...and bears! Oh my.

[JamWarrior]

My first attempt at procuring a bear for my Frostgrave party was a bit of a comedy failure of scale.



The perils of EBay.

Anyone know of a good source for a 28mm bear (or similar sized beastie) that won't break the bank for delivery to the UK?

[Svennn]

I would be looking at the Schleich or Papo plastic collector toys because I think you want it that bit larger and imposing for effect. For about £5.00 its going to knock spots off any metal or resin offering for cost.

[JamWarrior]

Ah, good idea.  Not a route I'd considered.  They do seem to swing the other way to too huge however.

[Pijlie]

TheItaleri 1/32 Gladiator set has two.

[tomcat51]

Not only is it not to scale but it also doesn't look like a bear

[Momotaro]

Wargames Foundry make a set, think they were £12 for a pack of three:



They do a ton of other animals as well.

Northstar has a range of boreal animals:

http://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=42&page=1

DeeZee do some cave bears and a range of modern animals and prehistoric mammals:

http://arcanesceneryandmodels.co.uk/product-category/deezee-miniatures/.

Papo and Schleich often do great models, as Svennn suggested, but scale can vary wildly.  Papo sell a standing grizzly that's huge - at 13cm tall it can probably look over a 28mm house...

[Sir_Theo]

A bit like an anteater...

Warbases do a cheap one , I think it's 28mm.

[blackfly]

Looks like you fell for the MiniFigs trap!  I did the same thing years ago and was similarly disenchanted by the tiny tiny "bear" i received.

Reaper has a pretty nice dire bear:




Acheson cave bear:



Steve barber:





DeeZee:



http://arcanesceneryandmodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rearing-bear.jpg


Fenryl:



IronWind Metals




Mantis / FigOne



Pulp Figures:

[blackfly]

Oh, and if you can track down one of the ones Majestic Bear Games used to sell, they're pretty great. OOP though, afaik.

[beefcake]

Northstar were selling one in the Frostgrave addons for 4.50 pounds in metal. Hopefully I'll get to see how big it is when it arrives with my frostgrave stuff. I think it will be more expensive than that now though.

[sundayhero]

D&D plastic minis (again !  ) have a nice 28mm plastic bear. I painted 3 of them from my Ashardalon boxset.

[Pijlie]

Not only is it not to scale but it also doesn't look like a bear

Well excuse me. 

These can't be bears then.



 

[Sinewgrab]

And there is always the D&D minis prepaint...let me know if you need a 28mm size comparison.

[sundayhero]

The ones from Ashardalon boxset are diferent :

http://s247.photobucket.com/user/azazel_f13/media/Miniatures/Dungeons%20and%20Dragons/IMG_3183_zps4pl8epz5.jpg.html

[gnomehome]

The ones from Ashardalon boxset are diferent :

http://s247.photobucket.com/user/azazel_f13/media/Miniatures/Dungeons%20and%20Dragons/IMG_3183_zps4pl8epz5.jpg.html

Excellent painting - very crisp and clean.