I wasn't impressed by the recent greens of the forthcoming Warlord/Empress Zulu War plastic British. I think Paul Hicks' sculpts for the metal Empress British are the best 28mm Colonial figures out there (and I include the Perries Sudan range in that). The Empress metal Zulus are horrible, however, with chunky, wierdly proportioned anatomy which makes them look more like pygmies than Zulus. These new plastic Zulus look tremendous, however, and look like they will become the standard for Zulus in this scale. Can't wait to see them!
My isijula Zulu throwing spear, showing the binding joining the tang of the blade to the haft
One thing that plastics can do better than metals is good weapons and these are the first accurate representations of Zulu spears I have seen in this scale. I own a Zulu Wars period assegai (throwing spear) myself and they appear to have modelled the plaited cane binding really well.
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