I've been reading 'The Food of the Gods' and wondering (naturally) about translating it to the gaming table.
For those who don't know it's about an experimental form of growth-promoting food. It causes humans to grow to about 6-7 times their normal size and animals and plants to also grow to large but various sizes (ie it's not 'everything grows 7 times its normal size').
Now, assuming that the c30mm figs I have are OK for being 'real' then the Children of the Food will be about 150-200mm, which is about 6"-8". Anyone got any ideas about figures (presumably plastic) in that sort of size?
Also there are giant rats, wasps, earwigs, cockroaches... any recommendations for sources of pests that don't make them too massive? None of these things are anything like as big as a human, even the rats are more like the size of dogs, and I guess the wasps would be about 3-4mm for scale purposes, so I can't just get some bendy rubber insects from the toyshop.
To be honest the best gaming potential seems to be in using gangs of normal humans in battle with the giant rats etc rather than up against the Children, that would be difficult as they don't have the classic 'they're big but slow' thing going on - if the normal humans move 6", the giants move 36"... so they'd be off the table in no time.
So anyway, that's what I'm thinkijng about. Any ideas how to go forward? Cheers y'collective all, thanks in advance for anyt input.