Dear Customers,
After many questions from customers in our first year, we thought that our first anniversary might be a good time to update you on our plans for the Empress Anglo-Zulu War range.
Soon to be released will be two more Zulu huts, one large and one medium, and a bell tent. The Bell tent is suitable not only for the AZW but also conflicts ranging from the Napoleonic wars right until the modern day.
On the figure front we have the 'dollies' produced for auxiliary cavalry figures. Each unit involved in the war will be represented, starting with the Natal Police. Our plan is to have four mounted figures for each unit (one NCO and three troopers). These will come as two mounted per pack and thus two packs per unit. We will then have a pack of four dismounted figures to match these mounted figures. These dismounted will be in relevant firing line poses, both kneeling and standing. We will also produce officers to go with these units as well as horse holder packs.
A large number of horses are also being worked on which is in itself is quite a long drawn out process. You cannot rush perfection!
As for the basic infantry, we have 'dollies' for British infantry kneeling figures and from these will come packs to compliment the standing figures. Therefore there will be a pack all firing, firing and loading and packs of 'stand to' kneeling at the charge. Probably five or six packs in total.
With all of this going on we have not forgotten the need for more personalities.
1. A pack of a mounted Col.Pulleine talking to the Sergeant Major.
2. A mounted and dismounted version of Col.Durnford.
3. Ammunition issue with the QMS, Lieut. Smith- Dorrien and a pioneer.
4. 2 'Ensigns' standing with colours and 2 Colour Sergeants carrying furled colours to fit with the marching packs of Brits.
5. Packs of Rorke's Drift personalities. Based upon research showing actually how they looked.
6. Some Hollywood versions of the above. It just has to be done.
7. Artillery, both the 7pdr and the 9pdr with crews. Then limbers etc
8. A signals unit.
9. Natal Native Contingents, both mounted and dismounted.
10. Mounted Zulus.
11. Colonial Wagons
...and an awful lot more such as Naval units, medical troops, more personalities, more Zulus and...well everything really.
Plus we have started design work on our next range of figures. But that is another story altogether.