Lorizael: Thanks for the clarification.
Okay a few thoughts having seen better pictures, the prices and the numbers involved: £35 is a lot for the Cave Drake. £30 was what I expected (in GW prices) as a maximum. I know they won't sell loads, but they'd sell more at £25, especially with WotR rules. As for rules: it should have one where it can swallow models whole, as in WotR, but unsure as to how to make that fair... King's Champion at £20? Ridiculous. Also, the three Dwarfs in the set come on three separate 25mm bases (contrary to everyone's thoughts that the King's Champion should be on a 40mm base like other monsters): that also seems to go against what Lorizael said to my previous post because they aren't on a single 60mm base. No other command group is that much and no other command group is so redundant. GW has bitterly disappointed me once again. Goblin command: £15 for 4 models sounds okay, but only because we're talking about GW. WotR players won't need loads, SBG players won't need loads, so they gotta make up their base costs, lol. Blackshields: £2/goblin sounds excessive, but you do get an extra model compared to almost any other blister, so no real complaints there. Floi: £7.50 - could be worse, but could also be better. £7 seems fairer, but if there were other Dwarf "casters", £6 would be best until new models came out. Something to note - I SERIOUSLY hope that he doesn't have magic of ANY kind in SBG. It'd be FAR better if he had some sort of anti-magic or gave bonuses to nearby models or removed special rules from others...
I thought I was getting alienated before, but the prices are pushing me right out, the lack of thought put into things (2 Banners in a box of three models/the Island of Blood not having any sort of "starter scenarios" for easing people into the game/the price of the new Fantasy High Elves/etc...), the lack of care for a customer (telling me in 4 out of 5 stores that they don't allow people to just come in and play a game) have made me almost back out of the hobby - which is a shame because I love the hobby and it is pretty much my main one (nearly only one!)...
EDIT: LOrizael, aplogies, it does come with a 60mm base. I am wrong
However, for SBG, it seems that it would be bought like Vault Wardens/Murin&Drar (as a group, not individually) on separate bases. I wonder how they'll work since there are two heralds included.
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I have to wait that long
). Then take the wings and add them to the Drake model to give me a Dragon more akin to the long, serpentine look that reading the Hobbit always gave me (even Tolkien’s own sketches for Smaug that I’ve seen in various books looked more like that). I am not sure how much GS work would be needed to get the wings attached reasonably but if life was easy, it’d be boring.
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With a bit of quibbling I think it's a great sculpt. Except for the headgear and the overlong heel spikes, that's how I imagine Smaug, only 5 times bigger (and longer).
