Pinned Like Rats - The defence of Rorke's Drift

Hi All,
This is why I have been a little bit quiet of late. I started this whilst on bereavement leave in January and though I have not been productive for the last couple of months, this is my latest model making epic.
The photo's actually give a false sense of space and believe me it is very tightly packed on a base approx. 12" * 9" with 21 figures in 120mm scale.
All the figures except one Zulu have been converted/scratched and all the Zulu's have been made from one Zulu pose. All the groundwork, mealie bags and wall have been scratch built. This is going to take many, many months to complete so I have not put a time scale on it.

This is dedicated to all the brave Zulu Warriors, defenders of the mission station who fell in battle and to my Dad who fell in battle against his fight against cancer. It was he who first took me to see Zulu at the flicks when I was a sprog.

Hope you all enjoy and Joe I hope you are looking down too.

"Alright then" before it starts, it's not up for sale, auction or donation. Salute

cheers
Richie
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Richie.

Joe, wouldn't miss this for a second, I reckon he would be well impressed. The detail is amazing. Looking forward to the end product, when painted. By the way good to see you onthe forum again. Love you work!

Ray,

I think you mean Richie, Joe is no longer with us.

Richie,

Looking good already.

John Y.

Posts : 2594 Join date : 2009-04-24

Richie, good to see you posting again, sorry for your lost. Outstanding work a normal, we can see many hours of work have gone into that find display. Are they going to be for sale, or into your collection. Wink

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John Young wrote:: Ray,

I think you mean Richie, Joe is no longer with us.

Richie,

Looking good already.

John Y.

Sorry I missed Richie out. Will correct! Thanks John.

Welcome back Richie. Salute

Hope your well.

That's such a vivid picture, probable as close as we will ever get to the real thing.
Nice one Richie.

Subject: Pinned Like Rats - The Defence Of RD Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:14 am

Hi Richie
I'm truly sorry for your loss mate , I can already see the work that you've done and will do regarding this project , it will be nothing short of brilliant ! , as are all your previous works , the Lancer springs to mind ! Salute

. Well done mate , it will be stunning once completed , and I'm sure my mate Joe will be no doubt be looking down with a smile and a nod of absolute approval ! Very Happy

Cheers 90th Salute

Hi Richie.

So sorry about your very sad loss pal, it is hard work losing a member of the family, and can take a while to adjust to life without them, but keep your chin up mate, others are thinking of you.

And yes, no doubt Joe would have been very proud of the work you are doing Richie, he was also a sad loss to the forum, like yours, his work was also always top notch.

As always Richie, this will be splendid when it's finished, you have a great gift my friend.

Keep up the good work and all the best mate.

Martin. Salute

Hi Ray, John, C.T.S.G., Pete, Springy, 90th, Martin and Joe(where ever you are mate, I hope your looking in Salute

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Thank you all very much for your most gracious comments, I'm sure Joe would have loved this too. It has been a labour of love but a worth while one and Pete I'm glad to be popping back in again.
I've had some motivation to help spur me on whilst building this, I have been listening to David Rattray's excellent The Day Of The Dead Moon, with the occasional viewing of Zulu and Zulu Dawn.

As I said it will be a long project and when I've made some significant progress I will update, I will be dropping other small project in from time to time.

cheers
Richie Salute

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 59 Location : UK

Good things come to those who wait! Looking forward to seeing your excellent work again. agree

Amazing work.

Any further progress?

Also, where are the models from? Are they custom made, bought, converted?

Cheers
Neil

nthornton1979 wrote:: Amazing work.

Any further progress?

Also, where are the models from? Are they custom made, bought, converted?

Cheers
Neil

Hi Neil,
Thank you. I will update in about three weeks, I have been doing a few other projects in between (so I'm running behind a bit), one of which I will post on here later.
Everything has been converted or heavily scratch built, with the exception one stock figure in it's original pose that has not been altered at all, that is one of the Zulu's.

I think I will put a post up later in the week of Zulu war models figures that you can buy and where from, as I have been asked a few times.

cheers
Richie

Thanks Richie,

They are VERY impressive. I'm looking forward to seeing the update!

Yes, I would appreciate info on where to buy.

Cheers
Neil

Subject: Pinned Like Rats - The Defence Of RD Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:30 am

Me to Richie ! Me to !! Very Happy

Cheers 90th Salute

Hi All,
After a 14 month time period, my diorama "Pinned Like Rats" the defence of Rorke's Drift is finally finished. It has been a real labour of love and I was honoured to pick up a bronze at our club show amongst some very talented modellers and outstanding models.
cheers
Richie
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Hello Ritchie,

I'm Peter, new to the board, I love your work it is really terrific. As a visitor to Rorkes Drift on two occasions it really brings it all back to life to see the finished product in a well made model.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Nitro450.

Hi Peter,
Nice to meet you and welcome. Thank you for your very nice comments. I need to decided now what my next builds are going be, but it won't be anything on this scale for a while. I have other stuff in the modelling section if you want to go and have a look.
cheers
Richie

Hi Richie
Nuff said mate, brilliant.

Cheers

Subject: Pinned Like Rats - The Defence Of RD Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:24 am

Hi Richie
Outstanding ! , Excellent work that man ! Salute

Cheers 90th Very Happy

Hi Frank & 90th,
Thank you very much lads. It's on to the next project now.
cheers
Richie

Hi Ritchie

I was wondering what you had been up to. I can see it is time well spent.

Awesome peice of werk mate.

Hope you and yours are well

sergio.

Ps Have you started the 17th Lancers charging model yet?

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