Rorke's Drift! Box Set From Warlord Games

Darrell?s got his hands on the new big box from Warlord Games, Rorke?s Drift! Join him as he explores the contents of this massive set and watch out for Andy getting involved when they both have a look at the scenery set featuring all of the key buildings from Rorke?s Drift! Here?s a list of what?s in the box: Laser-cut wooden Hospital building with Teddy Bear Fur thatch. Laser-cut wooden Storehouse building with Teddy Bear Fur thatch. Resin Wagon Barricade Resin stone wall Kraal (4 x 6in sections) Resin biscuit box barricades (2 x 6in sections) Resin biscuit box/mealie-bag barricades (3 x 6in sections) Resin mealie-bag barricades (3 x 6in sections) 20 plastic multi-pose British Line Infantry 40 plastic multi-pose Married Zulus Metal mounted Zulu InDuna Metal Zulu in British jacket firing Martini-Henry rifle British characters: Lieutenant Chard (Royal Engineers), Lieutenant Bromhead, Colour Sergeant Bourne and Private Hook. If you like your historical gaming and want to recreate the epic battles between the Zulus English then this is a great set to kick off with. Perhaps you could even paint up your own Michael Caine!

[@99IronDuke]

There were just over 130 British soldiers and around 4,500 Zulu warriors in the actual battle.

[@mateoesperanto5483]

As a South African, this makes me really excited!

[@Rodgerinho]

Rorke's Drift is a pretty impressive story. Isandlwana is the reason though. It was the Brit's PR response to build up Rorke's Drift beyond all other pieces of news, because at Isandlwana, the Brits got chewed through to the point that nobody was left to even talk about it. Now obviously they massacred the fuck out of the Zulus afterwards, but it's worth keeping in mind that Isandlwana was a giant defeat, unparalleled considering the different weaponry on offer for each side, and they needed the Rorke's Drift story to regain some pride and public image. Hence why we all know the story so well. Awesome kit mind you. I'd be keen, but at £175, it better come with a massage. I can build every one of those buildings for a fraction of the costs, most likely about £20-£40 of plasticard and glues. And then there's redcoats, and I'll never use them elsewhere. I'd rather run the scenario using Uruk-Hai in Lord of the Rings, or Zombies in a modern style game, or maybe using oodles of Cultists in 40k. I have Zulus but they're just the Tribes from Sauron's Southern regions, I use them as Harad or the equivalent.

[@CaptainBogroll]

In the larger set (The Horns of the buffalo) you actually get the FULL rorkes drift with the final redoubt, more wagons and the other kraals etc. Although it's something like £250

[@stompingfreak8980]

The roof has to be bushed then coats of very thinned pva makes it look like thatch roof. 4Ground make amazing terrain.

[@totalwargamer2556]

You should use the black powder rules and fight Rorke's Drift

[@johnwayneeverett6263]

I AM JUST NOW SEEING THIS YOU ARE MY FAVORITE GUY TO LISTEN TOO ....THANK YOU.

[@stevepickering5978]

very good review of the box set, I have actually bought 2 from ebay and they are on my to do list.

[@jjjdeste]

Darrell can't stop petting his terrain

[@stompingfreak8980]

Men of Harlech, stand thy ready!

[@redhamma]

The price £175, £275 for the collectors set , just doing your job for you guys !

[@aolcom-nl9qb]

I like alternative historical games for example give zulus English long bows, throwing axes , medevil light armor and trebuchets war machines, greek fire , so taking the British by surprise, the results are different. Finally under these conditions the Zulu take less causalities and take the drift.

[@MrJoreyna]

ive seen 2 minutes of zulu, i want this

[@TemplarsCrusade01]

Excellent! I wonder if you could use the British heads on imperial guard?

[@RottenMechGaming]

Nice Shag Pile on those. Amazing details internally I just think the roof material could be better. I suppose it looks real enough.

[@sohanlepro9665]

Rottenlead Gaming iiiiiii

[@terrywilliams2193]

Wow, I want that set.

[@SmokinLoon5150]

Pot that bloke! :) Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.

[@DiceBaseballDigest]

Great set! Bigger sounds better or two of these? British colonial version of the Alamo. Difference is that the Brits give those Zulus the business. Go Brits!

[@Ragnar6000]

not enough tipped over wagons..but still looks good. what paints would stick to that wood?

[@Epiclouden]

The stone walls are the krall at the end of the drift

[@stevesandford8993]

Excellent Review!!! (Please see response to Nasty Person below!!!) Will be watching more from you and your channel. Keep up the good work. If I had to BYLINE your channel I'd say, "FROM HOBBYIST TO HOBBYIST!!!" (PHUQ the begrudgers!!!) xx SF

[@stevesandford8993]

Incidentally... Might be worth mentioning that EMPRESS MINIATURES do TWO versions of a Command Set for Rorke's Drift... One is the Historically Correct version as supplied in this set, featuring Chard, Bromhead, Hook and... (I can't remember!!!) The OTHER version is the MOVIE version featuring sculpts based on the actors from the movie!!! (Less Victorian beards, more Hollywood!!!) xx SF

[@JQ121]

I wish I still had access to my high school laser cutter

[@longrangelemon]

Just to point out that the the Zulus did not capture the colours of the 24th Regiment of foot from Isandlwana - they floated down the river having been dropped by a soldier and later recovered.

[@gimmertyfrog755]

'Bloody 'fousands Of 'Em'

[@rc23robert]

How about you get John to paint a Zulu and British Infantry for 3 Colors ?

[@Guardsian]

someone PLEASE paint 3000 Zulus.. would be so amazing

[@hastur1234]

The resin scenery looks fantastic,not to sure on the metal models though looked a little bland (no doubt will look better painted up as usual.)

[@choseon9]

you would need 800 Zulus if it was the scale of 1 model to 5 men.

[@TiberiusWallace]

Have to say, for someone that passes himself off as a wargaming expert, he doesn't know about how to use fluff for roofs?! I'm guessing he's a 40K guy?!

[@2LTDarcius]

i hate you guys ROFL i have to go find my zulu movie again... only watched it like 20 times ROFL.. that unboxing is insanely impressive :o even if you only play GW games.. those buildings would work even for fantasy i'd think.. almost any game bar some really alien advanced game could use them..

[@StormchaserKnight]

@wario22 Feral/Backwater world?

[@MartinIDavies]

Rorke’s Drift…firearms but NOT those taken from Isandlwana earlier in the day. British won this battle. Zulus retreated from battlefield with huge losses. 750 dead & 1,500 wounded. British army statistics of the time had kill/wound ratio of one dead for every 50 rounds & one wounded every 25 rounds. This means Zulus sustained 2,250 causalities out of a fighting force of 4,000! This was akin to annihilation. Zulus never recovered from this hammering at Rorke’s Drift

[@aolcom-nl9qb]

To me the Zulu war is a another sad chapter of human history, too bad the Zulus didn't have at least medevil technology by this time, then the war might have sung the other way forcing the British to a war of attrition.

[@Happerdoo]

the warlord games sets of minatures r reli starting to steer me away from GW minatures, first lot of minatures tht hav, i've never been over keen on infinity and warmachine

[@Steve20127]

Mmmmmm..........perhaps war gamers need to get out more........