A veritable cornucopia of miniature delights and exotic vistas to delight the eye
Up for perusal is a character from the Sanctifiers 40k Killteam "Blood and Zeal" release. I collect the Imperial nutcases belonging to the Inquisition, Ministorum, and Sororitas factions, so this guy was a natural one to acquire. I painted up his cherub friend as well. Hope to get the rest of the options done soonish. I used some decals from Forgotten Chapters for the text and the little sigil on the cherub.
Excerpt from Esoteric
Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias
Laetorius.
"The Harrow'e'en celebration on Ophatran Secundus coincides with the
yearly arrival of the Emperor's Tithe Fleet. The people of Ophatran believe
that horrifying and devious warp entities cling to the arriving voidships, and that these malignant spirits seek to
travel to the planet surface. The veil between the Empyrean and reality
are thinnest on Harrow'e'en according to the citizens, so the Tithe Fleet
arrival is a time of great peril. The Adeptus Ministorum has of course
contemplated this interesting belief and decreed there to be no conflict with
the Imperial Faith. The priesthood of the planet support it fully.”
“The day preceding the docking of the first voidship is the most active as the populace prepares for the arrival. On this day, most of the citizens stay indoors, and those that venture out are likely to meet with a raucous procession led by ‘Spirits of the Warp’. This parade is sponsored by the Order of the Ossuary, a sanctioned mendicant society of relic venerators. The most devout among them may be selected to personify a Spirit of the Warp, a symbolic representation of the fears of the populace.”
“Children that are able to recite their hymns of protection are allowed to wear bizarre and creative costumes. These wildly attired rapscallions spend the day roaming the streets seeking citizens for the procession to test. Anyone detained by the roaming children must stop and recite the proper prayers of protection to the nearest Sister of the Order Famulous. Woe to the unprepared citizen who is surrounded by these enthusiastic imps and knows not their Harrow’e’en prayers!”
I was excited and slightly dismayed to see that Games Workshop released an Inquisition Kill Team in the Ashes of Faith box set in May 2023. Excited because I love the Inquisition range- I've been a major fan since the 90s with the Slaves to Darkness rulebook.
I was also dismayed, because I've been slogging along collecting and painting all the 28mm Inquisition models that have been released... and I'd just finished all of the henchmen and Inquisitors right before new release- a two and a half year project.
I was lucky to snag two copies of the box set so that I could complete all of the variants. As with many GW kits these days, a base model can be used to make two or more variants... in one particular annoying case, the only variant for the auto-savant was a barely visible face swap.
Anyway, after chipping away on them since May, here's the full set of Inquisition from the Ashes of Faith box set.
Interrogator
Hive World Pistolier
