From LeeH - Macdonian Elephants (7 Points)

When Pyrrhus of Epirus deployed his Elephants against the Roman Cavalry at Beneventium in 275BCE it came as a terrible shock to the Republicans. The use of Elephants changed the course of the battle and arguably won the day for Pyrrhus. The Romans did eventually adapt to fighting these beasts but the fact that Hannibal was still using them nearly 75 years later showed that they were not entirely the one-use shock weapon that some historians describe them as.

Having painted these I am now convinced that I have used the wrong Elephant models for my Pyrrhic army. The models I have used don't have towers and I think they are actually the type used by earlier Macedonian armies (Poor research strikes again!). By the time of the Successor armies elephant crews rode into war inside wooden Howdahs, much like the later war pachyderms that I painted for my Carthaginians. Its entirely my mistake but these are what I have and these will have to do for now! I have found the right models and have now ordered them, so expect to see even more Elephants at some point later in the Challenge!

I have again resorted to dressmakers pins to make the Sarisa or long spear carried by the crew. Thankfully this time I managed to add them to the models without bloodshed!

Two war elephants and four crew won't earn me a massive amount of points but at least I can get something entered this week while I finish off other larger entries for next week.

MilesR: I always love a good war elephant and with this submission we get 2!  Great painting Lee and I also really like the clean basing and label - this entry will net you seven points (2 each for the Ellies, 2 for the 4 crew and 1 extra from me for the basing(.  I'm really looking forward to a group shot of the entire Pyrrhic army when you're done.