Zulus And Abyssinian

I just finished some more figures for the growing Zulu army. The ones with rifles are Call to Arms. At Rorke's Drift these were not Martini Henrys as the warriors there had not been at the earlier British defeat.

 The other figures are Armies in Plastic.

The Abyssinian is converted from a Hat Numidian and represents a warrior from the later 19th century or first half of the 20th. The rifle is a Timpo musket with mechanism trimmed to make it look like a more modern weapon. A putty bandoleer and pouch was added. You'd wonder why he would be fluffing around with spears when he has a rifle but old habits die hard and maybe his firearm was not always reliable.

A note about the Hat Numidians. Hat got it right with no reins as Numidians used their legs to steer the horses. However they did not have bridles.  So for my more modern warrior the bridle was fine but he needed reins; these were added from wire.

The Abyssinians rode bare foot.








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