Just recently got into Inquisitor and thought I'd start a thread to chart my progress. Comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.
First up is my Ordo Malleus Inquisitor Alexandra Veritas:
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And her acolyte Godric Thorvold:
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They still need basing but I'm still not sure how I want to base them. Plus they still need a bit of tidying and some additional details but for now I'm just getting them to a decent enough standard to game with. Will fine tune them later.
C&C please!
They look good, I would only try to do something to break up the white on the acolyte.
Yeah a pattern on the hem would be nice.
Good solid models though, very nice. You going to post background soonish?
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Quote from: Dolnikan on June 02, 2011, 08:54:41 PM
They look good, I would only try to do something to break up the white on the acolyte.
Yeah it definitely needs a pattern of some sort. I've just been to scared to attempt it so far! I will man up and do it soon though.
QuoteYou going to post background soonish?
Here is some rough background for the two. I find the more games I play with them the more their character develops, so this background will certainly change but I'm happy enough with it for now.
Alexandra Veritas
Alexandra is very proud and flaunts her position as an Inquisitor. She doesn't believe in subterfuge or subtlety, preferring to use her powerful presence and authority. Her mere sight strikes fear into the eyes of most lesser daemons, and her skill with her powerful blade makes short work of them. Alexandra has neglected the use of ranged weaponry, in her relentless training with her halberd. Instead of guns she supplements her combat prowess with her psychic abilities. She is a fairly powerful psyker.
Alexandra has often accompanied or led Grey Knight strike forces. Her great skills and heroics in Daemon-slaying have earnt her the respect of many Grey Knights. Her armour was crafted in the forges of Titan, and is a lighter, less powerful version of the Grey Knights armour. It offers her protection against the foul monstrosities of the warp as well as being a powerful symbol of her bond with the Grey Knights.
Godric Thorvald
Godric has served Alexandra loyally and without question for many years. However in serving a female, he feels he needs to prove his masculinity to others. He tends to show off and often tries over ambitious actions. His damaged leg was a result of one such action. In pursuing an escaping cultist across the rooftops he decided to close the distance between them by attempting a ridiculously long jump. His athletic prowess no where near matched what he believed it to be and he fell short of the rooftop, plunging to the ground and shattering his right leg.
His bolt pistol was handed to him as a gift from Alexandra when he entered her service as her acolyte. He is reasonably skilled with it and this helps make up for Alexandra's lack of any firepower. He is slightly more skilled with his short sword and he enjoys the up close and personal side of fighting. He's a tough character and doesn't give up easily, driven by a sense of pride and duty. On one mission, whilst trying to stop the summoning of a daemon by a sorcerer, he caught a stubber round in the side of his face. The impact fractured his skull and irreversibly damaged his right eye. However some how he dragged himself back on to his feet and completed his objective by executing the sorcerer.
He always carries round a small leather book everywhere he goes, which he often reads in private. No one, not even Alexandra, knows what is written in this book and Godric is very secretive about it.
On another note I've nearly finished the third member of her retinue, an ex-arbite. Should have photos up tomorrow. I've also been working on my namesake, Damon and his retinue. Photos should follow soon
Godric's interesting, and the explanation for his foolhardiness is great, but Alexandra seems a bit out of place - he weaknesses are all self-imposed, and she seems more suited to the vast battlefields of Black Crusades than the dirty little skirmishes of The Battle for the Emperor's Soul.
QuoteAlexandra seems a bit out of place - he weaknesses are all self-imposed, and she seems more suited to the vast battlefields of Black Crusades than the dirty little skirmishes of The Battle for the Emperor's Soul.
I see your point and she does often fight with the Grey Knights against the forces of chaos. In this instance Godric often works alone on other Inquisitorial work. However it is not always necessary to use a strike force of Grey Knights to kill a daemon. In this case she prefers to work with a small band of Inquisitorial agents, who have proved effective at finding daemonic artefacts and helping banish daemons back to the warp.
Godric works as her prime agent and leads and coordinates most of the back ground work. This allows Alexandra to concentrate her skill on killing and banishing daemons where it is needed most. As all good inquisitors do, she overcomes her weaknesses by surrounding herself with agents with the skills she lacks.
Alexandra is not my main Inquisitor I just liked the model for her (hence the lack of conversions). Her inquisitorial missions are generally focussed around: kill the daemon, stop the ritual, destroy the daemonic artefact. She is a fun model to play with though due to her weaknesses. My main Inquisitor is my namesake Damon who I will play with most of the time.
I like Godric's background, it really makes him a character. I however have to agree with Dapper, Alexandra's character seems to be somewhat limited in her types of scenarios. Of course, when you have another inquisitor who is your main character it will work out fine. Do you havge pictures of him?
Here is Inquisitor Damon Crowe of the Ordo Heriticus
Damon never had any psychic abilities, yet his sharp mind meant he excelled at the Schola Progenium. He was competent with both a sword and firearm, but spent the majority of his time on intellectual pursuits. He found he could use his vast intelligence and charisma to bend others to his will. His talents did not go unnoticed for long and he was chosen to become an acolyte by Inquisitor Nestor of the Ordo Heriticus. Damon served Nestor loyally for many decades and during these year's Damon began to question certain aspects of the Imperium. He was clever enough never to voice these opinions but rather kept these concerns to himself, to avoid trouble. However over time these concerns became stronger and stronger and Damon became a staunch believer in the recongregator doctrine. Following his master's tragic death, Damon inherited his Inquisitorial seal and therefore the rank of Inquisitor.
Now an inquisitor in his own right he could finally act on his hidden beliefs. He uses his charisma to bend others to his will. When his charisma is insufficient he has other more sinister methods such as his veritas injectors as well as interrogative methods designed to break down even the strongest of minds. He has a massive ego and believes he knows what's best for the Imperium and so changes it to suit his will.
He loves wearing fine and expensive clothes. Though he often covers them with a long brown coat when subtlety is needed. He carries a simple sword, which can be hidden to an extent under his long flowing coat. His web pistol allows him to subdue his less cooperative foes, whilst his custom-laspistol is saved for more aggressive conflicts. Although competent with a blade and a firearm, he prefers to rely on outsmarting his foe.
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Lukas - Bounty Hunter
Lukas is a highly skilled ex-bounty hunter, who is now in the service of Inquisitor Damon. Damon was in fact the target of one of Lukas's assassination missions. He very almost succeeded. He had tracked down Damon, which is not easy in its self, and lined up the killer shot. Just as he was about to pull the trigger he felt a sharp agonizing pain in his right shoulder blade, as a throwing dagger embedded itself deeply. His keen senses were not sharp enough to notice Eva lurking in the shadows. His pistol clattered to the floor and Damon swung round hearing the noise. Undeterred by the searing pain in his shoulder, Damon grabbed his fallen stubber with his off-hand and loosed several shots into Inquisitor Damon. Despite being in considerable pain and using his off hand he managed to hit Damon in the shoulder, flinging him to the ground with the impact of the shot. As he turned to face Eva, he felt a strange numbness flow through his body. It quickly enveloped him entirely till he was unable to move. The deadly stun toxin had done its work.
Lukas was taken captive and Damon recovered quickly from his wound with the help of the local medicae. Lukas's obvious talent for tracking a target and his skills with firearms impressed Damon. After interrogating Lukas, he had him partially mind-wiped. Lukas has no recollection of his last mission as a bounty hunter and was persuaded to join Damon's retinue. The life of an inquisitor's protégé appeals to Lukas's love of weapons and killing. He proved to be an exceptional inquisitorial agent and is one of the few that Inquisitor Damon keeps permanently at his side.
Lukas loves weapons, and is always out to find a more powerful or more exotic way of killing people. He witnessed all sorts of horrors in his bounty hunting years, giving him a very strong nerve. However the mind-wipe he received has partially damage his mind blunting his intelligence and resulting in lower willpower.
NB: Eva is an assassin working for Damon
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Hathor
Hathor was a young noblewoman who had an easy life. She found that other people always seemed to do her bidding and that she could make other people believe what she wanted. At a young age Inquisitor Nestor's work meant he crossed paths with Hathor. He noticed that Hathor had a great degree of psychic potential. He decided to take her on and teach her, as he was a powerful psyker himself. She learnt quickly and excelled in manipulating other peoples minds. She served Inquisitor Nestor for many years, during which she honed her psychic powers to a formidable level. Following Nestor's death, and his acolyte's (Damon) inheritance of his Inquisitorial rank she now works for Damon.
She had countless rejuvenant work to keep her looking young and beautiful. She wears no armour whatsoever and her only weapon (except her powerful mind) is 2 kine blades which she manipulates with her mind. Her body is weak and frail and she is not at all suited to combat. However she is still a powerful asset for Damon. Who uses her powerful psychic powers to manipulate his enemies minds to turn them on each other.
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And the three together:
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She is meant to be holding a small knife however I cleverly managed to drop her just before I took the photo.
Where did you get hathor's body from. I don't recognise the figure.
I like the extra masculinity that the head swap adds to the ranger body. Great paint schemes as well
Quote from: Inquisitor Octavian Lars on June 04, 2011, 08:31:17 AMWhere did you get hathor's body from. I don't recognise the figure.
It's one of Steve Buddle's 54mm range - I can't immediately remember what she's called, but I'm pretty sure she's OOP these days.
Quote from: MarcoSkoll on June 04, 2011, 11:34:57 AM
I can't immediately remember what she's called
For some reason, the name 'Anastasia' sticks in my head. I might be completely wrong, however...
That would be it. Sadly no longer available, other than perhaps on Ebay.
Currently working on a Magos and three servitor buddies with my brother (aka Andreas)
Here's my first servitor:
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And a size comparison next to Godric:
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Currently working on the others. Hopefully some pics soon
C & C greatly appreciated as always
No criticisms at all, that looks fantastic and has a nice bright paint job without looking crisp and clean.
Just need the base doing!
I think thorvold is going to shoot the do not eat the servitors and then feed the one standing next to him.
Just finished painting my ex-arbite who works for Inquisitor Alexandra Veritas. She's armed with a shock maul and pistol. I'm going to add some non-lethal grenades to her as well soon.
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Not sure how to paint her visor :-\ I'm useless at painting them. Any tips how to get a good effect?
She is still very clean. I think I'll add some weathering and battle damage to her over time as her service to the Emperor continues.
Her base still needs finishing but I still haven't decided how to base my models yet. I want to do something more interesting than my boring 40k bases that are just painted sand.
Currently mid way painting the other two servitors and my Magos/Explorator. Should have been finished now but I got distracted by the new Ushabati models I just got :)
Anywho C&Cs welcome as always :)
I really like the white suit, it makes her different. I tend to paint my visors black with grey highlishts and some gloss varnish over them.
As promised here's two other servitors:
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And the Magos Explorator who leads them:
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And the whole warband together:
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The three servitors will also have the black and yellow warning stripe painted on their bases. Just don't have the patience to do it now!
C&C greatly appreciated as always :)
QuoteI tend to paint my visors black with grey highlishts and some gloss varnish over them.
Thanks :) i shall give that a go
Looks like someone wasn't minding the "do not feed the servitors" sign...
Seriously though, good use of ogre models. I especially like the one with a floodlight in its stomach. I think the orky arm with the chain blades looks a little too big, but that goes to taste.
Quote from: Alyster Wick on June 16, 2011, 10:06:38 PM
Looks like someone wasn't minding the "do not feed the servitors" sign...
Seriously though, good use of ogre models. I especially like the one with a floodlight in its stomach. I think the orky arm with the chain blades looks a little too big, but that goes to taste.
Thanks :) yeah the chain blade arm is possibly a little big. May have to change that eventually but I'm happy enough with him for now
The white arbites paintjob has to be one of my favourite, a nice stark contrast, lethal looking!
Just finished a cherubim for Inquisitor Alexandra Veritas. It's made from a 28mm Cherubim so looks fairly small but I think that suits the whole messenger background and IMO doesn't look too bad amongst 54mm characters. First here's the background:
Luken a.k.a 'The Pigeon'
Inquisitor Alexandra Veritas had Luken created by the Adeptus-Biologicus as an aide and status symbol. Luken is very small and slight, even for a cherubim however this often works to his advantage. He is very swift, his frail body propelled quickly by his implanted anti-grav device and wings. He serves primarily as a messenger for Alexandra. The presence of the cherubim delivering the message strikes awe into those who receive it, as well as showing off Alexandra's status and purity. Luken is apt at keeping the message secret as his memo-cluster brain is highly encrypted and will only be played if the person is confirmed to be the target. Luken is fitted with pheromone-targeting auspex and a complex bionic eye with facial recognition programming. For the message to play the recipient's pheromone and facial pattern must match what Luken has been programmed with. Complex digital maps of cities can be downloaded into Luken's brain and this information allows him to quickly calculate and navigate along the quickest route. He has a powerful MIU link with his mistress Alexandra but due to her potent psychic powers the two can be separated by a large distance, allowing Luken to go off to deliver messages. However a powerful bond has developed between Alexandra and Luken and she dislikes being separated from him for long periods of times. Godric dislikes Luken. He finds the Cherubim to be unnerving and repulsive but there is also a degree of jealousy as Alexandra has a great deal of affection for Luken. Godric often refers to Luken as 'the Pigeon' as a derogatory term.
Enough of the background here's the model:
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Scale photo next to Alexandra:
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C&C appreciated as always :)
I figured I needed to be a bit braver with painting my Inquisitor models and attempt some free hand painting. I'm currently painting up some arbite NPCs, one of which is a medic. His shield seemed a little dull when I painted it and so I decided to make use of the flat space to attempt my first free hand painting. As he's a medic I went for the Staff of Asclepius (the universal symbol of the medical professional). I realise that it's not quite in the centre :S but apart from that I'm happy with how it turned out.
C&C greatly appreciated :)
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Nice i really like the free hand its impressive and for a a first real try its good i especially like the snakes the colour stands out on the background rather well
First attempt - bloody hell! I like the definition on the feathers and the shading effects, I think that has come out very well indeed.
Just going to echo, stormgrad and flinty, excellent work! All your models are fantastic, I bet they're a joy to play with.
Echo, Echo,Echo
Absolutely brilliant freehand. I wish I had your skill (and some more brushes).
Thanks for the kind words guys. It's really appreciated and helps motivate me to keep on painting :)
Just a small update. Painted a simple pattern on Godric's cloak to try and break the white up a bit:
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and then just a group shot of Alexandra's full warband (so far) now that I've finally got round to basing them:
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C&C appreciated as always
wow
These are looking great. A very bright warband I must say, not too much sneaking around more here we are, ow deal with us kind of look.
The pattern on the cloak does look very nice as does the bases.
Do you intend to add any writing to the seals and parchments?
Regards
Blacknight/Marc
Thanks blacknight :)
Good point. I think they could do with some writing. Shall have to add that soon.
In other news. I have finished Sebastian. For his background see: http://www.the-conclave.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1606.0 (http://www.the-conclave.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1606.0)
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C&C appreciated as always
Nice. Good badass vibe about him, with tones of "I really don't care who you are".
Love the mace. The scars are amazing.
Agree, lovely job on the skin tones and scarification - did you mask those with something or just free hand in a lighter tone?
Thanks for the kind words :)
Quote from: Flinty on July 12, 2011, 10:50:27 PM
did you mask those with something or just free hand in a lighter tone?
I painted them freehand in a lighter tone. Elf Flesh with a wash of Ogryn Flesh and then a spot of Baal Red. The rest of his skin is Tallarn Flesh with an Ogryn Flesh wash and Tallarn Flesh highlight.
My brother (Andreas) sculpted me a banisher for Godric's retinue. It's the first full body sculpt he's ever done. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out. Here he is painted:
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A size comparison with Godric:
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C&C appreciated :)
Sebastien looks awesome, great job on the tattoos/scars. I really have to invest in one of those guys at some point (ideally when my desk is cleared off...)
Quick question, as I recall the base model for Sebastien has pointed ears, it's unclear from the photos but did you trim them? Just curious.
Also, the full sculpt looks like a good first effort but I'd definitely suggest having another go at it. The main problem right now is that he appears to be wearing a full-body puffy coat. You've got most of the dimensions spot on or at least close enough but beneath his hood the character looks rather statuesque while the rest of him as an unnatural paunch.
The good news is that you can do this with minimal new sculpting required, all you need to do is trim down what's there though i'd suggest removing the hood and reworking it from scratch. Since it looks like you're using an actual 54mm presculpted head you can mix some green stuff, flatten it out and then take one of two routes: either apply it immediately which will give you a little more work time but make a natural cloth feel a little harder to achieve or let the putty cure for about 45 minutes and then cut it into shape and apply. The problem with option 2 is that the shape of a hood is very difficult to precut and you're likely to end up some extra GS "cloth" which needs to be covered up retroactively once it fully cures, which isn't too difficult.
As for the rest of the model, I'd say just go to town with a sharp hobby knife and some files. If you take off a little more than you intended then just sculpt it back on. You can easily find samples of what to go for by searching images of robed people on google.
Anyway, hope that was helpful!
Thanks. Yeah it does have pointy ears. I did trim the top of them slightly and neaten with a file.
Thanks for the pointers in terms of sculpting. My brother is always looking for ways to improve his sculpting :)
I'm afraid I have to agree with Alyster Wick, there is a certain element of puffiness about the banisher. As though it was too cold to get out of bed, so he wrapped himself in his duvet... But I can hardly criticise, my greenstuff work is far worse, and usualy covered in fingerprints.
I love Sebastien, though, he's fantastically characterful. The free hand tatoos are brilliant. I just hope he gets a chance to punch a daemon in the face at some point soon. :)
Long time no post. Been distracted by my 40k Imperial Guard. I've decided to create 54mm versions of some of my Imperial Guard. My army is made up of Imperial guard from a variety of regiments I've created. The plan is to create a 54mm model for each of my regiments. The first I'm trying is from one of my Infantry regiments, the 4th Setharisian. To make the models a bit more interesting they aren't just going to be gun-slingers. The first one I'm doing will be a demo's expert. Won't get too much game time in Inquisitor as big explosives don't suit most games but he'll be a bit of fun. I'll post pictures of him soon. Right now I'm working on a demolition charge from him. I used the 28mm Catachan demolitions team as inspiration. Here's a WIP of it. Comments and criticisms would be greatly appreciated.
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Sorry for the dodgy picture. It's the best I could get for now.