Watcher in the Water scale

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:13 pm

Well I was so dissapointed with the GW watcher I took it back. The scale of the monster is way too small in my opinion.
This thing is supposed to devour people whole, but the head fits on a 50p coin, which is smaller than a 40m base.
Here it is next to my own attempt from 5 years ago, and Gandalf.

It's a nicely sculpted head, but way, way, undersized. Ok if you plan on playing with 10mm figures.

On a plus, the Beast of Gorgoroth I got is fine except for a miscast bow on one of the orcs which I can live with. Once the two halves of the beast have had the hot water dip, just bend the head to the right slightly and they will line up fine.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:16 pm

Wow that is a lot smaller than I expected it to be.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:28 pm

Wow, an easy pass for $85 Canadian. If, on the other hand, you ever decide to cast yours up shoot me a PM

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:13 pm

Lord Hurin wrote:

Wow, an easy pass for $85 Canadian. If, on the other hand, you ever decide to cast yours up shoot me a PM

He did cast it up, I have one

Pindergorn · **Posted:** Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:44 am

Wow...the Watcher you see in the films is HUGE, easily big enough to swallow the entire Fellowship whole at once and then some - and you only ever see the head! This naff little thing looks like it would choke on Gandalf's hat.

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

That's smaller than i thought, but I can live with it, it's not too much of a matter, the rest of the body makes up for it.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:58 am

That is far too small a beastie for the price they are charging. :-X

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:18 pm

Dorthonion wrote:

That is far too small a beastie for the price they are charging. :-X

Definitely. Here in Canada, we pay maybe $5 or 10 more for the much bigger Mumak. The Mumak also includes a sprue of Haradrim, which alone costs $26.75...

that-one-elf · **Joined:** Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:02 pm **Posts:** 72

What the heck GW??!! Why in the world would I pay $70 for that wimpy little thing that's like a fourth of the scale it should be :-X

that-one-elf · **Joined:** Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:02 pm **Posts:** 72

on the bright side, could I get some pictures of that Gandalf? it looks like you did a pretty good job on it

Chris · **Posted:** Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:13 pm

indeed, way to small.. looks like you "ukfreddy" will have a lot of custumers now xD ur watcher scuplt is impressive :yay:

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:32 pm

Chris wrote:

indeed, way to small.. looks like you "ukfreddy" will have a lot of custumers now xD ur watcher scuplt is impressive :yay:

If he put it up for sale, I'd buy one in a heartbeat!

I love the Tree Giants and Mountain Giant, but not playing enough WoTR means I wouldn't really use them much, if at all.

Amarthadan · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:11 am

It is indeed very smalle, but let's not forget the "awesome" insect body they attached.:p Plus, I think yours is a little big Ukfreddy.

Sacrilege83 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:19 am

^I agree, the head size would be perfect if it was in between the two sculpts that are shown. Still the Finecast head is way too small, I would rather have UK's instead.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:52 pm

I'm not surprised. All of the big minis are at a smaller scale than thean-sized models. It looks the right size next to a Mumak, Balrog or Dragon for eg.

Mighty.Uruk!!! · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:58 pm **Posts:** 236

wow, i prefer uk's head of the watcher, gw small watcher is midget compared to that!!

theOneRider · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:52 am

The Watcher had a baby!

Seriously. If the box included three or four more just like it, I could see the price. But what are we supposed to do with one midget Watcher crawly bug?!

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