Inquisitrix Svetlana Odesskr

Inquisitrix Svetlana Odesskr is my long suffering main PC from my time playing Inquisitor at 54mm scale (one day I will dig her and her warband out for photos). Once I finished off my Rogue Trader warband, I wanted to move onto something more challenging to build and with the general interest in Inquisitor moving away from 54mm to 28mm scales, I decided to build Svetlana and her warband in 2014 so I could continue her story. Some of you good with anagrams may notice her name is remixed from the Realm Of Chaos subtitle; Slave to Darkness.

I did plan to write out the whole backstory for her here, but it got really convoluted and confusing.....and long (for a brief blurb). She is a former Cipher of the  Administratum whose life has been the scene of physical and psychological torture. She remains cold, calculating and a little bit twisted. Armed with a macuahuitl that was a holy relic for the people of Michhuàquê, she entered into a profane pact with the monochrome spirit of vengeance Xipe Totec and corrupted that once sacred blade.

One day I will actually include her full story on here because it's quite harrowing and involves torture, regression, fractured psyches, delving in occultism, human sacrifice and much much more. This iteration of Svetlana (as opposed to her 54mm counterpart) is actually her post-Lighthouse chapter (which is a separate story entirely).

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Rogue Trader - The Cabin Boy

This little guy was made as an afterthought really in 2013, something of a familiar for Shipmaster Everett made from spare parts I found in my box. He's a basic kitbash carrying the Shipmaster's sextant and hat.

 

 

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Rogue Trader - Heavy Daddy

Barring the Cabin Boy (who was made as an afterthought really), this guy was the last of my Rogue Trader INQ28 crew made in 2013. With converting the Nurgle Lord being something of a right of passage for any modeller in INQ28, I felt it made sense to have a go myself. Obviously he is based upon a certain denizen from an underwater computer game setting with a little individual twist.

The Heavy Daddy is a biotechnological relic from a bygone era, found wandering the deep bowels of The Coelacanth, he was brought to the surface levels of the ship and is now deployed whenever some brutal muscle is needed on missions.

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Media Break - Books (part 1)

It took me a while to decide upon which order I wanted to do the next Media Break in and eventually settled upon books. Now books are a tricky one for me really because I am a bit of a bibliophile so it is difficult to nail down on particular favourites without rattling off a list that would take me hours to type. So instead I will focus on my favourite genres and my personal recommendations within.

First off is a relatively unknown genre that is something of a newcomer with very old roots, and that is; urban fantasy. This particular genre is characterised by the idea of a fantastical (or terrible) demimonde hiding beneath the layers of mundane reality. Now, I say this genre has old roots because the works of one of my very favourite authors, H.P. Lovecraft, can easily be considered an urban fantasy (fantastical yet harrowing). More contemporary authors that I would highly recommend are Sergei Lukyanenko and his Watch series, Kate Griffin and her Urban Magic series and also Ben Aaronovitch and his Rivers of London series.

Second on my top list of genres is that of the cyberpunk, characterised by 'low life and high technology'. Now the considered king of the cyberpunk genre is William Gibson, yet there are many more authors to choose from today. Top of my personal list in this genre is the Petrovitch series by Simon Morden, closely followed by often hilarious Avery Cates series by Jeff Somers. Another author worth of note here, despite not strictly fitting into the cyberpunk genre, is the extraordinary Hungry Earth/Mortal Engines series by Phillip Reeves.

I guess that's enough for part one. Hopefully I've named some authors you've not yet read and inspired you to check them out.

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Rogue Trader - Magos Isambard Rho.

Magos Isambard Rho was one of the last miniatures I converted/sculpted in 2013 and at that time I considered him to be an incredibly ambitious endeavour. Looking back on him now though, I would have liked to have done some things differently (like the feet and left arm).

Magos Isambard Rho has served on board The Coelacanth for at least two centuries, longer than any other living member, so no one is sure of his exact age. Why he chose a relatively quiet and reclusive life on the heavy trading vessel is unknown, but rumours abound that he has a criminal past linked to forbidden xenos technology.

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Grime Lights - Exemplar Tsuki Shōgatsu Part 2

Okay, so it's been about a fortnight and she is finally finished (well, painting not withstanding). I cannot say that she hasn't been a pain at times; her hair for example took me a couple of tries (and lots of squinting at the John Blanche sketch she is based off) before I was satisfied I got it right.

Sadly she won't be painted before January ends because I need her in her nude form for something afterwards, but I will get around to painting her up during February.

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Tsuki Shōgatsu has served as Exemplar under her mistress, Lady-Inquisitrix Mejila Osu, for half a decade now, having operated for another three previously as a capable agent. Exemplar Tsuki Shōgatsu epitomises the notion as 'first amongst equals' in holding her unusual title, as an Exemplar is not a rank of Inquisition acolyte, but rather is considered to be utterly trusted to lead a cell without direct supervision. Typically, Exemplars maintain a coterie of Inquisition agents as something akin to a head of household, ensuring their readiness for when their master or mistress may need them. Occasionally this can also mean leading them into the field directly to ensure the cell operates with flawless synchronicity.

Recently Tsuki Shōgatsu and her team has been sent on a mysterious investigation into the assassinations of an entire cabal of Inquisitors....

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I do intend to write some more fiction-bites as things progress, focussing on Tsuki Shōgatsu, her team and their investigation.

 

 

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Rogue Trader - Ormond Sacker, Ship's Surgeon.

Ormond Sacker was actually created for a little bit of fun for a Sherlock Holmes themed warband back in 2013 (a project I never completed), but eventually Sacker was seconded to the Coelacanth crew as the ship's surgeon.

Ormond Sacker was one of the few surviving veterans from the ill-fated campaign on Malwand V, having served as an experienced field medic with the 415th Imperial Yeomanry until the regiment was entirely disbanded due to excessive casualties. Having been forcibly retired from service, Sacker took the first position he could find; as ship's surgeon on board The Coelacanth. 

 

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