 StoneMtnMinis  | 13 Mar 2023 8:19 a.m. PST |
Having aquired a number of the teddy bear castings in approximate 18th century uniforms. And having decided to paint them for the AWI period. I am faced with a deep philosophical question: would teddy bear grenadiers wear bearskins? Or would they wear the mitre? I'm leaning to the mitre. |
| 35thOVI | 13 Mar 2023 8:29 a.m. PST |
If humans wear bear skin, wouldn't bears wear human hair/skin hats? 🤔 But if a dilemma, go mitre. 😉 |
| jgawne | 13 Mar 2023 8:37 a.m. PST |
I have some of those. The mitre is better as it looks different from the rest of the figure. Of course, they do wear bearskin on their heads UNDER the mitre, so…. |
| colgar6 | 13 Mar 2023 9:05 a.m. PST |
Maybe it's from a different sort of bear – and that's then OK? I'm thinking "wild" bear rather than "teddy" bear… |
| 35thOVI | 13 Mar 2023 9:16 a.m. PST |
Are they ruled by Christopher Robin? 🙂 |
| Frederick | 13 Mar 2023 9:59 a.m. PST |
|
| Grattan54 | 13 Mar 2023 10:09 a.m. PST |
|
| robert piepenbrink | 13 Mar 2023 11:14 a.m. PST |
I'm with Daemon. Mitres with Blue coats--the Regiments von Steiff and von Gundt, perhaps? The Regiments Hammacher and Schlemmer? But red coats and bearskins for Sir Theodore Hambly's Regiment of Foot. |
| Zephyr1 | 13 Mar 2023 2:13 p.m. PST |
Go 'fake fur', then you can paint the bearskins in all kinds of neon colors… ;-) |
| epturner | 13 Mar 2023 2:29 p.m. PST |
As Pooh Bear might say… "Oh, Bother!" Eric |
| 14Bore | 13 Mar 2023 2:41 p.m. PST |
I love mitres, though tend to 1812 Russians and only 1 by rights should have them have a few regiments.
Go with mitres |
| Bashytubits | 14 Mar 2023 4:05 p.m. PST |
compromise, go with bare skins. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 14 Mar 2023 7:48 p.m. PST |
I, for one, am pleased to see the British supporting our right to arm bears. |
 piper909 | 14 Mar 2023 10:43 p.m. PST |
I'd go with mitres, for the contrast, as others have suggested. But if you want bearskins for some, why not use polar bear? White fur for contrast could look spiffy. |
| Zephyr1 | 15 Mar 2023 2:37 p.m. PST |
If you go Ottobear, you can give them fezzes… ;-) |
has been spending time in paradise lately.
