Arcoflagellants.

These arcoflagellants were stuck together on a child free break two years ago.  When Neverness announced this years Inquisitorial Conclave, I thought that this would be a great unit to paint up in case I didn't finish the team of baddies.  So I was able to submit these as well.

You might recall that there are already a team of monster hunters on Devos IV with five arcoflagellants already.  Those poor individuals have been arcoflagellants for some time and show signs of having been rebuilt more than once.  They are a patchwork of the people they used to be and whatever the medicae or mechanicus had to hand.

These ten are different, whilst each is different to the other, they are clearly the product of the same place and time.

But where did they come from ?  What heinous crime deserved such a fate ? And how and why did these come to Devos IV ?

When the Inquisition takes control of a place, some people are rounded up for questioning.  Some are rounded up and sentanced to death more or less immediately, as soon as can be practically managed.  Those with a lesser amount of guilt (but still some share of the guilt, even if that's only failing to turn ones self in, or condemn what ever it was that was going on which attracted the Inquisition's attention in the first place.) but these people would usually have some sort of leadership role, perhaps first line management, factory charge hands and so on.

Those lower down the social and organisational pecking order are likely to become servitors.  These should-have-known-betters are surgically altered into killing machines and then kept docile through drugs and then their bodies and nervous systems flooded with rage inducing pain negating drugs and let loose.  All the while, despite some very careful and highly specialised lobotomy, great care is taken so that some part of the guilty persons conscience remains aware of their condition and what is happening to them - this is the punishment.

After the liberation of Randstadd, the air beachead which saw the first Imperial forces on continental Benq, the civilian population who remained in the city were rounded up and processed.  All were shipped off world and taken to Dinnterra Minor for screening.  Some were blessed with the chance to redeem their crimes against the God Emperor of all Mankind when they were mercifully sentenced to become arcoflagellants.

Between four and half and five thousand souls were consigned to Dinterra Minor.  There is a chance that amongst the thousands of arcoflagellants who leave the House of Questions to further the aims of the church, some of those who were apprehended on Devos IV may have found their way back there as arcoflagellants.

Bishop Popper is man nervous of all the other factions of the Imperium around him and their burgeoning military power.  He invited the Adeptus Sororitas to give his war fighting credentials a boost only to find that the Canoness has no intention of listening to him whatsoever.  So he has indented for as many of these arcoflagellants as he can get. 

And arcoflagellants can by law only be activated by a priest.  What could possibly go wrong ?
 

Helghan reinforcements

You may be aware that there has been a Kickstarter by 'That Evil One" to produce STL's for the 'Heckghosts".  having put such a lot of work into my existing Helghans, and still loving the aestetic. I duly stumped up the readies for these boys.

Actual Colonel Meal Radec model.  The rest of his squad wear the slightly odd shaped helmets indicating that they are higher value, more elite types.  In the game, Radec is armed with an SMG, so you can see the little divergences to ensure that no IP is enfringed.

So these guys with the odd helmets are on the Brick of Scrutiny, and the other guys are arrayed below

The illustrations for the KS looked pretty detailed.

Some of the details on the prints look pretty sharp; but in the grey resin, there's a chance that some of the features which look a little fuzzy are as advertised, they just don't show until I get some paint on them.

They are pretty kool and obviously in the idiom I'm looking for.

There could be a few more shooter poses, I may have to get a few more printed, but will see how these turn out before getting any more.

A few of the prints are one peice items, but most of them have separate legs.

Which does give rise to the 'bifurcated by a vaudeville magician' look.  But this is an easy fix with a bit of belt kit.

This guy appears to be armed with STA11 submachine gun with underslung GL.

And belt kit to hide the gap.

This guy has a STA52 Assault Rifle

Those without a long arm were given a slung Accatran pattern las-rifle.

But you're asking if they match the existing Helghans ?  Pretty well. 

They're not over sized

They are similarly dressed and equipped.

And similarly soldierly poses.

And the bullpup assault rifles match up pretty well.
 

Corbanian Kasarkin arrivals

 

These are the new reinforcements recently arrived from Raven's Nest Painting.  Completed to match the previous Kasarkin and the rest of the Corbanian 2nd Regt. 

These are from the existing contingent.

Which includes a command squad - there is no option for a command squad in 5Ed, but this is a military formation in professional army and therefore has a chain of command, so includes an officer, even though he might only perform as a Kasarkin Sergeant on the table top.

We could chose to view this as Kasarkin Sergeants being good at their jobs, rather than viewing this officer as being less than capable at his job (the rest of the Kasarkin would not put up with that...)

So this is the whole lot, eight man squads, not ten man ones.  Two special weapons in each squad.

A shot to show the regulation left pultron as worn by all of the Corbanian 2nd.

I love these (now old) metal Kasarkin. I have a box of the new fellas to stick together, but I'm now thinking that they are likely to get Iron Kore heads.  They could be scattered throughout this lot and blend in nicely, but I'm fancying something different.

But that one off Kasarkin Sergeant will be joining these fine soldiers.

The existing sergeants here have printed Kasarkin heads from shapeways.

So the Corbanian 2nd have a tough five squad platoon for the right of the line.  Prosaically, these now have their own little figure case which acommodates them all nicely with enough space for four more Kasarkin.  Which leaves space in the main case for another couple of squads of line infantry.  Which means keeping a look out for old style Cadians. 

Neverness' Inquisitorial Conclave 2023

 As you may know, the first day of September each year is when Neverness displays the fruits of the labours of those who had committed, however casually, to producing something for his annual inquisitorial conclave.  So this should follow on from that.  

First up, as the most astute of you will have already noticed, these are not in the mold of your usual inquisitorial warband.  They might once have been, but no longer, they are now given over to the service of the ruinous powers.  Ladies and Gentlemen, the baddies:

The minis here are nearly finished.  I only intend to fill in a few more details on some of them, the deamogog's walking stick, the (un)book carried by one of the acolytes and so on.  They are in the same state of painting as the picts I submitted to Neverness.  

Half of August had passed and then we were off on another family holiday, so unfinished it is.  I can do more when we get home (by the time this is published) but not until then. 

 

But yes, more baddies for Devos IV.  There are more of the other sort of beligerants as well, but more of them in a few post's time.  There's more of everything, it seems.  Which is a shame as I was trying to stop. 

 

Weirdos and misfits, the overlooked and poorly educated.  The angry and dispossessed.  Those who cannot any representation in mainstream Imperial life.  All easy pickings for the persuasive voices telling them that it's not their fault, they are not the one's to blame, they are being overlooked and their ways overtaken by disrespectful interlopers.

As you might surmise, the other members of the Dark Commune will form the nuclei of further cells. 

 

But this is a start.  Chaos undivided sticking it's nose in.  Khorne and Slannesh might notice.

 

The central character here is the demagogue: she is part of a select coven hunted by the OH.  She is flanked here by two close combat bodyguards with ceremonial flensing knives from the Grox herder enclaves of the northern parire: they've brought their traditional tribal tools to use as weapons in their new religion.  There's also her principal muscle, Xondar, who as you tell from his stature, was once even a giant amongst Space Marines.  Anyway, he's long turned to the ruinous powers and sometimes manages to cause a plague zombie or two to come into being, but he has no real control over this and it's not something to rely on. He has specifically embraced 'death' as a thing, rather than a more specific power.  This could be a mere preference, or perhaps he doesn't really get the whole 'Chaos' thing ? regardless, his chosen weapon, tool, totem and eating utensil is a giant version of the spades used by the grave diggers of the Imperial Necropolis in Xyphonica.  There are three more cultists with a variety of weapons, including Xondar's bolter, which he can no long use, because plot armour.  The last member of this team is Sav.  She is a chaos aligned astropath.  It is likely that the five members of the coven are using her to attract warp entities to Devos IV.

Just on the off chance.

GW have produced a mini of the famous Karl Kopinski artwork from the (best) IG codex.  

Here's the blurb:

• This Year Three miniature is only available to Warhammer+ subscribers who subscribe between the 25th of August 2023 and the 24th of August 2024. For full details click here.
• Celebrate the third year of Warhammer+ with an exclusive miniature
• Field this Kasrkin Sergeant in Astra Militarum armies in your games of Warhammer 40,000
• This model will not be available separately via any other means

If you're reading this, the chances are you're well aware that I am a fan of the Iggies in all of their wonderful, sometimes disfunctional glory.

If you've got a Warhammer+ account and are willing to sort me out a copy, that'd be really nice.  Please DM me if you're able to help. 

Monumental architecture

 

Another terrain peice, as every Cuidad Imperiale needs a bit of impressive monumental architecture.  Paris has the Champs Elissay.  Washington DC has the Jefferson Memorial.  Xyphonica has this, the Monument a l'elephant et a l'aigle.  It's designed to have enough flat space for minis to make their impassable terrain or jump infantry moves and perch above the battlefield.

 

I printed out an Imperail Aqilla, stuck it on a sheet of foam board and cut out the shape and stuck it on another sheet of foam board using another printed Aqilla to position the bits correctly.  And of course, this is big enough for titan sized models to hide behind, should they find their sheilds are being stripped by other super heavies.

The elephants are cheap ornaments, the statues are 1980s Mangil Manhides Mercenary Marauders, some LOTR ones, some more greek themed resin ones from a KS and one Primaris and a Stormcast Eternal, as well as bronze avengers guarding the corners. 

Imperial Guard officer (Capt Pasquale from the Cadian 124th) for scale.

Neverness' Inquisitorial Conclave 2023

 It's that time of year when this sort of bollox starts up again https://nevernesshobby.blogspot.com/2023/08/inquisitional-conclave-2023-kick-off.html?m=0 

To be followed by SepTANKber, Zomtober and Dredcecmber or whatever.  Probably a good way to maintain hobby focus.

 

 

Well, I've probably got enough =I= warbands for the time being, perhaps it's time to throw in some obviously not the inquisition warbands into the pot.  

We'll see how I get on. 

Just dropping this here for later:

Gothic Cathedral Elements: https://www.printablescenery.com/prod... 

Norman Stone Manor: https://www.printablescenery.com/prod... 

Brick Roller: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:319... 

Shingle Roller: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:437... 

Dome 1: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:997326 

Dome 2: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:128...