Not sure if viewers can truly appreciate the amount of time, effort and energy that must have gone into creating this. Thank you, it's fantastic!

this Is one of very few of my favorite videos

Outstanding! I can’t imagine the many tedious hours that went into filming those scenes. Explosions, gunfire, hand to hand combat; it was all so very well done. The stand at Rorke’s Drift HAS to follow!

this is what my toy soldiers used to do while i was asleep.

Fantastic done. I recognize the 1/32 Call To Arms figures used in this video. I myself got loads of zulu figures from same company but lost interest in doing anything further after trying to glue their shields. They kept falling off. Tried super glue and stuff. Stayed on til i mixed the figures. Wonder why they couldn´t mold the figures with shields like the 1/72 figures from Italiera of which I also have a number as well as British troops along with buildings.

Simply beyond amazing...I can't even imagine how long this took to produce.

This is the best video i have ever seen on youtube

Take a bow sir... That's iincredibl

At first glance it looks silly, but as you watch it , it's fairly well done and accurate . Not bad at all .

Even though I'm late this is a work of art.

Love the painstaking detail and historical accuracy. Subscribed.

I recommend British Muzzel Loaders, Rob McKay has done a great job of analysing the drill and fire procedures of British and Imperial soldiers from 1800 to 1940. I was surprised to learn that the command 'Fire!' Was never used... it was 'Present' when the rifle would be brought to the shoulder , followed by a count 2.3 then the volley would fire without a specific command. Volleys were typically shot by platoon, so a rolling effect happened. The dressing of the infantry by this time was much wider and more open than is shown in the film or public imagination with a good 6 ft between each soldier. The superior fire rate, accuracy and power of the Martini Henry rifle meant concentration wasn't as important as more bullets hit their mark. In the latter stages of the battle they closed ranks,

This is one of the coolest things I've seen!!

Im impressed cuz its hard to film SO MANY stuff at one time

Marvelous. It reminds me of childrens stuff in the 1960s and that is not an insult. Great video.

Hello mate, WOW, this is awesome, it must have taken you centuries to collect, paint, build and film, I love anything to do with the Zulu War so I found this very entertaining, excellent, Well done, Lee.

Extremely accurate. This important battle is not covered enough.

Totally nuts!.........loved every second.....ta!

Felt like I was watching Zulu Dawn. Good job!

I'm going to add my praise to the amount of effort and talent that it took to make this fantastic film, I doff my cap accordingly sir.

Even better than the film Zulu dawn.....and more historicaly. accurate as well!....amazing job, well done sir!!!

Shawn: You produced an Epic battle which made it so clear to understand, I felt as though I were watching it in real time... Excellent Video!

I am so impressed. Not only to the film work. But the explained context in the content. About the Officers and positions. I learn more here than watching a few documentaries and reading literature.

A lot of work, but yet so simple, basic animation! Brilliant!

THAT was SOMTHING that deserves MORE! MORE LIKES MORE SHARES, More Followers! The facys were all there and you can't ask for MORE! GOOD Job!

Just brilliant.great work and so well told...bravo.🤗

You’re that one guy from the movies that had beautiful sets of cowboys and soldiers

Absolutely amazing! So much effort has gone into this, I've never seen anything like this before. Love the bit at 9 mins with the dramatic retro music.

Well done sir! Bravo!

I am your 99th subscriber, keep up the good films!

This is very, very good. One basic error however is that it is Lieutenant Coghill, not Goghill.

16:29 POW: Getting a face lifting surgery by a Zulu.

I was pleasantly surprised just how brilliant this was. Excellent job!

With a bit of imagination this is the best Zulu war battle I’ve ever seen made with toys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️

This is incredible! Better than any recreation Ive seen

FANTASTIC !!

This is amazing

What can I say? This is brilliant! Well done.

Well I wasn’t expecting this to be as fantastic as it is, also the best birds eye map showing the advance of the Zulu’s and where the British where I’ve seen and also the direction of the fugitives retreat, thank you very much for your hard work, I imagine it was great fun to make as well 👍

Absolutely great. I am sure that captain Younghusband and C coy 24th fought up to the crag of the hill. I had to do a lesson on him. But truly great work. Keep it up

u even got the death wounds right, & trampled soldiers movement of bodies ..nice job this was fun!

Great and amazing job! Thanks gor sharing!!!!

Absolute Quality must have took ages, expensive no doubt!. Bad result on the day but all the zulu wars etc makes you proud to be British 🇬🇧. Great job here 👏

thank you for telling me where to get them

Excellent job. Was just watching the final battle in Zulu Dawn when your video popped up. Your narration really explains in great detail how the battle unfolded, I can see how the director of the movie really tried to stay historically accurate to the actual events now.

Ray Harryhausen history - it would be interesting to know how many hours this required. What a project!

Great video I really enjoyed it

You are the best 😃it must have taken a long time to do it

Thank you very much for this wonderful work, it was just fantastic. I loved it!

I can't comment enough, you need an award for this animation!

I hope you've entered some stop motion competitions. This is a winner!

Wow - amazing work

Thank you for this video. Obviously took a lot of work. I never would have imagined something like this. Informative and interesting to watch. Better than just hearing about the battle. Appreciate very much your work.

Really fantastic work! A really good watch too! Thanks!

This is some of the best stop motion I’ve ever seen! And also who made these beautiful miniatures! And your painting is bloody brilliant! I love how the horses position change from shot to shot it brings a large amount of realism to the film! The whole film is damn beautiful! Also your miniature collection is making me jealous hahah! Keep up the beautiful work man! I have subscribed and hit the bell button!

I really enjoyed watching that, well done. So much effort and time must have gone into making that.

....Truly an awesome presentation, thank you.

Second time I have watched your video. Great stop motion animation and each soldier painstakingly painted. There is one or two things? One was that there was so much gunfire from the British, that they couldn't see what they were shooting at through the smoke from the cordite! They probably just fired and hoped for the best! There was also a problem with opening the ammo boxes of which were screwed down! Now, how many times have you been stuck with the wrong size screwdriver when doing a job! The rest is history, but I love your work!!

As has been said below, brilliant. Merely painting the figures must have taken months. Well done.

Incredible production!

Wow! The meticulous work and time that went into this stop motion film, let alone financial investment. I salute you sir for this project and it’s ingenuity. Huzzah!!!

Wow...amazing! Fantastic video!

Wow cool im gonna make that to clay

It is amazing! I love history!

Excellent. Thank you.

Thank you for your efforts in making this entertaining and educational video. Very well done. 👍🏻

Awesome my dad has a hugh battle of Waterloo diorama. I think you would get on with him lol!

Well done. However, the British went looking for a fight and they got one.

brilliantly filmed loved the soundtrack too👏 did you buy all those models ? Lol need to work on your pronunciation of iSandlwana , apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done that man 👍

Very well done. thoroughly;y enjoyed this.

Very well done not just on the painting of the zulu's and imperial troops it'd a great 23 mins to watch I'm gonna watch this again tomorrow keep up the good work I'm subscribing... 👌👌👌👌

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Fabulous job! That would have been amazing for me to have been a part of the creation of this battle. So goo

Yep, watched it again, great animation, love it! Could you do a Gettisburg one?

Absolutely epic. 👍

Awesome job.

Well done! Great work.

Brilliant, loved it… I do stop motion animation myself, so appreciate the time and patience spent on your work. Weldone.

Really,really enjoy this.You have done a magnificent moving diorama,Well done,love it,love it,love it....!!!!!!

Incredible job ! GG

Brilliant job. That's me subscribed.

Very well done!

This is impressive

Impressive! Thank you, this is very impressive! :)

This is amazing well done

The zulus are extremely tough. They bum rush their opponents and with sheer weight of numbers, plus ferocity, defeat their opponents.

Interesting, thanks for creating this masterpiece

WOW this is good can you do a rorkes drift

Brilliant.

Super fun vid!

Great, really enjoyed that. More!👍

Very well done! Amazing, done superbly!

hilariously well done...

O YAAAAAA...LOV IT

well done !

Superb.

I ❤ LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

A wonderful toy story 👍

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Beautiful work, though I don't think there were any "Lootenants" in the British Army. I had a guided tour of Isandlwana (and Rorke's Drift) when I stayed at Fugitive's Lodge. I agree with just about everything you've shown, yet seem to remember that the Rocket Battery's emplacement wasn't all that near to Durnford's gully.. but who really knows? It was assumed that one or two volleys of rockets, using shrapnel air bursts, would have been enough to deter the Zulu warriors... but it turned out that they were all a bit high on some concoction that gave them courage. Had those rocket batteries not been put so far forward, and remained in the camp behind the forward line, their air bursts might well have inflicted intolerable tolls on the attackers. Ah well, better luck next time was the eventual outcome