Zio's Zulu Warriors and Rorke's Drift

[rockpaperscissor]

Excellent job! I like your repose very much. It's more dynamic than the original.

[papermate]

Thanks, Don. I bet you'll like this one even more. I'll be naming the coming one as Scene 1 of the Battle of Rorke's Drift diorama! More to come, I mean scenes as well.

[cardist]

These are delightful kits by Zio. I did one of the Zulus and the Redcoat a while back. They are well detailed and easy to put together with lots of potential for extra details. I like the way you have changed the pose, easy to achieve with these kits. A link to my build is here; Rorkes Drift figure

Many thanks for sharing

[papermate]

Battle of the Rorke's Drift - The Fate Of The Trooper, Scene 1

Just photos showing you the cruelty of the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879. No talk about the build of the model itself yet.

The Kung Fu Zulu warrior just comes from nowhere and jumps on the trooper who has run out of ammo and even dropped his bayonet to defend himself. The Zulu's spear is now on the trooper's neck on the way to be driven in. Will the trooper survive as he seems to have no chance to fight against this fierce warrior of the Undi Corps of the Zulu Force?

Flash light photos after the first eight.

Stay tuned for Scene 2..........................

[papermate]

Before Scene 2, let's see one of the Zulu king's wives.

[papermate]

Scene 2 - The Rescue, Is It Too Late?

OK guys, thank you for your silence, hush, hush, it's story telling time.

The trooper in Scene 1 has a back up somewhere near. The back up sees the danger that his buddy is in, so he picks up his rifle and aims at the Zulu warrior.

Scenario 1 - He fires and his buddy just suffers a slight stab on the shoulder and survives.
Scenario 2 - He finds to his frustration that his rifle is jammed and cannot fire, so his buddy was fatally stabbed.
Scenario 3 - He misses the first shot and his buddy got a stab wound on the shoulder but he fires a second shot and kills the warrior.

Which of the scenario for Scene 2, your call.

Scene 3 ............whether no audience or not, will continue at some point in time.

[gwssms]

These are outstanding! Very creative and inspiring. Thanks for posting all of the pictures.

[papermate]

Thanks, gwssms, for your compliment and for speaking out and speaking up.

[papermate]

One more of the Zulu King's wives/warriors that will unlikely be sent to the frontline.

[papermate]

Within the sound of silence, a Zulu warrior on horseback is now charging forward to the frontline.