I'd like to use the model of 8-ball (the big panda of aristeia) as our new Bear! I like the idea of place on the table the models of dog-warriors, antipodes and of this big panda. Without making heavy modifications (I only think of adding a piece to the stick to turn it into a hammer), do you think this proxy could be accepted?
Seems like if you explain it to your opponent it shouldn't be very ambiguous, so why not? I don't know how big that model is, nor do I recall what the silhouette of a bearpode is, so it might end up being annoying if there's a bad mismatch there.