I played 3 scenarios, in the last one;
In order to have a nice gameplay, I found myself cheating in the beginning of game to give myself attrib/focus points. So the grind is actually rewarding.
After tinkering with smithing for hours, i decided to use command mod to unlock all parts. (phew...
its accurate because you need perhaps weeks of gameplay raising capita, collecting wood, smithing to unlock parts/level up. so playing like a real leader, you cant actually be a proper blacksmith