RMD wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:08 am
If you can't get pack mules, how about pack elephants? They were fairly commonly used by Japanese forces. I've seen the odd mountain artillery pack elephant in colonial ranges, but can't think of one offhand. Foundry did a transport elephant and an artillery-towing elephant for the Indian Mutiny that should be easy to convert.
Again, Brigade Games do an elephant with a Japanese mahout, that is obviously meant to be pulling something - and only US$13.00 which sounds good value! Again, still waiting to hear back from North Star as to whether they still sell BG stuff.
bangorstu wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:47 pm
Warlord do Chindit mule teams... you'd have to swap the human element around obviously.....
Thanks. I did look at them as a last resort - £4 a mule is a bit steep, especially as I was hoping to get two on each JOP!
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RMD wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:08 am
If you can't get pack mules, how about pack elephants? They were fairly commonly used by Japanese forces. I've seen the odd mountain artillery pack elephant in colonial ranges, but can't think of one offhand. Foundry did a transport elephant and an artillery-towing elephant for the Indian Mutiny that should be easy to convert.
Again, Brigade Games do an elephant with a Japanese mahout, that is obviously meant to be pulling something - and only US$13.00 which sounds good value! Again, still waiting to hear back from North Star as to whether they still sell BG stuff.
That's interesting. I have seen photos of them with local mahouts (Burmese, wearing the usual Burmese bush-hat).
Err why does it matter what hat an elephant wears? I've heard about Napoleonic button counters but now Elephant hat aficionados - that is getting ridiculous
