We’ve featured German cosplayer Maul a ton of times on Kotaku, possibly much than immoderate different idiosyncratic cosplayer, and there’s a precise bully crushed for that: just look astatine these photos.

While he’s champion known for his recurring takes connected Geralt of Rivia, ranging from “being Geralt” to “being Geralt skateboarding successful LA”, Maul has besides done a ton of work—both paid (like this, this one’s an advertisement for PlayStation) and personal—on bid similar Dishonored, Cyberpunk and Metal Gear Solid arsenic well.

Today, though, we’re looking astatine his latest shoot, an unthinkable instrumentality connected God of War’s Kratos for the merchandise of Ragnarok that sees Maul (and his team) nailing conscionable astir everything, from the costume to the weathered leather to the bodypaint to the muscles to the beard to...more muscles (which, contempt Maul’s sizeable size IRL, are successful this lawsuit a suit)

He’s joined by Korriban Cosplay, arsenic Kratos’ lad Atreus, and unneurotic they marque astir arsenic bully an inspiration for Amazon’s live-action TV adaptation arsenic you’re ever going to get.

Also moving connected the costumes and sprout were Maja Felicitas, Lenora Costumes, hairsbreadth specialists Bakka Cosplay, Tingilya Cosplay, Bucky Props & Cosplay, Flying Illustration, portion each photos were taken by 1 of the champion successful the business, eosAndy.

Ragnarok is retired today, but we reviewed it past week, where Zack had this to say:

Yes, the axe is cool. Sure, the fights are tons of fun. And I decidedly enjoyed exploring each nook and cranny of the ample worlds you get to visit. But what kept maine glued to my PS5 for astir 40 hours was the communicative of a lad becoming a antheral and a begetter trying to fig retired however helium feels astir that. I astir apt could person enjoyed this communicative a tad much with astir fractional arsenic galore puzzles and accomplishment menus, but adjacent so, I recovered myself smiling, feeling satisfied, arsenic the credits rolled. As I said astatine the start, God of War Ragnarök is precise good.