Mighty BaneLegion Previews from Maelstrom Games
November 8, 2011 by brennon
Some quite amazing looking models coming our way from Maelstrom and BaneLegion with this rather angry looking guy below. Or should I bow in respect and give him his correct title of BaneLord Ckaarakk, Tain of the Tarvak...
Not a bad beastie there and pretty tall too. I like the action in his pose, and the detail is great. It's even pulled from the imagination of Stefan Kopinski, brother of Karl Kopinski of Games Workshop fame.
If the mighty looking minotaur isn't up your street, then how about this pretty huge Swordtooth named Maru? Is it just me that thinks this might find its way into an Ogre Kingdoms army at some point?
Both of these are going to be available from December 3rd so get your wallets ready.
Have these beasties bitten you?
Now see that GW, that is what your big beasts should look like. With the change over to finecast they had golden opportunities to really shine on some new models rather the old stuff that looked flat.
Look at the level of detail. Mind you the last ones face reminds me of an angry baboon for some reason.
The sabre-like tu…I mean teeth on Maru aren’t quite integrated into the mouth. The protruding gum look is unorthodox, so it’s interesting, but I’m not sure if I like it.
It’s still about fifty times better looking than a genuine Sabretusk though – they are NOT nice. The BaneLegions line is just sheer quality overall.
@ thc303
According to Maelstrom themselves (posting on Dakka IIRC) the mouth was assembled wrong but timeframe meant they couldn’t reshoot. I think they said it is correct for the model that is being painted.
@baragash – a good bit of brushwork with blended pinks on the ‘gums’ could save it even though it’s wrongly assembled. Still, I’ll look forward to the painted one…it’ll look great!
Very impressive
Looking forward to some of the models listed for next year too.
eg the Battle Bear!!!
I was gaming at Maelstrom weekend just gone and saw the models in the flesh (not these ones obvs), really nice. I picked up Maagaan for my WoC as a toe-dipping exercise to work my way up to their Chimera if I like the material and quality. 🙂
Ckaarakk is nice.
The Minotaur is very nicely done! loads of character there. The sabretooth though.. not feeling it at all, very much a departure from the rest of the range in terms of sculpt quality. The body is okay if a little static but the head..my god..that’s terribly done.
Reminds me of something Trish Morrison would have churned out for GW 20 years ago.
Ckaarakk is just stunning, a must buy for me without a doubt.
I remember a fair while back on a forum saying that while I could see the amazing quality of sculpt and design on the large models (specifically the Bane Legions but Ckaarakk is big enough to count) they were all a bit too mutated/horrific for my personal tastes.
The reply I got from the Maelstrom member was to just wait and I am now starting to see stuff I really like, Krull and Ckaarakk are the first to really grab me.
Okay got to add a little more and a slight correction.
Just went to the BaneLords site to refresh myself on the full range and realised I had done a great disservice to Benoît Cosse (who has sculpted Ckaarakk) as the 2 Beastmen and 1 Minotaur model sculpted by him which are already in the range are simply fantastic.
I may have to put ordering Krull on hold until next year so I can pick up the 4 Cosse miniatures.
Oh for him to sculpt an affordable set of regular beastmen to make the group of Heroes into a warband/raiding party.