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This began a few months ago. I bought my first miniature in over 20 years and, with no clear idea or purpose in mind, I began relearning how to paint and convert. Many, many experiments later an idea took shape. Perhaps it's an overly ambitious plan, but it is a plan none the less.

My aim is to collect, convert and paint a force representing a well connected Imperial inquisitor, his retinue, his allies and the forces of the Imperium which he can call on when he needs some military muscle.

It will grow to encompass Inquisition forces, Imperial Guard and Astartes in a single, themed force.

This will be a long haul. I am aiming to make each and every miniature the best that I can make it. It could take years to complete, but I hope that the sheer variety of troops found in the army I envisage will keep me interested.

So far I've made a modest start. Kit bashed soldiers of the Inquisition in carapace armour and armed with bolters. Three finished so far with more to come.





A psyker, or is he a mystic? I'm not entirely decided on this one yet but I do like the model and have to have him in there somewhere.



Yes, it's a very small start but it will grow. I'm currently working on a Death a Cult Assassin. This is my second attempt at creating on from a plastic witch elf. The first wasn't great, this one seems to be working much better. She's currently half painted.






Plans for the immediate future include more Soldiers of the Inquisition, more Death Cultists and yesterday I bought a box of space marines. I work slowly and often chaotically so this blog may be updated sporadically. Thanks for reading.

MB

What a first post. Seriously cool conversions you've got going on.

That assassin is slick, but my favourite thing has to be those Inquistorial troops.

Welcome to Dakka! Very much looking forward to what you have planned.

Well, this is all stuff I'm currently working on, so you're a huge jerk.

Luckily they look awesome!

Looking forward to working on my own death cultists, haven't decided on the half mask (which looks great), or starting from the alt heads in the Witch Elf kit and going for a skull/deathhead thing.

Greatsword legs and torsos on the acolytes?

Medium of Death wrote:What a first post. Seriously cool conversions you've got going on.

That assassin is slick, but my favourite thing has to be those Inquistorial troops.

Welcome to Dakka! Very much looking forward to what you have planned.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

plastictrees wrote:Well, this is all stuff I'm currently working on, so you're a huge jerk.

Luckily they look awesome!

Looking forward to working on my own death cultists, haven't decided on the half mask (which looks great), or starting from the alt heads in the Witch Elf kit and going for a skull/deathhead thing.

Greatsword legs and torsos on the acolytes?

Thank you. Yes, those are Greatswords legs and torso. I also considered using the mask heads in the witch elf kit. They have the potential to look amazing but I decided to save them for if I ever do some Slaaneshi cultists because they would be perfect.

Great work all round. Painting, conversions, greenstuff and theme. Really really awesome and I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Wow, very impressive stuff. I'm surprised how well the SM arms work on Empire bodies, and the assassin is very well done. Looking forward to more.

Man those Inquisitorial troops look super cool! What parts did you use?

Thanks all.

 Malika2 wrote:
Man those Inquisitorial troops look super cool! What parts did you use?

The troops use Empire Greatsword torsos and legs. Arms are from space marines and the helmets are from the High Elf range. I've also used various bits and doodads from the Empire flagellants and grey knights.

Those are High Elf helmets? I was really thinking Dark Eldar! Kick ass!

So what's next?

There is some cool stuff going on here!very, very nice conversions!

Cool stuff bud, looking forward to seeing what you get up to

Brilliant work on the Death Cult Assassin and the Hooded Executioner look on the Guardsmen is excellent.

Great first post!
Absolutely brilliant conversions and your painting is fantastic!
Definitely inspired me!

Very, very pleased with how this worked out. The base needs tidying up and she needs some varnish, but my Death Cult Assassin is basically finished. Eventually I'm hoping to use the rest of the witch elf box to make four more of these, but I think I need to do something else and return to these ladies later.

This looks awesome!maybe i should get some witches...

Very impressive, nice to see Dark Eldar heads being put to good use (there are so many in the box!)

She looks very nice indeed, I might try using Witch Elves when I get round to making mine.

I've been playing around in my ever growing bits box and made these two chaps.



The one on the right is a Ministorum Priest. I started him with no clear idea what I was building, just blutacking bits together to see what happened. This was the result.

The marine is my attempt at true scaling. I know opinions differ on the subject of true scale marines but I think the two of them look good together scale wise.

Nice work. The Priest is really nicely done, and the marine looks suitably bulky. At first, the legs looked a little too big, but I think it would probably be fine once he's painted and doesn't have the blue-tac adding extra height.

Amazing! The conversions are top-notch, and great painting as well. I cannot stop looking at the Deathcult Assassin.

Great work!

This is stunning stuff, and I'm more than likely going to steal the idea of using greatsword bodies for henchmen.

For the true scale marine, I prefer normal legs with spacers, rather than termie legs. He looks incredibly bottom heavy.

Check out a blog by Veteran Sergeant (or mine) to see what I mean.

 torealis wrote:
This is stunning stuff, and I'm more than likely going to steal the idea of using greatsword bodies for henchmen.

For the true scale marine, I prefer normal legs with spacers, rather than termie legs. He looks incredibly bottom heavy.

Check out a blog by Veteran Sergeant (or mine) to see what I mean.

Thanks for the complement.

Regarding true scale marines, there is no right way to do it and different methods give different results. It's just a question of what you prefer. I do like the bottom heavy look that using terminator legs gives. It reflects the way that astartes are depicted in some of the art with massive, tree trunk like legs. I took a look at your thread and I love the look you've achieved with spacers also. Your marines look tall and noble. I'd say mine look heavy and powerful. Both looks are great in their own way if you ask me and I may think about using your method on my marine officers to give them a different look to the troops.

Regarding true scale marines, there is no right way to do it and different methods give different results. It's just a question of what you prefer. I do like the bottom heavy look that using terminator legs gives. It reflects the way that astartes are depicted in some of the art with massive, tree trunk like legs. I took a look at your thread and I love the look you've achieved with spacers also. Your marines look tall and noble. I'd say mine look heavy and powerful. Both looks are great in their own way if you ask me and I may think about using your method on my marine officers to give them a different look to the troops.

Agreed. Personally I think the Terminator legs look really good (and they match Corvus armor style legs well). But I would make a suggestion nevertheless: The arms are still a bit small looking, and I'd recommend moving the arms down a bit (so they rest lower where they attach to the torso -- then you can cover any gaps with the shoulder pads. This is just nitpicking though, I think it looks great how it is. -- nevermind, after looking at it a long time I don't think the arms are a problem.

Some brilliant ideas here - I love the High Elf helmets in the first image, the Assasin is pure power, and your new Priest is also excellent.
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Fantastic assassin! Love it. Keep it up!

Brilliant conversions and a great atmospheric painting style!

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Hell yes!

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Awesome and inspiring stuff so far.

I love how this is your "just getting back into Warhammer" thread

Some really great conversions. I really like the Acolytes and the Deathcult Assassin is really something!
Looking forward to future releases.