Which Elephant?

Okay, I have an elephantine problem...

I have painted up a Gripping Beast pachyderm, with one of my own, home-made, towers.  It looks quite nice.  There is one slight problem with it - the legs are rather far apart, when seen from the front or the back.  Elephants tend to walk with their legs under their bodies, rather than out to the side.  I have another one to paint, and another scratch-built tower to use.  They're not ideal, but in some way (probably because of the home-made towers) they're very much mine.

I also bought, on a whim, the first of Aventine Miniatures' new elephants - the King's elephant.  It's a lovely model, in all respects, and I am looking forward to painting it up (and I can get on with it now if I want to, as the transfers from Steve at LBMS have arrived).  But now Aventine have released four more elephants - this time 'rank and file' elephants. They're lovely too...  And I want at least a couple!  I don't need them, but I like them.  And I can't decide what to do.  I want to use my modified Gripping Beast beasts.  I also want to use my new king's elephant, and I want some of the new ones from Aventine (though I don't quite know which of the two tower variants I like best).  

For the size of force I'm likely to end up with, I really shouldn't need more than three jumbos (and three will doubtless cause utter chaos in play!).  So, what is a wargamer to do?

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