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I'm not sure if it's just in the video games or if it's covered in the fluff as well but Inquisitors are massive! Looking at Toth in Dawn of War or Drogan and Thrax in WH40K: Space Marine they're about as big as a normal Adeptus Astartes. Is there a source anyone can direct me to that explains this? Do Inquisitors go through a similar training and surgical process or is it some form of cybernetics? Can space marines become Inquisitors?

Inquisitors come in ALL shapes and sizes.

Some are short, some tall, some fat, some skinny. At least one comes in a box (ravenor).

Some have power armor, some show up scantily clad.

In short, the size/shape or disposition of any particular inquisitor is completely up to the person that made them up. Most likely the ones you've seen have had extensive mechanical augmentation.

The Inquisition is probably one of the most diverse groups in the Imperium, right alongside Rogue Traders. There's really no uniformity among their ranks in terms of appearance or tactics.

I guess I just imagined them to all be "Normal" sized like the other IG and humans in the games. Thanks for the replies guys!

In the case of Dawn of War, Toth was wearing power armour so it makes sense he was the same size as Angelos.

In Space Marine, Drogan at least was a head shorter than the Marines, although he was just as broad. The other Inquisitor was only seen at the top of a ramp so we can't tell how tall he was. I think this is a case of applying 40k's "28mm heroic" scale to 3d graphics.

In Space Marine, Titus is explicitly about 7'1".

Comparing them, IIRC that would make Drogan about 6'5" or so. Tall, but not massive.

 Void__Dragon wrote:
In Space Marine, Titus is explicitly about 7'1".

Comparing them, IIRC that would make Drogan about 6'5" or so. Tall, but not massive.

Hmm maybe I'll have to go back and play again but I could have sworn that Drogan was just as broad as Titus and the others in his squad.


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 Furyou Miko wrote:
In the case of Dawn of War, Toth was wearing power armour so it makes sense he was the same size as Angelos.

In Space Marine, Drogan at least was a head shorter than the Marines, although he was just as broad. The other Inquisitor was only seen at the top of a ramp so we can't tell how tall he was. I think this is a case of applying 40k's "28mm heroic" scale to 3d graphics.

The only issue I'd have with this is that, even in power armour wouldn't Toth still be smaller? While the power armour augments his strength and such it still has to fit his frame, which is much smaller than a space marines.

Void is using the word Massive wrong here. Drogan is massive. Just not impossibly tall.

Drogan is wearing power armour, lol.

Of course he's going to be wide.

 Void__Dragon wrote:
Drogan is wearing power armour, lol.

Of course he's going to be wide.

Even as wide as a Space Marine?

He wasn't as wide as Titus.

[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7PQ6iaNpLyA/Tysnej1NN7I/AAAAAAAAAsM/VfcreHTPHts/s1600/inquisitormeeting.jpg

Your absolutely right! I just pulled up an image of it. I think I was just surprised he was so much larger than the soldiers in the Imperial Guard.

I find this one more accurate - human in PA vs. Terminator.

Yeah, he looks like a dwarf.

http://thelordinquisitor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ComeGetSome_BW.jpg

The height, the weight etc of the Inquisitors are different as how many world of the Imperium they have to protect.

Like many users have already said there are soooooo many different inquisitor 'cause the physical condition of a subject is of secondary importance.
What matters the most is the loyalty to Big E., the Imperium, and their intelligence.

 Seb wrote:
I find this one more accurate - human in PA vs. Terminator.

Yeah, he looks like a dwarf.

http://thelordinquisitor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ComeGetSome_BW.jpg

Well those Grey Knights are in Terminator Armour, lol.

Large image so spoilered it.



Inquisitor Hector Rex, who was reputably a large fella, in Artificer armour. Image is from the Siege of Vraks.

I am not sure about that image that Seb used, it's from the Lord Inquisitor isn't it?

Might just be my computer but I can't see Rex

He's the guy in the middle with the power sword and storm shield that has the =][= symbol on it and the =][= symbol sticking out the top of his head.

I was just going to say he's the big guy in the middle but Melissia's description is by far more accurate

I dont think ravenor is big, he's a burnt half corpse guy in a sealed metal chair.

Um guessing its cos the inquisitors not only get power armour but also probly get fed better than most imperial citizens/soldiers and also get more excersize than the usual upper class types that do eat well

If you want a big Inquisitor, look no further than Karamazov.
...ok, so that's mostly the chair, but you never see him out of it, do you...?

Here's one showing an Inquisitor who's only taller than his compatriots thanks to his comedy hat:


He's not called an Inquisitor any more but that's how that model was originally released, under the old Witch Hunters Codex I believe.

 Seb wrote:
I find this one more accurate - human in PA vs. Terminator.

Yeah, he looks like a dwarf.

http://thelordinquisitor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ComeGetSome_BW.jpg

I don't think it's fair to simply take an image form TLI without actually giving them some love.

Inquisitor's can be given the astartes treatment if they require it in their line of work.

 Evileyes wrote:
Inquisitor's can be given the astartes treatment if they require it in their line of work.

inquisitors can get a Chapter master to off himself if they have enough sway.

Tiberius Atellus wrote:
Looking at Toth in Dawn of War or Drogan and Thrax in WH40K: Space Marine they're about as big as a normal Adeptus Astartes.

One would expect a martially inclined Inquisitor to be big and strong to start with, and some types of power armor add a lot of bulk for even more impressive size. And ofc, when dealing with marines why not send in an inquisitor who speaks their language (carries huge guns, flexing huge muscles, needlessly smearing himself with oil and so on).

 Super Ready wrote:
If you want a big Inquisitor, look no further than Karamazov.
...ok, so that's mostly the chair, but you never see him out of it, do you...?

Here's one showing an Inquisitor who's only taller than his compatriots thanks to his comedy hat:


He's not called an Inquisitor any more but that's how that model was originally released, under the old Witch Hunters Codex I believe.

That's not a "comedy hat", that is a "Sacred Hood of Inquisitorial Witch-Findin' Pimp-Stylin'".

In my DH games, if an Interrogator makes it to Inquisitor, they get a rosette, a bolt-pistol and one of those hats.

It's because they lift.

When you carry the burden of purging the Imperium of Traitors, Mutants and Heretics everyday, you get mad hench.

clively wrote:
At least one comes in a box

i've just had a great mental image of this big warehouse on the moon manned by a couple of servitors and an overseer.

"X-134, get another Puritan model off the shelf, Inquisitor Thraxis has just been immolated by a Chaos cult suicide bomber with two cans of Promethium strapped to his torso."

Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
It's because they lift.

When you carry the burden of purging the Imperium of Traitors, Mutants and Heretics everyday, you get mad hench.

Damn it I was going to use that joke!