10mm bears

Started by Pockets, 17 July 2010, 09:31:36 PM

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Big Insect

Can we have a prehistoric short faced bear please, oh and a werebear or two if we are talking fantasy like?
Maybe a shape-shifting bear as well.

Just thought I'd throw my paw in the ring so to speak  :D
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O Dinas Powys

Quote from: Big Insect on 10 January 2020, 09:49:41 PM
Can we have a prehistoric short faced bear please, oh and a werebear or two if we are talking fantasy like?
Maybe a shape-shifting bear as well.

Just thought I'd throw my paw in the ring so to speak  :D

Yeah, a short-faces bear would be awesome AND scary  8->
(I know, even though it's fantasy  :o  ;)  )

steve_holmes_11

Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 10 January 2020, 01:31:34 PM
Brown bears are the most naturally variable wild species on earth, showing size variance to rival domestic dogs  :-B

A number of scientists have gone mad studying bears because of this - I remember once reading a paper where someone claimed there were 35+ distinct sub-species of brown bear in the USA alone  8-}

If some of the figures are going to be armoured, polar bears might be the best to aim for proportion wise (they're fairly gracile compared to other bears): sticking armour onto a big, fluffy Kodiak/grizzly base might make them too bulky.

Cheers!

Meirion

PS My palaeontology M.Sc dissertation was on whether you could reliably differentiate between cave and brown bears just using the size of their teeth - you'd better (not?) ask my wife whether studying bears affected my sanity...  :-$

PPS You can...  ;)

Bergmann's Rule "Creatures grow larger in cold climates" seems particularly suited for a large hibernating animal.

steve_holmes_11

If some of your bears are bipedal, they could also serve as Rikshas (Bar people from classical indian folklore).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_in_Hindu_mythology#Rikshas


Techno

Quote from: Big Insect on 10 January 2020, 09:49:41 PM
Can we have a prehistoric short faced bear please, oh and a werebear or two if we are talking fantasy like?
Maybe a shape-shifting bear as well.

Just thought I'd throw my paw in the ring so to speak  :D

Go away !  :P ;).....You and Leon should get some piccies of other stuff later. :D

Cheers - Phil

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Well you couldn't go much slower !! ;D ;D
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Techno

Nah....

For what I can make on an hourly rate ?  =O =O =O
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