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In July last year I posted some pictures of my first Hellenistic elephant. I now have a pair:
This is part of a mini-project with two aims:
- Paint the figures leftover from my Later Macedonain project.
- Provide additional units to allow me to field a Phyrric army.
For the former I have enough for two more pike units so I can field "pike heavy" armies. For the latter I "only" (this is a wargamers only) need a few extra cavalry, some slingers, two elephants and lots of hoplites.
I've done the cavalry and now the elephants. The slingers are on the painting table. The only drawback with this project is the 24 hoplites that I have to paint. The figures themselves aren't a problem but the shields may take me while.
Painting notes
For modelling, construction and painting notes see my earlier post.
In July I wrote:
The cloth cover on the elephant caused me a few issues. If I ever do another elephant I'll use greenstuff to smooth out the creases to give a more flowing appearance. As supplied there are too many creases and they are too sharp making painting a real chore.
In the end I didn't use greenstuff. I simply filed the tops off the ridges in the cloth covering; just enough to give something that would take a brush.
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