This is news to me. May it bring some Christmas cheer. Will some manufacturer be bold enough to produce some figures?
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2852357
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231221-the-mystery-of-the-medieval-fighting-snails
And a ruleset to go with them
Hordes of the Things would do it
We have one chap here with an army based on Garden gnomes :)
Quote from: Keraunos on Dec 24, 2023, 02:19 AMThis is news to me. May it bring some Christmas cheer. Will some manufacturer be bold enough to produce some figures?
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2852357
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231221-the-mystery-of-the-medieval-fighting-snails
Bad Squiddo already offers a mixed pack of 13 slugs and snails. No puppy dogs tails though.
There is also a range of figures for the fighting rabbits of marginalia out there.
Quote from: Jim Webster on Dec 24, 2023, 07:50 AMHordes of the Things would do it
We have one chap here with an army based on
Quote from: Jim Webster on Dec 24, 2023, 07:50 AMHordes of the Things would do it
We have one chap here with an army based on Garden gnomes :)
That's probably the Peter Pig 15mm range, made by Martin Goddard (SoA member, writer of Conqueror and Kings ancient set, just reissued).
Here's a pic gleaned from the interweb of the demon snails in action-
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First pic from 'The Stronghold Rebuilt', pic by Alan Saunders, second pic unknown source.
From Skull & Crown (https://www.skullncrown.com/). The original of this one is mentioned in the article
(https://www.skullncrown.com/cdn/shop/products/KR06_RabbitOnSnail_grayback_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1584696216)
Personally, I think the Lombard theory is over-thinking it. It best to see these as part of a whole array of absurd marginalia. They are meant to be humorous and often have some sort of social commentary e.g. foxes preaching to geese, knights fighting snails.
These are the sorts of figures the rules were created for 8)
Whether the creators realised or not ;)
Well blow me down....who'd a known
Quote from: nikgaukroger on Dec 24, 2023, 08:01 AMThere is also a range of figures for the fighting rabbits of marginalia out there.
And if anyone would like a painted pile of carrots to decorate the base of their fighting rabbit baggage camp, I have one going spare.
8)
Quote from: Erpingham on Dec 24, 2023, 10:01 AMFrom Skull & Crown (https://www.skullncrown.com/). The original of this one is mentioned in the article
(https://www.skullncrown.com/cdn/shop/products/KR06_RabbitOnSnail_grayback_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1584696216)
Lovely products from them...not a site I've seen before. Love them killer rabbits 😁
Anything seems possible these days. A few chaps here in Taunton play the Burrows and Badgers game that seems fun, no snails though.
https://burrowsandbadgers.com/#:~:text=Burrows%20%26%20Badgers%20is%20a%20tabletop,toads%2C%20and%20numerous%20other%20beasts.
To pick up, tangentially, on Nick's offer of a pile of carrots.WhatsApp Image 2023-12-23 at 17.33.51 (1).jpeg
Very good... ;D
Quote from: Ian61 on Dec 24, 2023, 10:36 AMAnything seems possible these days. A few chaps here in Taunton play the Burrows and Badgers game that seems fun, no snails though.
What's with the Black Rat Doctor figure? I mean, I know the NHS is short of staff in all sorts of areas, but this seems slightly desperate.
???
Wait till you see the beaver...
This popped up in a fb feed...
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A lesson to be learned there....
:)