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[Vairocanum]

The female inquisitor looks so cool, much better than the standard GW ones. 

[Supe robot gangster #1]

Damn! Where has this thread been all my life?!?!? You've inspired me to pull out all my bits and get back into Inq28. If only I had your skills in conversion and painting! Ever considered any commission work?

[lamby]

These models do not get the attention they deserve, in my opinion. Each one is a mini-masterpiece. The Wild Child is a terrific model and the paint job is spot on. Inquisitor Kallatar looks so very intimidating and powerful, and yet so gorgeous. Damn, this is excellent work.

 

This is a very cool warband. Excellent conversions. I don't think I could even start imagining these things.

 

SWEET !!!

 

Excellent addition. Sawn off double barreled shotguns are always awesome. The meticulousness of the detail work on this whole thread is astounding.

 

The female inquisitor looks so cool, much better than the standard GW ones. 

 

Damn! Where has this thread been all my life?!?!? You've inspired me to pull out all my bits and get back into Inq28. If only I had your skills in conversion and painting! Ever considered any commission work?

 

Thanks all!!!

 

 Haha - Commission work? Surely you jest, good sir - have you not noticed how slowly I work ... 

 

 

 

“Hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go."

- Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

 

Thruster downdraft kicked up a cyclone blast of dust and tiny bones.

 

Behind her the Rogue Trader dropship leaped raptor-like back into the sky, ostensibly to provide covering fire, though - rather more pragmatically - the Captain was getting well clear of the impending storm about to be unleashed.

 

Kallatar couldn't blame the Captain for not wanting to be part of this fight, she herself had been dreading it for fifteen years, since the day the Kroot Pathfinder Blel Kadri had found her and delivered the grim news - the daemonhost Skvorax had survived the Ordo Malleus purge known as the Xolomon Deviance, and was loose in Imperial space.

 

The purge of the Brood rogue moon had gone sour fast; ninety-nine Grey Knight Astartes died in the horror of the so-called victory. They died because she had failed to convince Huges de Ardens, the Brimstone Inquisitor, to utilise her more radical methods - like arming the moon’s native Kroot with Inquisition weaponry, as an example. De Ardens wouldn't consider arming filthy xenos - so the Kroot fought anyway, and died in their thousands alongside the Knights. She blamed herself for that, too.

 

And so they formed the strategy that today was reaching culmination, fifteen years later.

 

The ground beneath her boots started to vibrate from heavy weapons fire. In the tunnel system below de Ardens and his Ordo Malleus battle-retinue were commencing the engagement of the Enemy daemonhosts. Off to the east, eye-watering light bursts and rolling thunder marked the Deathwatch kill-team skirmishing with the traitorous Wretched Sons. On yet another unseen front, the Skeleton Crew heavy mercs were cleaning out a vast nest of sacrificial human cultists. 

 

All of these attacks were diversions; the true thrust into the heart of the enemy stronghold - to find Skovorax and defang the snake – fell to the Ordo Xenos strike force.  Kallatar herself was armed with the weapon that was capable of killing a creature like Skovorax, the Relic Blade Hellbringer - the recovery of that cursed weapon was another tale in itself.

 

The usual players were lined up: Fury the Gunslinger, toting her twin long-pistols Hell and Vengeance; the Sniper with her Imperial Guard-issued nalwood-stocked sniper rifle capable of killing anything within 2000 metres; the bio-mech Assassin, hidden-faced, razor-clawed, who relished in the act of murder; the clockwork-enhanced Samurai wielding her ancient blades; and the heavy-mech Wild Child, armed with that Tau gauss-gun that could punch a hole through Titan armour.

 

Somewhere up ahead, Skvorax was waiting.

 

Kallatar wondered then if any of them would survive.

 

 

Edited October 4, 2016 by lamby

[Mechanist]

Ok all together that's one ace retinue and inquisitor. I want to know what happens next now. 

[DaBoiKyknos]

The girl gang is complete!

What happens with Clockwork Custodian?

[lamby]

Ok all together that's one ace retinue and inquisitor. I want to know what happens next now. 

Thanks Mechanist!

- Hopefully your desire to know where the story goes is an indication my prose was ok ;)

- This retinue has been such a long time in the making, I'm pretty happy with the end result!

 

The girl gang is complete!

What happens with Clockwork Custodian?

Thanks LordVelype!

- Constable Clank aka the Clockwork Custodian will possibly be getting a Mechanicum-approved upgrade... 

 

Thanks to all those who 'liked' the girls!

[WarriorFish]

The use of models and bits is excellent, topped off with some fantastic conversion and a great paint job makes for exquisite models :D Not to mention the story each has! Well done, you should show off your hard work in the Inquisition section too - I know I've been inspired with some ideas..!

[DaBoiKyknos]

Thanks LordVelype!

- Constable Clank aka the Clockwork Custodian will possibly be getting a Mechanicum-approved upgrade... 

 

 

Ouuuuhh exciting!I liked him quite a lot how he was. But one can only give you probs how much effort you put in those models.

It´s the choice of the artist I guess. :)

[lamby]

The use of models and bits is excellent, topped off with some fantastic conversion and a great paint job makes for exquisite models Not to mention the story each has! Well done, you should show off your hard work in the Inquisition section too - I know I've been inspired with some ideas..!

Thanks WarriorFish!

(btw, great nickname  )

 

 

Thanks LordVelype!

- Constable Clank aka the Clockwork Custodian will possibly be getting a Mechanicum-approved upgrade... 

 

 

Ouuuuhh exciting!I liked him quite a lot how he was. But one can only give you probs how much effort you put in those models.

It´s the choice of the artist I guess.

 

Thanks LordVelype!

- The problem I have with him is he was still very 'Sig' - he's on the 'to redo' list... right alongside the 'to do' list!

 

 

 

 

And so, with the femme fatales of the Ordo Xenos complete, it's onto a (sort of) new project:

 

 

 

[Dosjetka]

Ooooh, exciting. :D Any hints as to what we can expect?

[lamby]

 

 

Some months following the Skvorax Culmination...

 

Apprentice Mialo hurries though hallowed halls towards the Inquisitor's study, a winged Cherubim fluttering along at his shoulder; between them the pair are precariously toting a hundred various items of tech capable of storing information - discs, tapes, books, parchments, scrolls, crystals, tablets, at least one bone scrimshaw and a glass sphere containing the pickled brain of someone or something long dead and - until now - long forgotten.

 

"Hurry, hurry," Mialo mutters under his breath.

 

"Hrry, hrry," chirps the Cherub; Mialo grunts annoyance, but keeps moving.

 

Despite the unwieldy load, the duo gain speed as they go; thus as they barge through the heavy swinging doors into the study, the various items seemingly take on a life of their own, and - in spectacular fashion - the bundled load escapes the pair, avalanching across the ancient table, some of it even scattering onto the wooden deck.

 

In the ensuing silence, the tall thin Inquisitor seated at the far end of the table raises one arched eyebrow.

 

"Ah, Mialo," he says dryly. "What a wonderful entrance."

 

Apprentice Mialo gets quickly to his feet.

 

"Apologies, Master!"

 

"Aplgz, Msta!" chirps the Cherub.

 

Mialo swats at the Cherub; it squawks and heads for the safety of height, perching on an overhead crossbeam from which hangs an immense chandelier.

 

Mialo had always loved the study; he could feel its age on his skin. More than ten thousand years in the past the study had been the grandiose rear cabin of a wooden tall-ship, recovered from the polluted oceans of Terra at the height of the Emperor's reign, lovingly restored at exorbitant cost, and gifted to the Master's long-departed predecessors for services rendered during the Horus Heresy.

 

"Success, then, Mialo?"

 

Mialo straightens to attention. "Yes, Master."

 

"Ys Mstaa," echoes from above. The Inquisitor tilts his long face upward, fires a raised eyebrow in warning. The Cherub squeaks and hides its face under a stubby wing.

 

"Continue, Mialo."

 

Mialo clears his throat dramatically. "Master, regarding your orders to research the Relic blade Hellbringer -"

 

"One hundred and fifty-three days ago, if I recall?" The eyebrow raises again.

 

Mialo nods. "Yes, Master; apologies, but as you taught me, thoroughness is -" Mialo notes the eyebrow is still raised, changes tack.

 

"Affirmation, Master!" he barks. "And Justification."

 

"Truly?"

 

"Aye, Master."

 

The Inquisitor nods, more to himself than the Apprentice. Some moments pass - the Cherub can be heard singing softly to itself, while Mialo forces himself not to hop from foot to foot - until the Inquisitor waves a hand at the pile on the table.

 

"And all this is?"

 

"It is the history, the tale that confirms the Affirmation… and Justification."

 

The Inquisitor nods. "So tell me."

 

"It is a long tale, Master; over a century at least. Where shall I begin?"

 

"Not where, Mialo; nor even when. Affirmation of Heresy is serious business, and so is Justification for Termination," lectures the Inquisitor. 

"Never forget we are conducting state-sanctioned murder - the targeted death of a person or persons - and thus we must always focus our investigations on the who."

 

Mialo bows his head in acknowledgement. "Then with who..."

 

"With whom," sighs the Inquisitor.

 

"... With whom shall I begin, Master?"

 

There is another long pause while the Inquisitor deliberates; Mialo waits impatiently, the Cherub passes wind and giggles to itself.

 

Finally the Inquisitor speaks again.

 

"By her own mission reports, Kallatar condemns herself; her and her retinue have been in contact with the damned blade for too long, and thus their termination orders merely await my execution - o, how droll of me."

 

He raises an eyebrow at Mialo, who forces a smile; he's heard this particular joke a thousand times. Overhead the Cherub giggles.

 

The Inquisitor sighs.

 

"Kallatar's termination is fait accompli," he says. "If indeed she survived that Skvorax debacle..."

 

Mialo feels some remorse that his research has led to this; the few times he has met Kallatar she was polite to him, and he knows the Master respects her and the work she has done for her Ordo over the past few centuries.

 

"My interest in Justification," continued the Inquisitor, "now resides in this swath of allies she has amassed over the past century."

 

He leans forward, thin fingers reaching into the pile of items, selects a small leather journal seemingly at random, tosses it to Mialo; on the cover is embossed a stylised winged skull emblem that the learned Apprentice recognises after a moment.

 

"A Warrant-sanctioned Rogue Trader, Master?"

 

"No-one is safe from Heresy, Apprentice Assassin-Investigator Mialo," says Assassin-Inquisitor Amadeus of the Ordo Sicarius. He raises that lethal eyebrow at his Apprentice one more time.

 

"So regale me with the history - nay, the tale, as you say - of Captain Winter and her crew, so I may indeed Justify if termination for Heresy is also to be their fate."

Edited November 2, 2016 by lamby

[lamby]

Kroot are cool - so one of the Rogue Trader crew is going to be a Kroot!

I just really like making guns...

 

 

Took an old Kroot shooter rifle:

 

 

And the corresponding Tau gauss-gun bit:

 

 

Chopped off the front of the Kroot rifle, and the back end of two Tau gauss-rifles.

Added a holographic site-ring (watch part), a techy bit (Admech) on the side, and a magnet/pin combo:

 

 

Which allows the Kroot operator to employ a gauss-carbine...

 

 

Or a gauss-rifle:

 

 

More soon.

 

Thanks for looking!

[Interrogator Stobz]

Hey Iamby, I hope you are not going to let xenos pictures into your awesome thread, they would be in breach of the BnC rules and I'd have to...

  

+++Remove them with extreme prejudice+++ 

 

So I'll leave those there, but please don't be tempted to share Kroot and Tau stuff with this audience moving forward.

 

Cheers.

 

Brother Stobz

[lamby]

Hey Iamby, I hope you are not going to let xenos pictures into your awesome thread, they would be in breach of the BnC rules and I'd have to...

  

+++Remove them with extreme prejudice+++ 

 

So I'll leave those there, but please don't be tempted to share Kroot and Tau stuff with this audience moving forward.

 

Cheers.

 

Brother Stobz

Ah right, I forgot about that - my bad. 

[Stercus]

Tremendous stuff.

[DaBoiKyknos]

(...)

 

So I'll leave those there, but please don't be tempted to share Kroot and Tau stuff with this audience moving forward.

 

Cheers.

 

Brother Stobz

 

Even if they are under imperial/ inquisitonal (!) command and have let´s say an aqula on their breast?

 

Edit: Stupid question, probably, please don´t sanction me...

Edited November 5, 2016 by LordVelype

[lamby]

Moving on...

 

Working on the Captain again - new arm, new gun, and new name!

 

When we last saw Illyria Winter, she looked like this:

 

 

First job was to re-profile the blade into a thinner shape.

Then it was onto the surgical table for a new cyber-mechano arm - mostly due to the developing fluff, which is taking on a life of its own... but that's another story - also, because I didn't want to have to sculpt another sleeve:

 

 

Chopped the old arm off at the wrist, connected it to the new arm:

 

Made a slightly better version of the HandCannon - I always wanted a revolver-style weapon for her, and the Admech bitz once again have come to the party - don't worry about the extending piece of brass pin, it'll get the chop later... unless I decide to add a cable running to a power-unit elsewhere on her:

 

Also note the sculpted/brass chain-link webbing buckles, front and back - and here's the arm in place too:

 

Currently trying to decide if I need to smooth out that shoulder armour plate...

 

Cheers, me hearties!!!

[Interrogator Stobz]

Exquisite work!

 

And thank you for your compliance ;)

[lamby]

Exquisite work!

 

And thank you for your compliance

Thanks!

 

Behind her the Rogue Trader dropship leaped raptor-like back into the sky... 

 

That single phrase from the Ordo Xenos retinue story sparked a desire to create the raptor-like dropship.

 

A healthy dose of Aliens, Halo and Firefly pretty much assured that the dropship would have to be VTOL.

 

Engine internal support structures from styrene tubing (these intakes have since changed):

 

The engines on their own looked a little plain, so I decided to build a wing-nub for the outside edge.

 

Styrene tube made the starting shape:

 

Then I sculpted the wing-nub as symmetrical as I could over the tubes - here's the 'master' in place after drying and some vigorous sanding:

 

Vacuum-formed it twice, one for each engine - it's not quite symmetrical, but I'll fix that later with putty:

 

 

 

Continuing the VTOL thrusters - you can see the wing nubs in place now, and the at-right-angles part is the putty 'buck' form for the rotator:

 

Here's the buck on the vacuum chamber, ready for forming:

 

A perfect pull!

 

4 x parts were made, then glued over the grey plastic parts (from the Hemlock kit):

 

Glued, sanded, puttied and awaiting 2nd sanding - also, the dark green parts are the wings (from a 1/48th Apache kit, modified heavily):

 

 

Test run of another hair design for Illyria Winter:

 

 

Thoughts?

 

Thanks for looking!

[Dosjetka]

I'm not quite visualising where you're going with the ship but it looks impressive and I doubt you'll produce anything less than stellar. :tu:

 

Illyria looks very promising. And the hair design looks good.

[lamby]

I'm not quite visualising where you're going with the ship but it looks impressive and I doubt you'll produce anything less than stellar.

 

Illyria looks very promising. And the hair design looks good.

 

Due to restrictions on {redacted} tech, some of the imagery would be in contravention of protocols - some more images on my blog (see sig)

 

 

Thanks!

[lamby]

Probably the last thing I need to be doing is creating yet another Rogue Trader character - but another character means another weapon build!

 

Conversion progress in pics:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[DaBoiKyknos]

My heart makes a jump every time you post some updates!

 

Are you going to put some Aquilas or things like that on Allyria Winter?

She stil looks very elfish (sorry, I mean aelfish of course ;) ) to me...

   

[Capt. Jack]

Hey Lamby,

 

I spent some serious time looking through this thread in acute detail, and I've got to say, you are without doubt one of the most gifted, dedicated and imaginative hobbyists I've ever come across.

 

You really bring the 'grim darkness' alive, and each character is so skilfully designed and rendered they are each worthy of such high praise.

 

In fact, I had lost my login but created an account just to submit this feedback.

 

I genuinely look forward to seeing more creations, and I hope you know how refreshing it is to see such awesome stuff on the Web.

 

Keep it up brother!

[lamby]

 

My heart makes a jump every time you post some updates!

 

Are you going to put some Aquilas or things like that on Allyria Winter?

She stil looks very elfish (sorry, I mean aelfish of course ) to me...

   

 

Thanks Lord Velype!

- Captain Winter is indeed going to get some more 40k-ification, tho I'm not sure exactly how and what (yet)

 

Hey Lamby,

 

I spent some serious time looking through this thread in acute detail, and I've got to say, you are without doubt one of the most gifted, dedicated and imaginative hobbyists I've ever come across.

 

You really bring the 'grim darkness' alive, and each character is so skilfully designed and rendered they are each worthy of such high praise.

 

In fact, I had lost my login but created an account just to submit this feedback.

 

I genuinely look forward to seeing more creations, and I hope you know how refreshing it is to see such awesome stuff on the Web.

 

Keep it up brother!

Thanks The_True_Chap!

- I am humbled by your praise, good sir

 

 

And so - Onwards!

 

After lots of building, tearing down, rebuilding again, the drop ship has her VTOL thrusters and wing-mounts!

 

Mounted those 1/48th Apache wings - I can't seem to saw straight, so a lot of time is spent repairing bad cuts:

 

Remember those vacuum-formed halves from a post or two ago - here they are glued and puttied into reasonably symmetrical rotators.

Two different sizes of brass rod run through the mid-line of the rotators and pass through the spine for support:

 

Same position as above, different angle - note the new styrene card construction forward of the wing-mounts to blend the flightpod and hull - some 1/72 Cobra parts will go there next.

Also shortened the flight-pod rear part (under the styrene curved piece) and the Tau Devilfish 'spine' by about 5mm each, bringing the flightpod back 1cm - just looks little better, though that Devilfish part reminds me of a Cylon raider...

 

The original concept had a matching wing-mounts behind the rotators, but it was just too thick for the overall design - so after playing around with some cut-offs from a 2nd Helmock hull, discovered this covering bit - needs blending work, but I like it!

 

Cheers!