Zulu warband

28mm plastic Zulu warband

My next tribal African warband is finished. An Zulu tribe.

The miniatures are Warlord Games Unmarried warriors.

http://www.warlordgames.com/store/black-powder/anglo-zulu-war-1879/anglo-zulu-war-unmarried-zulu-regiment-plastic-boxed-set-1879.html 

At first the box seemed a little dull with only four bodies but with the different head and arm options and all the ceremonial extra gear you can really ad a whole lot of variety. A great box.

In the pictures you can see a chieftain and 3 small units of Zulu warriors.

One of units will act as skirmishes equipped with different spears, one unit is equipped with more close combat weapons dressed in full regalia and the last one is a mixed unit with some longer spears and some regalia of ostrich feathers and leopard skins.

Now I can start play test the balance of my two African tribes with painted models and their hopefully different battle tactics with the Hail Caesars rules.

But damn its hard to get good pictures with such a bright background and dark miniatures. The miniatures look all flat and boring.

10,000

10000 hits 
Thats someting to celibrate, but Im not sure how?

A good wine and good food with the girlfriend seems wrong. Im guessing she should just look funny at me for even mention it so thats not the way.


I just looked at the counter and it was full of nines so I just tricked my budy Jonathan to check out one thing at my blog...



Thanks for all the feedback and all the inspiration you have given me.
Maybe get something special to paint, that could be in order?


Thanks guys.

Ohh and I just noticed, this is also my 100th post. How awsome is that...

Jötunn

My Jätte as we say now a days, or Jötunn as they were known back when the stories and legends where much more alive.

I had this model half painted at my table for maybey half a year, it was time to finnish the other half of him.
The skintones on the backside of his elbows arn´t perfect by any means but he will do.

A really fun miniatures. A old sculpt and I dont´n know who original sculpted him but he was labeled eM-4 where I bought him.
There is something special with these oldschool models. Full of character.

I went with red hair but with a tuch of gray. The pictures dosn´t give the metals on his spiked club justice unfortunetly.

Heavy Armoured Squadron, 8th army

Heavy Armoured Squadron

1000pts Flames of war force, Mid-war.

I have now finished a small British Heavy Armoured Squadron for Flames of war.

Is it a good one? Probably not but it’s cool, that’s what’s matter.

If I later want to expand this small list Im open for some different ideas. I could add Bofors AA guns that in the combination with my infantry hold one objective while the rest of the force attacks.

Some artillery or smoke would be nice, maybe add some 25 pounders or aircrafts.

Or I could go all in for a offensive option adding Crusaders or Honeys and maybe some more Universal carrier, taking the fighting to the enemy.

But the small 1000pts list that I had planed is now finished.

Heavy Armoured squadron, Africa
Rules from "North Africa"

Hq 185pts
CC Grant tank
2iC Grant tank 

Combat
3 Grant tanks, 280pts

3 Grant tanks, 280pts

Support
3x Universal Carrier +3x extra MG, 105pts

1x Command Rifle/MG, 6x Rifle/MG, 145pts
(Pay points for a Field Platoon, Royal Engineers and truck and switch it for a Rifle platoon)

Totalt 995pts

This leaves me with 5 points that I could spend on maybe an extra aa mg for the 2iC

Oh and Alexander if you read this, the bases on the Infantry are fixed now. Thanks.

8th Army Scout Platoon – Universal Carrier

8th Army Scout Platoon – Universal Carrier

I just finished the bases on these little loveliness´. A small scouting force filled with MGs. The Universal Carrier is such a nice addition to my British force. 

Modeles and extra crewmembers from spare 25pounder crew I got lying around, all from Battlefront.
Oh and Alex, if you read this. The Infantry bases are fixed. Thanks.

8th army, Heavy Armoured squadron- Grants

8th army, Heavy Armoured squadron- Grants

I always had a soft spot for the Grant tank. With two guns it resembles the land-battleships if the periods between the wars. I just love the design.

And when Maelstrom had their 30% spring cleaning sales I couldn´t resist it any more.
I ordered some “Forged in battle” Grants.

And that’s the reason my old infantry finally got some paint on them.

I bought two packages of Grants which gave me eight tanks, that’s a Commander, 2 in command and two heavy armoured platoons.