M's Inq28 - Inquisitorial forces

[defiantworkshop]

Those are some great pieces you have there. Fantastic imagery.

[YorkNecromancer]

If you're wanting to do lots of gribbly mechanical arms, I wrote this earlier in the year:
[url]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?45255-A-Beginner-s-Guide-How-To-Scratchbuild-a-Servo-Arm[/url]

It might be helpful.

[Inq28M]

If you're wanting to do lots of gribbly mechanical arms, I wrote this earlier in the year:
[url]http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?45255-A-Beginner-s-Guide-How-To-Scratchbuild-a-Servo-Arm[/url]

It might be helpful.

@YorkNecromancer - that is extremely helpful thank you very much!
@Levaticus - I read that after I drew the image I know it doesn't fit particularly well but I didn't think it would make a particularly interesting model. I think I will use this idea for another inquisitor. I think double plasma cannons was a bit over powered anyway!
@defiantworkshop - thank you

[Inq28M]

My uni term has at last finished! It was a lot harder than I expected and so there wasn't really any time for modelling. I did manage to read Eisenhorn's trilogy and I am currently 2/3 of the way through Ravenor's, my imagining of him was well off! :P So I think I will use that concept for another inquisitor.
Now term has finished I've began work on the newest member on my warband. A kroot guide.

He has suffered many injuries on from his work with the inquisitor, most notable are from an explosion suffered when chasing a heretic who was poisoning an amasec factory.

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The inquisitorial team advanced with the kroot on point. Only too late did they realise they had entered a trap. Explosives at the base of the boiling vats detonated and boiling liquid sprayed onto the kroot. The damage was extensive, but thankfully due to medicae technology and the fact he was considered too valuable an asset to lose: extensive skin grafts and transplants were able to repair most of his body. His left eye, forearm and hand however could not be saved. These have been replaced with implants and augments.

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The Kroot Guide
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I'm really enjoying making this one, I carved his left hand to look like a robotic hand and then used a necron forearm which was also carved to make it less cylindrical to replace the forearm. I added some scar tissue to the neck and drilled out the left eye, which I replaced with plastic tubing.
The silencer on the end of his rifle has not yet been glued as I ran out of super glue, it is resting only on a pin, which is the reason is at an odd angle in a couple of the photos.
He's not finished yet, I think I will add a few more impants along his back and lower legs as well as some further scar tissue on his left shoulder. Cloth either in between his legs or over his left shoulder and also some other trinkets.

~M

[Meph]

Cool stuff, man. Great conversion full of flavour and atmosphere.

Google produced these two Ravenors, neither is very much like the book's description though.
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And then there's this. in just the general shape it's actually pretty close how I envision it, although this has no detail and needs some serious reworking.
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[Dlatrex]

Love the Kroot, and keep waiting to see the rest of the team. The more love and story you put into your minis the better the modeling in my experience!!

[Darren Richardson]

some nice subtle conversion work on that Kroot, I'll look forward to seeing the piece finished.

[Kirsten]

sniper rifle, chest armour, facial scar, I am sensing a Garrus vibe.

[interrogator_chaplain]

I'll believe that when I see the efficacy of his calibrations.

[Inq28M]

Haha nice comparison guys!
Thanks meph, you're right after reading the book none of those really capture it, I imagine a sleek enclosed pod, curved edges and polished black.
The Kroot tracker is pretty much finished now, I've made a few further additions: a small camo cloak that is billowing over his shoulder to create a dynamic pose; ammunition, a pistol and a knife. The knife is made of two different knives from the kroot kit, one with a bone handle and another with a longer blade that I had to cut a pelt away from. I also added some further augments to his knee joints. The only further modifications I plan on making now are an attachment for the camo cloak and a base.
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~M