=][= IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR =][=

[Brother Tyler]

Since the dawn of the Imperium, Inquisitors have passed judgement upon the mutant, the traitor, and the heretic, shielding Mankind from the terrors of the stars and the numberless threats found within a hostile galaxy. They are as varied in appearance and manner as the myriad threats they face. Each Inquisitor stands apart from the rest of Mankind, their authority coming directly from the Emperor Himself.

 

Rogue Traders bear sacred Warrants that empower them to journey beyond the boundaries of the Imperium to trade, explore, and make war in the God-Emperor's name. Some Rogue Traders hail from dynasties, some dating back to the time of the Great Crusade, while others have been granted Warrants much more recently. Each Rogue Trader is unique and, beyond the boundaries of the Imperium, is a power unto themself.

 

There are untold hundreds of thousands of cults scattered across the Imperium of Mankind, united in their shared worship of the God-Emperor, but distinct in their specific beliefs and practices. The Ecclesiarchy is a galaxy-spanning organization that holds ultimate authority over the Emperor worship, and its various priests minister to the faithful, teach the servants of the Imperium, and spread the Light of the Emperor with sermons, fire, and zeal.

 

With the release of Codex: Imperial Agents, it's time to explore these diverse characters whose efforts have affected the Imperium for ten thousand years. We want you to assemble and paint your own Inquisitor, Rogue Trader, or Ministorum Priest, giving us some background information on your character and how they have served Mankind in the name of the Emperor.

 

WHAT TO SUBMIT

 

A completed entry consists of images of a single model and background information on the character.

 

Your model may represent one of the following types of characters:

• Inquisitor
• Ministorum Priest
• Rogue Trader

 

Models may be 28-32mm (standard Warhammer 40,000, Kill Team, Necromunda, etc.) or 54mm (Inquisitor game). You may use non-WH40K models or scratch-built models, but they must be clearly WH40Kified. Just putting a model on a WH40K base won't cut it - something about the model itself must fit within the WH40K setting. There is a lot of room for creativity and subtlety here.

 

Models do not have to be game-legal. The lore describes each of these character types as being unique, allowing you to create a bespoke character with as much (or as little) customization and conversion as you want. Inquisitors and Rogue Traders can come from diverse backgrounds, allowing you to convert a range of models. Similarly, Ministorum Priests represent diverse sects and roles within the Imperium, similarly allowing you to be creative. Each of these character types has had different rules iterations throughout the years, including the Warhammer 40,000 game, the Inquisitor game, various roleplaying games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and unofficial games such as Inquisimunda and Inq28. We want you to be able to represent your chosen character type under any of the sets of rules, or even something that is allowed only in your imagination.

 

Note that we are not looking for the retinues/sidekicks - we are looking for the lead characters. There is a lot of room to maneuver, though, with opportunities to use myriad retinue/sidekick models as the basis for conversions.

 

The two required images are a "before" image (model assembled and either not painted or only primed/basecoated) and an "after" image. You may include up to 3 additional images showing the model from other angles or focusing on specific aspects of the model.

 

Background information must be submitted as a 500+ word writeup of some sort. The format is up to you (but I have to be able to verify the minimum word count).

 

Members may submit more than 1 entry.

 

Information about your entry should not be shared with anyone else until after the winners have been determined.

 

HOW TO SUBMIT

 

Completed entries should be emailed to @Brother Tyler at: 

 

If you don't hear back from me within 24 hours of submitting your entry, please send a PM to verify that I have received your entry and confirmed that it is complete.

 

PRIZES

 

Two entries will be selected as the winners, one selected by the entire community and the other selected by the staff.

 

Each winner will receive a virtual gift voucher worth $50 USD.

 

DEADLINE

 

The deadline to submit is midnight on 30 September, 2024. Basically, anything that is submitted before I log in on 1 October will be accepted.

 

If you have any questions, please post them as replies to this announcement.

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Polling will remain open through the weekend (i.e., until I log in Monday morning).

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You can see the images and background of each of the entries below. Note that I have not included the "before" images. In addition, I have changed the names for several entries because those were easily associated with members, reducing the intended anonymity of the entries. Later, each participating member will be allowed to post additional images (if they want), corrections/expansions to the lore, explanations of their modeling/painting, etc.

 

• Arcala (Ordo Xenos Inquisitor)
• Crux'as the Smiler (Rogue Trader)
• Enoch Congreve (Ordo Malleus Inquisitor)
• Gustav Dartorian (Inquisitor)
• Sandokan (Ordo Xenos Inquisitor)
• Sarika Stern (Inquisitor)
• Speak-Not-Falsehoods-Lest-Thy-Tongue-Be-Split (Ordo Xenos Inquisitor)

 

Each entry is shown with the character's name, the main image, the lore, and additional images. In most cases, you can click the image to see a larger version.

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Arcala

 

 

To: Inquisitorial archives

Re: Inquisitor Arcala, service history

Thought for the Day: Tarry little, for He requires speed in His service.

 

Name: Arcala * no known surname *

Ordos: Hereticus

Location: Terra, Ecclesiarchial Palace and surrounding sub-hive habitats.

Age: Unknown. Active for 60+ years on Terra.

Primary Specialization: Infiltration and elimination of unsanctioned psykers, monitoring of the Ecclesiarchy

Known Accomplices: Cordavin d’Lyss (Interrogator), the Rafills (hunter clan)

 

Appearance: Arcala wears the traditional long coat and wide-brimmed hat of the Witch Hunter, to better inspire the fear of judgement into those he accuses. His face is constantly shadowed by the brim of his hat or the collar of his cloak, only when his fierce accusations ring out do others see the burning eyes and gaunt demeanor of the veteran Inquisitor. Battered and worn armor wraps his chest and shoulders, with a sword hilt peaking over his shoulder. Two laspistols are his main weapons, an archaic sidearm of the old Solar Auxilia and a high-powered hellpistol of modern make. He wears no specific colors, preferring the ability to remove his distinctive hat and disappear into the crowd as another nameless ganger or enforcer, the better to surprise his quarry.

 

Operational Notes:

Inquisitor Arcala is a highly successful witch hunter. Since appearing on Terra over 60 years ago, he has cemented a reputation as a dogged investigator and capable executioner of both rogue psykers and power-hungry prelates. The vast population of the Throneworld has always had a fraction of its mass as psykers, either latent or fully awaken, but with the coming of the Great Rift more and more psykers have awakened and proven to be dangerous vectors for Warp madness. Most of Inquisitor Arcala’s time is spent hunting these rogues, travelling from the highest priest-noble houses to the dregs of the underhives.

 

Notable Investigations:

Arcala’s first investigation on Terra was to become one of his most notable. In the eastern reaches of the Ecclesiarchial Palace was a cardinal of the name of Fontus Privarium. Privarium was the priest of the Cathedral of the Renewed Emperor, a hub for the thousands of servant-workers for the Palace. Throngs of workers attended each prayer service that the cardinal preached, his sermons on the pride of service and the glory the God-Emperor bestowed on those who sacrificed all for duty beloved by the populace. When not preaching Privarium subtlety lead the creation of worker-councils to spread the word of the Emperor and manage all issues that the workers may have had with other Imperial entities. This was the start of Arcala’s investigation into the cardinal- Ministorum adepts petitioned the Inquisition for aid when they found that there were potential unauthorized gatherings of the servant classes. Arcala, along with his Interrogator d’Lyss and the free-hunters of clan Rafill, spent months observing the cardinal and the worker-councils. When the councils began to acquire weapons from compromised PDF garrisons, Arcala struck. Dozens of Inquisitorial war-shuttles blanketed the skies above the Cathedral, dropping stormtroopers and Sisters of Battle onto the sacred structure, while the bronze-armored Rafills raided the worker-councils in their very habs. Inquisitor Arcala took Privarium himself, denouncing the cardinal for heresy and sedition against the Adeptus Administratum, for seeking to gather temporal power and arming the populace in violation of ancient law. Privarium was taken to the Fortress of the Inquisition, to the prisons sunk deep into the bedrock of the planet, to serve punishment for his crimes.

 

 

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Crux'as the Smiler

 

 

Liar. Con man. Heretic. He is all these and more. The man known as Crux'as the Smiler is a devious enemy of the Imperium, coiled in its bosom like a serpent. The Smiler infiltrates Imperial society the simplest way; he is an outsider, so he poses as an outsider. A Rogue Trader, come in from the cold of space. Once accepted, his work begins and the tendrils of Chaos worm their way throughout his target organization.

 

The Smiler's background is murky. He has knowledge of both the Imperium's massive bureaucracy and the Ecclesiarchy's labyrinthine politics but claims to have belonged to neither. His smile mocks the questioner when asked about his past, for he will only say that he was born anew when he met one of the Lords of the Warp. Cor'gail the Wildweaver, Daemon-Prince of the Wander-toil. His patron and guide to the wonders of the roiling embrace of Chaos.

 

He has strewn discord and disorder wherever he goes; fledgling cults grow more ambitious, discontented workers rally and riot, and small sins are encouraged to flourish.

 

“I was once like you. Once a lapdog of the Corpse-Emperor, that rotting skeleton on a gilded throne at the heart of a corrupt system- chained by blind faith and duty to spend years crafting speeches and sermons for inbred idiots.

 

In truth, I was like you. Toiling and toiling. Never complaining, never thinking. Until I chanced upon a little book during a research journey. Just a scrap of a thing, more pamphlet than novel, but oh the brilliance contained inside. Questions that were posed by this simple tract began to resonate through my mind. Why was freedom denied us, the working, the poor, the masses? Why did the so-called blessings of the Emperor go to those of wealth or power, the nobles of state and church? Who really benefited from not allowing tech-priest to innovate, or psykers to explore the realms beyond.

 

Yes, I found Chaos, or Chaos found me. The close-minded psychopaths of the Inquisition will tell you that I am a heretic, a degenerate defiler of everything good and noble in the Imperium. I agree. For the Imperium of Man is a cancer eating at the heart of humanity. A repressive regime founded on lies and fear that wants no progress or freethought to threaten its hold on power.

 

Indeed, I was like you. Now I am free in mind, though shackled at the moment for my many "crimes". The great Cor'gail the Wildweaver himself, has visited me in this squalid cell. He praised me for my razing of the cathedral of Solvan II, for overthrowing the authorities of Alfo and Rigtown, for speaking the Truth to the mutants and twists of the lower wards.

 

Come my friends. Come taste the exquisite delights of power and passion. Come free yourself from the yoke of unjust fate and embrace the true destiny within you. Come with me and see the real Gods. Join me, and together we will soar.”

 

– Speech recovered from vox-captures of the assault on Carthage XIII prison, attributed to Crux’as

 

 

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Enoch Congreve

 

 

Those Inquisitors who count themselves among the Ordo Malleus – the Daemonhunters – often claim to be above the petty philosophical distinctions their fellows carve out. Not Puritan, not Radical, but focused. Dedicated to their core task of defending the Emperor’s realm against the threat of the Warp, and the malign beings that dwell within it.

 

Still, it would be easiest to consider Inquisitor Congreve to be an Amalathian. Stability above all, the continuation of the Great Work that is the Imperium, and a healthy skepticism of any attempt at reform or ‘recongregation’ as presented by those less dedicated fools who waste their time on the alien or the recidivist. So has he championed for well over a century, his vitality maintained through the rejuvenant treatments allowed by his station, and the exquisitely controlled sliver of the Warp that lays within him. Like many of his Ordo he is a psyker, and a potent one at that, all the better to fight the true foe of humanity. Born on distant and parochial Midica, and diverted from service as an Astropath early in his training – and before the eye-scorching end of such training – at the request of his Inquisitorial patron the late Lady Inquisitor Dammerung he served as member of her retinue for a brief decade before elevation to full Inquisitor status with the approval of his peers.

 

Inquisitor Congreve has maintained few relationships with Imperial institutions over his career, as befits a member of his secretive Ordo. Leaving a wake of memory-wiped or executed former accomplices and servants, he has nevertheless maintained some rare, longer-term alliances. One such relationship that has blossomed in recent years is an honor-bond with the Cauldron Born chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, grim and cantankerous warriors of the Vyndax Sector who have sworn an oath of assistance to the Inquisitor after an incident in which his intercession prevented demonic incursion on their primary recruiting world of Tyrn Anog. For some 30-odd years a brother of the Chapter has remained at his side, replaced on death or other duties so that he is forever assisted by a worthy, if often personally unpleasant force multiplier in brassy-green power armour.

 

In recent years Inquisitor Congreve has focused his attention on the ancient and mysterious Cold-Iron Stars that ring the Llyr Anomaly in Verdans Distal, a sub-sector deep within the northern reaches of the Ultima Segmentum. These strange, dark bodies seemingly exist far earlier in galactic history than they should, and are presumably synthetic in nature, constructed – or induced – to contain the warp storm that roils within the loose circle of lightless, ruin-dotted systems. Their purpose proven by the lack of growth the anomaly displayed after the opening of the Great Rift, they have attracted a number of interested parties, few as well placed to uncover their secrets as Congreve, though only the Inquisitor himself knows just what he intends to do with the knowledge or artifacts he can uncover in Verdans Distal. Those few fragments already returned to the Ordo have proven difficult to decipher, perhaps due to an institutional unwillingness to bring in specialists from elsewhere, such as the Ordo Xenos. Congreve himself is more... Open to limited engagement of outsiders, and has even been rumored to work with xenos contacts and mercenaries to further his investigations into the true foe of humanity, the daemonic. One can only assume his venture into the Cold-Iron Stars will involve such beings.

 

 

 

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Gustav Dartorian

 

 

Dearest Inquisitor,

 

Regarding recent charges by Your Eminence against Inquisitor Dartorian:

 

In light of recent events, I find it incumbent on myself to present some simple facts to the Lord Inquisitors regarding the disposition and intent of the unscrupulous and daring Inquisitor Gustav Dartorian. I have it on authority that Dartorian achieved his station following the Pickman Uprising, succeeding his mentor Cyrquos Pollon as the centre of a vast interlocking network of civil, military and naval assets stretching from the Perfidian Gap to Rhidol and beyond. From his secret vantage as the Rogue Trader Aramis Yanth, Dartorian personally investigates the numerous esoteric xeno-incursions that typify the Ghoul Stars. It is rumoured now of course that Dartorian is the reason that House Yanth has shown mercy to the Exodites of Brindil Dragontamer, and perhaps even followed the suggestion of Farseer O’rmyr Kyradil.

 

Since Pickman, it appears the inquisitor believes that Old Ones’ genetech-knowlogy may be used to great effect in both the eradication of the Hive Mind and the requieting of the Ghoul King. The Aeldari and Anhrathe mastery of macrobiotic agents is certainly coveted by the Inquisitor, and most especially for their apparent capacity to resist and even thrive on devouring the biomass of Tyranids, when appropriately modulated. As one of very few Imperial agents who understand the Necrontyr threat, Dartorian has prioritized the location and eradication of tomb infrastructure above the pursuit of erstwhile dregs of the Webway. Some whisper that where Yanthian Nobles take up planetary governorships, they may unthinkingly seek and reopen Webway gates, the better to give aid to their perfidious xenos allies. Moreover, Yanthians have openly engaged Galberkyn salvage fleets to prize raw materials from the drifting hulks of Naogeddon. We thus have no small cause for fearing more active xeno sympathies on the part of Yanth. To now, the presence of Auric Angeilis Deathwatch marines in the Inquisitor’s coterie puts paid to most upstart accusations of Radicalism, and the fearsome conduct of Dartorian’s personal Sun Guard boarding crews generally suffices for the rest.

 

Dartorian enjoys further support from the Adeptus Mechanicus explorators of the Eastern Rim, whose fealty is evinced by their gift of his flagship Solar Epitome, a svelte Lathe-class Cruiser of ancient provenance. Maintained by Manipulus K3w7-LuK3, the Epitome stalks the stars most often cloaked by ancient confusor-fields, the better to infiltrate those regions realspace polluted by Canoptek sentinels and vanguard swarms. For their part, the Mechanicus fleets are given far more license than is perhaps wise in their analyses and experiments.

 

Altogether, these activities have brought Dartorian under the close watch of Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor Damora Glaive, whose Bloody Rose Sororitas have indeed fired in anger upon Dartorian’s Deathwatch assets, and purged no small number of Yanthian redoubts. With the coming of the Cicatrix, perhaps the Ordos of the Ghoul Stars can cooperate in the necessary campaigns to expunge and cleanse the Daemon’s Maw. Both Sun Guard and Sororitas can surely agree on the vileness of Traitor Astartes like the Doom Weasels or The Chorus, and so perhaps Glaive and Dartorian can put off their heedless contests until Krungkor is laid low and Coraz Pulscifus put back in the grave.

 

Yours pragmatically,

 

Interrogator Samuel Tweed of Neo Baku 
 

 

  

 

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Sandokan

 

 

“The only solution to the Xenos threat is extermination. It is humanity’s destiny to dominate the stars alone.” – Inquisitor Lord Sandokan, Ordo Xenos

Thus is the credo of Inquisitor Sandokan. For them, nothing but swift and overwhelming force can save humanity from complete destruction. As a staunch monodominant and puritan Sandokan views any collaboration with Xenos or use of Xenos technology as the foulest heresy. Many times has Sandokan brought the full wrath of the Imperium down on the worlds and armies of alien races. But despite their long and illustrious career, little is known about Sandokan themself. At all times they are masked and armoured, their voice disguised through speakers or the vox. No one knows what this entails. Perhaps Sandokan is not present at all and merely controls this faceless warrior from afar. Their gender, race, physical characteristics, origins and voice are all unknown. Many times they have fallen in battle but not long after they reappear once more. This has led many to question how Sandokan persists. Some theorise that each subsequent appearance of Sandokan is a mere vessel that Sandokan’s memories and personality have been grafted onto. Some speak of entire generations cultivated for this very purpose and perhaps, even the forbidden practice of cloning and replicae. All that can be certain is that Inquisitor Sandokan has persisted in one form or another for hundreds of years. Always in functional red armour with a black all enclosing mask that projects the sigil of the Inquisition, leaving their foes in no doubt as to who they face.

Sandokan is far more militaristic than most Inquisitors, preferring to take to the field of battle and crush the enemies of mankind in person. To this end they maintain their own personal stormtrooper company “The Edict”. Sandokan does not trust those who are not directly under their command, preferring to have their own troops at their disposal rather than requisition other Imperial organisations. Though this does not stop them from taking command of entire planetary forces should the need arise. The warriors of The Edict are utterly loyal and obedient, fulfilling every order without question. They are indoctrinated and mind wiped in much the same way as the space marines of the Red Hunters chapter. They have no names, only names and tags similar to Skitarii. Alongside The Edict Sandokan maintains many agents who fulfil supporting battlefield roles, logistics or shadow operations.

Operating from their ship “The Final Sanction” Sandokan is constantly pushing the warfront into Xenos territory to reclaim worlds that rightfully belong to the Imperium. Unsurprisingly Sandokan often collaborates and commands Deathwatch forces, most recently, those of Watch Fortress Furor Shield. Due to the abundance of Xenos threats in the sector, particularly the Tyranids and Orks in the Octarius war, Sandokan has no shortage of foes to slay. They have designated themself the Inquisitorial Representative to Furor Shield and maintain quarters in the fortress for their use.

For Inquisitor Sandokan there is no end to the relentless persecution of the Xenos. Their hate is endless and they will not stop until humanity is alone among the stars.

 

  

 

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Sarika Stern

 

 

Once more, she was surrounded by impenetrable darkness, the only light coming from the flickering candles that were bashfully burning on her shoulder.

 

Breathing deeply and trying not to think about the miasma she was inhaling, Inquisitor Sarika Stern was trying to penetrate the surrounding darkness by using her armor’s auspex.

 

The feedback wasn't comforting. It was almost 72 hours since the total collapse of Hive City Calthium.

 

It was all so sudden, but did not come as a surprise- only proof of her suspicions.

 

Heresy.
 
Isolated like many others worlds in Imperium Nihilus, Mirosithu was a planet that miraculously survived the first years away from the light of the Astronomican without any incursions from the Archenemy or vile xenos. Over time, however, paranormal activities, uprisings, and strange disappereances started to multiply.

 

The local garrison proved to be unprepared and sadly incapable to retaliate when a surprisingly well organized militia overthrew the imperial government and completely cast Mirosithu into turmoil.

 

In a secret inquisition stronghold within hive city Calthium, Sarika had tried to contact her superiors in vain.

 

Several astropaths went mad in the attempt, and only received vague whispers about an ongoing crusade, though whether this new campaign would save or condemn Imperium Nihilus was unclear.

 

The next phase had been to execute the now-tainted psykers, and proceed to establish direct control of the entire hive city, losing the anonymity that had helped in her investigation all those years.

 

The situation changed when an orbital bombardment rained down on the stronghold.

 

Sarika barely escaped deep in the city, losing her headquarters and all her crew in doing so. Her thoughts were grim and forlorn as she worked her way through the deep and long forgotten bowels of Calthium. Her loneliness didn’t last long, however; coming from nowhere swarms of lowlifes and degenerates assaulted her, appearing from the sewer recesses and abandoned buildings of the dark below.

 

They acted like men possessed, moved by wicked desires of blood and death, oblivious to the wounds from her blows or by how many “allies” got burned by her flame thrower.

 

After continuously fighting off the assaulting traitors, the Inquisitor found herself in a maze. While she appeared to be alone, in reality she was surrounded by hidden enemies ready to ambush her. “Oh, God Emperor, guide my soul towards yours, so that I could fulfill my sacred duty and cleanse this corrupted world from the heretics wickedness.”

 

Walking for many hours, determined and scornful for the indicator warning her of the imminent emptiness of her tank’s flame thrower, she marched onward towards what could possibly be the way out from that underground hell.

 

Suddenly, she noticed a small baleful red light blinking on the ground in front of her.

 

Approaching it with caution she saw that it was a damaged servo-skull, but seemed in good condition.

 

Using her sacred knowledge, granted by the priests of Mars, in no time the Inquisitor got the servant working again.
 
It promptly got up and rushed onwards, lightning the road before them with its integrated torchlight. Sarika’s blue eyes lit up with awe and reverence at the sight of the illuminated construction before her.

 

An enormous cathedral, majestic but clearly abandoned, was standing in front of her. The top of its spire got lost in the dark of the cavernous hivecity, the building itself released a sense of the sacred and forgotten.

 

Seeing it as an answer to her prayers, the Inquisitor made the sign of the Eagle and got ready to enter and find out what secrets it held within. Ahead of her, another light flickering against the dark.   Behind her, unholy shadows thickened, preparing to strike…

 

 

 

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Speak-Not-Lest-Thy-Tongue-Be-Split

 

 

Known to her vanishingly small circle of comrades by a shortening of her Parable Name, Speak-Not, Inquisitor Pontifaux is a difficult woman to work with, even by other, similarly puritanical members of her Ordo. Raised in noble luxury on the Shrine World of Exsangue, what was expected to be a life of service to the sector Ministorum was instead devoted to the Inquisition when a visiting agent of her eventual mentor and Arch-Xenophobe Lord Inquisitor Cassadore detected the taint of the psyker on the young woman, along with a useful and well-drilled hatred for the inhuman his master would find a use for. Sent to Holy Terra on a Sanction-Pilgrimage she was quickly, and exhaustively trained to serve within his retinue, the process expedited beyond reason or safety to better serve the needs of her Inquisitor patron. It is said, quietly, that this early ordeal shattered Pontifaux’s mind. Perhaps it did, for she is an unusually intense and fanatic soul, even for an Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos.
 
Her career has been eventful. It was Inquisitor Pontifaux who spearheaded the Triskel Xenocides, and ordered the burning of the warrenworlds. It was Pontifaux who took the head of Warboss Gaargrel Bludburna at the foot of his crippled Gargant, and lost her eye in the process. It was Pontifaux who demanded the purge of the Solar Guard when the chapter was found to have been infested and subjugated by neural parasites, and claimed her mantle of ancient Terminator plate from what remained of their Chapter Armoury after the necessary purification, and portioning out of relics to those 3 Chapters who joined in the purge.
 
Intensely militant, Inquisitor Pontifaux has been called a blunt instrument, and relished the assessment. To know the alien too deeply is to risk infection, after all, and those without the heart for the work are easily seduced by the lure of understanding and compromise. Her extreme views have earned her few allies amongst the Ordo, unwilling even to countenance the taking of xenos trophies or the use of xenos tech that would otherwise be allowed via the special writ of the Ordo in times of need. This has also limited the organizations and military units she’s willing to make use of, currently restricted to the Deathwatch, certain Scion and Stormtrooper regiments with histories of use by the Ordo, and a small number of Astartes Chapters with which she has an understanding, such as the Crimson Lions and Ash Wardens. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this extends to those fellow Inquisitors whom she considers to be insufficiently pious, which is most. This has proven to be something of a ceiling for her career, despite her impressive list of achievements and undeniable ability. Inquisitor Pontifaux simply lacks the political aptitude and personal charisma to be granted any of the largely ceremonial advancements beyond that of Inquisitor.
 
It doesn’t seem to bother her. She has aliens to kill.

At time of this record Inquisitor Pontifaux is engaged in a lengthy, and – for her – unusually subtle campaign harrowing upstart genestealer infections in the Palisade Worlds, cleaning up the stragglers of a successful, but ultimately sloppy extermination performed by Astra Militarum regiments on Kralheim. Her loyal agents have been hard at work tracking those refugee vessels – and even Munitorum troop ships – believed to have been infiltrated by the infected, and personally leading strikes against budding cults on a dozen worlds within the cluster. Only time will tell how long she will lead this campaign directly, before handing it off to an agent, or local forces. She is nothing if not thorough.

 

 

 

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First and foremost, thank you to all of the members of the community that participated. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at your wonderfully converted and painted miniatures, and the variety in both styles and lore concepts was amazing. Each of you is to be commended for your work.

 

Each of our participants has been awarded a badge for participating in this challenge:

• @Alby the Slayer (Sarika Stern)
• @Dr. Clock (Gustav Dartorian)
• @Inquisitor Trinity (Sandokan > actually the character's real name is Trinity, but that would have been too obvious )
• @Lord_Ikka (Arcala, Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus and Crux'as the Smiler)
• @Wormwoods (Enoch Congreve and Speak-Not-Lest-Thy-Tongue-Be-Split)

Humanity sleeps soundly at night knowing that these champions work in the shadows to protect them (except Crux'as the Smiler - that guy is kind of shady ).

 

The community selected Sarika Stern as its favorite, earning @Alby the Slayer the Community Choice badge and a $50 USD virtual voucher for Games Workshop:

 

The staff selected Gustav Dartorian as its favorite, earning @Dr. Clock the Staff Choice badge and a $50 USD virtual voucher for Games Workshop:

 

Congratulations to our winners!

 

At this point, each of the participants is invited to post more information about their entries, including anything about the conversion, painting, and lore.

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Yoooooooo! Huge congrats to all entrants, and especially @Alby the Slayer on your well-earned win: tremendous purity seals and ribbons! Very mature shading + the candle OSL is smashing. My favourite bit is the scroll on the flame hose.

 

Gustav Dartorian is the 40k version of a fantasy RPG Bard character of mine from a while back: Gustav the Dart. I converted the Cursed City Noble into a Marshal for my AdMech. The head was too good to throw away so when the new WH+ Inq showed up, the way was clear. It was a bit of a whirlwind to get this in on time since I didn't have the mini in hand until Sept 20th, but then I did spend ~10 hours on him the following week. His Sun Guard and some final bits for his Deathwatch have been documented in this year's Call to Arms.

 

Here he is with some Auric Angelis Deathwatch:

 

 

Huge thanks to the staff for your selection!

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.

[Lord_Ikka]

Wow, thanks for the votes that I got- especially since everyone's work was excellent. 

 

As for my two models, Arcala was a very simple conversion from the AoS witch hunter Galen von Denst with his daughter's hat head and a couple of spare laspistols (Solar Auxilia and I think Necromunda water assassin Eyrps Slagmyst). 

 

Crux'as the Smiler is Necromunda Beastwrangler with an Escher sword and a book from I think the Cawdor Redemptionists. He is my current character in the play-by-post Black Crusade RPG The Blackest Heart that is hosted in the PBP division of Other Games sub-forum of the B&C.

 

**psss- check it out if you enjoy RPGs, it's a great place.

Edited October 7 by Lord_Ikka

[Inquisitor Trinity]

It was great to have some motivation to finish this project. I wanted to try out every way I could think of to make these the best models I have ever done. Inquisitor Trinity is my best work thus far. Most importantly, as their name suggests, Inquisitor Trinity is represented by three individuals. No one knows what this entails. Do three people make up Trinity, or is Trinity only one amongst them? Perhaps Trinity is not present at all and merely controls these faceless warriors from afar. You can check out more about Trinity on my other posts and Instagram. Here's a few extra photos to whet your appetite.

 

Edited October 15 by Inquisitor Trinity
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