Herbert's Zulu war models

Good evening everyone,

As a french kid, I was captivated by Ramaioli's "Zoulouland" comics and the "Zulu Dawn" movie. I also developped a taste for wargaming, and what had to happen happened and here I am with my books and my 28mm miniatures. I'm beginning by collecting models for the Gingindlovu battle, but it's mostly because I have to keep focused on something and not buy everything I want to paint at once !

I'm trying to keep all uniforms and models as historic as I can, but I'm already sadened to see that my first models, mostly the Zulu ones are not as good as they can be (mostly because I focused on regimental shields, ignoring the dress, silly me !).
Anyway, First of all, I'll apogize for all my mispelling and horrendous grammar, I'm just a damn froggy after all . Seconds, I already have to thank everyone here, as for months, I refered to this forum weekly to find hints on the military organization, the names, the uniforms... And third, If you see something wrong with the historicity of the stuff I post, please, tell me ! I'm trying my best with my limited knowledge, and I'm always happy to learn new things and correct myself as much as I can !

I'll try to keep up with my project and I'll post here the results as they come ! Here's what I already painted :


The British :

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The Zulus :

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Other stuff :

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Coming Soon : Col. Pearson

I'm asking myself, if adding some basing material to make the ground more vegetalized would be a good idea. Any thoughts ?

Some very nice work there.

I think you could do with some more vegetation - I used 6mm tufts, cut down for variation

The grass was very long particularly in the early battles, so a bit more tufting would be ideal.

Thanks a lot for your tips sir !

I've already used 10mm and 6 mm tufts on thoose. So, I've been looking at some of the models presented here, including yours, and I think I'll buy and add some orange flowers tufts, and then spray some green grass here and there !

Pearson is finished, I just forgot to add a bit of white on the his beard. The next ones will probably be a NNC unit !

Look forward to seeing your project progress.

And Here's Pearson ! I tried adding some yellow flowers and some grass basing. It looks much more realistic that way, thanks SRB1965 !

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Colonel Charles Knight Pearson, Commander of No. 1 Column.
(John Young Collection.)

JY

Thanks a lot, I already saw that photo somewhere, and that's why I tried greying his beard, but maybe I should have gone further !

Sorry for the double post, but I had a little bit of time tonight, so I could "repair" M. Pearson's beardand take a picture !

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In my last posts, I lied about the NNC being the next ones Here's a uVe Impi !

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NNC's are really next !

If you have a spare white volunteer/irregular officer, I would include one in each unit (if your unit represents a Company) - majority of officers and NICOs were white.

Cheers

Simon

Thanks for the advice, that's exactly what I did !

I made british NCOs on foot, with uniforms looking like the Frontier light horse but with the cork helmet, for the NNC units I have.

And, for later, I have a dedicated Perry's boer model to lead the John Dunn's Zulus scout unit

Here's my first NNC unit, more to come !

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The next unit will be Naval Brigade's Commander J. Brackenbury, thanks to the precisions of Petty Officer Tom !