Don’t Want To Buy Smaug? Make One Yourself!
December 31, 2014 by brennon
An enterprising member of a Hobbit SBG Group over on Facebook named Raphael John Thomas has decided to take it upon himself to make his own version of Smaug and right now, even in this early stage, it's looking pretty epic...
It's a massive piece of kit already, perched atop a bit of ruin. It's certainly a lot more sorted for actual wargaming than Smaug from Games Workshop sitting atop his pile of treasure. This is already quite the labour of love from Raphael and I can't wait to see how awesome this is going to be when finished.
I think it's great that folks are trying their hand at things like sculpting on their own. Not everyone's going to great at it but it's worth a go!
What do you reckon to his work?
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Now THERE’s a true hobbyist practicing an honourable way of passing the time!
Can’t wait to see it finished.
Given the price I think a lot of folks would rather go this route. I was fortunate to pick up a fabulous 18″ dragon at the Excalibur last year in Vegas with the proceeds of a rare craps win, and have been using that for all my humongous dragon needs. They have a FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/99TDL99
The one I got was around $100, but there were pricier ones, and cheaper ones. A lot of selection. I think you can order online.