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"The only thing we have to fear: is fear itself''
- Ignace Karkasy : Reflections [Ca: M31]


+++Astropathic Duct 562A:7866510[VANAHEIM]+++
+++Classified Transmission; Inquisitorial encryption level: [VERMILLION]+++
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…Prossessing clearance code… Please Hold…
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…Clearance code recognized: access granted…

[M41.402.####]
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+++Circulated: Lord Aplonia, Ordos Vanaheim, Ordo Malleus.+++
+++Secondary:[CLASSIFIED]+++
+++Operation Nox Astra+++
+++Ref://834.765a/5236748:[C.Ref: RYZA]/+[=CLASSIFIED BY ORDER OF THE ORDOS TERRAN=]+++


=]I[=
My Lords.
I write this in haste as important information has come to light regarding the operational status and security of our ongoing investigation, [Ref: Nox Astra] even now my ship has broken orbit and is heading at full burn towards the nearest jump point to effect translation to the immaterium with all possible speed.

The Gathalamor lead yielded fruit, Josin’s information was accurate as always and lead to the capture of “Messenger” in the merchant district of Hive Raphallon and the extermination of three (III) secondary targets for no cost to the kill team. Subsequent forced interrogation and psy-probing eventually revealed the location of their safe house on Gathalamor but at the cost of primary target expiring due to psy-feedback cerebral trauma. Primaris Mynia will be out of commission for at least three weeks in the apothecarion from stress-induced stigmata and 2nd degree frostbite to the fingers from psy-frost accumulation during the interrogation.

Cleansing the safe house in the tertiary spine docks cost us Interrogator Pexerson, Vordan Lausa and Specialist Vorhees. Kill team Cerberus suffered 83.8% losses in the assault, Kill team Taurus 38.3%.
Those bastards had some kind of beam projector that cut the initial assault to ribbons with what looked like black las, I saw Lausa being cut in two as if by a giant las-scalpel. Went through carapace and refractor field as if they weren’t there, completely severing him below his ribcage. We would have suffered even more severe casualties if the infernal thing hadn’t overloaded, gak-thing took out a three-level high chunk out of the building corner and reduced a good number of defending targets to ash and dust. In the aftermath Magos Decima identified it as a proton thruster cannon (91.761% accuracy), a rare weapon system in the exclusive use of the Mechanicum Legio Reductor. Throne knows how they got their hands on such a thing. This may reach further than we feared.

We have reason to believe that primary agent “Hunter” has somehow been compromised by an unknown third party within or somehow associated with the Ordos Segmentum Solar; in one of the cogitator systems we discovered intercepted astropathic communications bearing the ident-codes and sign-markers of the holy ordos. The data was severely afflicted by data-corruption due to imperfect interception and a forced decryption process but what fragments could be salvaged shows a pict-surveilance of agent “Hunter” and his personal retinue on Ulani fourteen months back. Even more troubling is that from the fragmented vox-recording attached to the file an unidentified party is referring to actual identities of operatives in the retinue and at one point references target Primus “Seeker”.

I am taking ship to Vanaheim with the original data at once, Interrogator Phalon and kill team Pegasus is remaining on-site to further investigate the situation and liaise with Inquisitor Schongard who is arriving to the scene as I break orbit.
A full report of the Gathalamor incident will be compiled and transmitted by Phalon once she and Schongard get things under wraps on the ground.
My navigator cadre is estimating our arrival in 127 days sidereal.

Your loyal servant.

Simeon Micodjian, Inquisitor Ordos Vanaheim, Ordo Malleus.

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Let us begin.

This is not my fault, not the slightest. I lay the blame for this at the feet of three major conspirators. It is all their fault.

All of it.

John Blanche for your monthly miniature exibits in white dwarf, past and present. Your work inspire the mad artistian that lives somewhere deep in my cerebral cortex and that crackle with glee at the beautiful madness of your art. You make me want to be better.

Migsula, you really had to re-launch your triology with The Red Storme Riseth did you? Do you realise what something like that does to a delerious artistian mind drunk and high on the sweet sweet narcotic ambrosia that is the writing of Dan Abnett?

DO YOU!!?

I am stealing parts of your format,.. you'll just have to live with that.


Dan Abnett.

I hate and detest you for what your literary works make me do. I was not there, I had left the grimdark madness of the 41st millennium behind and dived headlong into the first fratricidal engagements on the fireblasted surface of Istvaan III and the dawning Heresy. it was the 31st millenium and everything had to go, no bets barred.

Then I bought Pariah.

I read it cover to cover and came out with a head brimming with ideas, then I read it again. This time agumented with some fine rum and a small notebook.
Yesterday I rounded up every random piece I had ever produced from random inspiration that did not belong in any of my armies and set them up on a table. some where concieved and painted, fully or partially; years ago. Others where simply basecoated or lacking even that; unfinished and lacking parts. I brought my notebook, scetchpad, bitzbox and tools. There was also weapons-grade coffee.

Things Happened.


This series will comprise of four principal acts. Fear. Lust. War. Hope. Incidentally the four facets of the Primordial Annihilator. (How quaint; he's trying to be original... POSER!)
Fear is the first. Fear of change, fear of the unknown, fear of the unknowable.

Man fears what she cannot understand.

What Man fears she seeks to destroy.

Nothing gives Man such solace from the fear of darkness as fire.

Therefor we will destroy that wich we fear with fire.

The fire of the Emperor: the light of Terra. Our father in absence...



The Inquisitor - Daemon Hunter - Puritan - The mind unsullied by doubt.
Marcus Aurelius - Ordos Vanaheim: Ordo Malleus.





The Interrogator
Eban Korriak - Ordo Malleus





The Sister of Battle
Dominica Sibellia - Adepta Sororitas





The Missionary
Pelibas Ericsen - Adeptus Minostrum





The Purifier
Aribaltus Vys





The Soldier
Harald Penlan





The Assassin
Klara Moraine





The Technician
''Severus"





The Astropath & Vox-servitor
Primaris Alastor.










So, these are ''the good guys'' if there now is such a thing, especially in the inquisition in the 41st millenium. I will so enjoy Painting these.. I can't wait.




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So here they are, every little self-righteous bastard of that pompous fool’s personal gang. Oh how they would fret if they knew they were compromised.
Ah, there he is, the little ringleader himself. Hello Marcus, how are you doing? Still limping from your run-in with the talons of the Angel I see, getting gaked up like that sure was a rookie mistake eh? Won’t be caught only wearing a flak coat again I guess? Lucky for you your pet Adepta sororitas came crashing through the door when she did or you would have been sent home in a lot of very small boxes. Ah. Penlan, Corriak, Vys, will you ever learn to play the tarot properly? Ericsen is still robbing you all blind I see… And little graceful, naïve, deadly, deadly Klara. You will be so surprised when all is said and done once it is all played out.

Here you sit and there he is all snug and safe on Ryza. Biding his time. Got to sting eh? You almost had him you thought but he just marched to his shuttle without a care in the world and escaped your feeble grasping. Most peculiar this little sordid affair…
Your masters on Vanaheim think he is Cognitae, you think he is a devotee of the Primordial Annihilator. Fools.
He is Logician. And he is far more intelligent and devious than you give him credit for.
That’s saying something; he is a high magos of the Arts Empyr after all.

Oh well, I must leave before your little telepath sniffs me out. We all have masters to serve don’t we? No rest for the wicked and all that.
I wonder how long it will take until you figure out who your new vox-servitor used to be?

Interrogator Garron was an odious little gak-head, I like him better this way.

Oh yes looking forward to this, I really like the Dominica Sibellia conversion I really want to have a go at that for myself.

Subscribed!
(also, inq28, sweden? we should start a league soon, if only more were in sthlm)

Oh goodness, I'm so excited I could melt!

So much modelling goodness in these last few days! First Bruticus, now this!

My heart might burst with happiness!

Yeeeeees.

This is gold, you're without a doubt my favourite Dakka Blogger, cant wait to see what your mad mind will create.

If you're ever in Gothenburg, allow me to buy you a drink

Cheers

The astropath has a Vaderish look about it

Some very interesting conversions. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

I love them- if your Alpha Legion are any indication, these figures are going to be awesome.

Is it for I-Munda or 28mm Inq? Either way, awesome to see another =I= blog. Time to get back to work on mine!

-Remi

Thanks guys, I am glad you liked them. I'm hoping to have finished up the bases and primed them by friday so I can splash some paint on things during the weekend. Priming will be tricky as the mercury is sitting at around -16*C here at the moment.
Also, for no discernable reason, I started to rebuild an old landraider as a personal ride for the Malleus warband.. I may have to re-think that..

Remi, it'll be for =]I[=-Munda since the Inquisitor rules, while evocative and quite cool, have more holes than a swiss cheese. Unless someone updated those buggy rules since they released it that is.

I'll just give you a little teaser of what will appear in act II "War". W.I.P mind you.

Some cool models here and great attention to detail with the fluff. I really like the Inquisitor and the technician looks interesting, can we get more pics of him? I can't entirely make him out. I also like the astropath and vox servitor, good use of a CAT. One thing I am not sure about is what the Missionary is doing with his right hand, he slightly looks like he is yelling 'suck it' which obviously makes him awesome but I don't think that's intended.

If you make a land raider, make it with doors open and an interior, and use it as scenery - something the warband rolled up in and deploy from. I made a car for a necromunda gang and it is a cool touch being able to have it in your deployment area, or as a mission objective.

Wow very cool indeed, loving the increase in inquisition blogs at the moment.

Some incredibly cool fluff, and the gang looks to be taking off wonderfully!

Subbed for sure.

This is looking good. fluff seems ott just the way =I= should be can not wait to see the paint. sounds like i need to go to the book store and pick up some more bl goodness prirah is now on the have list.

Love the models, adore the fluff, can't wait for more.

Glad you guys like it, thank you for the positive comments!
Bruticus; You'll get more pics when there is paint to be seen, also regarding the missionary, it kind of was the idea.. I am stil toying with the idea of equipping him with a ciggar in the corner of his mouth but I am concerned about the potential slapstick look..
Also; commenting makes me more motivated to paint, so more comments = faster progression towards those truescale deathwatch spacemarines...
Smallish update, I had an hour to spare yesterday evening so I brought out the paintbrushes.

These are still w.i.p and in need of finishing touches, and a friggin' painted base.. anyways..
I need to build a friggin' lightbox too...

I give you Aribaltus Vys ; Inquisitorial agent, The Purifier.










Also, I'll offer up a sneakpeak of a wip for a future arc.. what might htis thing be eh?

Awesome thats what it be!

That wraith looks extremely stabby!

As always superb work. Awaiting more true scale shenanigans with baited breath.

Some really cool looking models you got put together there! Looking forward to see them all painted man, keep it up.

That wraith is creepy as hell, well done.

I'll keep my eye on this.

I like the format, and the conversions are really delicious!

That said, I am not entirely sold on the helmet on the Astropath - it seems a little overweight, and unbalancing for the composition. That said, the link to the Vox servitor, and the general feel of over-complex techno-gothica about the piece is excellent!

Keep up the good work!