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I never liked the old Arco-flagellants, mostly because of their models, but those crypt ghoul conversions may have changed my mind...

I have to thank you again for getting me into this, the scope for just mucking about with a box of bitz... it's brilliant

Keep up the great work!

@ Dark Apostle 666: Cheers, mate! Looking forward to seeing your INQ28 projects

My hobby time has mainly been divided between trying to cram all the new 6th edition rules into my head and working on my Traitor Guard allies recently, but that doesn't mean that there's no time for a little INQ28 on the side

Here's a model I am working on at the moment. There's zero background in place as of yet, it's just a fun project:



The conversion uses an AOBR Ork boss that was a giveaway in WD when the 5th edition came out. I've always wanted to do something with him, but it never quite worked out until I discovered one of PDH's Scavies and simply stole the idea This particular ghoul head is just a perfect fit to create some dumb muscle I also added an old plastic Goliath's gun and an Ogre club, and my mutant bruiser was finished.

Started painting him already, although he's nowhere near finished. Here's where he's at:







As you can see, there are a lot of unfinished areas, but he's coming along rather nicely I think. As always, a great distraction whenever I am bored by other hobby activities

More news on the INQ28 front soon!

Oh, lots of cool new stuff here since I last checked! I really like the brothers, great conversion work, dude! Also liking the flagellants a lot, good job!

Man! Love those ghoul-base Arco-Flagellants!!

That scaavy-ork conversion is also lookin' pretty damn good!

Keep it up! I'm definitely digging the flavor of your Inq. Minis!

-Remi

nice work with the ork NOB from the WD.

Thanks a lot, guys!

There's something strangely fitting about using a giveaway miniature from 5th edition for a conversion right when the new edition hits, right?

wow that ghoul head is perfect for this conversion!

Yeah, I have PDH to thank for that particular idea

PDH is a staple in my necromunda diet

KrautScientist I subscribed to your blog cool and amazing stuff then I realised you were here on Dakka so subbed here now.

Your Barbaric feel to conversions is fantastic, I found your blog looking for ogres on a search and came across your renegades.

They are some great looking conversions, I like the fact you kept it balanced plus no over mutations

I also like your paint pallet, great choice with that a muted tone but still keeping a flesh tone

Great stuff I will keep watching your work love it

Ok just checked out this thread and well the brothers are amazing love it soooooo Mad Max the use of ghouls parts with grots bodies ( gnoblers ) works so well .


I wish I had found this sooner, your paint shading and washes are great and your metal work is spot on, I think you should do some tutorials as i would love to get the same effects as you

Thanks a lot, lone dirty dog, I am truly flattered

As for tutorials, I can hardly believe that I should have any techniques worth emulating -- most of my tricks when painting have been shamelessly stolen from better painters than me If there's really a demand for some specific kind of tutorial, let me know, though

Alright, people, it's been a little while, but today I've got something to show you:Meet Inquisitor Erasmus Gotthardt.

I am always easily drawn towards certain visual archetypes. One that really fascinated me while browsing through the Inquisitor rulebook was that of Inquisitor Tyrus: A massive, implacable man, quite intimidating and possibly terrifying to behold, as he is slowly advancing towards his quarry. So in a way, Inquisitor Gotthardt started out as a way of building a character similar to Tyrus at the 28mm scale.

Here’s the result:







I started with an AOBR Terminator to make the model look suitably massive. However, I didn’t want him to be wearing a standard Terminator armour, so I added a couple of bits to individualise the armour: The shoulderpads are armour plates from the Ork boyz kit, while his chestplate came from a Chaos Space Marine. I also added scrolls and decorations to make him look more like an Inquisitor and less like a Marine sergeant. The head is from a WFB Empire flagellant.



Regarding the paintjob, I went for the classic “Inquisitorial” colours of gold and crimson for a rather regal look. I have to be honest with you, though: That meant I could also use the Inquisitor as a test piece of sorts for the colour scheme I wanted to use for a small Custodes project. Oh, and I decided to paint his energy mace in light blue to make it pop more.

All in all, Inquisitor Gotthardt is quite an imposing figure. One thing that’s important to note though is that he is not actually supposed to be wearing Terminator armour! He may be based on an AOBR Termie, but I wanted his armour to look if it was more of a special design. If I ever were to do an INQ28 Space Marine, it would be a truescale version, so he would look just as big as, if not a little bigger than Gotthardt. So the armour is really supposed to be some “regular” power armour, pretty much like the one Tyrus is wearing. Maybe it’s even only partial power armour. I really only build him that way for looks, not because I wanted him to be invincible during games.

As for the character’s background, I already mentioned that, while working on the model, I hwas thinking of Gotthardt as some kind of Tyrus-expy: A bombastic, narrowminded Monodominant, strict in his rejection of what he considers to be Heresy (i.e. pretty much everything). However, as I began to think about the various possible members of his retinue, Inquisitor Gotthardt’s character somehow slowly began to transform. I now see him as more of a “good guy” (insofar as that category can even be applied to Inquisitors at all): fair and straightforward, if a little orthodox in his philosophy. But at the same time, he is a tortured man, full of insecurity over his old friend Antrecht’s seeming betrayal and torn between what he believes is right and what Antrecht has told him during their various confrontations (Fear not however, the role of pompous, insane Monodominant will be filled by somebody else — I have a plan!).

So with this gradual shift of his character in mind, I sat down to write a short piece of background for Inquisitor Gotthardt:



Inquisitor Erasmus Gotthardt, Ordo Hereticus (formerly of the Ordo Malleus)

Inquisitor Erasmus Gotthardt is a man torn. Torn between old loyalties and his beliefs. Torn between what he has been told and what he believes to be right.

Once he was one of Inquisitor Antrecht’s closest friends, and both of them worked tirelessly to smite the daemon wherever it was found. Many were their exploits in the service of the Ordo Malleus, and their friendship endured through all the hardships they had to face during their arduous work.

The two of them went separate ways when Antrecht set out on a quest to take down the notorious heretic Amnon Helix, and they did not see each other for a long time. So Gotthardt was all the more shocked when he heard the accusations leveled at Antrecht after the disappearance of Witch Hunter Ferrante. He could not believe that his friend could have fallen so far, so he sought him out in order to make him see reason.

During their confrontation, Gotthardt implored his old friend to finally come clean, to accompany him before the Conclave and deal with the accusations. Gotthardt felt that they were beginning to work out some kind of understanding, but then the rash and fanatic Inquisitor Fiegmund, an erstwhile pupil of Ferrante, interrupted their discussion and tried to apprehend Antrecht by force. In the ensuing three-way fight, Ferrante was attacked and horribly maimed by Antrecht’s Daemonhost, while the Inquisitor managed to get away. Afterwards, the Inquisitorial Conclave at Pervatia Secundus addressed the question of how best to stop Antrecht. Inquisitor Gotthardt was thorougly examined and interrogated due to his connections to the fugitive and the grievous injuries dealt to another member of the Holy Ordos, and there were those who suspected that he was Antrecht’s accomplice in the matter. Riddled with doubt over what he had witnessed and weakened by his long interrogations, Gotthardt adressed the Conclave:

“You may keep arguing about whether there is any method to Lazarus Antrecht’s madness. You may keep searching for a name to give to his philosophy: Call it Istvaanianism or Antrechtism or call it by its true names: Madness. Heresy. That is the only classification I need. And though I may weep for the friend I lost, I must not waver in my task. For he whom I knew is dead and gone, and the last service that I may do him is to run down and take out the monster that he has become.”



As always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!

The Ork pads work and blend really well but you all ready know that now


Great job mate

Just found this blog and is superb! I particularly love your nurgle lord conversion. What is the gun you used on it? Looking forward to seeing more amazing stuff

Thanks a lot, guys!

@ Doombiscuit: I don't know the name of the gun, but it's an unconverted Grey Knights weapon, from the GK Terminators, I believe (although the power armoured GK come with a smaller version as well).

Alright, time for an update, people:

with Inquisitor Antrecht’s retinue so thoroughly documented, let us turn to my other INQ28 models, of which there are currently about 30 in different states of completion. Some of them are pretty much complete, some are early sketches, still others are simply useful 40k models that I managed to pick up (from cousin Andy’s extensive collection, in more than one case). I’d like to showcase these models in a series of posts to show you where my different Inquisitor projects are headed. I also encourage you to let me know your ideas and criticism! Many of these models are nowhere near finished, and they can only get better with your help. So let’s get this show on the road!

In today’s post, we’ll take a look at a number of models I built (or am still building) for the retinue of Inquisitor Gotthardt. You’ll notice straight away that, compared to Inquisitor Antrecht’s freakshow of a warband, Gotthardt’s followers are a lot less extreme. Nevertheless, I am trying to make them interesting and rounded characters.

First up is Rogue Trader Iskander Gagarin, in Gotthardt’s service ever since the Inquisitor convicted him of smuggling Xenos contraband and made him an offer he could not refuse:







With this model, I tried to partly channel the look of Rogue Trader von Castellan from the Inquisitor rulebook. I like the idea that rogue traders are pretty much naval merchants on speed, sporting a wild mix of gaudy dress uniforms and more exoctic features, so that’s what I tried to achieve with Gagarin: I used a Cadian officer’s torso and right arm with the left arm and legs coming from an old WFB Empire cannon kit. The head is a Space Wolf scout’s, while the flashy fur cloak is from the WFB Empire Knights. To represent Gagarin’s dealings with Xenos cultures, I gave him a shuriken pistol from an old Eldar CC weapons sprue and a Dark Eldar knife on his belt. He is also carrying his family’s heirloom sword (again from the Empire Knights). All in all, I am rather pleased with the overall effect. He looks suitably swanky, with just a bit of a swashbuckling vibe. I’ll probably go for a pretty loud paintjob, in order to make him look like a 19th century military officer turned up to eleven.

Next in line is a character that I intended to be the very opposite of Gagarin: Captain Esteban Revas, former regimental champion of the 126th Haaruthian Dragoons, who was dishonoured in the eyes of his regiment, his family and his homeworld for the crime of actually doing an honourable deed (go figure! ):







I wanted to build a model that was clearly recognisable as a (former) member of the Imperial Guard. I also wanted the model’s pose to be full of confidence, even arrogance, to underline his military upper-class background. Again, I used a mix of Cadian parts and bits from WFB Empire kits. Revas is supposed to be an accomplished fencer and duelist, so I gave him a weapon (and some absurdly ornate equipment — check out his helmet!) to match this effect. Though I used components very similar to Gagarin’s, the resulting model looks very different, and the dynamic between the two characters should be fairly interesting in the background as well.

While Gagarin’s and Revas’ characters and respective background are pretty far along, there are some additional members of the warband who haven’t yet made it beyond the modelling stage, with little or no background in place.

On of those is a drill abbot I built:





I wanted him to look like an older, world weary type who nevertheless can hold his own in battle. I used a stocky monk’s body from the Bretonnian men-at-arms, combined with a Space Wolf head, a power hammer from the power armoured Grey Knights and a couple of bits. I also gave him a lantern for good measure. All in all, the model’s a bit shorter than I would have liked, but that cannot be helped. I haven’t come up with a background for him yet, but I’ll work something out.

Then there’s this guy:



You all probably recognise the model as the shuttle pilot from the Maccrage box set. I really love this guy, so I talked cousin Andy into letting me have him. After thinking for a while about what I would actually use him for, I decided to attach him to an Inquisitorial warband as some kind of retired Arbites judge, security agent or something of the like.

Towards that end, I clipped off the case he was carrying and added a power maul (from the Dark Angels veteran kit) instead. However, I am not quite sure whether I should clip off the maul’s head or not, or replace it with something different…any ideas? I also added some gloves from the Bretonnian men-at-arms to his belt.
Apart from that, I’m pretty sure I won’t change too much about the model, since the base model is great as it is. But if there are any suggestions, let me know!

And finally, here is a character I have been toying around with for quite a while now:





A Kroot mercenary I built from some parts that had accumulated in my bitzbox. However, I always saw the Kroot as more than just a couple of flesh-eating “birdmen”. I’ve been intrigued by a number of conversions I’ve seen over the years that chose to emphasise the tribal aspect to the Kroot culture, picturing them as some kind of “noble savages” if you will. And however dated (and downright politically incorrect) that concept may be in actual literature, I think there’s little harm in applying it to a race of alien birdmen from space.

The model you see above was heavily inspired by a Kroot conversion published in the new 40k rulebook. The model throws some High-Elf (and Wood Elf) bits into the mix to add some tribal elements. However, as you can see, this guy is not finished by a long stretch, and I am also not sure whether he’ll actually end up in Gotthardt’s entourage or will rather be held back for the warband of a Xenos Inquisitor I have yet to build.

Anyway, that’s the first few character sketches currently loitering on my desk. If you have any questions, suggestions or ideas, let me know! I am looking forward to hearing from you!

In any case, as always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!

Great to see this project advancing. The shuttle pilot dude is fantastic. Although I myself am not too sure on the Maul... Dunno! It may grow on me eh?

Did you think about an axe of some kind for him?

TSD

I love your miniatures, you're pushing me to post my own humble contributions to the Inquisitor scene. I really love your latest miniatures, but if I can offer some constructive criticism?

The second miniature, your guardsmen, he's rocking the armored knight look, but his legs seem to un-protected. Is this intentional, otherwise you could stick the leg plates from the knight kit to his thighs which'd give him a bulkier look which'd still blend in with the gear he already has.

The hammer weilding veteran seems way too static. Compared to your other miniatures he's not really giving the vibe that you want him to. The head is perfect, the hammer, sure, why not. But why not spice up his pose slightly? If you cut off his sleeves, you could easily attach imperial guard arms for a bit more of a dynamic stance. As for the height, I've found that problem as well. I found that they seem to be closer to 'true' 28mm than heroic scale, which is a bit of a pain. My remedy is to slice off his feet altogether, and stick some larger legs on? that way he'll scale better with his head. Imperial guard boots would do fine, or the lower portion of a marauders leg braces?

I love the pilot miniature. I've never picked him up, but I really should do, it's a great figure, very resolute. My only qualm I have is shared by you in the case of his power Maul. If you have the money or the bits lying around, the forgeworld renegade enforcer kit has a lovely scaled power maul included; you could buy it from a bits store, ebay, or just take the plunge and pick up the kit. Trust me, you wouldn't regret it. Otherwise, if you snipped off the maul bit itself, it'd look similar to the shock mauls I've seen converted before, it'd just be a bit stubby.

Love the Kroot. Could be more dynamic, but it's still early days.

Good looking stuff. I still am unsure about these Empire bits used so liberally in 40k, it looks good on the flamboyant rogue trader (who is a great model, the only thing I don't like about him is the topknot, but that's a personal choice) and I can imagine him going out of his way to find some elaborate pantaloons but I just can't see it on the regimental champion yet, maybe it just needs some paint to tie it all together but it doesn't look right to me. He's wearing a carapace chestplate, a giant iron helmet and frilly leggings with a codpiece (braguette?) - just seems an odd choice, or like he has been caught in the middle of getting dressed. It would look really cool if you could continue the carapace armour plating onto his legs, and maybe 40k-ify his helmet slightly. The pose is brilliant though.

The stocky monk looks great to me, no worries about being shorter than other people - it's always a bit odd that there is so little height variation in 40k anyway! In real life - as easy as they are to overlook - short people do exist. I like including short people, fat people and women in 40k because they are the 3 groups that always get left out by GW. I think the only problem with him is that it looks like he has a skinny neck, I would try seating the head a bit lower, that might make him look like he is a bulldog of a man rather than that he is oddly proportioned. Might look better without the bell, maybe with a hand on his hip or something. Really like this guy.

The shuttle pilot to arbite conversion works well, you could give him a traditional shock maul as it is a very recognisable arbite weapon. I've seen them made out of bits of power axes and the like or you can buy them on eBay as part of the enforcer kits.

I like Kroot but I guess as he is not human it is difficult to imbue him with a sense of real personality.

Some good looking mini's mate. I have to echo the things said about the knights leggings and the maul. The power axe is usually a good fit for the Arbites maul.

Some excellent points, guys! Thanks a lot!

Let me address them model by model:

Rogue Trader:

To tell you the truth, I'm no great fan of topknots either, but the head just added such a nice contrast to his rather gaudy dress uniform and makes him look a lot less "respectable". It also resembles the original von Castellan miniature, although that's just a small bonus to me

Regimental Champion:

It was actually a very deliberate choice to equip him the way I did. You see, I wanted a blasé, even foppish, aspect to his appearance, and that is reflected in his armour and uniform: He owes his whole military position to his high birth and prowess as a fencer, so he dresses like a fairy tale knight instead of as a soldier. Now that he has lost all that, he still needs to come to terms with the fact that the days of prancing around in dress uniforms are over. Meanwhile, while he may be a bit of a dolt, he is also a truly honourable and moral person, which is the exact reason why Gotthardt recruited him and saved him from a court-martial. Anyway, I wanted all of this to be reflected in the mini, and that's why I chose this somewhat "eclectic" look

Drill abbot:

@ghosty: Actually, this guy is supposed to be more of an ecclesiarchy priest and less of an IG veteran (although he might be an IG veteran). In any case, I have to be careful to keep the overall monk look intact, so no armoured arms for him. Replacing his feet and/or shortening his neck may be worth looking at, though! Thanks for the suggestions, guys!

Arbites:

He has to have a power maul/stun baton, seeing as he's an Arbites and all However, I am really not happy with the maul yet. At this point, I'll probably either cut off the head. The rest will still look like a stun baton, and the size will be more in line with the rest of the model. Or I'll replace the head with some club from the Empire flagellant kit. Either way, that head will have to go

Kroot:

Like I say, this guy's not finished. All bets are off

@ ghosty: I'd like to see your models, mate! Go ahead and post them, it'll be alright I am also feeling flattered that I should inspire you to post your own stuff in the first place. Have a go at it!

Oh hell man this new warband is frigging sweet. Rogue Trader Iskander Gagarin is just swanky.

Captain Esteban Revas - the head you have used just screams arrogance and makes the model absolutely perfect.

Thanks a lot, Peter. I really appreciate it! All the more so since you're officially a celebrity now

Really digging Gargarin and Revas. The ex-Arbite is cool too, but I have to agree the maul is a tad too large. I had this maul in mind for a Necro characater I have't gotten around to building yet, but I think it would make for a really vicious looking power maul. It's a bit more ornate than the flagellents kit.

My only criticism would be to echo what Bruticus said about Revas. He could use some leg armor, or other alterations to make him more 40k looking. Perhaps a powersword rather than the fantasy sword, and thigh/knee pads and beefing up on the boots would really add to the model in my opinion.

Thanks, Starfarer!

I actually have that Chaos Knight mace lying around! Unfortunately, it's even larger than the DA one the model has now, so it's really not an alternative

Cpt. Revas' look was really a conscious choice, as outlined above. Looks like the poor chap will have to learn about the harsh realities of the 41st millennium the hard way -- wearing a pair of tights and a codpiece

If you're convinced with the codpiece, who are we to stop you?

I would disagree with Bruticus however, I think Kroot can have a lot of personality if you're willing to give them a bit of a tweek. I found one of the easiest ways to convey a story is positioning. Give him a more dynamic stance, bend or cut the legs at the hips and knees, and you can completely change them from their 'walking' stance. You want to give him a 'noble savage' look? I'd say get him crouching on his haunches, with possibly a big bow instead of a rifle. To give his face more personality, I found it's easiest to accentuate his face with a bit of greenstuff. I dunno how good you are with it, but if my ham fisted attempts come out looking half decent, I'm sure it'd be no problem for you Try adding a bit to his underbite, it can come out looking a lot meaner, a lot more vicious. If you add to his cheekbones and eyebrow line, it also adds a lot more character. Careful though, too much and you can make him look a teeny bit characateured.

WOW. this is stunning.

my persoanl favourite is the Bounty Hunter on the first page. I was reading the back story, and as soon as I read about the white skin, I was like " I know where thats from, I read that chapter approved"

Really, really nice stuff

redkommando wrote: I was like " I know where thats from, I read that chapter approved":

Haha, yeah, you caught me red-handed, there But those Chapter approved articles were awesome, weren't they?

Why don't they do that anymore? They brought back all kinds of metahumans and colourful regiments of the Guard back in the new rulebook, now would be the perfect time to follow it up with something like the old Chapter Approved stuff. Oh well...

In any case, thanks a lot for the kind words!

Alright, everyone: It's been quite a while since I updated this thread, because I've been entrenched in all kinds of 40k activities surrounding the new Dark Vengeance starter box. Check out my other threads to see what I've been up to

Anyway, time for a "real" INQ28 update: Today I'd like to talk about "Twists":

"Twists”, or mutants, are a very interesting character type in the world of Inquisitor: Considered unclean and abhorrent, twists are usually ruthlessly oppressed by the paranoid and racist Imperium of Man on the basis that their outer deformities are symptoms of an inner corruption. They are often hunted and left with no alternative but to rebel or pledge themselves to the ruinous powers if they want to live, creating a bit of a catch-22 scenario. Meanwhile, the Imperium is not above using the twists as a source for cheap labour, an oppressed underclass that is exploited as much as it is reviled.

With Inquisitor set in the shadowy parts of the Imperium, it is no small wonder that any enterprising Inquisitor should find themselves among the twisted and persecuted. And what’s more: Converting twists is an awesome way of coming up with rather interesting models. So today’s part of my Inquisitor 28 Desktop Roundup will deal with a number of twists I converted.

First up, here are two guys that I built last year, a relatively short while after getting back into the hobby. I realised that I still had some pretty old models lying around, among them a couple of old Gorkamorka Orks that I had bought some time during the 90s (as a side note: Do you remember how completely spectacular those multipart Gorkamorka plastic models seemed to us back then?). Now compared with today’s muscular, hulking Ork boys, those poor sods look pretty scrawny, so I wanted to convert them into something different. Take a look:



I replaced the original Ork boy’s left arm with an arm from the Kroot kit. It looks wonderfully twisted and vestigial (and is a great part for your mutant conversion needs). I also gave the model a Laspistol from the Cadian kit and added an old WFB Chaos Warrior’s head. All of this helped in making the model look less like a scawny Ork and more like a mutant of some sort.



This guy was even easier to convert: I just replaced his head with a face from the old Chaos mutations sprue and added a few pouches. Apart from that, the model is still the same Gorkamorka Ork I built all those years ago, although the new head really manages to transform this guy.

I painted the twists’ clothes in muted greens and browns with some weathering effects thrown in, emphasising the fact that they are a rather unkempt bunch with pretty bad equipment. Still, I quite like these two. The only thing I should have done differently is the skin: I painted these before I had found a good way of painting pale, unhealthy skin and used lots of Leviathan Purple to shade theirs — that left them looking far more pinkish than I would have liked…



When I built those guys, I wanted them to serve as mutants in my Lost and the Damned force. And while that plan never quite got off the ground, they should make quite useful NPCs and underhive scum for games of INQ28 and/or Necromunda, don’t you think?

The next model I want to show you is considerably newer. I also basically stole the idea from one of PDH’s Scavvy Mutants. I already showed you some WIP shots of this guy, but for completeness's sake:





Once again, this is a fairly easy kitbash, using just an AOBR Ork boss (that came as a giveaway with a copy of WD, back when 5th ed. was released) and a couple of bits. Chief among these is a head from the WFB Crypt Ghouls, which are simply fantastic conversion fodder for creating twists. This particular head was just a great fit, with a look between anger and idiocy that really helps to sell this guy as dumb muscle. Thanks, PDH!

I also added a hand from an old plastic Necromunda Goliath ganger, wielding a magnum style pistol, a brutal looking club from one of the WFB Ogre Kingdoms kits and added a spike to the stikkbomb, making it look more like yet another crude CC weapon.

When painting this guy, I went for a rather subdued palette once again, and added a ton of weathering effects. This time, I also got the skin right. Take a look:





I am quite pleased with this guy for a number of reasons: He really looks like a hulking brute and could be used as some kind of bodyguard or even as a mutant overlord. A fellow forumite remarked that the model looks quite a bit like a Super Mutant from Fallout 3, and even though I didn’t plan it that way, he was quite correct!

So let’s wind up our little school outing into the world of twists and mutants with another WIP model, in fact a conversion I have wanted to do for quite a while:

Among the original Inquisior releases was a character named “Quovandius”, a mutant saved by Inquisitor Eisenhorn and sworn to his service. The character also got a rather characterful model. Take a look.

However, there’s more: In his official artwork in the Inquisior rulebook, Quovandius looks far more bulky and fierce than his actual model, in my opinion. He also uses his shotgun as an improvised crutch, which I think was a really cool little idea.

Working at the 28mm scale, I would have to build a new model anyway, so why not build a twist that was inspired by that very artwork? Here’s what I came up with:







Again, I used the tried and true combination if an Ork body and a Crypt Ghoul head. Yet where the other head above looks rather nonplused, this guy looks fierce and determined, don’t you think? I also used an old Gorkamorka shotgun to emulate the artwork even further. It may not be the cleanest and most ambitious conversion in the world, but I think it gets the point across.

And while I was tempted to add all kinds of stuff in order to make the model look even more like the original Quovandius, I stopped myself, since I liked the rather simple, brutal expression of the model (I might have to add that puppet head, though. Such a cool little detail! I only have to find one that’s small enough).
Anyway, where the original Quovandius looks rather pitiful, I see this guy as more of a hunter, maybe even a bounty hunter, tolerated by the higher-ups because he can bring in anyone who has been hiding in the underhive…

And that’s it with my little showcase today. In closing, let me say that building twists is a great way to make something using leftover bitz as well as eclectic and seemingly disparate parts. Just remember to always have some Ork and Crypt Ghoul parts ready

As always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!

Great looking Muties buddy. Youre really churning these models out.

Thanks, mate! I really appreciate it!