The Road to Astronomi-Con 2014 (page 8 Inq Warband Complete)

[WarriorFish]

Soulis! Soulis!? Souuuuliiiis!

 

:P

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Hehe.

Well, taking on a Chapter Master in Artificer Armour on a bike was definitely a mismatch for Lord Inquisitor Soulis. Ah for the days of Codex: Witchhunters with all the buffs! He's definitely lost a step since then but I think he held his own well enough. A Power Fist would have been nice but too late -- I spent way too much time and effort modelling him the way he is now to go back. Curse the changes to psychic powers in 7th!

Anyway, here's another WIP ... one of my Krieg-style Death Cult Assassins. I decided this is the best route fluff wise. Surely a planet that has mastered hand-to-hand combat as a result of being conquered by Khorne Berserkers and retook they planet at the end of the bayonet would have a strong death cult. So here's the first one, armed with appropriately huge power weapons as is the GW way (GK falchions were the smallest power weapons I could find in a decent supply for a decent price):

[WarriorFish]

They are massive on a DK trooper! :lol: Perhaps fitting for a DCA as they can go through squads like a hot knife through butter... I think you should give them long handles to help offset this a bit plus it'd make them look really meaty.

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Some more WiP photos -- they should be ready for priming tonight, unless anyone has some suggestions of additions I could make to the Crusaders ...

Oversized swords is the theme of this Inquisitorial Warband! But it's fitting because they did behave a bit like a blender in their first use (and that was not just unpainted but proxied!!! Imagine what they'll do when they're painted).

[lionofjudah]

After trading your battle report I am tempted to try my hand at an inq warband.

Love the supersized swords on the engineers;)

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Thanks, glad you like them! Can't wait to paint them I think they'll look appropriately Death Cult Assassin-ish painted all black with glowing blue power swords. I am not 100% sure anymore whether I will try painting skulls on their gas masks because of how the engineer mask is set up there isn't a lot of room to do that.

 

The Inquisitorial Warband was definitely a lot of fun. I am really glad that I took the advice I was given to get them a Land Raider to ride in. I think that this is a very necessary bit of kit for a close-combat oriented warband otherwise they will never make it into combat. Plus Land Raiders are big and scary and attract a lot of firepower, so while they are very expensive I think they're worth it.

[WarriorFish]

Nice work, they look very characterful - can't wait to see them painted! :D

[Kierdale]

Love those DCA!

I agree that long hilts would help balance them.

I too can't wait to see them painted!

[David Ravel]

The crusader is EPIC. Very nice job on that one !

[Sviar]

Great work. I like the BIG swords, it looks cool.

[scatmandoo]

I love the crusaders. Wish I had the vision and bits avaliable to create such good different models.

[Captain Juan Juarez]

Get away from da' choppa..

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Well, more progress, and getting closer to being 100% ready for Astronomi-con and able to do another ETL vow. The next few weeks are busy though so I'm less certain I'll be able to squeeze in a vow but we'll see. Anyway, today I finished the Death Cult Assassins and the Crusaders for Lord Inquisitor Soulis' warband:

This also means the warband is complete, but for their Land Raider which remains about 1/2 done:

Full size image you can see a lot more detail: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/gallery/sizes/131962-soulis-warband-1/large/

[scatmandoo]

They look amazing. What have you made of the inquisition update. Has it changed your ideas much?

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

The update did change the makeup of the warband only slightly. Basically it prompted me to revert to a non-psyker Inquisitor Soilis now that Hammerhand is no longer automatic and there's only a 1/6 chance of getting it. So it seemed that I could spend those points better on more Scions/Inquisitorial storm troopers. It's too bad 7th dropped after Soulis was done because I would have given him a power fist.

[Emperors Immortals]

The Brettonis bitz are clever! Theyd look grat as hood ornaments for taurox too. Hmmm - I have a couple of old boxes around here somewhere.....

[Kierdale]

Fine work! The DCA and crusader poses are excellent.

 

And, Emperors Immortals, that hood ornaments idea is great!

[scatmandoo]

The update did change the makeup of the warband only slightly. Basically it prompted me to revert to a non-psyker Inquisitor Soilis now that Hammerhand is no longer automatic and there's only a 1/6 chance of getting it. So it seemed that I could spend those points better on more Scions/Inquisitorial storm troopers. It's too bad 7th dropped after Soulis was done because I would have given him a power fist.

My thoughts exactly too. Damn random power tables. Just let us choose! I digress.

 

What discipline and load out are you equipping him with?

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Well no disciplines as he's no longer a psyker. He's just an inquisitor with power armour, power sword, and 3 servo skulls.

[WarriorFish]

Great work Nico, they look fantastic all together and it brings out their character even more :D If the dice gods don't reward such effort I will be having very stern words with them :P

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Well, the die is cast, army-list wise.

 

I just realised this afternoon, to my horror, that army lists for Astronomi-con were due last Saturday, 12 July. Oops! So I had to make some executive decisions without the benefit of trying my Hydra out against an army with a flyer as next week's opponent promised to bring for my final warm-up game. I decided to keep the Hydra despite its decidedly lacklustre performace over two battles -- the main reason being I want to avoid the pressure/stress of trying to get a Griffon conversion from scratch done in the next few days, and definitely don't want to do any late-night last minute painting for this tourney.

 

I did decide that I was much more happy with the Company HQ instead of the Quartermaster, and I think that 2x plasmaguns on the deep-striking Inquisitorial Storm Troopers is more multipurpose than the meltaguns, especially since with the loss of Storm Trooper doctrines I can't risk deep-striking as close as I used to. So, here's the FINAL LIST:

 

HQ

 

Company Command Squad w/ power sword - 110

 

Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor w/ power armour, power sword, 3x servo skulls - 52

 

Commissar - 25

 

ELITE

 

Hydra - 70

 

Inquisitorial Warband w/ priest, 2x DCA, 2x Crusader, Arco Flagellant, 2x Acolye, Land Raider - 358

 

TROOP

 

Platoon - 225

PCS w/ power sword, 2x flamers

PIS w/ meltagun

PIS w/ flamer

 

Grenadiers w/ meltagun x2, heavy flamer, chimera - 215

 

Scions (9) w/ 2x meltagun - 148

 

FAST

 

Death Riders (8) - 130

 

HEAVY

 

Demolisher - 170

 

TOTAL: 1500

[lionofjudah]

That list looks like a strong and (mostly) balanced force. I still think the LR at 1500 is a little top heavy in points and having read your batreps it is working good... I'm glad you switched to a CCS as the quartermaster seems a better investment at 2k + points for what it brings to a DKOK armies performance.

Looking forward to seeing a completed army shot:)

[scatmandoo]

List looks good. Hopefully you will bring glory to the forum.

 

Any more trial games lined up?

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Yes one more trial game this coming Wednesday. The army should be 100% painted by then so I will take a full army shot then.

 

Yes the Land Raider with Inquisitorial retinue is a bit "too many eggs in one basket" at 1500 pts but I did it mostly for fluff and it has worked so far I just need to be a little extra careful with them and avoid charging into cover at all costs (The unit lacks grenades but really relies on hitting first and hard with the DCA and arco Flagellant).

[scatmandoo]

I know it is probably too laye now but maybe a variant is more of an option due to the assault launchers fitted.