bears with me a little longer...



Posted on December 26, 2021
Tags: paleolithic

Reaper Miniatures is not a company I've been familiar with. To be honest, I couldn't tell you how I ended up perusing their catalog of figures. Probably in my search for figures of generic 'critters' to be used in 'Palaeo Diet'. Sure enough, I found the aforementioned rats and pugs but also a terrific 'Dire Bear' and a Mammoth. I also purchased a cyclops to go with my Trojan War figures and a sphynx more in line with the Greek myth of Oedipus rather than the architectural Egyptian version. Those will get painted later. Meanwhile I didn't want the paleolithic figures to languish in the painting queue.

Dire bear (Reaper, 28mm)
Dire bear (Reaper, 28mm)
Mammoth (Reaper, 28mm)
Mammoth (Reaper, 28mm)

While painting the bear I realized... I have more big bears than I ever thought I'd need!

An assortment of bears (1st-Acheson Creations 28mm,  2nd and 4th-Italeri 54mm, 3rd and 5th-Reaper 28mm)
An assortment of bears (1st-Acheson Creations 28mm, 2nd and 4th-Italeri 54mm, 3rd and 5th-Reaper 28mm, )

Interestingly enough, the two darker bears in the picture above are 54mm figures from the old Italeri gladiator set. The other three, while considerably larger, are ostensibly 28mm though they do depict ancient species.

And to give a better sense of scale... I think this poor guy is in for a spot of trouble! Oh, bother!

Master of the bears (Master, Warlord Savage Core, bears, various makers, 28mm)
Master of the bears (Master, Warlord Savage Core, bears, various makers, 28mm)
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