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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Vis Bellica on 27 December 2020, 11:29:45 AM

Title: Classical Indian Elephants
Post by: Vis Bellica on 27 December 2020, 11:29:45 AM

Classical Indian elephants from Museum Miniatures' 15mm CAD-designed "Z" range:

(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5406c773e4b087d8052ef58b/1609067453173-X2JR89LPYS8EHYD7QU39/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kOLT-QIUSxRL7DX_G7Ww7CQUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcIZUb5nDU-kNURyLhcjU2dMALuVEdOWANQ1_jjwk3ssxlQI58_jRi8d35SqoZ-FWT/DSCN2108.JPG?format=1500w)

(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5406c773e4b087d8052ef58b/1609067456632-V0DWU47SBORNR989103R/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kOLT-QIUSxRL7DX_G7Ww7CQUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcIZUb5nDU-kNURyLhcjU2dMALuVEdOWANQ1_jjwk3ssxlQI58_jRi8d35SqoZ-FWT/DSCN2112.JPG?format=1500w)

The rather natty designs on the over-blanket are actually WW2 tank decals (Soviet IIRC), and have turned out even better than I expected. This is something I hadn't tried before, but I got the idea when I saw some 28mm elephant-specific decals being used when I was researching how best to paint the pachyderms. I sat there thinking "if only I had some 15mm elephant decals that I could use", which turned into "I wonder if shield transfers would work", and then finally into "gosh, I seem to have a lot of spare tank divisional marking decals, I wonder if they would work"!

There are four more versions on my blog:

https://www.vislardica.com/blog/2020/12/27/classical-indians-the-elephants (https://www.vislardica.com/blog/2020/12/27/classical-indians-the-elephants)

Title: Re: Classical Indian Elephants
Post by: Mindenbrush on 27 December 2020, 01:42:38 PM

Smart use of the “bits box” bits, they work very well.  👍

Title: Re: Classical Indian Elephants
Post by: Easy E on 30 December 2020, 03:00:13 PM

Love the designs of the blankets.  Funny about the source! 

These look really nice and colorful as they should be!

Title: Re: Classical Indian Elephants
Post by: Vis Bellica on 31 December 2020, 10:06:11 AM

You can now see how the Nellies got on in their first battle:

https://www.vislardica.com/blog/2020/12/31/tts-aar-classical-indians-versus-caesarian-romans (https://www.vislardica.com/blog/2020/12/31/tts-aar-classical-indians-versus-caesarian-romans)

(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5406c773e4b087d8052ef58b/1609406494002-8ZRV7GJJEM7S3N94UA26/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kOLT-QIUSxRL7DX_G7Ww7CQUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYxCRW4BPu10St3TBAUQYVKcIZUb5nDU-kNURyLhcjU2dMALuVEdOWANQ1_jjwk3ssxlQI58_jRi8d35SqoZ-FWT/DSCN2122.JPG?format=1500w)

Title: Re: Classical Indian Elephants
Post by: Easy E on 31 December 2020, 05:00:56 PM

The classic result for a freshly painted unit on the table......

Good game report.