Friday, July 29, 2022

Eisenhorn vs. Glaw Limited Edition Black Library Diorama

Those following my blog for a while may recall that a little over two years ago I started painting all of the Games Workshop 28mm Inquisition miniatures. I set a goal of one per month for "Inq28th", a day celebrating the Inquisimunda/Inq28 community, on the 28th of each month. 

I ran into three or four snags along the way. The biggest setback was when I discovered my tally and collection of the models was not correct, and that I was missing a particularly hard-to-find set- the Black Library limited edition Eisenhorn vs. Glaw diorama. When I was reminded of the set, I also recalled having seen it on the website many years ago, and also recalled deciding to skip it because I wasn't a fan of the sculpts.

After realizing that I'd omitted it, I started the hunt immediately- stating my intention to buy a set on all the usual sites. Eventually I turned to a respected online acquaintance that posts rare figures fairly often (beautifully painted and converted I may add). He was able to provide me with the contact info of another collector, and after some discussion I was able to procure a set. All in all I was actively looking for well over a year!

Once in hand, I was struck by the similarities to the 54mm scale version of the character.


Anyway, long story short, here is my painted version of the Eisenhorn vs. Glaw set, limited to 500 sets, released around 2005. One of the last milestones in my quest!







11 comments:

  1. Who is Glaw I wonder? I haven't read the books so don't shoot! I can sort of see why you might have chosen to skip them back in the day. You've painted them beautifully as usual. I can imagine hunting down 1 of 500 from 17 years ago wouldn't be too easy!

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    1. I'm also curious (and haven't read the books). He reminds me a bit of the old necromunda spyerer flyers. Yelds I think? Necromundan noble perhaps?

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    2. Thanks!

      Pontius Glaw is a villain from the Eisenhorn trilogy. At one point he has a metal body, provided by an AdMech magos, to house his psyche. Definitely has a Yeld vibe going!

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  2. Now that is dedication. Great work as always.

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  3. Lovely paintwork! The dark green on the monolith and base really allows the figures to pop. Glaw is a really interesting sculpt, love the blue notes on his armour.

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  4. Beautiful work. I don't think I ever saw this before. Thanks for sharing it!

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  5. Fantastic and I was not aware of those models either. Great stuff, and Glaw was a cool character in the books.

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    1. As far as 40K villains go, he was easily one of the more interesting ones.

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