Published Jul 16th, 2020, 7/16/20 4:30 pm
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Captain_JEK
Level 90 : Overlord Deity
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Hello,

this is an elephant.
For a bigger, mechanical elephant take a look at The Gardener of Hell.
I also made a Giraffe and a Crocodile.

Enjoy!
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SammyFox
• 03/31/2026 4:14 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner
The floating tusks are a little strange, also I am in 1.21.1 so I have deepslate, added it in to make it feel more alive :D
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Captain_JEK
• 03/31/2026 4:36 pm
He/Him • Level 90 : Overlord Deity
Well, ideally the tusks should attach to the upside down stone stair in the middle of them and maybe even tilt down or outwards a little, but that's not possible in Minecraft (okay, maybe with display entities it would be possible), so best I could do is the floating tusks xD
Or how would you have done it?

Oh yeah, the deepslate is a good idea! You're always welcome to customize my builds to your needs :)
The way I post them is just one way they can be done.
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SammyFox
• 03/31/2026 9:00 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner
Ahhh I gotcha, I love them I also was wondering if a block behind might make it work? but then they got fat cheeks? I haven't tested, yet.

I built a few of them on a server, and I'll be adding a larger set for parents :D
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Captain_JEK
• 04/01/2026 3:40 pm
He/Him • Level 90 : Overlord Deity
Yeah, the "fat cheeks" problem is what I encountered, too xD
In the end I decided it looked best with the floating tusks because this keeps the elephant's head's shape intact and doesn't alter it too much to the point where it looks weird.

But I mean you're welcome to test and try everything on your mind to make them not float anymore :)
I don't claim what I post is the best version ever, it's just the best version I could come up with at that time.
Now, time has passed and maybe there is a better way to do it. So try all you want, maybe you find a better version :)
This is how innovation works ^^

That's great! Would you like to show me the parents maybe? I'm really curious what they look like :D
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Lil-puppy23
• 07/18/2020 4:08 am
• Level 47 : Master Architect
Oooh! Branching out! Maybe... try a Trailer house?



If you ever run out of vehicles to build, there's always houses.
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Captain_JEK
• 07/18/2020 10:24 am
He/Him • Level 90 : Overlord Deity
Yeah, I wanted to try some animals in small scale :)
Maybe you should know that I started making vehicles only because I was fed up with building houses xD
So, what I'm most likely not gonna do is build a house, even if it sits on wheels. It still looks too much like a house :P
And to be honest, I really don't think I'm ever gonna run out of vehicles to build because there are sooo many different ones ^^
Thanks for showing this idea to me anyways!
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T3sla
• 07/17/2020 5:19 am
• Level 59 : Grandmaster Lego Builder
This is insane, haha how do u get on Minecraft and make the impossible possible lmao thinking of making an elephant at small scale is insane love the detail looks really great! Any more animals coming soon?
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Captain_JEK
• 07/17/2020 12:29 pm
He/Him • Level 90 : Overlord Deity
Haha xD I don't know, I just wondered if it was possible to make an elephant in Minecraft at a playable scale, so I tried. There are some other animals I have in mind that could be interesting for building but I'm not gonna mention them now since I don't know how they will turn out. If they end up recognizeable, I will post them here, if they look just like a pile of blocks, I won't post them, but maybe improve them in the future. So yeah, hopefully, I will be able to upload some more animals xD
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mythicaljay
• 07/16/2020 4:43 pm
• Level 47 : Master Wizard
Great job! I love how small but detailed it is!
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Captain_JEK
• 07/16/2020 4:54 pm
He/Him • Level 90 : Overlord Deity
Thanks! Yeah, detailing was interesting. If I put too few detail into it, it looked flat and if I put too much detail into it, it looked like a machine or robot elephant. A mechanical steampunk elephant would be a cool idea of its own actually xD
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