New Mojö 2017 - Asian Elephant

Andrew, once again you did an great job! Thank you so much! That really would be a perfect elephant cow, but the neck still looks a little strange.
When are the brands going to ask you to model a elephant for them?

arafan wrote:

Andrew, once again you did an great job! Thank you so much! That really would be a perfect elephant cow, but the neck still looks a little strange.
When are the brands going to ask you to model a elephant for them?

Thank you for the comment.  
CollectA did contact me previously to redo their Asian elephants but they didn't offer fair compensation so I did not accept their offer.
In other words, they basically said "please accept a very small payment or if you want you can hand it to us for free and we will put your name in our catalogue."
It was not a fair compensation for the time and research needed to complete the task.

Wow, Andrew,now really looks very nice Asian elephant cow
Thank you very much for this revised picture from you.
Thank you also for pointing us, the 3 toenails inaccuracy..and of course , you are absolutely right about that. :)

And of course, we still love Mojo, for trying to give us a nice Asian Elephant :)

Thank you Kosta, of course you already correctly noted all the major points well.
Despite that I still like the sculpting on the head.

Great job Andrew, I was waiting for it

And now I want the revised model

Wow, thank you for that Andrew, I think the changes you did are great and with them the model would look perfect
It's also great to hear that you like the head shape

elephas_maximus wrote:

This is how I would revise the model to make it more anatomically accurate.

Amazing the difference it makes , - great job

nice details in in it, don't know why those mistakes Kosta pointed actually came up,..unnecessary,..What i also dislike are those deep canyon-like skin textures,..A little more decent like at legs and head would be way better

elephas_maximus wrote:

I also agree with everything KOSTA said.  

The proportions are more suited for a younger animal but the head is that of an adult.
This is definitely an elephant cow, based on overall the anatomy.  
Females do grow small, thin tusks called  "tushes" which are normally hidden under the lip line but in some individuals can grow a bit longer.
Another inaccuracy is the model only seems to have 3 toenails on each foot when it should have 5 on the front and 4 on the back feet.
That wrinkle texture is distracting and does not follow the wrinkle patterns of a real elephant.  
Despite all this it still looks better than the new Schleich Asian elephant cow.

This is how I would revise the model to make it more anatomically accurate.

Nailed It !!! the current figure looks like a young Ellie except with an enlarged Head !! and that Head is beautiful sculpt !!

lets see the final sculpt when they are released next year ! and your Revised figure is an Asian Ellie !!

El-Max,
Very nice revision! Great job explaining!

costicuba wrote:

I also don`t like so much these too simple scratches for texture..
But it is a nice Asian elephant :)

My sentiments exactly (both of them).

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Scott? Am I seeing well? Is it you? What a fantastic Christmas gift seeing you back home! I hope all are well and sorry for being off topic.

Thank you Roger! That is very very kind of you to say.

It's always good to visit STS, on those rare occasions when I'm able. Most of my collecting news is not very interesting though: it mostly involves my 4 year old pillaging my collection. I like that he loved animals passionately. But there are figures I never thought I'd let go of that are now being thrown around the house with abandon. You should see the destroyed Schleich Muskox...(well, in that case, I do have a pristine second copy of the figure that I have squirreled away (; ).

scot(t) wrote:

Thank you Roger! That is very very kind of you to say.

It's always good to visit STS, on those rare occasions when I'm able. Most of my collecting news is not very interesting though: it mostly involves my 4 year old pillaging my collection. I like that he loved animals passionately. But there are figures I never thought I'd let go of that are now being thrown around the house with abandon. You should see the destroyed Schleich Muskox...(well, in that case, I do have a pristine second copy of the figure that I have squirreled away (; ).

Yes it is good to see you back from times to times, I remember how was my life when my daughter had four years old .

You are missing here Scott

Wonderful to see you, Scott

How is little Oliver ? He must soon be 4 years old...how time flies

thank you both Christophe and Susanne!! I miss you all bunches.

Little O is doing great. (almost 4. great memory Susanne!) We now have a second child too. a girl who is almost one year.

I hope you are all doing well!

scot(t) wrote:

thank you both Christophe and Susanne!! I miss you all bunches.

Little O is doing great. (almost 4. great memory Susanne!) We now have a second child too. a girl who is almost one year.

I hope you are all doing well!

We miss you also

Congratulations with the little girl

This new Mojo elephant is definitely on my purchase list this year. And I really do think it will get some votes for 2017 Wild Animal of the Year---------one of them being from me

At last I was afraid everybody would vote for teh CollectA saïga

Kikimalou wrote:

At last  I was afraid everybody would vote for teh CollectA saïga

OF COURSE they do

Would love to see this beautiful elephant as a companion piece about the size of the Safari LTD Wildlife Wonders trunk up Asian elephant : )

I just bought mine and despite of the proportion issue plus the skin that looks cut, the sculpting is amazing, the paintjob too and it's really a nice and amazingly detailed figurine!

I love it

This is one of the best models in Mojo rank!!

Here it is with a bigger buddy: