Saturday 27 April 2013

Elephants and Cretans

These are the Ptolemaic Raphia elephants; mostly based now (no tufts, yet), but no crew.


I have enough additional escorts (not shown) for one more elephant, and think I should add one more as 5 is a bit of a random number, and 6 would enable me to use them un-escorted, in pairs.

I had a bit of good news yesterday; I've got a large table to take an enlarged version of my Thapsus game, to SELWG, on October 13th.  This will enable me to take my rules on a new outing.  I'll want to get a load more legionaries painted... luckily I have quite a few that Nick painted for me last year, ready to base.  I'll also need some more terrain, including some Roman ships...

15 comments:

DeanM said...

1,2, 3, 4, 5...6 - SIX elephants! Good going, Simon. Always impressed with your work. Best, Dean

Silver Whistle said...

Remember to strengthen your table with all that extra lead.
Cheers,
Pat.

roma912 said...

They look awesome and will be dau ting when on the gaming table.

Cheers,
Ross

Phil said...

Very nice looking figures, love the elephants!
Phil.

EinarOlafson said...
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EinarOlafson said...

Looking good!! Did you say Roman ships?!! That sounds great!!

Cheers.

BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps! The elephants are really quite heavy.

Andres, yes I've long wanted some Roman ships. I want some small boats that might patrol the Rhine, and perhaps a big grain ship... maybe also a small trireme. Brought my Gobbos down tonight, will try to photograph tomorrow.

Willie Anderson said...

Those look great Simon six would balance it up!

BigRedBat said...

Yes, needs to be done, Willie!

Of course I also have 6 smaller Africans, from the Zama game, so my current African total is 11. And 2 Indians, and at least 10 dead elephants...

legatus hedlius said...

Haven't been to SELWG for years. Maybe I should go along and see your game this year!

BigRedBat said...

Come along and play, Stephen!

Cyrus said...

African elephants and Cretans are looking great Simon! How many are you using for the Ptolemies at Raphia?

BigRedBat said...

Hi Cyrus, just these 5. There will be 6 Seleucids nellies.

Cheers, Simon

Dalauppror said...

Great looking minis !!!

fireymonkeyboy said...


You're a machine.