"15mm Rorke's Drift Playtest " Topic

Going to run a game of Rorke's Drift in the near future so I set it up to play test. Even got a couple shots of Lt's Chard and Bromhead seeing off Reverend Witt and his daughter.

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That's a great set up.

Seconded – a very nice setup.

P.S. Was going to ask where you got the buildings as I have a Musket Miniatures set missing a mealie bag citadel, but don't see one in your set either.

Looks like the Hovels set. Iirc that's had a mealie bag redoubt.

Very impressive!

This model was scratch built for me by Howard Whitehouse. It also has a large mealie bag redoubt but I didn't sit it out because I wanted the photos to reflect the beginning of the battle, before the redoubt was built. I have the Musket Miniatures model as well and plan on posting pics of that soon. According to the literature I have from Musket Miniatures, their set didn't come with a redoubt. I use the one from MM as my 'travel' game for conventions, etc. The majority of the figures in the pics are Mike's Models. There are a few standing, firing British figures whose provenance I don't know. The rectangular bases on those figures put me in mind Naismith. I also don't know who made the figures I'm using for Rev. Witt and his daughter. Irregular Miniatures maybe?

Interesting on the citadel for Musket – I got a reply to a query as to whether the set I had was theirs from the current owner acknowledging that it was. Apparently not currently in production and he didn't answer when I replied to his message asking about the citadel. If their set didn't have one that could explain that.

Might ping Hovels to see what they might want for one.

I was given a painted Hovels Rorke's Drift set many years ago by one of my best friends but it didn't have a mealie bag redoubt. I just checked the Hovels UK website and there's no listing for a redoubt. Sure wish somebody made one; large enough to accommodate 8 – 10 individually based figures.

There's a nice looking redoubt available in the Old Glory 15's Rorke's Drift set. I just sent them a note asking if it was available for purchase separately. I'll post their reply when I receive it for others who may be looking for one, too.

I asked them about that about a month ago. They didn't get back on it.

Apparently it is resin and made by another company.

Be interesting to see what they want for one.

Goodness me, but that is a nice looking set up.

Steve, from Old Glory 15's, replied promptly this morning:

"Sorry we don't, we have the set cast for us by a resin casting company and they will only cast the entire set each time, if we sold just the mealie bag redoubt that would leave us with an incomplete set."

Oh well, it was worth asking. I very much appreciate Steve's quick response to my querie.
For what it's worth, I've read in the past where folks have used putty (or something similar) from a tube that they form into mealie or sand bags, let them dry, then build whatever they want with them. The next time I'm at the hobby store I might buy some just to try my hand. Although I confess I'm not much of a scratch builder. I'm more of a mess maker.

Will you do an Isandlwana one next?

Yes, I have plans to run Isandlwana in the near future.

That's a really nice set.

The Reverend and his daughter remind me of Abraham and Mary Lincoln miniatures available from Peter Pig quite some time ago.