Crimson Tears, Deathwatch and Inq28 Updated - 05/02/23

[Doghouse]

Just caught up with this thread and I have to say theses are fantastic!

 

I honestly can't single out one mini as my favourite because the quality is so high, very nice work. :tu:

[Monstra Sumus]

The purple on that blade is delicious.

[sockwithaticket]

Dierck Heylen - Crusader


 

A roving Inquisitorial agent often assigned bodyguard duty for prized assets, little is known of Heylen even to many Inquistors. He is not a resource of requisition and often the first his latest temporary master will know of his assignation is when he presents himself on bended knee with a writ of duty from whichever Lord Inquisitor has sent him forth having reviewed the latest reports to cross their desk. His commitment to task has cost at least the two limbs so conspicuously replaced with bionics and the mask he never removes suggests at further damage sustained in the line of duty. Whether property or person, his defence of that which the Inquisition claims has seen him face almost every enemy of the Imperium, from the lowest rebels of hard scrabble agri-worlds to dreaded fallen space marines of the Ruinous Powers. He has yet to fail his masters. Even if it means abandoning others to slaughter or pushing himself to the brink of death he will preserve and deliver that with which he is charged.

[sockwithaticket]

The mood took me to finish off another Breacher

[Pearson73]

That breacher is so striking, I love the helmet.

[sockwithaticket]

Apollynia Dieudonné (Interrogator)

 

Fourth daughter of a minor noble family and only a moderate beauty, a notable future for Apollonyia was unlikely to have been found in dynastic marriage even before a streak of fiery independence manifested itself during adolescence. By the time her contemporaries were being debuted before potential suitors at society balls, Apollynia had run away from her family and joined the crew of a young rogue trader whose ambition ultimately exceeded his judgement. After several years of wavering fortune and middling pecuniary reward the crew were almost entirely wiped out during an ill-advised attempt to double cross a mixed crew of xenos smugglers. Apollynia was among the few who managed to escape the debacle, but a leg injury sustained during the fracas and inadequately treated in the immediate aftermath has left her requiring permanent use of a cane. For reasons unknown she seems to spurn bionic augments as a remedy to this physical affliction even though she must surely be able to afford the very best many times over by now.

The narrow escape seems to have persuaded her to leave a star-faring life behind. Unlike many of those with whom she served, she had saved most of her earnings and used this capital from her exploits to set up an agency for the very type of persons (and indeed non-persons) who might wish to join a Rogue Trader’s crew, establishing order in the Tarantir system for what was previously a rather haphazard process. Within a few years the operation expanded into many areas and the high society from which she once fled now comes to her for a myriad of services. Be it information about the business or extra-marital affairs of rivals, the provision of bodyguards or handling of blackmailers, Apollynia has proven capable of fixing all manner of issues for those who can afford her fee.

She has also thus become a somewhat useful source of regional intelligence for many an Inquisitor, while some have found occasion to make use of the other services her agency provides. It is not always possible for an Inquisitor or their agents to be exactly where and when they are needed and so local actors must sometimes be engaged to perform basic reconnaissance and retrieval tasks. Comprised of a ragtag assortment of Imperial forces veterans, ex-hive gangers, rogue trader crew and other atypical citizens, her staff and sub-contractors are not so dissimilar from the bands of henchmen and followers an Inquisitor might lead.

Although uncommon these days, Apollynia, will involve herself directly in cases on occasion. Equipped with her Talon of Truth, a gauntlet of wicked appearance tipped with syringes and surgical blades, she prises the information required from those unfortunate enough to have forced her into asking more than once.




 

Edited February 5, 2023 by sockwithaticket

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nicely done, @sockwithaticket.  For some reason, it's reminding me of Rackham's Alchemists of Dirz range ...