War Elephant

One of my earliest posts featured this model but I decided to take some new pics of it. The mahout was a Disney Bambam and there is also a Disney Hercules, a Hat figure and copies of Greek Herald figures.

The elephant is a cheapo made in China African one with the ears cut down to make it look like an Indian elephant. The howdah is cut frpm balsa and scored to give the imitation brick work. The side decorations were ear rings and the shield on the elephants head was a toy, possibly from Masters of the Universe or something similar, The cloth under the howdah was cut from a handkerchief and the paint job copied a book illustration.