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So I've been considering an Inquisition army, but after seeing Grey Knights in action, I'm gonna have to include them. Now, I'm not a fan of the new Grey Knight fluff.

I've been thinking about a way of including PAGK/GKT in an army as a counts-as for something else, then it came to me. They could make a very cool Black Ship crew. For those that don't know, the Black Ships are the inquisition vessels that gather up psykers for either making them into sanctioned psykers or chucking them into the Astronomicon. So I take the GKs, paint them black, red and gold, and have them wearing Inquisition heraldry. Sound good?

There are 2 different sets of Black ships, you got them confused.

The more well-known Black Ships are operated by the Adeptus Astra Telepathica. They're the ones used to collect Psykers.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Adeptus_Astra_Telepathica

The second Black Ships are the class of Strike Cruisers used by the Inquisition:

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Black_Ship

They're 2 separate entities.

Aha, well in that case, it would be the Adeptus Astra Telepathica.

Plus, a quote from that page:

"It is common for Inquisitors to travel on board these ships, as this gives them a good opportunity to investigate a planet's potential for psychically-based corruption". So it's not totally out of the question.

Yeah, you can definitely include Inquisitors in your force.

You could also go with some Sisterhood of Silence troops too. They haven't been mentioned in recent fluff but they were a force of all-female souless pariahs who manned the Astra Telepathicas Black Ships, and as Pariahs they were the perfect anti-Psyker unit. Would be very easy to convert a few from some Sisters of Battle models.

You could invent you're own chapter using the Grey Knight models with different heraldry, like a chapter that's close to the Inquisition that provides squads who accompany Inquisitors investigating potential threats. Once they find one, a larger force from the Chapter is called to deal with it. The whole chapter is not solely devoted to this task, but they have maybe one of their companies assigned to it.

Ehhh, that's basically the Grey Knights as they exist now, though.

Um, actually--Grey Knights are the "large force called in to deal with it".

There are various Astartes Chapters that have close ties with the Inquisition though. The "Red Hunters" immediately come to mind.

But this also brings up the question of "if they're not Grey Knights, why do they have the same equipment?". Like Nemesis weapons. As far as I know, they're exclusively for Grey Knights.

Then don't give them the same equipment as Grey Knights, or just suck it up and include Grey Knights as Grey Knights?

Using GK models as anything but GK is pretty much impossible.
The Aegis armour can't be corrupted or much less really operated by anyone outside of the Grey Knights or Librarians with a pretty hefty psyker ability.
But if you really want to use the models, then cover up all the insignia and go nuts.

Maybe could fluff it as one of the chapters who revere the Emperor as a god, and have their weapons blessed by the Ecclesiarchy? But then, that feels too close to Sisters.

All weapons of the Imperium are 'blessed by the Ecclesiarchy'. Especially relic weapons and hand-forged weapons like the Astartes'.

Hell, their bolter rounds have sigils and prayers inscribed onto them.
No Chapters really 'revere the Emperor as a God'. They think he's a pretty cool guy, but wouldn't go that far.
Gods are beyond their idea of logic, but faith in a cause isn't.

Just a suggestion. It wouldn't be an Inquisition controlled chapter, or a chapter that does the Grey Knights job, else it would just be the Grey Knights. A scout squad follows an Inquisitor. If it's a rogue psyker or a corrupt governor, they call in the regular Marines, or the Grey Knights is it's Daemonic in nature. Now, typing this I looked up The Red Hunters and found that they are pretty much the Chapter I was thinking about. To use the models though you'd be good to come up with a reason as to why they use wrist mounted bolters and a lot of Close Combat Weapons, unless you swap them out for normal bolters.

Red Hunters really look like what I'm going for. Even the paint scheme is similar. I just need to work out the weapon stuff.

Just use the standard Codex stuff.

Red Hunters field nothing that isn't in the Codex: Space Marines.

Paint the swords normally and not all crazy and shiny like Nemesis ones. You could get you're hands on some normal bolter arms and Assault marine sets then you're fine swapping them in. Since they're close to the Inquistion, the Terminators should be fine with normal power swords or if you can get some right arm powerfists.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine-Infantry-Accessories/MK-IV-MAXIMUS-ARMOUR.html

This is the armor that I remember being mentioned as Red Hunters having quite a bit of.

Best part? No filling/filing!

20 quid for 5 models with no weapons. Ouch.

Iprox, that's an idea. Just say they're fancy power weapons.

Expensive?
Sure.

Completely worth it for doing a themed, unique army that isn't just Grey Knights with filemarks?

Uh yeah.

If you want to use Grey Knight Models, the unit cost is probably going to be about 25 for 5. You could always but the SM tactical squad box. If money was not too big a deal then those Forge World ones would be a great base, but then it depends on how much effort you want to put into getting parts for them.

The FW armor I linked with the Deathwatch conversion kit from GW would look pretty nice.

'Advanced' bolters, Inquisitorial shoulderpads and helmets? Yeah. I think that'd work.

It'd be a really nice looking army if it were made up of those Forge World parts.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine-Infantry-Accessories/MK-VI-CORVUS-ARMOUR.html

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine-Infantry-Accessories/MK-IV-MAXIMUS-ARMOUR.html

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine-Infantry-Accessories/SPACE-MARINE-BOLTER---UMBRA-FERROX-X10.html

Aye, it would be really nice. It would also require me to sell the vast majority of my vital organs to afford.

Cerebrium wrote:Aye, it would be really nice. It would also require me to sell the vast majority of my vital organs to afford.

Doing a good themed project will take awhile.

Sisters of silence could be made by using an ordo heraticus inquisition equipped with a Null Rod (anti-psyker) with warrior henchwomen equiped in power armour or carapace armour