The theme was hobgoblins and I went big.
As in the 9th Age hobgoblins have their own army book that includes a karkhadon beast as a mount for your leader aka the Shah, I used an ogre stone horn with a 3D printed Howdah.
The howdah is the extent of the conversions. The howdah fitted quite easily as the top of the beast has a flat finished usually hidden by the ogre rider.
I wanted the horns to be weathered and am happy with the outcome that used heavy bone white paint over watered down black washes.
The hobgoblins also have access to mahouts with three crew and I decided a 3D printed war mammoth was the way to go.
Although designed for chaos warriors of the dark gods I had these printed at 50% which was perfect for the crew.
The crew were also 3D printed with conversions to arm them with halberds. As the pose of the mammoths are a little repetitive I changed a couple of the front legs and added some chains to another to break up the unit.
Painting followed my recent apprise to lighten the skin tone of the hobgoblins with some slight variations to the mammoths from grey and black to some lighter browns.
Although I did not place as a winning entry (the winners were amazing) I am extremely happy with the finished unit. They dwarf the rest of the mounted hobgoblins as demonstrated above.
