The garrison for Rorke's Drift has now been completed on a 1:1 figure ratio. Most of the characters have been included with just the Chaplain and Surgeon Reynolds missing. I have yet to find a suitable figure for those two in 6mm.
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| Men of the 2/24th battalion to the rear and a detachment of 10 men from the 1/24th on the left. |
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| From the left: Royal Engineer, Chard, Broomhead, Staff Sgt Mabin and Daniels the Ferryman (a Pony Wars figure from the Baccus range and will also be used in that project). |
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| From the left: Mounted Police, artillerymen. |
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| From the left: Commissariat including Dalton on the right of the group, 3 hospital staff determined to fight to the last! |
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| Adendorff with 4 European corporals of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC). |
The idea behind the many single figure bases is to allow for a more random distribution around Rorke's Drift. Bases are such that they can be ranked up uniformly. Each figure has a 6mm frontage x 10mm depth. The only exception being Daniels who has an 8mm frontage for the Pony Wars project.
There were 30 men recorded as wounded in the hospital but most were capable of fighting. I have therefore deducted around 10 from the overall strength to allow for those too incapacitated with the rest added to the ranks.
Those are wonderful John! As always, hard to believe they are 6mm, your painting and the detail is so good:)
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for that Steve.
DeleteThis is an impressive sight! The Thin Red Line, for sure.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Jonathan. Certainly going to be desperate stuff when wargaming the action.
DeleteBravo sir! Top stuff. The uniform colours really pop. Gotta love 6mm for this kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your comments and agree regarding 6mm.
Delete1:1! You're going to have to recycle those Zulus quite a lot.
ReplyDeleteAs the Rorke's Drift Garrison I wonder that you flocked their bases as they'll be in the compound most of the time.
As with all my figures and most of my terrain I aim to use them in a variety of settings rather than tailor them to just one action. Most of the Rorke's Drift garrison will be used for Isandlwana and other battles of the Zulu Wars as well as fictional actions. So my basing tends to be rather generic.
DeleteExquisite!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Norm
DeleteReally looking forward to this one Jon! Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Mike.
DeleteVery good as usual Jon, especially the colour selection for the uniforms, makes them really stand out.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Peter
Many thanks Peter.
DeleteGee, you produced these and the Zulus in really quick time. They look great.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Many thanks James. To be fair half the Zulus were painted earlier in the year. They do tend to be the quickest to paint albeit a little boring!
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