Elephants in the Indian Mutiny

Started by paulr, 06 June 2022, 08:56:45 PM

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Westmarcher

QuoteGOM - an African elephant in an Indian army? Howls of derisive laughter, sahib.

No worries, FK and GOM; the Pendraken Carthaginian one looks like an Asian elephant.  :-B

African & Asian Elephants

ACR8 Elephant with crew

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Big Insect

Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 08 June 2022, 10:05:43 PMHi

Pendraken does do the artillery mover elephant from the Indian Mutiny range

https://www.pendraken.co.uk/nmub19-nelephant-with-siege-gun-limber-1-2692-p.asp



You could come up with something using the Carthaginian elephant with a Mutiny crew but it's not the spiffy Mughal armoured types.

Irregular does make a Mughal armoured elephant but it's not one of their finest.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan


I am not sure that by the time of the Mutiny you'd have armoured elephants - but hey ho ... they would look pretty and this model can easily be converted into one used for carrying troops. I think Foundry had a really nice 28mm version you could use a picture of as a modelling guide.
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