Monday morning l went to the shed and easily found what I was looking for-
I picked up this ages ago , not knowing what to do with it at the time. It contains a wee pouch of dice and figures- goodies and baddies.Nicely wrapped in a box with tissue paper and postcard of the painted figures. Northumbria Tin Soldier produce really charming, quirky figures especially the night folk-
I’ve been listening to Sir Michael Hordern reading “ Wind in the Willows” a great deal recently and thoroughly enjoying it. That combined with the Nutwood figures at Woking and my great affection for the book has led me to see if there is a potential game to be created…
Firstly matters of scale-
The baddies (?) compared in scale with some Britain’s guardsmen. Looks fine to me.
The goodies (?) compared with another Britain’s figure for scale , positively l feel. Our hero/ anti hero Mr Toad looks fine size wise with a final 54mm figure.
I had feared the Riverbankers would be too small to use with 54mm vehicles, figures and scenery but I am pleasantly surprised. I don’t know where this is going but we shall see . Finally an inspiring Embleton illustration-
P.S been looking at plastic stoats, weasels and foxes, too big so far. Some wild weasels in metal ( 40mm) size might work, three for twelve pounds, any ideas welcome…