Inq28 . . 1 to 1 Scale! Grant museum of Zoology London.

Just wanted to share a little secret with anyone visiting or living in London who wants some Inq28 inspiration or just a cool place to visit.

This weekend after a long absence I finally revisited the 'Grant Museum of Zoology'.

Growing up in the 70's and 80's, as a kid  I always had a thing for women like this. . . . .

Inquisimunda: Incident at Pleasure Boulevard and shoot out at the Rookery

Incident at Pleasure Boulevard

Within the shadows of the brothel a young fop languished on his couch and enjoyed the company of the scented girls surrounding him.

His skull helmeted bodyguard looked on impassivelly if not a little disapprovingly and glanced out of the one way, armoured window of the bordello.

Inquisimunda. Deeper we delve.

Once again on Saturday night I had entered the 'shed of lead' at Neils to find the following table set up . . . .

Two new protagonists in the form of Steve and Ray had also heard rumours of the riches to be found in the depths of the underhive and had assembled warbands to seek their fame and fortunes!

Inquisimunda. First contact

Saturday night saw me stuffing some miniatures into a box and driving over to Neils at 'Rom on the Ford' to have a go at 'Inquisimunda'.

This is another game I have been waiting an age to play after my first attempt to play a campaign stalled out after my first effort.

I enter the 'shed of lead' to find three other protagonists and the board set up as such. . . . .

Neil had done a stirling job with the fluff and a number of texts had been sent to the players with snippits of information from underhive informants and official channel communiques about a duct collapse that had revealed a potential archeotech site.

All very intriguing and had me salivating to get stuck in!

Year of puns. Ap(e)ril. 40K Jokaero Weaponsmith

So here is my Entry for Ap(e)ril.

"Forget 'Phone home'. Eat digital lazers, scum bag!"

One fun thing about my year of puns is not only am I painting a wide variety of stuff I have never painted before, I am also being more experimental in my actual painting.

With the exception of the metallics and eyes this fella was just ink washes over a white under coat. Being an Oldskool painter I usually go for more vibrant, pop-out colours.

The inks have given this fella a more 'washed out', desaturated look then the rest of my miniatures. This is not a bad thing as it certainly marks him out.

I am not sure I am 100% happy with the effect but it is certainly something I am happy to experiment with some more.

I wish I had taken more time to 'fine line' the metallic elements of the figure but I was dipping in and out of this fella (pun intended) while marking some particularly boring English books so he was a welcome distraction!

Being of a certain age I cannot help but think of E.T. whenever I look at this fella's out stretched fingers.

Miniatures painted / sold this year = 65

Target 100

Miniatures bought 15

389 miniatures to go!

50 in the black this year.

Never pick a fight with an ugly bloke. They have nothing to lose.

The weather continues to be miserable and the light has been atrocious for painting but I perservered to get the Marine scout finished for Thursday.

Now I have posted the pictures of the painted figure I wish I had not bothered!

It's only now I can see how badly I have done!

At least the figure is finished. The photo below is my favourate view of the figure at the moment.

I also slapped some paint on the 'head of security' figure but gave up.

Glad I did as I am fairly pleased with the start to the great coat but have made a right pigs ear of the face.

At least they have nothing to lose in a fist fight. 2Key can't make them any uglier!

Miniatures painted / sold this year = 208

Inquisimunda back ground fluff.

Ever since it's rediscovery Planet Catharia had been a headache for the Ministorium. Despite being separated from the Empire for thousands of years it had held true to the belief system of the Imperium. The problem was, without the guidance of the Ministorium, multiple variances and schisms of the central tenants had become prevalent amongst the population, leading to constant internecine wars between the various factions.

Upon its rediscovery and the extermination of the more heretical cults it was decided to allow the other factions to continue, but to keep the main populous at a medieval level of development. The reasons were several fold; 

By allowing the internecine wars to continue the Imperium could recruit cadres of battle hardened and experienced warriors into the PDF and Imperial Guard. 

By extolling the battle honours and merits of a rival factions regiment, the Imperial Guard Commander could motivate his own Regiment to even greater feats of heroics to exceed their rivals. 

Thirdly by keeping the wars waged at a medieval level the plantary governor could limit collaterial damage from the constant wars as well as prevent the loss of whole swathes of the population to mechanised warfare.

This was until the appearance of Johan the preacher!

This Heretic had appeared from the central desert like a mirage onto the streets of Catharia Tertius. At first he was ignored by the citizens of the small city, just another raggedy, madman from the desert promising false promises of salvation. However this man claimed to be a prophet of the Son of 'Him on Earth'! A disciple of the Son of the God Emperor!

As the number of Johan's followers slowly grew and he lead larger and larger groups of acolytes into the desert never to return, his sermons come to the attention of the planetary Inquisitor Petrov Instalinov. Inquisitor Petrov lead a band of Henchman into the desert to investigate and apart from a snippet of a radio communication which was soon classified as 'Hereticus extremus' and buried deep within the Inquisitional vaults he was never heard of again!

Unfortunately Inquisitor Petrov was one of the few Inquisitors, the Lords of the various Puritan and Radical factions within the Inquisition could agree on being stationed on this hotbed of potential Heresy.

Now several bands of Inquisitors as well as agents of several pious and antonym agencies where converging on Planet Catharia to investigate!

So the above is my attempt at some background fluff for a upcoming Inquisimunda campaign, set ten years after the Battle of Vigos.  Turns out I am probably a worse writer then I am a painter. Good job I have mad dancing skills ;0)

My Liber Secretorum. Secret tomes uncovered.

Well, found in a box, at the back of a cupboard (but that does not sound as exciting).

During the visit to Warhammer World I popped into the Black Library and while flicking through the books I noticed an 'Inquisitor Wars' series written by Ian Watson. As I was reading the blurb on the back they sounded strangely familiar.

This weekend I finally had time to search through my book boxes and look what I found. . . . 

Visit to Warhammer World. Part 4 of 4. Inquisimunda Kill Teams. The Battle of Vigos.

Inquisitor Pen Drago stared into the dawn mists enveloping the abandoned Tau base. His gaze was so intent, it was like he was trying to part the mists by force of will alone!

He could feel the indominitable will of the Marines arrayed to the left and right of him. Their pearlescent, blue, armour blending perfectly with the pre-dawn twilight.

ohhhhhhh .. . . . .Misty!

Two young Scouts broke off from the main group and disappeared into the gloom of the surrounding forest. They were trying hard to mimic the stern indifference of their older kin but all their brethren could sense their nervousness!

Rumours persisted of a super weapon called 'The Angel' hidden under the abandoned Tau base, which loomed out of the mist as they trudged ahead.

Pen Drago's mission was to investigate with a small team of Marines to keep the mission covert.

That had been the intent but upon exiting the Warp Gate, several other Shuttle, exhaust trails had been detected. To make matters worse, planet wide scans had shown that a Genestealer coven had infested the central tower! Was this coincidence or signs of a higher intelligence?

Drago had spent a life time travelling the galaxy, fighting all manner of Xenos, he no longer believed in coincidence.

Then the strangest of instances. Another Imperial shuttle had been detected on the dark side of the planet!

More investigators?

If so, were they to be trusted?

All these thoughts were hurled from his mind as warning Klaxons blared through the space vessel! The ships' crew instantly snapped to high alert as a Nurgle Marines', shuttle blasted out of the Warp Gate, careering towards the Planet surface at breakneck speed!

With his hand forced, Pen Drago Ordered the pilot to give chase! The race was on!

Inquisamunda Stormtroopers and other chips from the Lead mountain.

"RAHHHHH I have eaten the Stormtroopers!"

Only one day into the half term hols and I have already knocked out five figures!

Why do I work again?????

Mutie challenge completed and another sacrifice to the Emperor!

After my 6am kit bash I decided to set a Mutie challenge for the other members of the Armoury Gaming club.

This morning I managed to finish off my entry.

Taking inspiration from several Oldhammerer sources I have used a Gnobblar body as the main component and then delved into the bits box for other parts.

For this fella the additional bits are from the leftovers of my Titanforge Croc Riders. The helmet and brass barrel just fitted perfectly!

I have a number of these little fellas on the go and figure I will use them as cannon fodder for my Inquisimunda War band.

The plan is to use them to charge towards the enemy and absorb incoming fire, so the Inquisitor Lord can stride forward unhindered.

If any of them survive, their job is then to blow themselves up, taking something bigger with them.

Now the numbers. . . .

Miniatures painted / sold this year = 201
Miniatures bought this year =40

467 miniatures to go!

6am kit bash

Eyes pinged open at 6am this morning (I guess my brain thought it was Monday!).

Rather then lay there staring at the ceiling until the kids woke up I snuck into the office.

Within 20 minutes it looked like this. . . . . . 

NO ONE EXPECTS THE (IMPERIAL) INQUISITION. . . .

Least of all me!

I was in a funny mood Sunday. I had done all my lesson planning for the week (sorry to gloat to any other teachers out there!).

With an hour of down time I was perusing my blog list and come across this on the 'Mordian 7th Regiment' blog. . . . 

BOOBIES AND FLAMERS . . . . SOLD!!!!!