40K Charted: Unit Spotlight – Inquisitorial Henchmen
March 21, 2016 by warzan
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There used to be a 54 mm game produced by GW all about inquisitors… And there are a lot of John Blanche followers who’s hobby consists on converting minis to create their very own inquisitor and their henchmen…
We used a lot of the Inquisitorial Henchmen to play Inquisitor in 28mm rather than 54mm. Was really good fun – didn’t take much converting of game mechanics either.
I remember the times long ago when you could get these in Sisters of Battle and Grey Knights Codexi. Memories. I always made them a nice mobile fire base for my Sisters. Carapace with storm and heavy bolters, maybe a Crusader in front for an Inv. save with a monkey if I had points.
Its a digital only book now so that is a bit of a bummer but at least its still out there. Along with those almost forgotten Sisters of Battle.
I haven’t tried using my Inquisition stuff since the days of fourth edition but I’ve been toying with the idea of dragging them out. And Necromunda was always a treasure trove of minis to use with them.
@warzan
I used to use an old Karloth Valois as an Inquisitor and I think he’s exactly the sort of creep you’re looking for to drive an old hearse full of Daemonhosts.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Karloth_Valois
The old Pit slaves and Wyrds made excellent henchmen too. I actually picked up the Witness from Siren Miniatures with the idea of it being used as a Daemonhost.
I have to say that these guys are by far my favourite 40k unit. I used them for kill team I had a great time making them however they didn’t do so well :,( but they looked amazing. http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/caladors/20150627_020521.jpg http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww199/caladors/20150601_173253.jpg I have done all sorts of converting for them and it is a fantastic lot of fun, some it is just functional to have plastics, and cheaper models and other times it is more just to have some fun. So all of my super wacky D&D conversions get turned into death cult assassins because they look super awesome, but I… Read more »
Great article guys
@warzan the inquisitors can step on to a battlebarge and take command so requisitioning vehicles is nothing.
Malifaux for death cult, forge father brokr for space monkey with steal guard with heavy weapons for servitors. Warpath pathfinders or enforcers for crusaders . Genesteeler cultists as guardsmen.
I have a bunch of these guys (the Witch Hunter box) from when the codex was new. I didn’t and never have played an Imperial force. Tau are my army of choice. But these guys just looked too cool to ignore.
I did play the Inquisitor RPG/tactical game and still have some of the 54mm models. They are very characterful and wonderful to paint, but indeed a bit cumbersome for gaming. It’s a shame, but I understand why that game never really took off.
Awesome show!
there was a rumour that Deathwatch Overkill was going to be an Inquisitor hunt team vs the Genestealer Cult – people were suggesting it might have Necromunda style scenery – but marines are too popular 🙂
the 54mm Inquisitor game had great potential – except it was too hard to do big scenery 🙁
one of the coolest henchmen conversions I saw was a lobotomised genestealer with servo-skull augmentation – I think he was a arco-flagellilant because some of his claws were part-bionic
sounds crazy but it worked
Great show again!
I always enjoyed playing INQ28 and might re-activate my inquisitorial warband..
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The Mechanicus plastics should provide plenty of bits to create interesting conversion as his retinue 😎
Pretty interesting from a modelling view.
I always fancy converting minis, it´s lots of fun. It´s when you start feeling they are unique. You really want to put them in to battle to see what they can manage.
any chance of a special on Kill-Teams – do they still exist?
Overkill has given me the basics for a Genestealer cult army
– trying to get a friend back into 40k but the current Eldar options are daunting – maybe the answer is an Eldar A-team/Deathwatch?
My apologies- your right its 12 max squad size.
The great thing about Eldar is that anything in the codex is playable, so don’t be afraid of rostering up what you have and playing around with it.