The Inquisition has returned...

Its turned cold here in the north, so I'm back at the painting table and putting in some work with all my other stuff now garaged up for the winter.

This miniature has been in my collection for years as bare metal then on my desk unfinished.  I felt sad for it......errrr....no I didn't, but it sounds good....so I thought it would be a good to finish it up finally.

 It's a nice mini.  I had a bit of fun with the base.  Those concrete beam pieces are leftover resin sprue.

 I went back to tried and true red for the cap.

The skull is from Secret Weapons I believe.

Good pic of the book.  Got a bunch more coming.

WIP On the Desk: Time for the Inquisition

So I bet you all thought I was a slackin' and just racing go karts this summer.  Well you would be wrong.  Even with a busted up left hand I'm doing some work.  I do race again tomorrow though.

I have been a bit bummed out about miniatures lately.  The local store has closed, ancients has fizzled, Fantasy 8th plain sucks, and I'm not fired up at all to paint that Flames of War crap.  Good thing I have racing to suck up most of my spare time this summer.

Okay, I have been cleaning out a bunch of stuff, projects that I have no use for any more, bits that are just not going to get used anytime soon, etc.  That means a bunch of stuff that is half built needs to be finished and a few pieces that probably are not sellable unpainted need to get a bit of paint or at least a coat of primer, and I also have  a bunch of pieces to add to my current armies.

The Inquisitor below is one of those pieces that I actually want to paint.  I picked it up years ago from someone half painted.  I sat it in some Castrol Superclean and removed the paint.  The original primer was black and certainly stained what is a rather porous metal casting.  But it will paint up just fine.

I still need to find a left hand or something for a that.  I do like the pose of this mini.  I also decided to build up a 25 mm base with some broken resin strips that will paint up nice as some concrete.

 Off to the right of the model, you see some of the Maxmini chaotic looking shields.  I picked them up recently, a little disappointed with the size and some of the detail in the resin is very shallow.  I'll figure  out something with them for my chaos.

 What is a GW mini without a skull on the base???

Below a close up of the base.

What else is on the desk.....Brets, Vikings, a stug, a werewolf, and Medusa.  I need to clear out some of this stuff, so I can start building my newest army that I'm charged up for, of which the Medusa will be a part of.

So, there you have it.  Even with a hurt hand, being bummed out, and racing every week, I'm getting some stuff done.  And I will be starting to sling some paint in a couple of weeks.

And as I start cleaning out a bunch of crap...there will be a bunch of things going up for auction on Ebay.  As always, more to follow.....

Enter the 40k Inquisition: Inquisitor Alpha

Showing that space wolf recently, I ran across a picture of this inquisitor that I built a few years ago.  Not one of my better builds and the base is rather boring.

For the most part this model was left over from the building of my Cerulean Templars, basically it did not make the cut.  There are elements of it that I like, for instance the book and the draping on the shoulder pad.

 I believe I later dumped it on Ebay.  At the time, I was building a bunch of pieces that were just cluttering up my desk and putting them on Ebay, if I remember correctly this piece went to a buyer in Alaska who was at the time winning alot of my auctions.