British Firing Line - Zulu War

Mmmmmmmm, great ! All those astounding Colonial adventures to be gamed...

Excellent! Add some Zulu Hordes to your range and I am ordering the lot.

These look good indeed and so I might get some but ? why does everyone always have to start British Colonial ranges off with the Zulu war? There are loads of such ranges about some just launched. ok their in metal so you should walk all over them. however nobody to my knowledge has a 2nd Afghan war range out or 1880's NWF. So while I might buy a few boxes of these to go with my Perry Twins (pardon the name drop) Naval Brigade I won't be bothering with Zulu's but give me Pathans and Gurkhas and other Indian army troops and Bengal lancers and mountain guns and my business is yours. And Dervish are always popular! "We've fought with many men across the seas, An' some of 'em was brave an' some was not: The Pathan an' the Zulu an Burmese; But the Fuzzy was the finest o the lot." From of course Rudyard Kiplings 'Fuzzy-Wuzzy'

Bring on Thirty Years War/ECW

Great- about time plastics took off in the wargames world, twil surely make 28mm affordable to most people- meaning when a change in era happens you wont have to sell up to appease the other half and to fund the next project. Im amazed it didnt happen years ago- look at GW- theyve been laughing their preverbials off in the plastics market for years. Happy days-now add to the range, thanks

Northstar are now selling these in the UK and my orders in!

Do you think if painted khaki these chaps could be used for Sudan/NW Frontier as well, or are some details off in regards to the uniforms?

Ben - there are some differences between the two. The Sudan had a pugaree around the helmet and no gaiters on the pants. Cut of the jacket is slightly different. You _could_ use some putty to "fix" the pants/helmet, but really unless you are a real stickler then just paint them tan and be done with it...

So very very nice. I am counting my pennies to buy a couple boxes. I plan to use them for victorian pulp adventures.

Thanks, Bromhead, for your comment as I was abobut to ask the same thing! The British adventures in Zululand are not as much interesting to me as their experiences with the Madhists at Omdurman in 1898. This is most likely due to the fact that I prefer the film "Khartoum" to "Zulu" or "Zulu Dawn" although Peter O'Toole as Lord Chelmsford is great. I imagine that just painting them khaki will suffice for most purposes. Perhaps I should just go with the flow and get an Osprey book on Rorkes Drift...

BEAUTIFUL FIGS! I have 100+ Black Tree Zulu’s, 50+ Brits, & 35 Boars… would like to see MORE Colonial Troops (like NNC, etc) that fought at Islandlawana!!! The COST is FANTASTIC!!! My son is a D&D Nut; he LOVES the Romans and has started moving to “THE DARK SIDE” of Historical Gaming!

Well my Zulu war Brits are trapped in UK Customs and Excise!! I'm bemused, can I just raise the ? did you fit them with real guns. You'd think with all the stuff going on in the world they'd have better things to do that persecute the poor wargamer.

Ureka! Wargames Foundry Plastic! Whoulda thunk it?! Trees for the forest I suppose. Being a gamer with over 30 years invested in this wonderful hobby, I am delighted and pleasantly flanked by this new plastic/multi-part offering. At a quick glance, this strikes me as a bold, well thought out and creative solution to a very basic economic challenge. Looks to me like lemons into lemonade. Kudos! I am throwing my two cents in for ECW, 30yrs War, Polish 17c. and the like. Regards from Wpg.,Canada

Just picked up a box at FLGS. Nice models that glue together well. Recommend your in-box pamphlet (futre ones) possibly include something on basing the minis. Something simple or a section on your website to discuss. Veterans know several options but new folks might wonder where/what those round disks are in the photographs.

Daron -- great comment! Thank you!

Very nice - this has given me a bit of the proverbial kick up the pants to paint these up and wait with baited breath for some zulus - how many in a box - fawzends?

I was just wondering whether you were planning on making something of a "command sprue" for these guys; either creating something of a command squad in a box or giving the possibility of upgrading existing soldiers. If not, I think I may add it to the League!

Just got mine yesterday- and they are some good looking models. Great job!

These are great models. I really enjoy them. They have a great level of detail , which goes well with the low cost.

ANy chance you could do them not in kit form for the lazy people like me who just want to undercoat and go?

How do these match up to GW's Imperial Guard, in terms of scale? The look like they could be great Mordians with some mods. Anyone tried it?

Hey Todd I am thinking the same thing. Imperial Guard and these guys are both 28mm so they should match up well. I am ordering some of these swapping the guns with lasguns and off they go to fight.

Mordians! How Ironic. How about, say the Praetorian Guard? Do a Google search if the name doesn't ring a bell. They were out for a while a few years back and haven't been available since. But basicially the Praetorian Guard were converted Mordian Guard figures with pith helmets, the figures and the regiment being based on these very chaps of the 24th. Mordian Guard? bah! If you are using these for 40k do it properly! :D

Ooh, i can see these figures going nicely as allies for me Bloodaxe ork army! Praetorians, GW giveth and taketh away, amonth before i could place my order! T_T

I too will be ordering plenty of these to add to my existing Praetorians from GW. I was planning on slowly and expensively collecting more of them over time, but these will fit in great. The price is phenomenal! If you guys did some Russian-looking troops that could stand in as the old Valhallans I would buy a load of those too.

Overall, a very good set of figs, they look brilliant in sqaure and doble line formation. the only problems are that the arms are really fiddly, and it would be easier if the heads had helmets already, an officer and standard bearer would have been nice as well.

Easily Convertible for an alternative space based guardsman unit - with weapon swaps.

Huzzah!! Long awaited reinforcements for the pretorian imperial guard,A box of these and a selection of guns from Bitzbox,hasslefree etc and off you go!

Awesome models! I started to build Imperial Guard army from those, just a little conversion to weapons and special weapons from my bitz box.. =)

I too would be interested in the size comparison between these and GW Imperial Guard figures. If I got these, I'd push the anachronism further and put WW1 heads/helmets on them and give them similar era backpacks. Hey its space fantasy isn't it? 8>D

WOW they have made some great miniatures. Just a couple of days after ordering them my colonials arrived! They will be great to use in both 40k and my Victorian Sci-Fi games, and to top it off they sent me a couple of Zulu sprues for free to try out. I can see myself purchasing many more Colonial and Zulu's from Wargames Factory. Thanks guys!

HI THARE is it posbull to have a catologe of the difent minis like the zombesis and with a littel fugeing thay qwill bleng in my GW army of unded and the brits to will go with myImperial guard well thare are others to thanks WKJR

The price on these guys are EXCELLENT. I'm gonna use them as alternate Imperial Guard soldiers :D Are you guys at WGF planning on making some Crusader age models? I haven't found many decent models in that genre at other stores.

Plese, please, please do some Calvary and machine gun/artillery crews for these guys. Also some Indian/Seik troops would be awesome ... elephants ... sigh. You guys really should do that. Already I love what your doing ... affordable plastic historicals in reasonable scale (28 MM ROCKS btw ... to hell with 25 MM)!! Also keep doing zombie sci-fi based stuff ... so many GW (and other system) fans out there ... you'll be sure to do well!

I picked up a box of these a week or so ago from a retailer to convert to GW Praetorian Guard. They're a bit smaller than GW, naturally, since they're not "Heroic" scale. But with about about two minutes on each mini cutting a bit of plastic rod for a focusing lens end and a battery pack and shaving the end of the barrel off to fit the "lens" on they've made great Praetorians. I'll definitely be ordering some more, at least 5-6 boxes more to fill out the 74th Praetorian Guard.

Not bad looking models, got some the other day and started assembling today. my only complaint is that to do firing positions the poor men have to bend their arms in some very uncomfortable firing positions. Overall not bad, next step primer then painting, ink, followed by drybrushing.... Hopefully they turn out well. Would be nice to have a command sprue...

This is good stuf, but I wonder you aint gonna make any french foreign legion in the same style (i.e. make a algerian set)?

Brilliant models i'm going to get loads and have some with the Khaki uniform of the 60th rifles. The foreign legion is a very good idea since it was all the same period it wouldn't need some other enemies to fight apart from customising the Zulus with more clothes.

Do these British packs come with officer figures?

Picked up a box of these wonderful figures to test on conversion to to GW style of play. I did not like the size difference but once you take a harder look they fit in nicely with a bit of shaving for conversion. Currently working on about 60 of these chaps to add to my guard army.

Yes... these figs. convert realy well to 40k preatorians. I have aprox. 50 completed to add to my army. Now if only you would do a command sprue (officer, standard bearer, sgt magor) it would be perfect.

Im gona order one and convert them to SF-redcoats.

Beautiful models, and cheap as well. I'd agree on the command sprue type of thing, although a banner bearer might be a bit over the top! Maybe a bugler and a commander, though. Would still work for GW stand in! Only problem is no bases, of any size!

Great models....though need some kneeling ones for added firing lines

Finally covinced my parents to buy me some Brits and 2 boxes of Zulus and will order them within the week. I have my mind set on recreating the battle of Isandlwana, obviously on a smaller scale of men though. I expect to be buying many boxers from W.F. Is there any chance that You guys will make any Natal Native cotingency

These are great figures, especially for Guard conversions. I'm leaving the rifles as they are to add to the quirkiness. My only complaint is the odd positions the men seem to take when firing, but otherwise, great! A command sprue, as said before would also be a great thing.

How big are these guys compared to the Shock Troopers? Are the arms weapons, etc interchangable?

Look great, more Praetorians for me at an excellent price... Just hoping to see some of the lads in kilts at some point... Highland Infantry, and possibly some heavy weapons/Cav?

Awesome Do you plan to do a Boer War range at some point?

Well, it looks like its time to make some GW Praetorian Guard... :D

Just got my pack in the mail today and I am very pleased with the detail and customization of these guys. Great price too. I plan on converting these for Praetorians in my 40k army.

you guys need to come up with a rule set for these and the zulu stuff! if not what is a good rule set that could be used?

those are awesome you should make world war2 ones:)

Tyler- Try out Black Powder, excellent ruleset for anything from the ECW to the 1890's.

I've had my eyes on this set for a bit, my finances not being massive, I've oft thought of you in terms of competitively priced models. They're a damned good base for not only GW conversions but as stand alone historical models, but one set is not enough, having read the comments it is clear a command unit would instantly make this kit a better contestant for an army rather than just a set of line infantry. I am a relatively new convert to historical 28mm but having worked on GW armies and 1;35th for years I have grown bored of expensive unsightly models and have been looking for some thing to replace my two pounds a model army. But if I am to create a Boar war contingent (Zulu war...) There must be certain other models. I am also well aware that this is a niche within a niche, but it also strikes me that perhaps there might be enough of us out there that are interested enough to keep a relatively small Plastic injection set, like a command set going in addition to the line infantry set. We as modellers do love variety not to mention limited edition sets, (but please look after the molds!) Also, some thing I've noticed about 28mm, there are nowhere near enough equipment sets in either the GW sets or the more esoteric producers, not to mention a total lack of round uniform bases, I realise that GW have copy-writed their circular plastic bases, but damnit there must be someone who can solve the issue of an easy place to buy bases in quantity for a sensible price. I am well aware that GW have dominated the fantasy element of 28mm modelling, but they have become an expensive option, simply because as a child, big f***off soldiers are more romantic if not cool. (because they are the only soldiers they'll see). But it seems to me as someone who's been building models since he was five that Plastic is the way ahead. But only if there are the equipment and back-up sets that have enough spares so really get to grips and finish an infantry set with enough stuff to make what should be uniform troops, different. In 1/35th of late there have been a number of manufacturers who in recent years have done nothing but build sets to upgrade or detail a large number of the more common sets (in this number I mean Eduard and Miniart along with others). A well thought out perhaps expansive number of detailing sets for the common kits would, if advertised provide you with a lucrative outlet and market for relatively limited outlay. Mr Verlinden has done very well out of small editions of unique resin models. My point if I have one is if you can do something that extends your sets and with them, your clientel will have more to come back to than a simple box set. I am not suggesting fifty thousand units and not advertising but, maybe 100 units and an advertising campaign on the major websites, damnit, it would be good! To site a competitor, but for good reasons, pls look at the stuff done by www.warlordgames.com, simply because they have managed to produce a line of affordable interesting minatures that need a plastic counterpart because as I not just because they're wonderful models but they have set themselves up (with time)into an expansive yet surprisingly modular system. I have left out the GW spin-off "Forge World" they make some brilliant models, But! a full-monty tank can cost up to £60 in upgrades. My point finally is that a number of small well thoughtout detail sets will do better than plain ranks. PS love your work Edmond