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Speira Carthaginian War Elephant

Posted by Traveller1865 on 10 Feb 2019, 10:14

The next in our line of ancient war elephants is perhaps the most famous of all; Hannibal's African War Elephant of Carthage. A mahout will be included but not finished yet, it will also come with separate arrow and javelin quivers to be placed on or inside the tower.

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Posted by MABO on 10 Feb 2019, 10:41

The elephant is really wonderfull again, Amos.

Only the pose of the mahout looks a bit strange to me. Reminds me of:

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But you have written it is not finalised, yet?

Keep up the great work, the next order will come... ;-)
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 10 Feb 2019, 10:51

yes the mahout is not done, that is just a mannequin.
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Posted by MABO on 10 Feb 2019, 10:53

:yeah:
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Posted by Konrad on 10 Feb 2019, 12:11

MABO wrote:...., the next order will come... ;-)


To order.
Where?
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Posted by MABO on 10 Feb 2019, 14:18

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Posted by Traveller1865 on 13 Feb 2019, 06:26

The Carthaginian mahout

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Posted by MABO on 13 Feb 2019, 08:46

Yes, that is what we need!
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 14 Feb 2019, 10:10

Alternative version:
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 15 Feb 2019, 19:19

Also if you're on a budget, or want to portray elephants on the march when towers may not have been needed, then here is the naked elephant without accessories, allowing you some freedom to customize it.

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Posted by Kekso on 15 Feb 2019, 21:23

Traveller1865 wrote: naked elephant


That's inappropriate for underage forum members :xd: :xd: :xd:
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Posted by FredG on 15 Feb 2019, 22:05

Tusk tusk! That's naughty
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 18 Apr 2019, 16:16

We've made an alternative tower for the Carthaginian War Elephant, hope you all like it.

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Posted by Ben90 on 18 Apr 2019, 16:43

Looks even better, I think! Awesome model!
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 20 Apr 2019, 16:15

There will also be a casualty model of the African elephant with corresponding tower

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Posted by Traveller1865 on 30 Apr 2019, 12:29

The African forrest elephant is now available as a standalone product, no tower, no caparison or accessories are included.

https://www.speira.net/product/african- ... -elephant/
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 01 May 2019, 15:45

The new Carthaginian tower, shields are supplied separate.

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Posted by Traveller1865 on 03 May 2019, 06:00

Today we present the crew for Carthaginian elephant, there's room for about 3 figures, but typically it's believed the tower held two men. Here we show the tower with both 2 and 3 crewmen.

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Posted by Traveller1865 on 04 May 2019, 14:21

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Posted by Traveller1865 on 05 May 2019, 18:22

A carthaginian crewman with sarissa now available
https://www.speira.net/product/carthagi ... h-sarissa/

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