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Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:49 am
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Hello again chaps,

I've not been here for a while but I've not lost my fascination for the Anglo-Zulu War. I'm sewing up a new undress frock coat for my 24th Foot impression and I was wondering abo ...

Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:35 am
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Ah, okay. No harm done then Smile and will post pics when it's done!

many, many thanks,
Tom

Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:00 am
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Hi there Lord Adam,

You may be interested, when the time comes, in doing a spot of voice acting for a good cause - the Rome Total War mod of the Anglo-Zulu-Boer conflicts ZULU TOTAL WAR. While we'r ...

Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:04 am
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Thanks very much Very Happy I think I'll be able to rework the rear of the tunic accurately now. Just wondering though why they had to change the design in ZULU when this was what was historic? Well I guess ...

Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:54 am
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Hello chaps,

Err, I think I must have asked this before but I've been away for a bit and I wasn't able to check, would someone have like a picture or even a sketch of the rear of the British O.R. o ...

Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:08 am
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There's a book I read a lot when I was in elementary school, it was the story of a soldier of the 24th through Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift. It was written for young adults (I was in elementary from ...

Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:01 am
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http://indie.imdb.com/Indie/Ask/

Look for the April 17, 2006 column...

"Is it all a matter of "shut your mouth about the source and you'll get away with it"? For instance; I've noticed that desp ...

Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:49 am
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One thing comes to mind - Blood River. A fortified post like Rorke's Drift with bagged and boxed up walls would probably be as intimidating to the Zulu commanders as the laager of chained up wagons wh ...

Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:58 pm
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Just want to mention that the discussion here is of the utmost interest to me and the Zulu Total War mod team. We've been somewhat at a loss as to what to do with the 'religious' structures (in this g ...

Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:26 am
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By the way, would the chevrons be stitched on to cloth of the facing color as had been done previously?

Many thanks,
Tom516

Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:33 pm
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Wherever did I get the idea that the back of the frock coat has curved white piping (Knocks self on head) - even my 1/72 scale Esci British Infantry from the Zulu Wars have straight piping.

Would ...

Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:38 am
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I fear I really was making an assumption and quite an ignorant one at that (looks like I'll be retailoring the frock rear now) though I should have been forewarned by an old magazine article on a Rork ...

Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:13 am
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Chelmsford: Funny, you don't really look like Dame Judy Dench...
Queen Victoria: Well, Frederick, you DO look like Eric Idle, particularly as Sir Bedevere.

Tom516

Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:10 am
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I guess I've gone the way most have - interest in the movie and then on to the actual history. Embarassed Things have been moving so fast and I really should have thought of asking here first thing... : ...

Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:07 am
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In the words of Monty Python - this skin is somewhat hastily cobbled together for a fast buck. Many of the textures are from photos of uniforms and from the movie.

Weird, where did they get the I'd ...
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