Sunday 24 May 2020

Aventine's 28mm Sassanid Elephant

Hi there,

A year before starting this blog I painted a Sassanid elephant from the excellent Aventine Miniatures Sassanid range, I have taken new pics of the elephant these days, and now it is finally in the blog, where it deserved to be.

This unit is one of the center pieces of my growing Sassanid Army for Impetus and/Hail Caesar... The army is composed by miniatures from A&A, Aventine and Gripping Beast.
It is a metal Elephant, and  I am very pleased with the sculpt and the finished result of the paintjob 
(it was painted partly with airbrush).

The Sassanid shield transfers are Little Big Men Studios, the best transfers I have ever seen. The shield in the ground is hand painted, a late Roman design belonging to "Lanciarri Seniores"

I hope you like this little jumbo, soon I will post a Savaran/Clibanarii unit I am currently painting, and a post showing the whole army.

Cheers!

















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17 comments:

  1. Aly Morrison24 May 2020 at 19:15

    A beautiful paint job Jose...
    What’s not to love about Sassanid War Elephants... I need one 😁

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Jose Maria Cagiga24 May 2020 at 22:33

      Many thanks Aly! Now the elephants are resin (Aventine) so not too heavy like mine, give them a try!

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  2. Cyrus24 May 2020 at 23:50

    Superb Sassanid elephant! Look forward to the Savaran.

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    1. Jose Maria Cagiga25 May 2020 at 09:19

      Many thanks mate, I hope to have them finished in a few days.
      Cheers!

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  3. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)25 May 2020 at 18:00

    That's some beautiful work!

    Christopher

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  4. Dmitry Svidlo26 May 2020 at 13:09

    Very nice looking model. Neat and beautiful work on the elephant:) lovely!

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  5. Stu26 May 2020 at 15:10

    Beautiful. How did you paint the dirt on the elephant's white cloth?

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    1. Jose Maria Cagiga27 May 2020 at 09:57

      Thanks! I think It was drybrushing earthy and dusty colours, very slightly.

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  6. caveadsum147126 May 2020 at 20:58

    Lovely looking elephant! The transfer shield and the handpainted shield are both excellent!
    Best Iain

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  7. Codsticker27 May 2020 at 04:57

    The skin tones on that elephant are just fantastic- really superb.

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    1. Jose Maria Cagiga27 May 2020 at 09:58

      Many thanks mate, I used the airbrush for the skin and howdah wood, then oil washes and drybrush.

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