"Zulu warrior appearance question" Topic
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| rhymoraz | 01 Nov 2017 2:12 p.m. PST |
Bought a box of Warlord zulu miniatures for a RPG project I'm working on. I notice 1/4 of the heads have a tongue sticking out. I googled around to see if there was some historical reports of Zulu warriors sticking their tongues out and came up empty. I guess I'm just asking what's up with that. Also: what does the pompom (not sure what its called) on the point of a zulu shield do? is it just decorative? |
rvandusen  | 01 Nov 2017 3:00 p.m. PST |
The furry material at the top of the shield is purely decorative. It was usually made from strips of some kind of animal skin. I've never heard anything about Zulus sticking out their tongues, maybe someone else has other info. |
| Gone Fishing | 01 Nov 2017 4:12 p.m. PST |
As far as I know, the Empire's only native opponents known for sticking out their tongues were the Maori. Strange sculpting choice for Zulus. |
 Herkybird | 01 Nov 2017 4:53 p.m. PST |
No, I have never seen any pictures, contemporary or otherwise showing Zulus sticking their tongues out! |
| Rudysnelson | 01 Nov 2017 5:20 p.m. PST |
Monkey skin was common for headgear and could have been on some shields which were cow skin. |
| ZULUPAUL | 02 Nov 2017 2:56 a.m. PST |
Never heard of Zulus sticking out their tongue. The "pom pom" was often monkey skin or other animal fur. I usually paint mine off white & wask with brown or black to pick out detail. |
 piper909 | 02 Nov 2017 10:50 a.m. PST |
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