Inquisition Stormtroopers Company - Kasrkin, Arbites, Breachers etc - 30/07/2024

[Inquisitor Trinity]

After starting them in April my Inquisition Storm Trooper company is finally ready to spray paint. All 70 of them! I did have a provisional name for them as the endless but I've gone off that name. Unsure what to call them. As you can see there is somewhat of a diverse range of models, however, I've added little details to each so that there is something to link them all together. I've tried to make it look like they've gotten their arms and armour from the same armoury. If you want to see more check out my instagram! https://www.instagram.com/inquisitor_trinity/

 

 

 

These are my counts as crusaders from my Inquisition stormtroopers. As several others have done I've used the subjugators and their massive shields as the base but I've also added what a lot of other people have used which is skitarii heads. Not seen the two together so far. I've also used deathwatch power swords, kasrkin shoulders and sculpted a lot of details. The subjugators are quite a popular choice for plastic crusader conversions, as are the skitarii heads. I don't think anyone has altered them to this level though. I wanted a more militaristic and techy feel to them instead of the religious overtones in the original Inquisition crusaders. I think they're looking pretty awesome!

 

 

I hadn't initially planned to include arbites in my Inquisition stormtrooper company but after seeing them I just had to have them. That happened a lot 

I have made a lot of effort to bring their look closer to the other models, particularly the kasrkin who are the base template if you will. This includes:
- sculpted kasrkin style tunic and armour plates
- kasrkin gas mask
- kasrkin helmet light
- sculpted navy breachers helmet crest

I've also removed any arbites iconography as they aren't arbites in my lore, just differently armed storm troopers which I've decided to call, seekers. Hopefully the green stuff doesn't look too bad! The arbites are probably the squad I made the most alterations to. As you can probably tell. Unfortunately I won't be able to use them in game because the minimum squad size is 10 and you can't mix shields and shotguns. Even in the exaction squad which is really annoying. At least they look cool, that's the important thing.

 

 

Unfortunately these assault Kasrkin will probably never see the game board as there is nothing that I could approximate them to. Not only is there no astra militarum assault unit there isn't a jump unit either. The closest approximation would be the sororitas jump infantry I guess? Still a fun unit to make though. It combines cadian chainswords and las pistols with kasrkin and orlock jet packs. I've made the usual green stuff alterations as well. For a relatively simple kitbash I'm very pleased with these jet troopers. All it took was to add some orlock wrecker jet packs to kasrkin and grab some chainswords and las pistols from the cadian sprues. I did consider doing hot shot laspistols but I thought they'd be too unwieldy.

 

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The navy breachers are another squad that wasn't planned initially for my stormtrooper company but I couldn't resist! In order to bring them in closer to the rest of the company I added kasrkin style armour plates. I always thought they looked a bit underarmoured and I think I've rectified that quite well. I've also added arbites elbow pads, arbites shotguns, chest targeter and a kasrkin helmet light. You can also see ive removed all the navy iconography and added an Inquisition symbol. Enjoy! I always thought they were under armoured given that they're supposed to be wearing vacuum sealed suits, so I gave them some extra armour using press moulds from the kasrkin. 

 

 

 

I've always been very keen on the kasrkin style, even back when it was a choice between the metal ones and the regular stormtroopers I'd choose kasrkin. Once I saw they were coming out in plastic I had to get some. I'm justifying the deviation from deathwatch as they're Inquisition stormtroopers not technically another faction aha.

They're the base template for the company at large. I've added the navy breachers helmet crest and arbites elbow pads and chest targeter in addition to the Inquisition symbol. I've also tried to mix up the poses as there's a lot of them I wasn't that keen on. You might be able to tell that they've all got some form of close combat weapon as well!

 

 

This is the other stormtrooper kasrkin squad. Much the same as the other one just with different poses. I've armed them more or less the same as both squads have two volleyguns, a melta, plasma and sniper. Each squad also has a vox and a medic for flair. I'm very keen on the bayonets that's for sure

 

 

This is by far the squad I'm most proud of they're a combination of cawdor ridge walkers, kasrkin for the pilots and rough rider lances. I had to really carve up the legs and green stuff them so they'd fit which was a pain but had come off pretty well! (Looks pretty natural after I've spray painted them at least)

You can see I've also green stuffed some other details including:
- arbites elbow pads and chest targeter
- navy breachers helmet crest
- Inquisition symbol on chest

These are details I've tried to include across all my storm troopers to tie them together. I think weirdly the bases I made for them are one of my favourite bits. As there's not any sculpted oval based for this scale I made some industrial ones using necromunda bits and the void war bases parts. I've been sure to include all the weapon options for rough riders. They've got the lance, holstered pistol and you can see a lasgun on the front of the walker so they've got access to all the weapons. Reposing the walkers so they didn't all look the same whilst standardising them so that they all look like the same vehicle was a tricky balance. Most of the poses look good but a few are a bit iffy. What do you think of my Inquisition stormtroopers cavalry?

 

 

I've been working on the organisation of my Inquisition army. Inquisitor Trinity has a much larger retinue than most, the size of a small army or astra militarum platoon. This is very apt as they are far more militaristic than most Inquisitors, even of the ordo xenos, and believe in applying ever whelming force. Some of the roles here are obvious and some are troops that I am converting and are essentially Inquisition stormtroopers. I will be building ALL of them at some point and some are already built (look back over my posts) any guesses what's what?

Edited July 30 by Inquisitor Trinity
Title change

[librisrouge]

I love every part of this, wish you well, and hope to hear more.

[Inquisitor Trinity]

Finally got round to posting about my inquisition stormtroopers. Matching my colour scheme for the other inquisition elements I've gone with red armour, orange elbow and knee pads, purple shoulders, gold head crest and details, blue cables, green eye lenses and yellow lights. The symbol of Inquisitor Trinity is (somewhat crudely) represented on the right shoulder and the squad designation on the left. After trying for ages to find a decent numeral system that looks cool I settled on the star wars aurebesh. Still haven't come up with a cool name for the "regiment" I thought something like "The Endless" or "The Immortals" but neither sounds right. I want something that evokes relentless implacable destruction but is one word so it'd be The something.

 

This is squad D, troop type vindicator.

 

 

This here is my navy breacher squad that's part of my inquisition storm trooper company. As you can see I gave them extra armour as I wanted them to look similar to my kaskrin. In retrospect I kinda wish I'd swapped the shoulders out for kaskrin shoulder pads as the breacher ones are a bit small for the squad and company markings

 

 

Up next for my inquisitorial stormtrooper company is an assault squad! Sadly I won't be able to use them in games as there isn't a unit that's even slightly similar. So they're purely for the fun of it. I think they look really cool! I used orlock wrecker jet packs and various cadian chainswords and pistols. Like my other stormtroopers they have the helmet crest, elbow pads and chest targeter. Iconography is the squad designiation and company insignia (of inquisitor trinity)

 

[Inquisitor Trinity]

++ SURRENDER TO THE INQUISITION ++
I finally got around to putting together the Inquisitor I've had as an idea in my head for over a year! Inquisitor Trinity is my account name for that reason. Surprise though, Trinity (as the name suggests) is three individuals! Or is Trinity one amongst them? Or not there at all and controlling them from afar... Who knows! I'm really pleased with how they came together. My idea was for them to be alike with many common features but also different. I wanted to put my utmost effort into them and make them the absolute best models that I have ever done. Utilising techniques that I've never tried, painstaking incremental blending, better glow effects, detailed free handing and more. I'd say the end results are quite fantastic! Each looks like they're wearing a suit of power armour and are as similar as I could make them whilst still being noticeably different. Matching the colour scheme of my inquisition force (of which they are the head) helps tie them into the army and each other. The capes are some of the best parts of the models, the large area allowed me to blend much easier and I could add the Inquisitor Trinity symbol! Sadly not completely as it's too small for the full detail but it's very close.

 

 

First up is this Inquisitor Trinity that I will refer to as "sigil". The base model is Jelsen darrock from the cursed city set. I've cut off all the stakes and other gubbins leaving the base model. Added a bunch of power armour, the mask, staff and constructed some backpack guns they operate remotely, keeping their hands free. It's hard to pick favourites but I think this one needed the most work to convert. Creating the sabatons (foot armour) of the "sigil" Trinity was one of the more challenging aspects of creating a more power armour vibe, it should look right painted. The staff I created from a sisters of battle halberd and added a stripped down deathwatch vehicle icon. The backpack guns were created from the little servo arms on the kataphron breachers with bits from the kaskrin hellguns.

 

 

Next we're taking a look at the "hammer" version of Inquisitor Trinity. Based on the Hanniver Toll model it's got a very dynamic pose. Through green stuff I was able to turn the boots into power armour and I used the hammer head from Jelsen Darrock. It was very annoying getting the sword off of the cape but the whole effect is pretty great I think! Certainly the most dynamic of the three. I hadn't fully fleshed out this idea before I started building this one so I got the base model (Hanniver Toll) and experimented with some parts. Made them look all 40k style and crafted the hammer out of various parts. I think the end result is pretty good don't you?

 

 

The third Inquisitor Trinity wields a spear alongside the backpack guns. Though I don't have a favourite of the three this version is the first one this came to me and the inability to choose between this version and the "sigil" version helpful spawn the Trinity idea. In addition to chiseling off all the fantasy details from the Hexbane base model I added a spear using several celestian sacresant parts and used green stuff to make the armour more power armour.

 

 

You'll have to let me know which Inquisitor Trinity is your favourite based on the conversions and paintjobs! Also, if Trinity is one amongst them, which do you think they are? Or do you think Trinity controls them from afar? Or are they somehow all of them?

[WAR]

Very nice

[Focslain]

Ok, so where did you get the heads? Giving me ideas for a personal conversion.

[WAR]

Looks like Drukhari Reaver heads 

[Focslain]

32 minutes ago, WAR said:

Looks like Drukhari Reaver heads 

Yup, that looks like it and good thing they come with multiple heads. Filing this away for now.