Inquisitor Kill Team (Counts as Brood Brothers)

[GuitaRasmus]

The Van Sternbach siblings, Celia and Solomon, was on a meteoric rise as Inquisitors in their own right, in the Holy Order, each being a powerful psyker in their own right, but also gaining influence, power and personal retinues. 

 

Disaster struck, however, as Celia was accused of being a radical and heretic, on grounds of careless use of her psychic abilities. She was brought to trial and a torturous evaluation of her purity was deigned necessary, no matter the protests of her brother Solomon. 
She endured many nights and days of physical and mental torture and cleansing, and finally judged as pure. However, she was but a shadow of her former self; her body was broken, several organs was beginning to fail, and her legs was so damaged that amputation was the only option. . Her mind was in shatters, and while she no longer was the pragmatic and razor sharp Inquisitor she used to be, she was still a very powerful psyker, and she had become even more zealous and ravenous in her desire to purge the God-Emperors foes, as a result of her purgatory ordeal. 

 

Solomon had an enormous mechanical suit made for her, that could grant her her legs back, give support to her broken organs, as well as give her the strength to smite the heretics she desperately wanted to bring judgement to. She now lives only to destroy those that shy from the Emperors holy light, while Solomon still searches for a way to heal his beloved sister, if not in body, at least in mind. 

 

Inquisitor Celia Van Sternbach in her suit (Patriarch), Inquisitor Solomon Van Sternbach (Magos or Primus, depending on my mood) … Centered by a Servo skull (psychic familiar, I need to make on more):

 

 

Death Cult Assassin (Knife Fighter), Preacher (Iconward), Interrogator (Commander), Astropath Acolyte (Comms), Zealot (Agitator)

 

Stormtrooper Bombardier (Sapper), Solomons Bodyguard (Veteran), Servitor Gunner (Melta), Stormtrooper Gunner (Plasma), Henchman Gunner (Grenade Launcher)

 

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I… Can’t… Stop… Building… Kill Teams!

I would like to have a Brood Brothers KT to play with, since their playstyle seems fun, and I haven’t really got any “chaff” teams, but Genestealer Cults aren’t really my thing - they’re cool and all, but don’t really speak to me. Then it dawned on me that pretty much all of them are perfect stand ins for a Inquisitorial retinue - which IS my thing!

The only model that caused me some pause, was the Patriarch, but I think I found a good solution with the female inquisitor-psyker, interred in a massive combat suit.

 

Anyway, if you have any comments, critique or questions, please post them. :)

[Firedrake Cordova]

Really nice work!  Not much more I can say  

[W.A.Rorie]

So AWESOME! 

[ZeroWolf]

This brilliant, love the idea you're working with

[Rusted Boltgun]

Great Kill Team and nice little backstory. 

[space wolf]

Yep, I love these. Can't wait to see them painted! Well done!

[Grotsmasha]

I love this. Have a follow

[Terminatorinhell]

Kill-teams are a lot of fun :3 I'm finishing up an inquisitor one myself 

[SquigPile]

Great work. Love the backstory and Celia in her suit.

[bloodhound23]

Big fan of the addition to the (Van Saar?) rifle to the Navigator's back. I do think it's tricky to show something that seems sort of obvious when you think about it, which is that there are some Navigators that would both have weapons AND know how to use them.

 

Your approach is simple and direct! Of course they do! You can see it strapped to the Navigator's back!

[GuitaRasmus]

Aww, thank you guys. :) Really appreciate the kind words. :) 

 

On 1/12/2025 at 8:25 PM, Terminatorinhell said:

Kill-teams are a lot of fun :3 I'm finishing up an inquisitor one myself 

 

Agreed. When KT21 dropped, I was a bit baffled (and a bit disappointed, coming from Warcry, where listbuilding is almost limitless) that the teams were so locked in options - but once you realize that "counts as" is a perfectly valid option, it became much more interesting to me. I have a LOT of counts as teams, and plenty more coming. 

 

17 hours ago, SquigPile said:

Great work. Love the backstory and Celia in her suit.

 

Thanks a lot - it's funny how things sometimes come together - I had the hardest time coming up with an explanation for why a big mech (I had several other ideas, a penitent engine, among others) should have psychic powers, until the backstory came to me, and when I remembered the Morvann Vahl miniature, and it all came together. 

 

16 hours ago, bloodhound23 said:

Big fan of the addition to the (Van Saar?) rifle to the Navigator's back. I do think it's tricky to show something that seems sort of obvious when you think about it, which is that there are some Navigators that would both have weapons AND know how to use them.

 

Your approach is simple and direct! Of course they do! You can see it strapped to the Navigator's back!

 

Thanks a lot. :) It's actually a Delaque (sheathed) autogun, but yeah, I can't see why a Navigator shouldn't carry a rifle. It sure is than walking around the battlefield, yelling "Hey you! Yes, you, the big Traitor Astartes! Stand still a for a moment, and look deep into my forehead eye!"