Beware the Basilisks Gaze from Warhammer Forge
February 17, 2012 by brennon
Yes its that time again, the Forge World Newsletter has revealed the fantastic looking new Basilisk for your games of Storm of Magic in the world of Warhammer. Another great model from Warhammer Forge?
The Basilisk is looking pretty deadly, crouched over tumbled walls ready to strike. The terror of the mountains, the Basilisk creeps down to deal death to any unwary soul unfortunate enough to gaze upon it.
Check out the experimental rules for it here.
Will you be coaxing the Basilisk from his cave to fight for you?
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That is really cool. The monsters in fantasy were always way more interesting to me than the blocks of infantry and when you add forgeworld detail consider me dazzled.
Blast.
I read basilisk and thought we were getting Harry Potter miniatures.
Aside from wanting a Voldemort to paint -he would make a great necromancer-, I really think there’s a hell of a miniatures game in the final battle scenes somewhere.
I love the look of this model another stunning sculpt from forgeworld. However – it feels very mediaeval, almost birdlike, in it’s styling and not sure if it fits with my lizardmen army.
What do you guys reckon?
This is one cool looking beast. This is when FW shine not with the foot soldiers as @dais mentioned. I think it could fit into a Lizardmen army if you add a head dress of feathers @tinracer
I’d paint it up with a deep orange and black paint scheme making it look like an overgrown Salamander. Or you could even mount some skinks along its back, it’s certainly a big enough monster for that to work.
Something that would also work with this is some scenic work on the base, maybe some piles of ash and armour from the glare of the Basilisk.
BoW Ben
@manpug @brennon – damn you’re so right – it’s got salamander dna!! Just gotta find some more stuff to sell on ebay to buy it. Although it’s worth every penny, quality kit. Rules are fun too.
At first glance, a chameleon. Then the head looks like a mix of a bird and one head of the double headed monster from willow, during the fight in the castle. Fantastic model however, i’d love to paint this.
“You see there Harry! That’s a Basilisk!” – Hagrid
Awesome model!
Now that is one hell of a miniature, you can enjoy that even if you don’t know what Warhammer is.
Not keen on the extra limbs tbh but that is personal taste and possibly because the sculpor has had to cram the model on a base suitable for tabletop gaming.
I might like it more if the beastie was able to be more sinuous.
The head I like lots and the way the neck drops down
I like it- ill take it…wait what its a resin FW peice. Oh dear time to rob a bank
I seem to recall Bailisks having lots of legs in dnd
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Basilisk.JPG
Thanks for the linky Trebor, was unaware of that not being a DnD player
(Quite brave admitting one’s ignorance of DnD on BoW lol)
Guess that is so each adventurer can have a leg after the beast has been slain and roasted!
Ill be round with the pitchforks, tar, feathers and a big pole to tie you up to for burning any moment now
Your life is not complete (as a role player) unless you have played DnD (1974, b/x or 1st ed), Traveller (LBB edition) and C of C (any edition is ok here)
Great that’s all I need right now…
An angry mob!
Impressive sculpt.
One of the best monsters Forge World has put out to date. The sculpt has some really good dynamism and character. I would buy this just because I like the model -> “add to backet”
I like it a lot.
It reminds me of a jabberwocky.
Seperated at birth: Warhammer Forge Basilisk/SkekUng, the Skeksis Garthim-Master from The Dark Crystal?
http://youtu.be/6DhYc0WY7mU
Lovely sculpt, beautiful detailing and heaps of character. Please let Edgar Skomorowski take over doing all large scary monsters for GW.
Its Randall from Monsters Inc!
I’m not sure about the head myself, but its superbly detailed.