| Genre | Fantasy |
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| Race | Riders are Men |
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| General Description | Armored elephant with riding platform, three riders. |
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| Clothing/Armor | Chainmail visible on front body, down to knee height;
also wears a cap of mail (ears bare). Scales of armor plate protect upper trunk.
Back two-thirds of animal covered with cloth (over chainmail?). |
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| Equipment | The howdah or riding platform runs the length of the beast,
and is square in outline. Drapes connect the howdah to the animal. The howdah walls are
built of irregular rectangular pieces, some with a subtle grain pattern (wood? perhaps
gilded wood?). |
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| Details | This is a heavy piece. Consider placing on an extra-wide base,
especially due to delicate riders. |
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| Components | Basic elephant consists of one piece, plus howdah side
panels (2) for a total of 3 pieces, not counting riders. Test the howdah sides before
attaching, to see which fits best on each side. Curved end faces forward. Will require
filling and patience to eliminate gaps where howdah parts meet. |
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| Imperfections | Knob of flash on end of trunk should be carefully filed.
Seam slightly visible at throat, hard to file due to texture in area. Seam visible on
trunk, howdah back. Small area of heavy flash on inside left rear leg, not visible to
normal viewer. Our sample had small piece broken off right rear howdah. Unlike rest of
howdah, inside front is smooth and featureless. |
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| Description | Archer riding elephant. |
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| Clothing/Armor | Sleeveless, knee-length quilted robe tied with sash.
Pants under robe, shoes. Shirt sleeves puff above elbow, tight below. Conical helmet. |
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| Weapons | Bow in left hand. |
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| Details | Archer has moustache and "goatee" beard, shoulder-length
hair. Where the sash ties, could be painted as (a) two hanging sash ends, (b)
small scabbard under sash, or (c) empty sack under sash. |
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| Construction | Peg on bottom of left foot fits into holes in howdah.
Figure seems to fit best with pegged foot in third hole from front; other foot (supposed
to have peg?) over unused fourth hole. |
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| Imperfections | Thick sprue ends may need to be filed at bottom of
bow, ends of both feet, and top of right hand (easily done). |
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| Description | Spearman riding elephant. |
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| Clothing/Armor | Breast- and backplate. Quilted elbow-length sleeves.
Overlapping "lobster" armor over crotch, front and back (metal or leather). Loose,
knee-length pants tucking into knee-high boots. Elbow-length gauntlets.
Helmet with "bent" top. |
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| Weapons | Spear in right hand. Long, triangular head. |
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| Details | Shoulder-length hair. |
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| Construction | Stiff wire is provided for use as spear shaft; a pewter
spear point is also provided (don't mistake it for sprue and toss it out!).
Insert wire through open right hand. Do not necessarily force wire into left hand -- it could
be held out for balance, rather than holding spear. Our sample speartip had very thin sprue
at base, which we left on for strength when attaching to wire shaft.
Figure seems to fit best at front of
howdah, with (either) pegged foot in one of the holes provided. With our sample, both
feet did not fit both holes at same time, and figure made alarming creaking noises when
we tried to move feet closer together -- we filed one foot-peg off, and posed it near
the unused hole. |
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| Imperfections | Seam slightly visible on left hip and gauntlet,
left helmet. May need to file sprue connection at left hand (easily done). |
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