28 May 2015

From Rorke's Drift he came... (Part 1 - WIP)

Here's another out of the blue rpg character painted up for my upcoming (= after the Summer) roleplay campaign. This fellow will be one of the personalities the player characters can choose from a set of 7 (So they still feel like they retain a modicum of "choice"). He'll be a dark-skinned barbarian warrior (The setting our campaigns have been played in is a Frazetta-esque barbarian world) from the plains peoples. The mini is the old old Zulu Warrior from the Citadel Miniatures Talisman range. A clumsy sculpt, truth be told, but like many in the Talisman range is contains a lot of character.


Skin, head-dress, body and "clothing" is mostly done. Right eye is rubbish so I'll be revisiting that next.
 In the pictures of Zulu warriors that I found, the fighters would carry all their spare spears, javelins and clubs in their shield hand, ready to be taken up once their primary weapon was spent. To this end I made a cheeky club out of paperclip and smoothed out green stuff that I'll be sticking in his shield-hand (Drilling a hole thru it - gulp..) as his back-up weapon. 

The shield is different to the traditional zulu style - small and round, more of a buckler. It'll still be made of animal hides though.

Tomorrow is our 11th Wedding anniversary.... Bloody hell that came around fast. 

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  1. Congrats on the anniversary matey!

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    1. Many thanks sir. Am surprised she hasn't kicked me out yet!

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  2. Oh, and nice job on the mini!

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    1. Hopefully it'll look better next post!

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  3. You've been really busy lately - doubtless Mrs Dai thinks you've been preparing a pleasant surprise. Good luck !

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    1. Here's hoping she's finally found an appreciate for painted metal and plastic soldiers....?

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  4. Wonderful painting on a charismatic sculpt Dai. Congrats on the anniversary as well. That total will be doubled before you know it ;-)

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    1. Watching my son grow so fast before my eyes, I can fully believe that mate.

      Thanks on all accounts.

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  5. Well done sir! Many congratulations! (Oh, and happy anniversary as well)

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  6. Hearty congrats on the anniversary!

    Oh, and in case you're wondering, those Zulu clubs are often called 'knobkerries' - 'knobkerrie' is a rather pleasing word, methinks...

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    1. Or (having just checked) as an 'iwisa'. I guess that's the Xhosa word for it...

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    2. I was aware of the club being called knobkerrie, but not iwisa.

      Either name seems far too "Nice" sounding for a bludgeoning weapon...

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  7. Lovely paintwork (as usual) and happy anniversary!

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    1. We had a lovely day of it, thanks.

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