Enter the Polar Bears

The girlie squee was heard around the dealer's room when a vendor who specialized in dolls and accessories for making models handed me the polar bear. She'd been holding him for me, especially after I asked about polar bears because of my work with Bjorn's Mate. I hugged him to my chest, gladly paid the money she wanted for him, and nearly skipped back to my dealers table where I put him with the other figures I'd purchased that day. (Including this handsome blond gentleman).

Kjell (on snowshoes) and Bjorn on patrol. And yeah, if he were really in the Arctic he'd need gloves and a face mask. Except he's a manly man and so can stand out in the snow without them. :)

I used to be an avid model horse collector. (Having a real one preempted my need to have a hundred plastic ones). There is an aspect of the hobby called photo showing, where you put your model horses in a realistic setting and take a picture. The pictures are then judged against each other. How realistic is the setting? Is the tack and rider/handler (if used) in correct positions? Does the horse have the correct confirmation and is the horse's position making him look as if he's doing the job requested.

So to me, taking pictures like the one above, is an extension of that older hobby.