Inquisitorial Henchman 1 Part 2

Hello guys, Today I have for you an update on my first Inquisitorial henchman!

I decided to paint my inquisitorial henchman black and bronze because I thought it would go well with the dark theme but it ended up coming out a little bit too black Legion esq for my liking but I think this will be remedied once I start putting on the inquisitorial seal in various places on the model and finish painting up the Purity seals and the parchment strips on them.

 I decided to give him a black lacquered armor look because I thought it look more esoteric and more ancient as well as highlighting the dents and bruises on the armour and to show that this armour was hand me down from henchmen that it served The Inquisitor  in years past but had failed to live up to the rigors of the job of purging demons. For that I mix Abbadon black paint with a drop, drop and a half of Vallejo gloss varnish this was then mixed with a drop of midnight blue (I'm not sure what midnight blue is the Modern Line of GW colors). Adding blue to black makes it appear deeper and darker than straight black,  and especially if you're going to do lacquer armor it gives it much more depth when the light hits. I've then highlighted the armor in grey going from the old codex grey 2 codex grey mixed with 2to1 with Fortress Grey.

The cloth sections were based with vallejo rotbraun primer, a deep red brow. This was then highlighted by mixing in adding increasing amounts of Vallejo fiery red and Scarlet Red in until my desired highlight was achieved. In painting the fatigues and the cloth I took a different approach than I usually do which was to leave much of the area the original dark red brown basecoat color and only to highlight the very most exposed and raised areas. Normally one would leave only the very recesses in the base color but I feel that on a character as Grimm and dark as an inquisitorial  henchman the added depth lends a more menacing feel.

The metal was done with AK Interactive metal line for airbrushes, these are enamel based metalizer paints which unlike GW or other acrylic paints has a much higher concentration of metal pigment in them meaning that they are as close as you can possibly get to having the actual metal on the model.  I'm not sure if I'm going to put Verdigris on this metal as I really like the look of Verdigris weathered metal and I think the blue green would add a nice eye-catching element to a very dark model but I'm not sure how it will react with the metalizer paints and if it will diminish their impact.

I'm still trying to decide what colors I should paint the hood in the parchment I was thinking of leaving them Brown to look like they were made from a burlap material but now I'm thinking that I might just go up to the normal off-white color for the parchment and a dirty white for the hood with an inquisition symbol in Scarlet on the tip of the hood.

 I've  decided to use a Forge World Mark 3 hand flamer for his ranged weapon although,  I'm still waiting on that order and it seems like it's lost somewhere in Virginia in the meantime however I am getting a cable set from Dragon forge, they are flexible cable for modeling needs made of a soft pewter allowing them to easily be bent, I really love them for all my technical modeling. My plan is to attach The Hand flamer by this cable to the promethium pack on his back that I cannibalised from the mechanicus Kataphron Destroyers backpack.

 As that's all the progress I have so far that's it for today I'd really love to hear your guyses thoughts on what I could do to make model even better and maybe to make you look a little bit more Inquisition online chaos cultist!

Inquisitorial Henchman 1 Part 1

It has been far too long since I began neglecting my duties to upload picts and data to the noosphere, but fear not! I believe that this post is just the beginning of my triumphant return!

          To kick off this joyous event let's have some piety in the form of this inquisitorial henchman. This was a spur of the moment conversion I was inspired to do when reading the old Redeemer comic. I always loved the idea of Redemptionists, crazy Imperial  cultists who go around the underhives of Necromunda delivering the Emperor's justice to mutants and those they deem heretics.

 The main body parts for this model came from the scions stormtrooper kit while the head kopesh and pouch came from Frostgrave's cultist box set. As I really liked the way this guy turned out I may have to do a whole retinue for an inquisitor with back stories for each member, what do you guys think this model's background should be?

I added a fuel pack to the void in the back of his chest plate as I decided in order to give him a bit more of a Redemptionist vibe I'll swapping the bolt pistol for a hand flamer.

Also I'd love your thoughts on the loincloth as I'm not quite sure I like it.

So today I have a how to post for one of my latest projects, How to verdigris brass etch to give it that old weather worn look. Enjoy!

Here I've used some of the finished brass to add to my Death Guard predator, below I've laid out a few more examples of what this technique can look like on a mini.

Legion numerals

Now, the part you've been waiting for, how to do it yourself!

You will need:

- hydrogen peroxide

- Lemon Juice

- Table salt

- A basin of some sort

Take your brass etch sheet and lay it on the bottom of your basin, on top add your hydrogen peroxide and a dash of lemon juice. to get faster and more extreme results sprinkle salt onto the brass where you want extreme rust. 

After just a few minutes you will have battlefield worn looking brass etch for all your hobby needs with no painting required!

I've always loved the Adeptus Mechanicus, and as Forge World has been kind enough to release an armylist for them after all this time I thought I should indulge myself in Mechanicus goodness.

I have decided to make an army based on what was previously a little known branch of the Mechanicus, the Legion Cybernetica. The legio deals with the near heretical technologies and techno arcana of thinking machines and robots. To represent such an army I will be acquiring as many of the Forge World robots as I can but also making a few things of my own. 

In this first post I'm going to showing off my latest conversion in progress, the HQ for my Legio forces the command barque.

I've used Santa's sleigh from the new Logan Grimnar kit and used it as the main body of the barque. Making this kit a suitable vessel for the Omnissiah was no easy task, removing the freses that were on the sides and interior through much cutting, sanding, and greenstuffing was like smashing my head against a wall of holy cogitators. (I can still feel the burn of overworked finger muscles) 

The riders themselves are the reaver titan techpriest from inside the carapace, and the generic titan techpriest available from Forge World. After the painting I want to add some floating holographic screens projected from the upward looking servo skulls inside the vehicle body.

The bearers for the barque are arco-flagellants from the Sisters of Battle range, I love how brutally dark and dehumanizing the concept of servo lobotomisation is and how well it shows how desperate the Imperium is for weapons. These models are fantastic!

A selection of bases based with this recipe 

So for my first post to this new blog I wanted to give a step by step on how to make my special formula of rubble paste. Rubble paste gives a great realistic and thematic effect when used for basing a normal miniature or filling in areas on terrain pieces. You can also grind your eggshells to different consistencies for different applications, a city would have rougher coarser rubble ranging from concrete dust to large blocks of masonry so a less fine grind on the egg, whereas a trench would be muddier meaning a much finer grind would be in order. 

 To prepare your rubble paste you will need
- Egg shells
- Thin matches or other small pieces of wood like coffee stirrers
- Shale chips, large and small
- PVA glue
- Black paint
- Flammable liquid like rubbing alcohol


The first step is to boil your eggshells and to remove as much white as possible and then to then dry them thoroughly. After you have done that take the eggshells and your small bits of wood and use your rubbing alcohol to burn them (this helps get rid of the remaining white and makes the wood look better for basing)

Next crush the eggshells and wood together until you end up with your desired level of coarseness 

To this add your shale chips, stones, PVA glue, and primer

I suggest diluting with rubbing alcohol until you have reached your desired consistency.

And there you have it, any questions or comments? feel free to ask away!