Makaleth wrote:Garfy from Tale of Painters "Highly recommended" people buying this and for him the quality is worth the price.
I think we might have been too critical on
GW. This is an impressive and highly detailed model.
Garfy from Tale of Painters is probably the most pro-
GW biased blogger out there. He's the one that did an article claiming that the new format (when it was still monthly)
WD was better than the old one.
link. Note that the 1998
WD came with a free mini, and rules, but the 2013 had better pictures so won.
I'm not sure he's ever posted anything critical of
GW.
I'm not saying the Smaug isn't a great model, but when you're reviewing it in isolation and comparing the price to a resin Thunderhawk, you're not portraying the bigger picture.
If it were £100 cheaper, I'd probably buy it.