The Elefanten is a large four legged walker used by the SDR. The original HJ issue does not go into any detail on the purpose of the Elefanten. The story portion describes a first hand account of monitoring the Mercenary Recon Scout vehicle. The rest of the article describes the build process for the original. The long forward "trunk" is a heavy laser. I've always loved the Elefanten. It's such a unique looking walker with the inverted rear legs.
The resin kit was a pretty straightforward build. I added a few extra greeblies and details to add some interest. I also detailed out a cockpit but very little is visible once assembled. The model was painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered with oils, acrylics and pigments. The figure is from Alpine and painted with Vallejo Acrylics.
I didn't take too many in progress images. Here are a few in primer.
And here are a few with the base paint and initial weathering.
