Smaug the Golden Dragon Bronze Sculpture Limited Edition 20 (click to enlarge)

Smaug the Golden is the first sculpture in John Howe’s and Weta’s range of sculptures from Middle-Earth.  The Art of John Howe – Sculptures from Middle-Earth is a series of sculptures from Howe’s representations of Tolkien’s worlds, sculpted by Weta sculptors Daniel Cockersell, Brigitte Wuest and Eden Small under the creative guidance of John Howe and Richard Taylor.

Having adorned the cover of The Hobbit, it is an instantly recognizable image to fans of Lord of the Rings, and with two The Hobbit feature films on the way, this is sure to become a prize collectible given it’s a Limited Edition of only 20 pieces.

The sculpture is based on Howe’s original artwork that was first published on the cover of the paperback edition of The Hobbit in 1991:

John Howe's artwork for 'The Hobbit'

The sculpture is supplied with a 22 page hard cover book written by John Howe, Richard Taylor and the sculptor, Daniel Cockersell.  You can preview the book here.

A Certificate of Authenticity signed by John Howe and Richard Taylor accompanies the sculpture.

Price: NZD $6,569.34 (approx US $4,580).

View the product page here.

Of course, not all Lord of the Rings collections can afford a bronze version of Smaug, and for this reason Weta are also offering a faux-bronze version too.  Although not made purely from bronze, from the outside will look largely the same in your LOTR collection.

The faux-bronze Smaug is a Limited Edition of 300 pieces.

View the faux-bronze product page here.

H.R. Giger's Limited Edition 'Spell 1' Cross Sculpture

This is an awesome and high-quality chrome looking collectible.  It’s a Limited Edition H.R. Giger Spell Cross Sculpture by VAP Studios, based on Giger’s Spell painting.

I say “chrome looking” because I can’t be sure what it’s made of since it’s not made explicit on the product page.  It does weigh an impressive 8.16kg so with that in mind it could very well be made entirely of chrome.

It’s limited to only 666 pieces and all were sold out but it seems one unlucky collector didn’t go through with the transaction, lost their deposit, and opened up the door for another collector to snap up this awesome Giger collectible.

Product size : 24.5″ H (622.3mm) x 33″ W (838.2mm) x 5.5″ D (139.7mm)

If you want to hang this baby on your wall don’t waste too much time, I doubt it will be available for much longer given its a second chance op.

View the product page here.

Check out the painting it’s based on:

Super cool.