Author Topic: SpeedoDad at Rorke's Drift 1879  (Read 4795 times)

Offline WarriorOfToys

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Re: SpeedoDad at Rorke's Drift 1879
« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2011, 16:13:52 »
Excellent! :wow:
If I ever start this period, I hope you wont mind me copying you? :)
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Re: SpeedoDad at Rorke's Drift 1879
« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2011, 02:59:43 »
Excellent! :wow:
If I ever start this period, I hope you wont mind me copying you? :)

WoT...I'll be only be too happy to see more Zulus and Red coats here :)

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Re: SpeedoDad at Rorke's Drift 1879
« Reply #32 on: December 01, 2011, 03:50:41 »
hey PFs!
I've finished watching ther 1964 "Zulu"
as with good movies I'm always sad when it ends and want more (so I might make a custom called "Zulu, the sequel 1965"  ;D)

what I notice (after years of exposure to gory and bloody scenes in tv and movies) a lot is that when a Zulu or Redcoat was speared/bayonetted, they just go limp and drop (without the usual death cries or squirting blood or dramatic dying process ;D)

one question, was it true that the Zulus saluted the heroic defenders before they left? and didnt they pick up their dead for a proper burial or let their young/new wives see them for the last time?

and here's the facial hair I was thinking of, WoT

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Re: SpeedoDad at Rorke's Drift 1879
« Reply #33 on: December 01, 2011, 04:06:02 »
Don't know if they came back for their dead or not, but no the salute did not really happen. A few warriors appeared on the ridge the next morning and just looked without attacking, but there wasn't a dramatic salute. It sure makes a good story, though. ;D I just re-watched it on youtube three or four days ago. Not nearly as scary now as it seemed when I was a kid!
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Re: SpeedoDad at Rorke's Drift 1879
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2012, 18:54:04 »
This is a superb use of SpeedoDad, Cheng and your diorama looks excellent!  It's always great to see Zulu War dioramas.  Thanks for creating it and sharing it with us. :)
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