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So many of the GW models draw inspiration from other sources, obviously. I am curious as to what tanks, if any, the Baneblade takes its styling cues from? If not particular hulks, then what conflict and faction IRL?

I personally see a lot of the German Panzer VIII Maus that was designed by the Nazis at the end of the war. It's not a dead-ringer, but I think there was some inspiration there.

Really though, it is pretty much an amalgamation of a bunch of modern tanks.

Smash together a Tiger II and an Abrams.
Put WWI-style sponson mountings on it.
Make it gigantic.
Make it more gigantic.
Attach frikkin' laser beams to it's frikkin' head.

Baneblade.

No specfic tank, though it's got features and aspects from British, German, and Russian WW1 and WW2 tanks. Riveted hulls, sponsons, a profusion of secondary weapons all over the place, sub-turrets, all of those features date back to that era.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
\Really though, it is pretty much an amalgamation of a bunch of modern tanks.

Modern....not really. There's basically nothing in it's design that dates from later than 1945. The fellblade and variants is a bit more cold war era, with the rounded turret many USSR tanks used, though it still averages out to a WW2 look since the hull is at best a design from the interwar era.

The hull-mounted large gun reminds me of the Churchill, but also of the French Char B1. Neither have the shape of the Baneblade (other than the tracks jutting past the main hull at the front), but the b1's turret is similar to the Baneblade.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
The hull-mounted large gun reminds me of the Churchill, but also of the French Char B1. Neither have the shape of the Baneblade (other than the tracks jutting past the main hull at the front), but the b1's turret is similar to the Baneblade.

I always thought the baneblade's turret was more akin to the Panzer IV's. It's a much more angular, riveted shape with a big gun, while the B1's turret was much more rounded and smooth.

The current plastic kit, yes. I was thinking of the original epic miniature, which has a more rounded turret. Both that Baneblade and the B1 have a roughly hexagonal turret, wider across the back face than the front.

It might just be me, though; it's not a particularly close resemblance.