5 Minute History: Baneblade Part Two

In 2002 Forgewold released the first of their Baneblade varients, three years after getting the license to make them from Armorcasat. Rules were included in Imperial Armour 1, which would be published in 2003. Forgeworld casts of the Baneblade offered significant improvement in detail over their Armorcast predecessors. Additionally, the organization structure of Forgeworld coupled with the quality of the Imperial Armor books made use of the Baneblade more common, this wider use by gamers would ultimately lead to the production of the largest Games Workshop plastic kit in their history 5 years later.

5 Minute History: Baneblade Part One

The Baneblade first trundled into the Warhammer 40k universe in the Epic game system as the Glaive (Baneblade), along with its sister tank the Falchion (Stormsword) in January of 1990. Later that same year it would appear in White Dwarf  132, December 1990 (pg 47-56), as a construction project complete with templates, by Tony Cottrell (who now runs Forgeworld). Also included in this article was a data sheet for using the Baneblade in games of Warhammer 40,000 with acompanying damage chart and weapon effects.

(Picture from WD 132 - build from cardboard)