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| [INQ] Rise's INQ28 musings | |
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| Topic Started: 6 Aug 2011, 05:18 PM (9,222 Views) | |
| riseofthemagi | 6 Aug 2011, 05:18 PM Post #1 |
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OK, so it's about time I started a log here for progress on my 28mm Inquisitor and retinue, who I plan to take the INQvitational next year. A couple of the retinue have popped up already in the Ammobunker Conclave thread: Khader Amatine, my inquisitor's pilot, who I've now started painting (he's about 40% done I reckon, and his mask'll be bone with gold detailing when I'm done)... ... and Eter, a mercenary hive-ganger with few scruples and a fabulous beard.  To these guys I'm looking to add a corpulent, grav-floating sage...  (sorry for the blurry pic) ... and a multilingual gun-runner, Innigo Rax.  As a trader in weapons and equipment of all sorts, I'm thinking of giving Rax a modified Harlequin's Kiss on his outstretched arm, and some kind of pistol in the other hand. My inquisitor himself will be Malleus, and probably of an Istvaanian bent, although I've not settled on much of his background yet. I'm thinking of basing him on this figure, with a different head, and almost certainly a different right arm (i.e. not raised above his head).  Beyond that though, I'm open to suggestion. Oh, I also fancy including a harlequin/dancer type (human), by the name of Maricher Syn, but I've only got as far as choosing her head, so hardly worth a photo! Thoughts, comments, criticisms etc, Rise |
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| Keravin | 6 Aug 2011, 06:53 PM Post #2 |
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Interesting start. What are the models for the gunrunner and inquisitor from? Outlanders? For the Harlequin you might want to look at Freebooter miniatures as the assasins have a lovely model that might be nicely converted. What;s the thinking behind the various individuals banding together? |
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| riseofthemagi | 6 Aug 2011, 09:28 PM Post #3 |
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Those two are from the ash wastes nomads gang released towards the end of fantatic's necromunda magazine's brief stint. I bought the gang and never used any of them, thought they might suit for this. You mean this assassin?  Could well be what I was looking for if so.... Do you find their quality ok? I'd need to change her weapon, obviously, might just go for a pistol I think. As for the group, I imagine the inquisitor picked most of them up on his travels, so the pilot, the savant and the harlequin would be hired staff- I see the sage as a bit of a masochist, who enjoys accompanying the inquisitor as be gets a kick out of the violence that seems to follow him like a shadow. Eter is hired muscle, but also has his own motive (I'll figure it out later). The inquisitor (i really need a name at least!) employs Rax for his contacts and his skills at procurement of all kinds- he's also excellent when there's a need to infiltrate the local criminal network. Rax is (probably) only in it for the money, as he earns more on the inquisition's payroll than he could hope to smuggling. Bit more done on Khader...  |
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| Keravin | 6 Aug 2011, 10:27 PM Post #4 |
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There was her and this one - http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/en/catalog/330 The quality's great. Beautiful minis. |
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| ☺Commissar Molotov | 6 Aug 2011, 11:22 PM Post #5 |
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Really glad to see your thread up! I'm not too keen on the Inquisitor at the moment; perhaps I need to see where you're going with him, but he potentially looks a bit too normal, especially if you're using another figure from the same range in the same retinue. Very keen to see progress here (and intrigued about the assassin - feel free to put some more up!) |
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| riseofthemagi | 7 Aug 2011, 10:23 PM Post #6 |
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Cheers guys, the harlequin figure's really quite interesting Keravin, her pose is great, she doesn't scream 40k but with the right changes and domino-pattern garb... The head I've picked up already is a dark eldar scourge one, love the lines of the mask and the feathered crest, and it could still fit nicely on that body, the two upraised hands holding stilettos perhaps... Mol - I've certainly not settled on that body yet but it has potential I think, conveniently it's pretty different to the gun-runner's as it's wearing a full length coat which is slightly weathered, where Rax's body's covered in tattered rags over a weird space-suit sort of affair. Plus of course one'd be in a rebreather where the inquisitor'd have a bare head, or possibly a hat. Anyway, I'll have a dig and see if any other bodies present themselves, not too sold on this one particularly. Have you guys worried about theming the colour schemes for your warbands? I mean, mine'll all be based the same, but otherwise I'm picturing them in fairly different colour schemes, will this look weird you reckon? |
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| ☺Commissar Molotov | 7 Aug 2011, 10:40 PM Post #7 |
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I'm intrigued to hear about this "Harlequin/Dancer" character. Initially I hadn't connected her with the Harlequins of the Black Library, but when you talk about the checked patterns, I wonder where you're going with her. I think you have a great deal of potential by taking a different tack, but...? (EDIT: Can you post a pic of the other image, Keravin? I can't see her.) I've made an attempt to keep to similar colour palettes when advising Steve. My friend Nick's warband uses red throughout all the models to tie them together: here's a pic. Then again, here's my friend Darren's figures, and as you can see, they're not that cohesive, but that doesn't matter hugely. Here you can see Hoth and Adorno's retinues. They're individuals, but they're still tied together by similar colours. Edited by Commissar Molotov, 7 Aug 2011, 10:41 PM.
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| Keravin | 8 Aug 2011, 08:03 AM Post #8 |
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Molotov - there's the one I've got to paint.   I haven't thought definitely on colour schemes yet, but I reckon either a design will run through them or keeping to roughly the same colours or spot colours throughout. Going to depend on the relationships. In your group the one I'd want to make more individualistic would be the Gunrunner who is along for his own agenda as much as the Inquisitor's. |
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| riseofthemagi | 8 Aug 2011, 11:41 AM Post #9 |
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I was thinking harlequin in the dancer/entertainer sense, rather than specifically the eldar ones, although I like to imagine they'd been an influence on her- maybe her last memory of her parents is her Mother telling her about the magical performance she saw the night her daughter was conceived... The diamond-pattern leotard is a part of the harlequin idea which GW nicked for theirs  I see her as a dancer who previously tended to work for the nobility, before she killed a governor's son who was trying to abuse her: she was saved from execution by the inquisitor, who valued her agility and ruthlessness: since the incident, she's displayed a willingness to kill when necessary, which the inquisitor has nurtured. Cheers for the colour scheme examples, I'll try and keep one or two colours across the group, but they'll have other colours besides this which are unique to each of them. Will have a think about the gunrunner's scheme, agree he won't be in inquisitorial colours. |
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| ☺Commissar Molotov | 8 Aug 2011, 09:34 PM Post #10 |
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Interesting, makes me think of Kara Swole, from Ravenor's retinue. I'd think about distancing her slightly from the Eldar, but the idea of an agile character is a cool one, and one where there's plenty of rules that could be applied to her. |
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| fireangel | 9 Aug 2011, 03:36 AM Post #11 |
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Well if your starting a INQ project I think I am going to have to follow it! |
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| ☺Maelstrom | 9 Aug 2011, 12:30 PM Post #12 |
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Great start dude very much like the ideas behind the warband. I am very interested to see what you do with that plastic wraith  I'd seen that sci fi assassin woman before and wanted to get it but forgot which company made it looks like another thing to go on the shopping list...........:P |
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| riseofthemagi | 10 Aug 2011, 07:06 PM Post #13 |
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Cheers for your comments guys, Mol- I think Kara Swole was a definite influence for her. Should be a different type of character to introduce anyway. Fireangel - welcome aboard! You thinking of clambering aboard the INQ28 wagon? Maelstrom - nice to see you in here, yeah I'm pretty stoked (if you will) about the floaty savant guy, I'm thinking of having cables dangling out of the bottom of his robes, he'll get a bionic eye and metal hands with a standard printout scrolling down from one. Not sure whether to do smokestacks protruding from his humped back... |
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| ☺Maelstrom | 11 Aug 2011, 05:32 PM Post #14 |
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I like the plans you have for the Savant sir, I would definately go with the small smoke stacks coming out of his back think they would suit the model really well. Will give him a archaic tech vibe
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| ☺Easy E | 11 Aug 2011, 08:06 PM Post #15 |
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Floating savant is a great idea. |
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| AWOL | 12 Aug 2011, 11:43 AM Post #16 |
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Rise doing Inq28? That can only be a good thing, I'll be following this for sure. You're off to a good start too, even though I'll have to agree with Mol on the potential inqusitor model. Eter and the sage are my two favorites, great work there. |
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| ☺Commissar Molotov | 13 Aug 2011, 01:09 AM Post #17 |
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I'm keen to see more of the floating savant. What head have you used? Is it a self-sculpt? |
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| riseofthemagi | 13 Aug 2011, 03:52 PM Post #18 |
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Thanks chaps, Fraid I'm in not-so-sunny Somerset this week, so no proper updates. Si- will do.  Mol, the head is this one. He'll get a bionic eye too. I've never really tried sculpting a head, it'll happen eventually I'm sure. |
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| PDH | 13 Aug 2011, 04:27 PM Post #19 |
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I like the pilot. In the first pic I wasn't so sure of the dwarf mask. But with some more paint it looks much better. The floating savant is cool. I like the choice of chubby face, it's not like he is going to get much exercise. He might look cool with some sort of colostomy bag or vat too, something off the cronos/talos. He would also look good with some sort of rear power pack. What are your plans for his hands? I'm not so sure as to the Inquisitor's base model. Though I suppose it leaves a lot of scope for personalisation and conversion to make him look like an Inquisitor. Peter Edited by PDH, 13 Aug 2011, 04:28 PM.
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| Matyilinko | 14 Aug 2011, 01:51 PM Post #20 |
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Nice pilot you have man, well the inquisitor choose, will see what you dreamed with it. In first look it looks fine for me. Put i'm not fan of the inquisition as i'm doing bad boy heretics.
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