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Path of Devotion thread is about my Inquisitor and his ever growing Imperial Guard. I started off playing Warhammer with Imperial Guard back in 3rd Ed. Then when the Daemonhunters codex came out, I just had to have it. So from then on my ever growing Imperial Guard was tied in with my Inquisitor and a few Grey Knights.

I will start off with an old pic of my original Inquisitor. I actually made him in 2006 for the store's Medusa V campaign, the first time i actually spent time an made a model for my Inquisitor. Before then, the Inquisitor was just a Guardsmen model that was painted to stand out. So as you can see, this is a poorly made model, it was my first attempt, so I guess you could call it Inquisitor Sanchez 1.0.


I used that model for 2 years, up until Gamesday Baltimore in 2008, where I got the Space Marine Captain blister for buying my ticket. I loved the body pose so I chose to make it my new Inquisitor. And now I have this, my current Inquisitor Sanchez... I don't know if it would be 2.0 or 1.1... I kept the arms from the original Inquisitor and the paint scheme, but other then that, the body, the head, and the back are all new.


So lately I have been repainting my older models and painting my new ones... giving my Imperial Guard a complete make over. This Russ BT here used to have side sponsons, a hunter killer missile, smoke launcher, dozer blade, and some other modifications. In 3 hours I stripped her down, and gave her an new base coat. and in 5 hours time she was done. She used to looke like crap... heck she was 9 years old, I picked her up in 2000 and painted her with my childish bad paint job. Now she looks half descant. The reason I left the sponsons off was to cheapen the point cost of this model... As of late she has been more mobile, firing on the move and harassing the enemy forces quite well, but I never used the heavy bolters, and the hunter killer missile was never of use... So now she is lighter, cheaper, and packing the same punch... oh and I can use her in 500 point games now.



Now still speaking of dusting off old models, I have taken a load of my old Steel legion troops and have begun to paint them... Now back when I got them, in the heat of the 3rd Armageddon war, I was young and painted them horribly with green over coats, no primers, and large grain sand as a base... I have begun an overhauling project to breath life into these old guys. As you can see below, I have given them a more traditional look. With the help of the new washes from GW the look many time better then they originally did.



The only problem I have with my Steel Legion troops is that most of them, like all but 10 models and 5 or 6 heavy weapons teams are of the same two poses... The two below are the majority of my Steel Legion models. Sad I know... but I got like 30 of them plus like 5 heavy weapons teams for 30 bucks... that is a deal to good to pass up. But it is still a pain in the ass to paint and have.



Now the majority of my Imperial Guard now are the Newer Cadian Models... I have purchased enough of them to take over the majority of my forces over the years... here is just one of my Platoons.



I have been slowly doing minor conversions to my army to make it unique to me. I have done things like modify the lasgun to making a las carbine, and even a heavy lasgun, inspired by the modern SAW.




Now I know these next two guys are not unique, or special, but they are used my may army.

Those spikes are hella cool on his shoulder guard but Ido think the Russ is a tad too plain. weather it up, you know you want to

I'm liking the Steel Legion folk, got any you don't want to send my way??

Its plain yeah... but now it it is well worth the points

Here is more of the Steel Legion

Oh man, they are just drool worthy! Give them to me!!!

Looking at your guard, your painting skills have come on quite a lot even though you were good before!

Idk... let me fish up an old guard pic
ehh, the old ones look horrible

They are looking good. I like it when people take the time to make something their own; whether it's a simple lasgun conversion, or a full on kitbash... it makes them unique to you

Great job with the inquisitors too. From the photos version 1 doesn't look poorly made at all. He's a great combination of different kit pieces. I do like the DE shoulder pad that you've used; very sinister.

Very nice indeed, I love the simple dark green scheme. I also like the new and improved inquisitor, far more life in this one.

Ever thought of modelling some jokero digital weapon rings on his fingers? I always associated that with inquisitors.

Wow, really love the dark green its a very nice
guardy(new word ) look.

I do like the DE shoulder pad that you've used

You know your models not many people know that one.

Ever thought of modelling some jokero digital weapon rings on his fingers? I always associated that with inquisitors.

I might... I am trying to get enough bits to make the same inquisitor in a non-armored version.

Thanks guys on the complements.

Here is the other tank. I was unable to get doors for the side so I had to keep the side sponsons on. I was able to make the Commander have a cigar.

An old model Repainted

The ornamental skull/eagle thing on the lascanon is a nice touch.

Thanks man.

This is the 2nd of 3 mortar teams.

Nice looking stuff there. The inquisitor may be going rogue soon - look at all the spikes!

Lol, no plan on making him traitor... maybe a bit more brutal looking...

I have a bit of a problem... a little group on DA are having a contest for making some objectives... I have 2 thought out and made, still in the proses of being painted, but I have a problem making the 3rd. the one that looks like a mini hill is the third one, anyone got any ideas on what to do with it?

the other two are a wounded scout with information, and the other is a "dirty" rocket that had problem with it's wire-less launch, (darn imperial tech) and needs manual button push.

Here are the objectives finished and with some story to them.



The one on the far left is a "Dirty Missile" and has the following story for game purposes:

Inquisitor Sanchez ordered a missile strike with a chemical payload to be delivered to the enemy lines to contaminate the enemy troops and dampen their moral. Unfortunately the wireless system is not responding and is requiring a manual launch. The enemy forces will try to beat you to it and neutralize it so that it may not harm anyone with it's deadly payload, or might try to turn it on you.

The one on the far right is a wounded veteran, most likely a scout for the skirmishing force headed in. He has the following game story line:

One of our scouts is missing. He hold vital information to your war effort and must be found. We do not want the enemy to silence him, nor do we want then to interrogate him. Find the scout and return him for debriefing.

Now finally the last one, the one in the center. Don't let its plain look fool you. Under that dirt is something special. Something that could change the face of the battlefield. Here is its game story:

The people of the area buried a peace of tech that must be recovered. It is the key to success in this region for it is the key component to the defensive grid of the city. When the Xenos took the city the local loyalist stole this and hid it to make sure that Imperial Forces would not have to confront this grid and aid in their recapture of the land.

Haha love the mound of dirt objective ^_-. Great little story for each. I like this thinking when it comes to objectives ^_^.

Nice looking table top force. Some fun weapon conversions throughout.

Great objectives! They look nice and have a lot of character.

COOL!

i would stick a shovel in the dirt mound. Cool stuff though!

Enjoyed the little stories. Stuff like that can make a game 100x more memorable.

lol you couldn't think of something to put onto that last one!!! I guess you could class that as a win but it's a dirty win.

grey_death wrote:Haha love the mound of dirt objective ^_-. Great little story for each. I like this thinking when it comes to objectives ^_^.

Nice looking table top force. Some fun weapon conversions throughout.

Thanks man, I should get some more up soon, but I am just burnt out right now.

Metsuri wrote:Great objectives! They look nice and have a lot of character.

Thanks man, I had fun making them.

citadel_security wrote:COOL!

fire4effekt wrote:i would stick a shovel in the dirt mound. Cool stuff though!

I can't find any of mine for some reason... odd i know.

scarab wrote:Enjoyed the little stories. Stuff like that can make a game 100x more memorable.

Agreed, thanks man. I might do 2 more, but as you can see from the mound, i ran out of good bits, lol.

infilTRAITOR wrote:lol you couldn't think of something to put onto that last one!!! I guess you could class that as a win but it's a dirty win.

/sigh yeah... sad i know... but at least i still have my improvisation skills.

I was wondering: how did you modify your lasguns? I mean, I suck SO MUCH at converting that I can't tell from the pics, sorry. Your guys look really cool by the way!

Yeah man, here is a little thing showing how I did it:

Sanchez01 wrote:This is my little guide to make Graven Pattern Las Carbines. They have a cool little SMG look to them and I personally use them as "Count As" Shotguns for my vets.

First I take just your regular Lasgun arm off the spur. I use the ones with the Bayonet because the knife hilt will be used later on.


Now go ahead and cut off the end of the barrel along with the knife.


Now cut off the top thingy and the hand and emblems off the weapon.


A little off the end, cut off the end, then cut off part of the Lasgun to shorten the weapon.


You can then glue the end to the newly cut rifle.


Now cut off the hilt of the knife and glue it to the bottom of the weapon.


When it dries, clean it up and add to your model.

Like the wounded scout, makes for a great objective!

Oh I like that Heavy Bolter wall a great use for sprue bits! Can't help but think that a flagpole would look good on that hill!

Yeah I was seriously considering doing that, but my freehand is worse then a kindergartner with a fat crayon so I chose not to embarrass myself with an awful attempt of a flag.

But I am thinking of putting a skull on it, adding some tech looking stuff to make it a downed servo skull that holds info.

So what colours did you end up using in the end for the bricks?

Did a base of 1 blood red, 1 chaos black, 1 graveyard earth.... then I did a 1 blood red and 3 grave yard earth for the bricks... and finally a wash of Gryphonne Sepia.