Elephants, Snow, Ice, and Mammoths

These are some of the elephants that I got in the Lakeshore Tub of Wild Animals I got a few days ago. They are a bit on the small side, but they will help to give my elephant herd a bit more variety. An elephant herd has several uses. Big game hunting, Tarzan games; using the old Airfix / HaT Tarzan figures, and even Afrika Korps / 8th Army goes very far south wargames!






















The set also included these animals. They make a great giant creature for those exploring the unknown jungle games.























Finally, I got a couple more mammoths from Tedco Toys. I have combined them with the Nature Toob igloos, the Matchbox Arctic explorers, and the Copplestone Arctic Camp. I placed them on a white plastic sheet to simulate an Arctic environment.























In WWII the Germans, Finns, Russians, Americans, Canadians, Japanese and British all had troops working in the Arctic regions. Often they were small groups of soldiers, sailors, and airmen monitoring the weather. The weather is often created in Arctic regions and the Allied bomber offensive against both Japan and Germany was very weather dependant. They were usually small groups that often were dropped off and expected to winter over without re-supply. These small forces sometimes fought each other and when they discovered the enemy, they would sometimes call in more forces. These little battles make quick wargames because they have small forces, and very limited terrain.