Thursday, August 31, 2023

Corporal Allen!

 You heard that Hofficer of hengineers...



Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Back to Zululand

 I am a fickle creature, I know. I bounce blithely from one project to the next, picking one up and putting it down again after the roughly six weeks it takes me to run out of steam.

Well, the latest batch of Willie castings have arrived and I am off to paint things for the Zulu War. I'm intending to remake my terrain and paint another few units for the Zulus and fiddle with the Willie figures for the 24th Foot. I have some ideas for command vignettes for both sides that I want to try out, so there is plenty to do.

The officer is meant to be Lt Bromhead. The fellow in shirtsleeves looks to be very useful in a variety of roles, as well.

So then, a couple of pictures to get us going.

Having re-read the Mike Snook books on Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana, I am keeping an eye on the latter as an expansion option for the future. And that private in the shirtsleeves might make a neat gunner.