Inquisitor in 28mm heroic scale

[Hadriel Caine]

Greetings fellow 'Clavers.

Welcome to a special new thread from a longtime member of these hallowed pages.

Inquisitor: the battle for the Emperor's 28mm soul

This particular approach to creating models for the game system is by no means new. Indeed our good colleague and friend Molotov has been churning out wonderful pieces for many years and there have been some notable others. I am not here to discuss rules. Everyone knows that Inquisitor is the rules system that should be used. I will truck with no =][=munda, no sir!

Let me introduce you, therefore, to the miniatures that I use and intend to use in my 28mm games of Inquisitor:

Inquisitor Joachim Ramus and retinue


Parts breakdown-
Ramus Hasslefree miniatures 'harby' (not a sin city mini...), brettonian knight errant head, evesor assassin gun, space marine scout arms, knife and accessories, Imperial Guard binoculars
Dave-o, the Goliath extensively converted from a Forgeworld Chaos Renegade using greenstuff, guitar wire and lots of swearing, the head is from s space marine sergeant, the arms are from a WHFB marauder and the chain sword is from an assault marin.
Hassir warmachine miniature, dire avenger shuriken catapult

-this group is a fairly standard Inquisitor warband; a zealous young Inquisitor with full field equipment, a battle worn guard veteran/ necromundan ganger and a bounty hunter with some level of separatist empathy.

High Interrogator Tobias Maw and seconded para military support group


Parts breakdown-
Maw unknown origin, marine bolter, powersword and bolt pistol
Culin Obren forgeworld tank commander, imperial guard vox caster backpack, cadian legs
Private Banks unknown origin, complete miniature

-this group is a fanatical, militaristic grouping. The Interrogator is Machiavellian and considers his comrades to be necessarily expendable.

Viceroy Khonig Grönemeyer with mercenary bodyguard


Parts breakdown-
Grönemeyer forgeworld Renegade HQ commander, Empire Greatswords head, WHFB Chaos marauder champion's daemon sword
Kroot stock miniature
Canus, Tarellian Dog Soldier Kroot body, Ungor Head, Gor Arms, Dark Eldar splinter pistol, Space Marine combat knife

-this group contains the only current character that I have in both 54mm and 28mm. The Viceroy runs a frighteningly large sector of Imperial space and dables in the occult and the enlistment of Xenos henchmen as he is untrusting of those of his own race through his own political experience. Wonderfully heretical to play.

Dracon Mur, Sybarite Halon and Nontr


Parts breakdown-
Mur Old Dark Eldar warrior with elongated legs, trident from a Wych, Head from High Elf White lion chariot set
Halon Old Dark Eldar warrior with elongated legs, sword and tabard from Dark Elf Cold One Knights champion, head from High Elf repeater bolt thrower crew
Nontr old eldar fusion gun as a blaster, Reaver head, old dark eldar warrior torso, new venom crew legs, dire avenger arm

-sometimes I like to play Xenos. and what? These guys are part of a slaving ring just out of the Viceroy's jurisdiction. He has done business with the Kabal through these operatives in the past but their motives are never clear or straight forwards.

That's it for player characters/ models for the moment but I will leave you with a picture of some of the nasty things that my friends have been put up against in INQ28:



I hope you have enjoyed looking at my miniatures and that you have found it inspiring.
I have a few INQ28 appropriate figures left to complete including a heavy weapons specialist, another tarellian and a couple of traitors. I might even be tempted to build some more as a break from my 40k armies.

Let me know what you think and don't hesitate to ask specifics about painting and basing etc.

yours in the Emperor's name

A.

[Keravin]

I think Private Banks might be a Mcvey mini, but can't really tell from the angle of the shot.   Might be AT 43, but I figured you'd notice the plastic feel.

[RobSkib]

It's good to see some familiar faces, as well as some fresh ones

I love your painting style, and it suits the models very well. The only thing I'd comment on is that the bases look a little flat or rushed in some places. I think a light drybrush of white, bleached bone or rotting flesh would pick out all the detail quite nicely - they are all very three dimensional, but the single colour isn't capitalising on the work you've put into them at the modelling stage.

Of course, if it's just the photos, then ignore me!

[Hadriel Caine]

Thanks for the responses guys.

@Keravin- Banks is definately not AT 43; I've had the mini for over a decade, long before the game was released.
@RobSkib- Its not actually a single colour on the bases. I sometimes do a wash and am considering it with these guys. I think the addition of static grass on those I have missed will help a bit too.

My mate painted something for me the other day ( I was never going to get round to it and he likes FW) so I'll snap that when I have based it.

[Hadriel Caine]

Sister Agnes




I'm really happy with how she came out.

parts breakdown-
SoB tank gunner (exorcist?), sculpted robes, scout bolter, modified stormtrooper back pack.

enjoy

A.

[Keravin]

I like the idea behind the Sister.   Main concern is she's overpowered for Inquisitor as she's just a standard sister.

[MarcoSkoll]

She might be powerful, but it'd be a shame to not make a model for that reason. They can get used in the right warband, be saved for special occasions, or just used as GMing tools.

And Sisters aren't actually that horribly hard - you have an excuse for "Light Power Armour", and they're not going to have monstrous S&T values under that.

Well, my own Sister Phoenix has been rather formidable, but that's largely because her opponents have suffered a considerable number of jamming weapons, Perils of the Warp, missed attacks... come to think of it, I don't think anyone's actually hit her yet. Maybe she's blessed by the Emperor.

Anyway, to get back to the point - I do like Sister Agnes. A bit of a shame the Sororitas were palmed off with a WD codex rather than a proper one and new models, but this is a good way to get around those dated metal models.

[Hadriel Caine]

Glad you guys like here. I have a sister hospitalier or something from the old INQ retinue to paint up too and would like to do something with an Escher for a warband. She won't have high stats and ammo for the bolter will of course be limited. I will probably run her in carapace with some kind of shock absorption field rather than light power armour as that would be OP.

not as OP as if I were to use this guy:





imagine...

[Hadriel Caine]

Encore un fois.


back


Iron Warriors obliterator- painting up all of my chaos bitz at the moment so they aren't as much of a wasted investment... Also he will make a horrifiying end of campaign boss for some unlucky gamers. I like to have some very overpowered NPCs for Inquisitor as I find it takes a lot of effort out of levelling the playing field for the GM- if a player won't alter his character sheet to be more in line with the power levels/ play style of the group then drop and obliterator on him. Problem solved. Inquisitor Beard is now wheelchair bound and eats through a tube.




For my Soroitas warband in INQ28. Not got a name for her yet but I love the miniature and I htink she goes well with my scratch built/ multi part plastic Battle Sister Agnes.

and these two nice FW titan crew chaps (lost the princeps...) perfect as goons. I really hope I find the princeps as he needs repainting as I planned on using him as a rogue trader.



also, GW scales... some of which are my fault...



Nice natural variety there. You don't want to see the titan crew standing next to El Jonson. You really don't.

A.

[Heroka Vendile]

of course the scale shot is slightly distorted by the larger models also having larger and more elaborate basework.

[Hadriel Caine]

That is very true of course! Do you like the minis though

[Heroka Vendile]

yes Adam I will placate your ego and say I like the minis 

[Molotov]

Some very cool stuff here. I like your painting style.

The plastic Sister is quite a clever conversion. I, too, like the Sister Hospitaller a great deal - even if I did end up using her as a Tech-Priestess...

The titan crew are quite good as goons, too.

[Dolnikan]

Those are some very nice models, I really should get that hospitaller one day. And by the way, sisters aren't horribly overpowerd in my experience, the one time I used one she attracted far too much fire to her head.

[Hadriel Caine]

Threadromancy!

So I've started something new... a new campaign. Its going to start slowly and be mainly art/ background to begin with. Then I'll start getting down to the nitty gritty. In the meantime I'll be adding new Inq28 stuff to this thread as and when its painted.

Don't panic if I don't include too much background- if thats the case its probably because its to be kept secret for the campaign to begin with.

Captain Mamut of the Imperial Fists, Seconded to the Ordo Xenos, Deathwatch Killteam Leader.




Enjoy

oh but its good to be back

A.