more pictures here.
http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/zulu-wars-rorkes-drift-project-finished.html
At the time I said the project was finished - well it wasn't. To be frank I had only just finished the buildings and wanted to get them out on the table but with hindsight their was still a lot more work to do.
So over the Christmas break I started on finishing these off. First up they were mounted on hardboard and given the usual ground treatment - static grass, foliage etc.
 |
| The Store house |
 |
| The Hospital |
The roofs were painted matt black and then drybrushed grey. I think this looks much better than the untreated fur look used previously.
Now having finished the buildings I thought it might be a bit of fun to lay out the defences. Using a map I found on the internet (see below) it was relatively straight forward to configure the bits I have into the set up below.
Of course nothing is ever really finished in the Shed and I have decided to build some bespoke boards for the defences at Rorkes Drift. Many of the reports read that the Northern defence mealie bag wall actually sat along the top of a low rocky embankment. Further investigation suggests that the defence sat on a terrace slightly above ground level.
So using a few precut mdf boards I have glued down some 20mm polystyrene to build up the terrace. This will incorporate the embankment along the northern wall and it will slope gently away on the southern.
The Map above shows the main frontages of the attacks - why the main attack would come in from the South and then sweep round and attack the higher northern wall is something I am going to need to investigate further.
The picture below gives the right impression of the embankment & mealie bag wall
This weekend I'll get the filler onto these boards and then the serious groundwork can begin,
Oh yes - did I say this all has to be finished in 2 weeks ...
That's awesome!!!! Well done mate
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Really looking forward to more.
ReplyDeleteLooking good😀
ReplyDeleteNice work! I played a Roukes Drift refight a couple of years ago. The building model used as the hospital reflected the real one in not having internal communicating doors. It proved a real headache trying to deploy troops to meet the shifting threat. =)
ReplyDeleteWell met!! Looking great!
ReplyDeleteGood stuff. Trying to paint some Zulus today but too dark again!
ReplyDelete