ZULU - Total War!

**Jingles** · January 15, 2009, 09:44 AM

"Zulus Sir! Thousands of 'em!"

Basically, It's going to be a small mod initially with custom battles only (maybe a campaign later) that is about the Anglo - Zulu war in the 19th century, with the Zulu tribes united under Shaka battling against the British Empire and their Boer allies. If you've seen the films 'Zulu' or 'Zulu Dawn' you will know what I'm talking about. If you haven't I believe the first one can be found on Youtube.

I've got alot of the mod sorted out, including music, sounds and the like, but what I desperately, desperately need is a modeller to help with this project. The mod itself will only include about 6-8 units in total - As I said, it's a small mod - and each of these units will look rather similar to one another. I'm a useless modeller, and this is potentially a relatively short job for one experienced in that most holy of arts

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Anyway. That's all. I'm not accepting other team members, but if anyone would like to contribute with useful pictures, they'd be most welcome.

The focus of the mod is going to be more on fun than accuracy or realism, and so, as there are a number of different regiments involved on the British side, I'd rather excercise a bit of artistic license and just come up with a generic british rifleman and cavalryman for example. The same goes for the Zulus.

Edit:

I've been working on some placeholder units to keep until I can get some new models, but in an effort to draw in the punters, I've decided to show you some screens:

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Pictures:

British Infantry

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British Cavalry (Lancers)

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Zulu Snipers

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Zulu Warriors/Javelineers

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Sigs:

**Nakharar** · January 15, 2009, 11:10 AM

good luck

**Lebre** · January 15, 2009, 12:33 PM

As the leader o africa: total war feel free to ask me anything you need

**Jingles** · January 15, 2009, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Lebre

As the leader o africa: total war feel free to ask me anything you need

Thanks, that's very generous! I'll be in touch soon

**Lebre** · January 15, 2009, 04:49 PM

be my guest

**REQUIEM** · January 16, 2009, 03:07 PM

I'm looking forward to you mod mate

**Nakharar** · January 16, 2009, 03:19 PM

i think if you find a normal normal near naked black warrior you can easily skin to change and just replace weapons with coding and some modelling

**Jingles** · January 16, 2009, 04:17 PM

Updated OP

**Nakharar** · January 16, 2009, 05:12 PM

cool so you found a modeller??

**♔Black Watch 42♔** · January 16, 2009, 05:23 PM

Most interested in this mod. My favourite period and have read many books on the subject and seen the film Zulu many times. Glad to give historical help on uniforms, weapons the lot. I wonder though if the Sudan and maybe Boer war could be included i could give all historical uniforms and stuff it would be easy to add in i believe.

**Jingles** · January 17, 2009, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by Black Watch 42

Most interested in this mod. My favourite period and have read many books on the subject and seen the film Zulu many times. Glad to give historical help on uniforms, weapons the lot. I wonder though if the Sudan and maybe Boer war could be included i could give all historical uniforms and stuff it would be easy to add in i believe.

Thanks, all sort of help of this ilk is appreciated. I've found it damned difficult to get hold of good uniform documentations. As for the Sudan and the Boer war, I'm thinking that eventually I'll include those as extra campaigns, but for now I'm focusing on getting a beta running with custom battles only. Then I'll move onto the Zulu campaign.

**S-te-Fan** · January 17, 2009, 04:37 AM

Well... because I was member of the previous mod you started I offer my services to you again

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**Jingles** · January 17, 2009, 06:18 AM

Thanks man

. Shame about the last one, but some big exams were coming up, and I was pretty much inactive for a month or so.

I've taken a look at the models so far, and I reckon that most of the British units could be made by suitably tweaking the musketeer_ug1 model. The Zulus we could get by editing the Apache models for the americas campaign. For the Boers, I've already got some models (hopefully).

**S-te-Fan** · January 17, 2009, 06:47 AM

Editing is ok

. It wil cost a lot of work. PM the models you want.

**Lebre** · January 17, 2009, 08:54 AM

Always consider Zulu equipment
we are used to that all spearmen use an assegai spear type, but on the case of the zulus that isnt the truth.
Instead they used a shorter spear called the 'Iklwa', the assegai was used only to skirmish

Iklwa

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I would also like to suggest on including the knobkerrie, which is a mace like weapon made of wood iirc

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**Jingles** · January 17, 2009, 11:49 AM

Thanks, some great info and pictures. Perhaps the knobkerrie can be made a secondary weapon.

**Lebre** · January 17, 2009, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Jingle_Bombs

Thanks, some great info and pictures. Perhaps the knobkerrie can be made a secondary weapon.

I believe the knobkerrie should have its own unit (with the ability to throwing the assegai), because it would be the Zulu's way to counter british armor more effectively.