Zulu Mod!!!

**Sundjata Keita** · 05-15-2005, 09:48

Well due to the mass of new threads in this forum and the relaxing of the pace of this mod this thread nearly reached page 2. So to stop that happening here is a small update.

Models

I have been working on the early Zulu regiments and trying to get the correct feather arrangements. I have also been playing around with the vertex weights of British units and trying to get the animations smooth. Here is a screen of the induna model. The render does not take into account alpha so that is why the feathers have black around them.

Here is one of the 1930s British irregulars although it is still a work in progress and still needs to be textured properly.

More updates coming soon...

Sundjata Keita

**dclare4** · 05-16-2005, 01:49

Wow! Like that running man

I'll resend those blasted textures this week (my diskette died on me last sunday) and that Thin Red Line site had details on British army accoutrements for the campaign w/c will certainly make our mod one of the most detailed photo-realistic ones I hope! I'm thinking, If I could do the textures (lets say for the Warwickshires) could you place them on the model? I'd like to (if possible) include all those nice little details - since the photo will be the one providing the detail the actual model could just have flat or minimally detailed areas for these detail areas. What do you think?

Cheers!
Harlechman

**Duke Malcolm** · 05-16-2005, 10:26

Lookin good. I'll be earning those eleven VCs in no time

**Myrddraal** · 05-16-2005, 11:05

Love the Zulu

**pyradyn** · 05-19-2005, 05:51

Hey if u need any help at all my yahoo is pyradyn. I lived in South Africa for a year and have many Zulu friends but Zulu wasnt the only tribal power the Xhosa (pronounced Kosa) and the Boars (the dutch) were a major part of the fighting. The dutch settled the shores of SA and lived peacfuly with the Xhosa and the Zulu who were inland and waring constantly with each other. When the british came they forced the Boars inland and thus causeing strife with the tribes. The Boars were defeated and put into british POW camps to live. The Zulu and Xhosa allied to fight there comman enemy the British. The British only called them Zulu because that is the only tribe they met. Xhosa painted their faces white for battle and Zulu left it plain. The Zulu worriors carried black sheilds with white spots. Only royalty had white sheilds with black spots to signify their nobility. Just a reminder the Zulu thrived long before even troy fell.

**dclare4** · 05-19-2005, 08:10

Hi there Pyradyn, we'd be more than glad for any support or insights you can give. I myself am an enthusiast who's long on research but short on actual experience - never been to South Africa or England and Wales for that matter. We'll try to make it as good as we can and we'd be glad for any insights you can share.

Most grateful,
Harlechman

**Sundjata Keita** · 05-19-2005, 19:48

It's great that we get support from people in South Africa (I think two others have posted) and any information you give us would be great. We have been researching very hard for the mod and so we have quite a lot of info at the moment (including all the shield patterns and colours for the different regiments) but really it all just needs sorting out so thanks for the support and we may need you in about 6 months when we finally release a BETA

Sundjata Keita