ZULUS AT DAWN

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I have been collecting for the Zulus War for years in 28mm but with the release of the Warlord games kits I'm hoping to work towards playing Isandlwana at a smaller scale

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Oct 21 2026

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A| long time ago I completed my Zulu war collection in 28mm with over 500 Zulus painted up and every British unit for the war represented. I've done a couple of projects in the past covering the collection as well as my terrain build for Rorkes Drift. With the release of the Warlord Games box sets I was at first not interested but I got to thinking about Isandlwana and how difficult it is to pull off in larger scales. I had no interest in the Rorkes Drift set because I feel it works fine at 28mm and I have no interest in it when I have such a good board set up for it already.

After chatting with my brother we got the idea that it would be neat to have a Zulu war day where we play Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift in one day as a sort of double bill gaming day. It would be even better if we did it for the anniversary next January 23rd-24th which is a weekend so perfect.

The plan is to play epic scale Isandlwana followed by 28mm Rorkes Drift. ALl I need to do is paint up the epic scale box set and make sure I have a suitable gaming table to cover that first battle. So this project has a deadline of three months starting now. Unfortunatley I have had a change of circumstances as I am adopting two children who will be eating up a lot of my time so I wont be able to spend so much time on hobbies. My pile of potential is already large but now I can add another horde of zulus to a time sensitive project. We will see if I pull it off. At least I only have to work towards one of the two battles.