| Eli Arndt | 28 Nov 2011 6:54 p.m. PST |
I'm looking for an armored war elephant that is nicely scaled to 15mm figures – realistic height and propertions. The sort of armor I'm looking for is like the one below –
Thanks, -Eli |
| Oh Bugger | 28 Nov 2011 7:03 p.m. PST |
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| Sysiphus | 28 Nov 2011 7:07 p.m. PST |
Oh  is correct, they paint up nicely and their armor is a near match for your picture. Geesh! The bleep-o-matic nails OB's nom de guerre |
| Eli Arndt | 28 Nov 2011 8:11 p.m. PST |
OB That one looks awesome and the swivel gun is a bonus for my project. I found these too Outpost
Essex
QRF/Freikorps shown For Comparison
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| doc mcb | 28 Nov 2011 9:23 p.m. PST |
Splintered Light has an undead one. |
| Swampster | 29 Nov 2011 1:03 a.m. PST |
Other possibles
Donnington
Alain Touller
There is also Khurasan's which is currently oop
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| Oh Bugger | 29 Nov 2011 3:39 a.m. PST |
Some jolly jumbos there. I used to have the QRF ones before in a fit of madness I sold my Mughals. They are very easy to assemble. |
| Eli Arndt | 29 Nov 2011 8:54 a.m. PST |
A related question. Has there ever been an elephant controlled by a mahout that was not outside of the howdah? In other words, did any empire ever figure out a way to protect the elephant's driver beyond armoring him? -Eli |
| Pedrobear | 29 Nov 2011 7:31 p.m. PST |
I have quite a few Mughal elephants, and the QRF one is not a very detailed sculpt. The Essex one is the closest in terms of armour, but I like the Museum one for the animation.
I don't think you can get one that is of realistic height and proportions though, since 15mm elephants are probably all sculpted to fit onto a 40mm x 40mm base. |
| GeoffQRF | 30 Nov 2011 2:45 a.m. PST |
I don't think you can get one that is of realistic height and proportions though, since 15mm elephants are probably all sculpted to fit onto a 40mm x 40mm base Most of them are asian elephants, not the larger african elephant. "Large bull elephants weigh up to 5,400 kg (12,000 lb) and are 3.2 m (10 ft) high at the shoulder. Females weigh up to 4,160 kg (9,200 lb) and reach 2.54 m (8.3 ft) at the shoulder." So you are only really looking at an elephant of about 30mm to the sholder anyway. I don't think the current 15mm offerings are far off that. I will try and get the elephants assembled and photographed, as that improves the look. They do paint up pretty:
That Alain Touller one is wonderfuly painted. |
| Eli Arndt | 30 Nov 2011 11:11 a.m. PST |
I may source them from various manufacturers for variety. This project will end up working over some the cast details anyhow as I am converting them for a non-historical project. -Eli |
