I have a special place in my heart for models that strive to recreate original (Samwise) concept art into the 3D space. And this is one of the prime examples of "doin' it right", boys.
There's a lot that could be said about this model, but suffice it to say it basically captures the awe of the concept art, has good animations, a great mesh, decent textures, and great SFX. In-game textures, some more custom animations, yeah, it could use them... But it doesn't need them to be awexome.
5/5