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 Post subject: Alternative Smaug
PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:36 am 
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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
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:31 pm 
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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.

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That'd make a mighty fine Glaurung for a First Age project...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:52 pm 
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Why not just use this bad boy?

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

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:22 pm 
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The problem with alternatives is they just arent smaug. Smaug is from GW.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:47 pm 
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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.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:18 pm 
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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

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Plenty old metal ones available too.

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

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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

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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

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^Thank you!

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:27 pm 
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Mithril do 2 version of Smaug

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

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:14 am 
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I'm just going to use the Smaug figure. Does anyone know the base size Smaug is on?

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:35 pm 
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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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