Why bother with a hare miniature?
Realistically, you probably don’t need to, but you might want to. As Beasts go, the hare isn’t a particularly terrifying beast at CR 0. Unless you have an Easter themed game, it’s also unlikely that you will be using them as a plot device. It’s possible that your druid might want to turn into one for stealth related issues, but it’s not likely to be at the top of your list for Dungeons & Dragons miniatures to purchase. Fair enough if so- the only reason I am featuring it today is because it’s Easter, so it is thematic.
What about this mini?
This unpainted metal mini pack from Reaper Miniatures is Familiar pack IV #02756 and consists of the hare miniature as well as several others: a lizard, monkey, pug, weasel, pseudodragon, imp, and squirrel. I have already featured the squirrel previously, if you want to see what another mini from the pack looks like. The sculpt is beautiful, as we expect from Sandra Garrity, and despite being a teeny tiny little miniature, it looks great. It also fits well onto a tiny base, making it the correct size.
How useful is this mini, really?
Hares are included in exactly 1 of the many published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
That’s obviously not a lot of the books. Realistically, this mini is as useful as you make it. If you choose to add rabbits to your games, then it will get a lot of use. If not, then you won’t. On the other hand, it comes in a pack with a bunch of other creatures, many of which are more useful. You do you.
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide you with good views of all angles of the miniatures featured, along with accurate sizing information for them. As I already pointed out, the hare miniature is on a tiny sized base as it is supposed to be. In addition I would like to thank premiere wildlife artist Sherrie York, a master reduction linocut artist, for graciously allowing me to use one of her reduction linocuts, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for my miniatures in the video. Check out her other reduction linocuts; she is, in my opinion, the best linocut artist of our generation.