Rorke's Drift Defender- Pvt B Co. 2/24th Foot, 1879

Rorke’s Drift Defender
Private, B Company
2 / 24th Regiment of Foot
22 January 1879

I dedicate this figure to my friend Andrew Sheppard.
His work on Victorian Era miniatures inspire us all!





































This figure is the DML Sgt.Jones figure with a shortened DML body with reduced chest and shoulders and a DID HS. I added large sideburns with Aves Sculpt Apoxie.
The DML boots were replaced with a pair of german para boots from I think NewLine and the leather gaiters are the black “jambieres” from BGT (ACW-zouaves) adapted to get a “tighter” finish.
Everything weathered with drybrushing and some washes on the equipment. I had to repaint the facings geen as with time the facings on the stored figure had turned to brown!
The hands are from DID’s recent US Para figure.

During the Anglo-Zulu War, the defence of Rorke's Drift (22 January-23 January 1879) immediately followed the British Army's defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana earlier in the day. One hundred and thirty-nine British soldiers successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors. The overwhelming Zulu attack on Rorke's Drift came a hair's breadth away from defeating the tiny British garrison. The successful defense of the outpost is held as one of history's finest defenses.

And now, the zulu..........

No..........

Good figurine Egonzinc

Splendid work .........!!!! Bravo !!!

GENIAL !!!!!!

Manque plus qu'un ZOULOU et c'est parti BRAVO

Je viens de revoir deux anciens films, ZULU et ZULU DAWN, je me lasse pas de figurines de ce conflit et cette époque.
Après il y a les lanciers, la cavalerie, l'artillerie... et les zulus.



Il y a quoi dans l'étui noir ?

Traduction : There is what in the black case ?

christophe77 a écrit:

Je viens de revoir deux anciens films, ZULU et ZULU DAWN, je me lasse pas de figurines de ce conflit et cette époque.
Après il y a les lanciers, la cavalerie, l'artillerie... et les zulus.



Il y a quoi dans l'étui noir ?

Traduction : There is what in the black case ?

du thé hihihihi

Superbe!

Mazariol

Ah j'aime beaucoup cette figurine !