Zulu's, some more of them

I recently had the pleasure of being introduced to the new(ish) Osprey ruleset, The Men Who Would Be Kings by a few local gaming compatriots the Gentleman Historic Wargamers.

Our host for the evenings events (Herman and his lovely wife) kicked things off with a selection of homemade South African food (mmm.... pickled fish!) and a few beverages, then we adjourned to Herman's gaming room where we got to select from his extensive collection and play a few turns of a British Redcoats caravan being ambushed by a rather annoyed Zulu impi.

A much better write up is available at Roly's blog - https://arteis.wordpress.com/2021/07/24/a-zulu-war-game-and-a-south-african-feast/

However the game did prompt me to paint up some more Zulu (and a few Natal Native allies). 

These are a kit bash of the now defunct Wargames Factory Zulu and the Perry Natal kit. I quite like the shield style that I did this time,  although I'm not sure how many black and white Holstein-Friesian there were in Africa in this period. I still have a fair few more to get through but they'll suffice for some darkest Africa skirmish gaming using In Her Majestys Name at some point.