Alternative Smaug

ChrisGough · **Joined:** Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:47 pm **Posts:** 8

Sooooo...£295 (or whatever the USD equivalent is) is a fair chunk of money for a plastic toy and there is no way my darling Wife would ever let me spend that much (even on a Dragon).

So here's my best alternative. Stick some wings on this bad -boy and bam: instant Smaug:

http://www.warploqueminiatures.com/#!pr ... on-ancient

Harfoot · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:31 pm

ChrisGough wrote:

Sooooo...£295 (or whatever the USD equivalent is) is a fair chunk of money for a plastic toy and there is no way my darling Wife would ever let me spend that much (even on a Dragon).

So here's my best alternative. Stick some wings on this bad -boy and bam: instant Smaug:

http://www.warploqueminiatures.com/#!pr ... on-ancient

Nice model and a good site, i like there sculpts.

What you want to do with Smaug is buy it, take it home and say to your partner how bad you feel about spending £50 on a single model!

I didn't do that by the way, luckily my other half bought me mine for Christmas.

Creaky · **Joined:** Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:26 pm **Posts:** 424

That'd make a mighty fine Glaurung for a First Age project...

Lord Maedhros · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:52 pm

Why not just use this bad boy?

http://www.geenemodels.com/dragon-kit/

KingMuffinBhoy · **Joined:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:12 pm **Posts:** 16

The problem with alternatives is they just arent smaug. Smaug is from GW.

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

Then again, GW Smaug represents film Smaug, and for many people, film Smaug doesn't equal image-gotten-from-book/illustrations Smaug, hence alternatives. GW Smaug's price also gets you quite some alternative dragons...

For me, Smaug doesn't actually have to look very special: it's his character that sets him apart, not appearance (although a gold encrusted belly may be nice). Reaper's new Bones dragons will probablly arrive in few months, which gives a few interesting options - and all are ridiculously cheap too (15-20 USD for a decently sized dragon). Plenty old metal ones available too. Truth be told, I wouldn't want one the size of GW's figure anyway, as it would be terribly impractical to transport, game with and really quite boring to paint to be honest.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:18 pm

Yeah, seen this model before and looks amazing. Too small for Smaug though but you can have it represent a regular dragon and place it on the GW oval. I would buy this to make Glaurung from the Silmarillion. I would put this last on the wishlist priority after any Hobbit miniatures you want just because of the license expiration. This dragon should be around for quite a while, especially because it is new. 130mm / 5" height, 120mm / 4" 3/4 length base (but the model itself could be much lengthier with the tail.

Another one to consider, but still the size of the Lotr dragon: http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/index. ... bs_501_000

Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

Plenty old metal ones available too.

Links please if you have any. Totally interested in metal over resin.

Grungehog · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:26 pm

I'm sculpting my own Smaug as a way to depict the way I see him, whilst compromising somewhat with the film design and still being able to use him at events, as GW allow you to use models you have sculpted yourself

Lord Maedhros · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:33 pm

If you are willing to wait and prefer a more archetypical dragon the Heresy one is hard to beat... http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index. ... cts_id=260

Also the Darksword Miniatures newer one is also quite large....
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop ... a-kit.html

As to metal ones, the older Darksword Miniatures Dragons are all metal....
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop ... ragon.html

http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop ... ragon.html

http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop ... ragon.html

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:46 pm

^Thank you!

Quendil · **Posted:** Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:27 pm

Mithril do 2 version of Smaug

http://mithril.ie/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatID=1863677&BrandID=167465

Toxic · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:45 am **Posts:** 54

I'm just going to use the Smaug figure. Does anyone know the base size Smaug is on?

Grungehog · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:35 pm

the height of the miniature from the bottom of the base to the tip of Smaug’s™ wing is 8.4 inches (or 21.4 cm). The base is 9.2 inches (or 23.1 cm) long and 5.4 inches (or 13.3 cm) wide.

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