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So, with the upcoming release of the Inquisitor codex, I've decided to paint my Dkok as an inquisitorial force. Unfortunately that means a lot of black, and I STILL can't highlight black properly.

So, does anyone know of any other colours that look good for an inquisitorial force?

Red, blue, green, yellow, orange...

Inquisitors are given plenty of lee way when it comes to pretty much everything. Paint them what you feel like painting them.

For something more in line with cannon to avoid people getting bent out of shape, red would be the safest. If you need to justify another color choice though, track down a copy of the Black Library Inquisitor sourcebook thing (exact name slips my mind). There is a page or two which show different Inquisitorial shields in different color schemes, blue and green are there for sure. I would need to dig out my copy to say for certain on the other colors though.

Also, IA 2 includes additional Inquisitorial color schemes for vehicles - same colors would transfer over well enough to uniforms too.

Cheers, I'll take a look in IA2. Plus it might be cool to have blue Dkok...


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You sure it's IA2, that's apparently all ork, eldar and DE vehicles

Forge World's more recent IA 2. They did the soft cover books first, which didnt follow much of a pattern in naming (started as Imperial Armor, then Imperial Armor 2, than something like Imperial Armor 2006 and Imperial Armor Update...).

After those they did the hardcover IA 1 and IA 2 which were Imperial Guard and Space Marines respectively. IA 2 also had Forces of the Inquisition IIRC. After that they changed to the campaign format that they now use (really wish they would have stuck with the format of those first two hardcover books myself...).

Yep, found it. Think I'm gonna go with browns, greys and maybe some harsh cold blues and snow/trench basing. Should look nice alongside some ts grey knights!

If you're having trouble highlighting black: don't use black
It's much easier to highlight a near black (i like vallejo's german grey)

So what would I use to highlight german grey? Luckily I have some of that to paint my FoW.

Depends how softly or starkly you want the highlight to show. Basalt grey would probably do well.

Alternatively you could use German Grey as a highlight for Game Colour Heavy Charcoal which is a shade darker but still not actually black.

Mine Inquisitor force is red black and silver. The black isn't all over the place and doesn't need highlighting.

I'd paint the DKOK as their own colours as per the regt background. I've never seen them painted beyond drab colours other than accent colours on their lapels or collar badges. I'm looking to ally some inquisitor into my guys in the future but it will be either chimera or Aquila lander based so very small numbers - no GK!

I think there's no "official" colour scheme for Inquisitor forces, but could "feel realistic" keeping them with somewhat dark, somber tones, so dark grey, deep crimson or blue, or anything similar...
It should also be noted that this could be a nice occasion to start improving with black highlighting - in fact I plan to do so :-P
Anyhow, even choosing black should work relatively snooth - at least at tabletop quality: black recesses, blakish grey main colour (e.g. VMC Black-Grey), turquoise, blue or any light edge should do the trick.

In the end I've gone for dark angels style green...to contrast completely with their icy snowy bases. Now...could anyone point me in the direction of an easy to follow tutorial for that most hated of techniques...Blending??


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Okay...so I've finished the outside of the coat using german fieldgrey...but I can't decide on a colour for the inside. I'm trying to go for a cold look to go with the base :/

To me was a nice one the one made by Durgin Paint Studio on YT... but that's in italian... I'll try and sum up translating by memory

Essentially, he suggests these points:
Thinning, for basecoats, to a consistency granting you a uniform coverage in one or - better - two passes
Thinning subsequent layers to watercolour consistency
Load the brush and unload excess paint onto a paper towel ("watercolour" consistency only lightly tinges the paper with what I call a "natural gradient"), this also helps in keeping the point... pointy
Don't use tones too distant from each other, hence: mix paints (*)
Obviously, leave a portion of the previous coat in sight
In the video he starts with a first highlight, then a wash, corecting the blend and hinting the shades,then he shades and finally goes to the final highlights
Again quite obvious, when highlighting brush strokes go towards the source of light, when shading they go away from it (more pigment towards the endof the brush stroke)

(*) As for the tones, if I remember well it goes like this:
Assuming dark, medium and light colour:
Base 100% dark
Highlight 2:1 dark:medium
Wash of dark colour
Shade with dark colour + a dot of black
Further shade(s) with more black
Highlight 1:1 dark:medium
Highlight medium
Highlight 2:1 medium:light
Highlight 1:1 medium:light
Etc, with more light colour/adding white...
Give or take some passages depnding on how smooth you wish for the transition to be...
A single highlight shouldn't be too easy to spot, you will notice it only by building layer upon layer... A total of 4-5 layers should do a "high tabletop/low showcase" quality level... "High showcase" to "gd" quality may need many more layers (one day I will get near that level)