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Opps Cool models.

My reference re the Lion Priest was Thundercats.....Liono in particular



Now I just need to clarify are you converting that wolf priest into a lion priest?

I know what you mean and I also have a drawer full of random models I've bought over the years because they are so sexy. I'm hoping to put many of them to good use eventually. I often find that as a nice break, from time to time, I enjoy painting an unconverted model just for the fun of painting...because I find converting is the easy bit, the painting is much more difficult.

Sounds like you have a rather large Tau army in a drawer....I have a deep burning desire to have a painted 40k army... I had one in 2nd Edition and it made me proud. Oh well I'm sure I'll get round to one eventually.

Peter

PDH wrote: My reference re the Lion Priest was Thundercats.....Liono in particular.

I thought of thundercats somehow, but it's been too long ago. I used to love the thundercats. (Every now and then it goes "THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER...CATS!" in my mind.) Also I only really liked the Panther guy with his cool vehicle.

Now I just need to clarify are you converting that wolf priest into a lion priest?

You know me well enough, of course I do. The wolf head will be replaced by a lions head. The paws can stay. The tail has to go, maybe be replaced. His axe arm I cut of years ago for a conversion for my SW army, but it would have been replaced now anyway. He has a new arm, holding a long pole with a chainblade on top, a chain halberd counting as eviscerator. I think a priest isn't a priest in 40k if he hasn't got an eviscarator.
I might make some minor additions along the road, like skulls, bells and parchment, but he is quite detailed already so I don't know yet.
One thing I'm not sure about yet is whether to keep the "U"s and the "Ulrik" on his chest. Ulrik comes from german Ulrich after all and means "heritage" and "powerful", plus he'll need a name anyway. What do you think?

I know what you mean and I also have a drawer full of random models I've bought over the years because they are so sexy. I'm hoping to put many of them to good use eventually. I often find that as a nice break, from time to time, I enjoy painting an unconverted model just for the fun of painting...because I find converting is the easy bit, the painting is much more difficult.

Same here, but I actually never sat down to just paint something unconverted, because there are so many lovely conversions of mine waiting to be painted, I could hardly cheat on them with stock miniatures.

Sounds like you have a rather large Tau army in a drawer....I have a deep burning desire to have a painted 40k army... I had one in 2nd Edition and it made me proud. Oh well I'm sure I'll get round to one eventually.

Tau? Pick one. Back in my 40k days I collected SW (8000p), EC (4000p), Tau (no idea, never really played them, 5000-6000) and Necs (4000p). Mostly unpainted, but breathtakingly converted (great thing I know ).
Necrons were my last army and I swore to treat them as a therapy project: Only buy new models when all the others are all painted.
Let's say that didn't work for very long, but I did manage to paint 20 warriors, 1 Lord and 5 swarms of scarabs, before I bought the 20 destroyers, 3 monoliths, 40 more warriors and 30 immortals.
One of the reasons I'll never go back to 40k, faceless masses I've had enough.

I've been painting all night and some hours this morning and Adalhard isn't too far from finished now. I still need to paint the machine block, which will take some time, so no pictures of it today.

I also managed to spend some hours with my conversions and worked on various things, some of which I'm going to show you now. (You deserve a treat, don't you?)

The quality isn't too good, since I used my mobile to make the pics. Hope you'll enjoy them anyway.

WIPs of Ulrik, the lion priest. He's far from complete and everything is hold together just by bluetac, but you'll get the general idea.

These are random two of the guardsmen. The left one needs to be glued and GSed, it's just a head swap.
The right one I just started today, so very WIP. I will sculpt him a helmet later on and I'm still working on his full-auto flechette gun.

Last but not least, the Acolyte. WIP, but not much left to do. The base model is adorable and I don't intend to change anything but the weapons.
One thing I'm not sure about is the hilt of the sword. It doesn't go together with the rest of the sword that well imo. What do you think?

Evening

Nice modelly update....I'm looking forward to seeing Adelhard and his machine block.

Don't sweat the mobile WIP pics I do it all the time its fine.

Ulrik, The Lion Priest - Like the choice of ornate chain blade and the bells (are great and totally impractical for a weapon very 40k). The lasguns(?) placement is dead on. The Lion head currently makes him look like a Pig Priest (I know its WIP I just thought it was funny). I think you should put a bionic eye on the hanging skull to 40k it up a bit.

Left Guardsman - Head swap is brilliant. I've been wanting to use that head on a 40k model for ages and never found the right thing. You've got it spot on. It makes me think of the archaic look of some of the dark heresy rpg guardsman art. LOVE IT.

Right Guardsman - Sculpting the helmet.... The Great Swords come with an empty helmet you could use. I like the drum mag..I think i recognise it.....but go on, put me out of my misery, what is it from?

Acolyte - You're right there is something a little off with the sword hilt. I think it is because the hilt is bent slightly upwards and the hand is posed to hold a mace not a sword. The hilt should be resting on/along the wrist.

Some poor examples:

Spoiler:

This is better than the captain...

The storm shield is a good choice. I hope to see some sort of power genorator on the inside edge and some wires going somewhere on her person. Oh and an =I= or Imperial Eagle symbol on the shield above the lion.

Anyway hope that helps.

Peter

Holy... cannot belive I just spent an hour and a half reading this blog 90 mins well spent! Love the work thats going on, I am truly inspired. I will definatly be following this one!

PDH wrote:Ulrik, The Lion Priest - Like the choice of ornate chain blade and the bells (are great and totally impractical for a weapon very 40k). The lasguns(?) placement is dead on. The Lion head currently makes him look like a Pig Priest (I know its WIP I just thought it was funny). I think you should put a bionic eye on the hanging skull to 40k it up a bit.

Pig priest eh? Must be the nostrils.^^

About the bells being impractical, there are lots of historical examples where weapons were supposed to make a lot of noise, to demoralize the enemy and to scare the horses. Two of my halberds have little bells on the blades and the others have metal rings for a proper rattlin. (edit: I'm talking about actual weapons, not miniatures.)

The lasgun is a SMG from heresy miniatures. I'm not sold on it yet, but like you said, it has to be this exact position. Tried lots of other guns, they were worse.

I'm considering the bionic eye for the skull, so far I was thinking of it as a relique, some saints skull.

Left Guardsman - Head swap is brilliant. I've been wanting to use that head on a 40k model for ages and never found the right thing. You've got it spot on. It makes me think of the archaic look of some of the dark heresy rpg guardsman art. LOVE IT.

Thanks, I'll use more of the greatswords and pistoliers heads. I hope there will be a binding archaic/gothic theme for all the henchmen. I really need to get my hands on the dark heresy books.

Right Guardsman - Sculpting the helmet.... The Great Swords come with an empty helmet you could use. I like the drum mag..I think i recognise it.....but go on, put me out of my misery, what is it from?

I have all the heads, but no empty helmet. I'll sculpt it, that's simple enough. The drum mag? Orks again. Nobz box, the big shoota with the double rokkit launcha.

Acolyte - You're right there is something a little off with the sword hilt. I think it is because the hilt is bent slightly upwards and the hand is posed to hold a mace not a sword. The hilt should be resting on/along the wrist. The storm shield is a good choice. I hope to see some sort of power genorator on the inside edge and some wires going somewhere on her person. Oh and an =I= or Imperial Eagle symbol on the shield above the lion.

You're right, the angle adds to the effect, I didn't notice. I also don't like the thickness and shape. I'll replace it. There is a lovely sword hilt sticking out of the warhammer giants club thing, I looked at it today and it's lying on the shelf anyway.

Power generator? Good thinking!

Eagle or =I=? NO way! It's all about the lion. In case I didn't explain yet: The lion is the symbol of Berlichingen and the regular guardsmen are called Lionhearts. They do have aquilas of course, but they also have lion stuff everywhere. That's the reason for the preacher and me buying white lion bits from ebay.

It's also the idea behind that secret project I mentioned some days ago...




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TheGiantPeanut wrote:Holy... cannot belive I just spent an hour and a half reading this blog 90 mins well spent! Love the work thats going on, I am truly inspired. I will definatly be following this one!

Thank you very much and please feel welcome. Read, enjoy, comment!

Ulrik looks cool, nice chain lance too.

Off-topic, but still: The most expensive Necromunda miniature I've seen. At first I thought about buying it, but in the end I'm happy I didn't even start bidding, would just have got my bloods up.
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350458113870&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I want that model...but not that much. Blimey!

Amazing blog which I have just found. This is really really good work and am looking forward ti seeing more from you. Is there any chance of some progress shots of everything from the different gangs, sort of a showcase update? Keep up the amazing work, and convert away

I'm loving the new conversions, can't wait to see some of them painted or maybe even a group shot.

Truly Awesome

Young_Logan wrote:Amazing blog which I have just found. This is really really good work and am looking forward ti seeing more from you. Is there any chance of some progress shots of everything from the different gangs, sort of a showcase update? Keep up the amazing work, and convert away

Asylum_Inmate wrote:I'm loving the new conversions, can't wait to see some of them painted or maybe even a group shot.

Truly Awesome

Thank you both! I've been thinking of groupshots for a while now, but I thought I'd wait till one of the gangs is finished (at least the converting).

Which leads to another point, I'll need to put the Inquisition on hold once Adalhard is painted. It is a very nice project, but it draws to much attention atm. I'll need to focus on the main gangs, keeping everything else as side projects, that I'll only attend when I hit a motivational low.


So far the status of the main projects is:

Serpentes Obscvri - Delaque:
Lacerus - Leader - Conversion at 30%
Scloppus - Heavy - PIP 5%
Nanus - Heavy - Conversion at 80%
Perpetuus - Ganger/Sniper - Ready for priming
Radius - Double Plasma Ganger - Ready for priming
Stratus - Shotgun ganger - Ready for priming
Velox - Shotgun ganger - Ready for priming
Versatilis - Gunfighter ganger - Conversion at 20%
Agilis - Juve - PIP 60%
Inermis - Juve - Ready for priming
Feretrius - Juve - WIP 0%

Los Espantajos - The Scarecrows - Miners:
Corroero - Leader - Conversion at 30%
Silvestro - Heavy - Ready for Priming
Espaldo - Heavy - Ready for priming
Acero - Ganger - Primed and ready
Perdigón - Ganger - PIP 80%
Picaro - Ganger - PIP 80%
Doble - Juve - Ready for priming
Cachimbo - Juve - Primed and ready
Rayo - Ganger - Finished
Pardo - Ganger - PIP 90%
Blanco - Ganger - conversion at 80%

The italic ones should be my priority conversions first of all. Especially the leaders.

Adalhard is finished since yesterday. Just the machine block still needs some attention though and I won't be able to show you any pictures before friday, because the camera I'm normally using is on a journey right now.

Not much else to say, didn't have that much hobby time the last few days, but once the machine block is finished too, there will be some more news soon.

I'm planning to finish Nanus next and I'm pretty sure you will like him, firstly because it's Delaque and secondly because it's one of my typical conversions. So expect a fancy custom gatling gun, consisting of many many parts and crazy details all over. (Not as much as Cortaro obviously, since there was much less space. )

Help!

Another thing I'd like to bring up, is a question that's been in my head the last few days: What to use as base model for Iudex Probitas, the (rather) puritan witch hunter inquisitor?

I could really use some help with this one, so please drop a line if you have anything in mind, that might help me.

So far I was thinking of using Gideon Lorr as base model, but I think it's a bit boring, since the miniature doesn't leave much room for conversions.

One thing you should keep in mind is that I'd like the inquisitor to be down to earth (terra? ), but still badass witch hunter. So no terminator armoured, from head to toe ornamented, golden demon hunter monsters please.

Here are two of my ideas:

http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=918#i/2010/big/fighting_priest_01_02.jpg

http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=952

Try out some of the Empire models?

Ah the dubious joys of finding an inquisitor.

Considering that coming up with a nice inquisitor is one of the things that go through my head too, I'm curious what your approach will be. GW or another producer?

To answer your question from my scavvy blog, as it seems appropriate here. For my Firebrand Puritan Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor I'll be moving away from GW, as I couldn't find a suitably gothic model. As a base I'll using the female model from Privateer Press' Wither shadow Combine:

For an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor I've been thinking of Privateer Press' Darragh Wrathe on foot, looks like a good starting point:

Now I'm not going to suggest models for yours as coming up with an Inquisitor is a highly personal thing and ever so satisfying when you do. But a lot of miniature companies out their have some beautiful models, including the warhammer range and collectors range, dark elf heroes etc and looking for an Inquisitor online turns out isn't procrastination

Peter

are you wanting this model to be based on a GW model or are you open to other manufacturers?

samwellfrm wrote:Here are two of my ideas:
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=918#i/2010/big/fighting_priest_01_02.jpg
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=952

Thank you Sam, two very nice models I haven't thought of! Good suggestions, but not yet it. The priest has a nice style, but I don't like his pose that much and he looks a bit too medieval. (Generally a good thing, but since the rest of the retinue uses that theme, I need something realted but different for the Inq.)
The other one is great, but a bit too bulky and looks more like a henchman to me. I will bookmark him anyway, I really like this one, I'll find use for him sooner or later.

Asylum_Inmate wrote:are you wanting this model to be based on a GW model or are you open to other manufacturers?

Very open!

Sageheart wrote:Try out some of the Empire models?

Anything more particular? I've gone through the whole fantasy and 40k ranges several times already, found dozens of models I'd like to convert, but not the right one for the Inquisitor yet. If you have a particular suggestion, I'd highly appreciate it, sometimes one just doesn't look at a miniature from the right angle.

PDH wrote:Ah the dubious joys of finding an inquisitor. Considering that coming up with a nice inquisitor is one of the things that go through my head too, I'm curious what your approach will be. GW or another producer?

Whatever producer sells the model that will tickle my "that's IT!"-center. I've conducted massive catalogue browsing during the last week and have so many ideas already. The results were many possible kickass henchmen and several possible inquisitors, but it's really hard to decide. So I hope someone suggests one of the models I'm already eyeballing and thus supports one of my many possible solutions.

To answer your question from my scavvy blog, as it seems appropriate here. For my Firebrand Puritan Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor I'll be moving away from GW, as I couldn't find a suitably gothic model. As a base I'll using the female model from Privateer Press' Wither shadow Combine:

Spoiler:

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I also think the middle miniature will make for an interesting Dark Mechanicus Tech Priest too.

Ah, so that's the one. Thank you for sharing your plans with me, I know it's delicate. I really like that one and can already imagine how great the result will be. It is indeed very suitable for an Inquisitor and gladly not exactly what I'm looking for, so I won't be intrigued to steal the idea.

You are also right about the possible AM conversion. I'm also considering making one of those (maybe not for the retinue, could be too much), but I'll base him on a model that gives me even more room for creativity. (empire plastic mage, that is...)

For an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor I've been thinking of Privateer Press' Darragh Wrathe on foot, looks like a good starting point:

Spoiler:

Got to say that I find that one hard to imagine, which would make me even more curious to see your approach. I don't like the model.
I also found a model that made me think of an ordo xenos inq, this one:

Now I'm not going to suggest models for yours as coming up with an Inquisitor is a highly personal thing and ever so satisfying when you do. But a lot of miniature companies out their have some beautiful models, including the warhammer range and collectors range, dark elf heroes etc and looking for an Inquisitor online turns out isn't procrastination

But it's sooooo time consuming! Spent the whole night looking for the right one. So it's not like I would leave the process of finding the model to others, I'm just looking for consolidation.
I understand your point about the matter being quite personal, but I'm also quite desperate. I have tons of ideas and huge difficulties to decide. My demands from a possible base model are so many, it's almost impossible to get them into one miniature.
Maybe it's best if we do it the other way around, I show you what I'm considering and what I don't like about it and you tell me what you think. But before we go there, I've got to say one more thing. There must be some strange kind of telepathic connection between us, since we're constantly having the same/such similar ideas. It's weird beyond "great minds think alike"...

OK now, my candidates for a base model so far:

GW models first.

Lots of good ones in the GW Empire range, but they all share the same "weakness": They are to medieval and don't look grim enough, which would be fine for his retinue, but not for Iudex himself. There is to much plate armor and knight looks going on in the retinue, the Inq has to stand out.

Of course there are some obvious choices in the IG range, but it would be hard to make them special without changing everthing, which would make little sense. Just two examples, since I'm sure this is not the way I want to go.

To use an actual Inquisitor would be the most obvious, and I'm still not convinced it's a bad idea, I just feel I could do better than that.
Rex is not ideal, because of his heavy armor, not what a OH Inq would wear in a normal investigation if you ask me.
Solomon Lokk would be a good base model, just like Gideon Lorr, whom I wanted to use originally. Still might go back there...

Then there are some mixed fantasy models that I'd LOVE to use, because they are so lovely I want to have some bastard children with them. On the other hand I feel it would be a waste of the models to change them enough to look like what I want. So in the end they are just pretty, but not what I need. (Well, that could be a statement about random women as well... everthing back to the part about the bastards. )

So much for Games Workshop. I went through more than a hundret other miniature ranges as well. Basicly everything in 28mm-32mm scale, my most trusted online shop has to offer (and that's a whole fricking lot. look for yourselves:http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/?&group=27217).
In the end it came down to be almost exclusively miniatures from the warmachine range. The other usual suspects didn't work. Infinity for example is to slender and the Eden range, which I love to death, is to low tech for an Inq.

So let's look at the real candidates now:

Sinister, but maybe a bit to techy, perhaps a better torturer/explicator, than a Inq.


Keep/Pimp the crossbow, swap sword and head and he would make a nice Inq, who even features a pelt to link him to the rest of the retinue. Overall maybe to much of a trapper, with all the leather and fur, would have to be changed.


Would you argue with him? No! An essential feature for an Inquisitor. Weapon swap and minor alterations, could make him work.


Might be too small and look too mundane, but still says ordo hereticus for me.


Both Very down to earth and practical, which I highly appreciate. On the other hand he woud need some alterations to make him look a tiny bit more fancy, yet sinister, it's an Inquisitor after all.


Bit too close to the rest of the retinue, but lovely. Head and weapon swap, some equipment and details and he would be great, but maybe not for this project.


Lovely and very stylish, but maybe a bit clumsy, so much armor attracts a lot of unwanted attention.


The main body is cool, weapon and book must be swapped. Good option overall.


Maybe my favorites at the moment, damn do they kick ass! I think I'll have to buy them no matter what. Organized from, lovely to godlike.


SO, please do tell, what do you think? What's your favorite and why? Are there any cases you would like to argue with my logic? Is there any miniature you think that should be considered as well?

What a great post! So many models to look at- if I had a selection on hand or knew such models existed, my Inquisitor X-men may have looked extremely different from the final product... or perhaps not even X-men themed at all!

Alright... to the heart of the matter. I second Peter's Wrathe guy- the armor and scythe combo look great, and are subtle enough that you could easily grimdarkerize it- the model has a whole "Darth Malak, I'm-probably-missing-my-entire-lower-jaw" thing going for it- a couple of wires from the back of the head to the body, a bit more of a flowing cape material to give it that "heroic" status... great pick. I'm going to keep that one on my files for when I feel like painting a single mini again.

Out of the "Real Candidates" you post...

#1- I agree with you there- great model, but he screams "tech-flunkie", not leader.

#2- Awesome- one of my favorites, actually. Pimp the crossbow, I'd keep the head, but that might clash too much with Eisenhorn, if you want to be more unique.... the blade could be cut and extended into a stave and given wiring... the fur and cape put him over the top and say "Inquisitor" for me. Now... is he a Puritan? Erm... doesn't exactly scream firebrand... but an excellent choice, none-the-less.

#3 - Great model- and I'm sure if YOU got your hands on him, you'd turn him into something amazing, but the model itself just doesn't say Inquisitor to me... perhaps the patterns on the clothing? And the hood doesn't mesh with the puritanical line... jus a thought.

#4 - Small, you'd have to do a lot to "up" his presence as the Inq-leader

#5 - Same, he seems more suited to a henchman to me.

#6 - ARR!!! AVAST ME LADDIES!! AVAST!! ... great model. He's certainly got presence, but I also agree that he's too... festive for this project, considering the other models you brought out already.

#7 - That model is sweet... but a bit too much like an armored IG Commander.

#8 - Hell yes. The model screams puritanical psychopath to me- definitely one of the tops, and up there with #2.

#9 - This guy also screams puritanical (also considered him as possible Retinue at one point), but the hulking look suits more of an enforcer- he doesn't say "leadership" to me at all. Evil hulking maniac that would follow said-leadership and hold the side of your face to a hot griddle, but not the one giving the griddle-face order.

Sorry if you're going to have to go back and forth- I'm still learning the tricks of this forum stuff... (aka, I suck. Hard. LOL. )

Helpful comments Izanagi, thank you. The only thing you didn't really comment on is the very last one, the one holding up the cross. What do you think of him? (He my #1 right now.)

Oooooo exciting. I think putting your candidates up was the right move. As you say there is quite a lot of choice out there.

Ok where to begin - The female Wither Shadow is a beautiful model and screams Inquisition. Because she is so beautiful she won't be changed that much, besides I really don't need to. I think the most important thing is to try and 40kify her eg stereotypical GW weapons.

The Xenos Inquisitor using Wrathe is just a thought...he will definitely be a radical though. I think the model is great...except for the axe. We'll see. As for your Xenos Inq...looks like he has picked up a Spyrer - Orrus Hunting Rig. Not a fan I have to say. Which is lucky so we don't have to South Park Ro Sham Bo over models

Now for comments on your candidates:

1 - Could work for Xenos not convinced for Hereticus. But with the right weapon swaps could work.

2 - This one really works for me. The cross bow could work but the sword has to go. Possible cover the animal tails with parchment.

3 - Looks a bit too Chaos Magos for my liking but I think that might be the scythe.

4 - Henchman not Inquisitor.

5 - Nice model, needs a head swap, weapons swap, add some gear. Makes me think a bit of Lokk with the leather coat.

6 - Rogue Trader no? But with a head swap and a suitably grim colour scheme he would work.

7 - I really don't like this model. I cannot see past the think set solider.

8 - I quite like this one. You may have problems with the scale of him though, arms look huge. I back pack furnace looks cool.

9 and 10 - These two look like excellent henchmen.

11 - Weapon swaps and you're away.

So my top four are as follows 2, 5, 6 and 11 (with 9 and 10 henchman)

Peter

Thanks PDH.

Let's not talk about henchmen. I have ideas for like 30 individual henchmen, no kidding. That Inquisitor wouldn't need to ask the IG for help, he brings his own army.
On the other hand I would really like to give him a requisitioned super-heavy tank... Nooooo, stop it...

Helpful comments Izanagi, thank you. The only thing you didn't really comment on is the very last one, the one holding up the cross. What do you think of him? (He my #1 right now.)

Ah, my apologies! I counted #5 and 6 (brown leather trench cowboy-merc-looking guys) as #5.

#9- this comment was meant for your final guy. The model is fantastic- again, I also considered him. But the hunched over pose (coupled with the hulk body) puts him as a "loner" or "henchman" in my book... aka, the guy who puts your face to a hot griddle because the Inq told you to, not the Inq hiimself who tells his hulking buddy to put your face to a hot griddle.

#8, has similar qualities, - definitely firebrand in look, but the more open, obviously-heroic pose puts it above the other for position as leader.

Hope that helps- I know that even if you did choose #9, you'd put a nasty spin on him and make him into the leader we didn't see underneath... a la Michaelangelo and his stone.

---------Edit----------

I see you have 3 models for #9 - first two follow the above comments (and hot-damn, those are some awesome models! The second rendition #10 has a bit more of a hero presence, but not enough to say Leader) , the final one (#11, according to your scale) fits the Puritanical bill- I'd be interested to see what you'd do with him to give him the Leader-look.

From the models you have listed there seem to be 2 different trains of thought happening either a robed figure (existing inquistors of the privateer press minis) or a lightly armoured one (the empire minis)

Of the robed style minis i have always been a fan of that model



and ANY of those privateer press figure would be awesome, however i have to say from a personal perspective they look more like tech priests to me (but that's just me)

this one has potential too (Captain Phinneus Shae - Warmachine)


of the lightly armoured figures

have you considered the WHFB Chaos Warriors? after all they are lightly armoured and come with a cloak which is quintessential inquisitor clothing.

I had been considering doing a kit-bash/conversion using the legs from a Chaos Warriors and one of the sanguinary guard torso's and an old scout sarge back-pack



the parts look good together but I never had the conversion skills (like yours) to make it work properly, so i gave un on the idea. Plus, as the model would be mostly plastic it does make it easier to personalise it further. From a gaming standpoint i guess you would call it carapace armour

have you looked at the Anima Tactics [url]range?

http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/anima-tactics?limit=200[/url]

some of my favourites are

http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/anima-tactics/janus-faith-neutral-faction.html
http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/anima-tactics/reinhold-neutral-faction.html
http://www.arcaneminiatures.co.uk/miniatures-detail.asp?ID=34742

edited for spelling

Have you checked in on the OOP AT-43 stuff rackham used to put out:

Armored Option:
http://viewfromtheturret.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/at-43-oni-open.jpg
(not really what your're going for)

Maybe more like this dude:
http://www.grafika.cytadela.pl/articles/735f.jpg

Just more options for you to judge

HF Izanagi wrote: Ah, my apologies! I counted #5 and 6 (brown leather trench cowboy-merc-looking guys) as #5.
Hope that helps- I know that even if you did choose #9, you'd put a nasty spin on him and make him into the leader we didn't see underneath... a la Michaelangelo and his stone.
I see you have 3 models for #9 - first two follow the above comments (and hot-damn, those are some awesome models! The second rendition #10 has a bit more of a hero presence, but not enough to say Leader) , the final one (#11, according to your scale) fits the Puritanical bill- I'd be interested to see what you'd do with him to give him the Leader-look.

Now that you mentioned it, I am like Michelangelo... just kidding, thank you very much for your trust in my skills. We will see whether inspiration will be with me once I start converting the Inq.
I can really follow your reasoning considering the "leader qualities" of the different candidates. Good thinking, even though my opinion slightly varies from yours, it still makes sense to me and maybe it's just because I'm putting the filter of my imagination on the models already.

Asylum_Inmate wrote:From the models you have listed there seem to be 2 different trains of thought happening either a robed figure (existing inquistors of the privateer press minis) or a lightly armoured one (the empire minis)

True, in a way. I would like to have both. Years ago I was extremely inspired by the artworks of the witchhunter codex, that was when I started converting Iudex Probitas in 54mm.
Going by most of those artworks, a witch hunter has to wear one of those weird, yet cool hats, have some delicate armor on his upper body and shoulders and he has to wear a long leather coat.
So I'm basicly up for a leather and armor look. But I'm still open to robes, if the model has the right overall flavor.

they look more like tech priests to me (but that's just me)

A sinister and slightly augmented Inquisitor looks quite similar to a tech priest, I agree. The main difference would be iconography, mecha dendrites and paintjob. I'm sure I could buy one of the models twice and make both an Inq and a tech priest with just some minor tweaks.

this one has potential too (Captain Phinneus Shae - Warmachine)

Interesting, I'd like to use that one sometime, but not as an Inq. It screams rogue trader to me (but that's just me )

of the lightly armoured figures. have you considered the WHFB Chaos Warriors? after all they are lightly armoured and come with a cloak which is quintessential inquisitor clothing.
I had been considering doing a kit-bash/conversion using the legs from a Chaos Warriors and one of the sanguinary guard torso's and an old scout sarge back-pack



the parts look good together but I never had the conversion skills (like yours) to make it work properly, so i gave un on the idea. Plus, as the model would be mostly plastic it does make it easier to personalise it further. From a gaming standpoint i guess you would call it carapace armour

First of all, using Chaos Warriors is not an option, because...
1. they are quite big and I want the Inq to be rather normal, I'm picturing him as working undercover a lot and space marine like physique doesn't help with blending into hive population (he is working on necromunda atm).
2. I'm using a conversion of Archaon as one of the henchmen, that would be too similar.
3. The stormtroopers also have a medieval thing going on, the Inquisitor doesn't originate from that backround and needs to be a different cup of tea.

Secondly, your conversion idea is really, really inventive, I would love to see that brought to life. I say, just do it! There is not a thing, that can't be done. If it turns out crappy in your opinion start over. I'm sure you could do it and I would be willing to support you with the project.
(I'm loooving the breast plate, have to buy some of those on my next shopping spree on ebay, must resist now!)

have you looked at the Anima Tactics range?

May I be totally honest with you? I like the Anima artworks and I'm constantly disappointed by the miniatures. I hate them. They fail to transfer the anime-style (which is not exactly my favorite theme anyway) to the miniatures. I'm sure I'm overlooking a remotely possible candidate or two by basicly ignoring the Anima range, but I gave it a chance. Not my cup of tea really. I hope you don't take offense, since I really appreciate the suggestion.

Moltar wrote:Have you checked in on the OOP AT-43 stuff rackham used to put out:
Armored Option:
http://viewfromtheturret.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/at-43-oni-open.jpg
(not really what your're going for)
Maybe more like this dude:
http://www.grafika.cytadela.pl/articles/735f.jpg
Just more options for you to judge

Interesting, thank you for the suggestions. Like I wrote somewhere above, I'm looking for light artificer armor, rather than bulky, juggernaut-like armor suits. The models are cool anyway and I actually was not aware of these particular two, I know AT43 of course. Might be an option for another project. There always is another...

Baiyuan wrote:I hope you don't take offense, since I really appreciate the suggestion.

I don't take offence at all, its like PDH said earlier, an Inquisitor is a highly personal thing, when you see the figure you want to use it will just click for you and you will be inspired.

until then its a case of looking at as many figures as you can until you find that one that inspires, i'm sure whatever figure you finally chosse it will look awesome when you are done with it

gosh, all these new suggestions dind´t do me well...i am so tempted to get at least 75% on my own at least...the GW models the sigmarites are all of course good...the dual hammer wielding priest practically begs to be used with two boltpistols...

the best by far for my taste is without a doubt to be DR. Lazarus...this model says Inquisitor to me...in my book the inquisitor doesn´t have to use brute force by himself... he has his bruisers for that...he uses people as tools in his quests...for each job the perfect tool...he would play that schemer and warmonger role perfectly...and i even wouldn´t be bothered with the scale... its like these small dogs that keep trying to bute your anckle...the never give up...the are menacing because you at first doens´t realise that they have some bigger mates standing behind you...growling^^

...i am so tempted to get at least 75% on my own at least

Way ahead of you, Von Doom... unfortunately, the wife caught the glint of desire in my eyes and shut down my desires before I could say anything... You know you're in trouble when the lady addresses you by your full name...

So Baiyuan...? Have you decided? Thin down the list and let's see which ones are still in the running!

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May I be totally honest with you? I like the Anima artworks and I'm constantly disappointed by the miniatures. I hate them. They fail to transfer the anime-style (which is not exactly my favorite theme anyway) to the miniatures.

I'm of a similar vein- I love the artwork they produce... I'm actually a big fan on anime style (Soda Pop minis, for example - I like their robots, not necessarily the busty girl minis, unless I find they're to-scale and decapitate them to use for female Farseer heads)... but I totally agree with you- they lose something in the translation of the concept art to the actual minis themselves... My profile pic is of a Tactics mini (don't know the name). It's the only sculpt of theirs I've truly "wanted" for my collection... and they still managed to screw it up from the concept art's hair...

Way ahead of you, Von Doom... unfortunately, the wife caught the glint of desire in my eyes and shut down my desires before I could say anything... You know you're in trouble when the lady addresses you by your full name...

that made me laugh and after the laugh came the choking sound of trying to not draw that kind of female attention to a man having a laugh^^...those feelings when detected always get you into trouble^^