New Release Rumours & Smaug

turwaitheon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:31 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlcQBFTqk8

HE IS HUGE.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:39 pm

That is a great way to get a better impression of the sheer size of the beast.

Harfoot · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:52 pm

What a brilliant video, the gold has motion!

rififivos · **Joined:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:03 pm **Posts:** 50

Models are up:
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-IE/The ... view=table

Adanedhel88 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:11 pm **Posts:** 216

He's mine...my own..my preciousssss.....uhm sorry
that is one awesum beastie. now the dread comes...where to put him, how to paint...etc...

Harfoot · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:00 pm

well, manged to preorder Smaug, i see its out of stock until next year already

Lhosseth · **Joined:** Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:51 pm **Posts:** 72

Wow, he went out of stock fast!

Congrats on everyone who was lucky enough to get him early.

Blue Dragon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:10 pm

I stayed up to midnight waiting for him to come out, then had to go to bed because the site wasn't updating.... nine hours later. Nooooooooo.... :sad:

Johnnie · **Joined:** Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:14 pm **Posts:** 87

The militia looks interesting

They remind me of Taleworlds Mount and blade: warband recruits

halauas · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:45 pm

Wow, Smaug went out of stock in a blink of an eye! was ready to take him aswell but oh well, lets wait

I am disappointed with the militia sculpts, as a fun of laketown/dale atleast.
the archers are very nice but the rest are actualy fishermen with hooks....
Expected them more like, scrap/poorly armored civilians (something closer to the militia archers) not actual fishermen.
Lets see next release.

Hirumith, the Grey Knight · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:00 pm

Well one nice thing, from the youtube video and various angles posted on GW's site, is that it looks to me as though no part of Smaug himself is molded onto the scenic base, so while you could mount him on that for display purposes, if you wanted him for gaming purposes you could probably put together your own base of a rock promontory or something that would be a little more generic, and suitable for a standard battlefield. If you were crafty enough, I'm sure you could even model him in such a way that he can be moved between the two bases, one for display and one for gaming.

I like the rag-tag look of the Laketown militia. While I understand that plastic would be preferable for army-building purposes, I can't honestly say that I'm surprised they're in resin. Are we expecting a more organized army to be present at the actual Battle of Five Armies, or is this pretty much it for Laketown's forces?

Xintao · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:25 pm

Wow he is amazing.

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:31 pm

Harfoot wrote:

well, manged to preorder Smaug, i see its out of stock until next year already

Please let us know about the base size. You may be the only one any of us know to get one.

Blue Dragon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:36 pm

Base size is in the model's description - 9.2x5.4 inches, 21.4x13.3 cm

legion · **Joined:** Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:58 pm **Posts:** 205

I am so mad he went out of stock that fast! I really want this model!

Harfoot · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:41 pm

Oldman Willow wrote:

Harfoot wrote:

well, manged to preorder Smaug, i see its out of stock until next year already

Please let us know about the base size. You may be the only one any of us know to get one.

Will do Charles, will post pictures of it when it arrives if you like.

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:45 pm

Harfoot wrote:

Oldman Willow wrote:

Harfoot wrote:

well, manged to preorder Smaug, i see its out of stock until next year already

Please let us know about the base size. You may be the only one any of us know to get one.

Will do Charles, will post pictures of it when it arrives if you like.

Please post as many photos as you can with comparison pics against other minis

rififivos · **Joined:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:03 pm **Posts:** 50

Blue Dragon wrote:

Base size is in the model's description - 9.2x5.4 inches, 21.4x13.3 cm

Which makes it about 3cm longer than the mumak's and almost 1cm narrower. Hmm, I guess I was expecting it to be bigger, but looking it from a positive perspective the size is idealy "gameable"...

edit: Actually, 9.2" converts to 23.1cm making it 5cm longer. I presume you were confused by the model's height (8.4" / 21.4cm)

Constantine · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:38 pm

I will quote Bilbo and say that he is truly 'stupendous', I have nothing else to add.

The archers' poses are quite nice and could possibly pass as ruffians or maybe Dunedain–the rest are nothing special. Again: it's a shame they are not plastic.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:47 pm

Lovely model but steep steep steep. I'll settle for geene, but will be looking forward to members' finish paint jobs of this Smaug.

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