thin brown wash 

Metals 

Paint shield back a light brown

Paint shield front main colour 

Paint shield decoration 

Varnish 

Overall it’s quick - took a full evening to do 100 of them after they had been base coated .

Basing is one 60x60, 60x30 age 30x30 . That will allow for base removal not any mucking about with casualty markers . 

 

I did the static grass direct rather making tufts . It uses 3 different grass , 2 are 2mm and 1 that is 1mm 

 

Another 12 units to do and they will be Washing their Spears.