New Elephant's Choice (1 Viewer)

[Ana Donzino]

Hello Guys,

It's time for me to begin thinking in the new elephant. I have four choices and I'd like to now what you think.

First, my favorite of this batch.

Dewas Senior




This elephant has a few features that make it wonderful to be made:

* The maharaja of Dewas Senior is a young boy. He sits by a British Officer at his left. That s SO lovely I made a boy before, but he was sitting by his father who was the actual maharaja (Kapurthala)

* The elephant's face is nicely painted, with many colors

*The necklace of the elephant is beautiful

* There are two men, one on each side of the elephant, standing on a step. They are dressed in white, with very distinctive hats. The one on the right side of the elephant carries the bright color umbrella.

* The colors of the elephant's clothes look very contrastant


Maler Kotla





This elephant went alone, without a pair, like the elephant of Narsingharh

* It has a lot of colors all over: elephant's clothes, face paintings

* The Maharaja is elegantly dressed, as well as the 2 companions on the back seat, carrying ornaments.

* The escort guards are beautiful

* The elephant's head clothes and ornaments are splendid, and so is the driver (mahout)

 

[Ana Donzino]

Charkkhari





* The most appealing for me from this elephant s definitely the painting of the elephant's face. It's gorgeous.

* The howda has a fine original shape on the front panel

* The escort guards are so pretty


Bahawalpur





* The main attraction of this elephant is definitely the maharaja. Look at the richness of his clothes and jewels. He looks so proud in his howda.

* The elephant has 3 necklaces

* The elephant carries a ladder on the left side and it's off white. It wll look very good against the elephant's clothes colors.

Well, let me know what you think

Ana

 

[DMNamiot]

Hi Ana,

Wonderful choices, I really like the Charkkhari Elephant. The fact that you have such a clear photo of it really helps bring out the details of the elephants face paints.

Dave

 

[Ana Donzino]

Yes, Dave, the clear photo is a huge advantage. One ponit for Charkkhari

Ana

 

[wadepat]

Hi Ana,

Any of the four choices are terrific! However, I tend to agree with Dave. Of the four, I would choose the Charkkhari Elephant. I cannot escape the influence of the clarity of the photo as it does an excellent job of presenting detail. In addition to the detailed photo, the portion of the elephant that makes the final difference for me is the most interesting front panel of the howdah. Compared to the howdahs on the other elephants, the Charkkhari howdah stands out as wonderfully different and exceptionally artistic. But,...

I want to add that any of the four will make a significantly exciting choice.

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[Ana Donzino]

Thank you, Pat! Charkkhari is winning so far...

Ana

 

[DMNamiot]

Can't wait to see you work your magic on this one and the dogs as well! Some very fun sets on the horizon! Thanks for allowing us to help you with the elephant decision Ana.

Dave

 

[Ana Donzino]

I love sharing all this Durbar stuff with all of you, Dave