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 Post subject: Re: Smaug - Will we see him or not?
PostPosted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:56 am 
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Mumakil in scale as portrayed in RotK: examples -
http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib/html ... tk1681.htm
http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib/html ... tk1661.htm
http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib/html ... tk1641.htm
And what few images we have of Smaug: look at the size of the tail alone -
http://www-images.theonering.org/torwp/ ... warves.png
And his head:
http://heirsofdurin.files.wordpress.com ... ugtest.jpg
And a whole article on his anatomy:
http://thorinoakenshield.net/2013/12/24 ... -of-smaug/
And before anyone says it, the image on the Air New Zealand plane was scaled down to fit the size of aircraft available.
That sort of says it all, really.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:01 am 
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I don't think it unreasonable to have a coiled and erect Smaug scaled down to fit on a Mumakil sized base. Then again, when have GW ever been reasonable? :)

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I contacted Forgeworld this week to ask if there was any truth to the rumours they would be doing stuff for the Hobbit range, with Smaug in particular. Their response:

"The rumours are lies. We are not doing anything for the Hobbit so that means no model for Smaug."

So there you go.

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I have been doing some research and I have yet to find even a Smaug toy that looks like the beasties from the film - yes, if necessary I WILL get a toy Smaug to have something big enough to be a fair representation.

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I'll probably just end up making my own of they dont

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ukfreddybear wrote:
I'll probably just end up making my own of they dont

i doubt it will be one you make - i'm thinking 3 lol

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Dead Marsh Spectre wrote:
ukfreddybear wrote:
I'll probably just end up making my own of they dont

i doubt it will be one you make - i'm thinking 3 lol

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Haha Ok guys lets not fill the thread with a count up to 5 million lol

Dave your going to be busy!!!!

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Aye, completey unnecessary as 'just' three will be good I think.
-One lying on a pile of gold
-One standing/walking
-One flying

Although, come to think of it, you may want to make six possibilities then: all the above as shown in the movie, but also with two pairs of legs like he should have.

So.. when can we expect them? :P
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If you all clubbed together funds you still couldnt get enough cash to make me do more than one. It would be four digits something that big lol

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Not cast. I don't have production rights. Nothing to stop me doing one offs though.

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I have seen the DOS film several times - Smaug definitely has more than four digits. :)
What about a full size one-off? :)

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Dorthonion wrote:
I have seen the DOS film several times - Smaug definitely has more than four digits. :)
What about a full size one-off? :)

ha you buy the putty lol

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So what's the going rate for painting about 2 hectares of dragon?

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A little help from Weta:
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Ha I saved like fifty screenshots of that video when I first saw it a couple of days ago. Just in case.

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