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This is another Inquisitor figure that I just finished sculpting. It is, yup you guessed it, a terminator, and not any terminator but a Grey Knight. Inspired from pictures in the North American White Dwarf 259 and a comment by Jervis Johnson. Jervis said the design team couldn't see terminators in Inquisitor as they don't fit the theme. I was shocked since I have many 40K inquisitor figures and they are ALL in terminator armour. The Grey Knights, as demon hunters, have a solid place in the Inquisitor story and game. The figure is sculpted to scale in that the torso is the correct height and the arms are the correct length. However, I have always been of the opinion that terminators are WAY too small so I decided to make mine taller. I figure that with the size of the shin guards his feet can articulate inside them leaving the armoured feet to mimic the movement.

Since I posted the pictures of the Grey Knight I received many comments that the hands were just too small. I decided that since so many people were of this opinion that I would add full sized gauntlets to the figure. This leaves the head as the only part that emphasizes the sheer size of the terminator armour. No pics of the new hands as I am now into painting him and didn't get any greens of the new gauntlets.

Like I said in Gallery III this figure was inspired by the pictures in WD 259. The lettered prayers on the shoulders, right elbow and right forearm match those seen in the picture. The Grey Knight terminators have large raised rims on the top most section of the shoulder and this just makes the shoulders really stand out. For game purposes I decided to focus his demon killing abilities by adding a psycannon into his left forearm. The tabard I added [for some colour when I paint him] was going to cover the prayer book they all carry so I decided to add it to the chain around his neck. I opted out of the Ageis suit cap because I want the contrast of the bald head against the black/grey armour. The hands are gauntleted space marine hands and while they might look small I just couldn't make them bigger. This is because a gauntlet can only be so big and still be usable. The halberd is green stuff around the wire I use for armatures and the blade is a piece of 3mm plastic card I ground to give it the shape I wanted.

From the back the terminator looks very much like a real 40K terminator with a couple of differences. The top back armour section is narrower allowing for a more recognizable contour. The shoulders really seem to stand out the way I sculpted the back. The power exhaust vents are a bit different but this was purely done for ease of sculpting. The rivets are added to give some detail to the back without making it too complex. You can see that the power cables are all exactly as they look on the 40K terminator model.

The base has his name, 'Octavius' etched in the stones encircling the base. The inside portion has the same character pattern as seen on his shoulders and right forearm. The center of the base is left plain so I can paint the chapter symbol for the Grey Knights on it. My vision is he is either standing on his armour suit-up pad or is just stepping onto a teleportation disc. For those of you that are curious the base is 70mm.

From the left side you can see the storm shield I added for extra protection against those big demons. It is also the best angle for observing the skull on the left shoulder. The skull is one of the Forge World resin skulls and the shield is actually a Bulldog Buckle. Little details like actual words on the feet, the word, 'Mortus' on the lower shin and the skull on the knee brace make for a believable figure.

From the right side you can see the chapter badge on the right shoulder. The book with a sword through it, while not significant, adds another characterful detail. The second insertion of the halberd can be seen in the right leg. This will make the permanent addition of the weapon to the figure much strong. The writing on the knee says, 'Corpus Fides' the writing on the lower shin says, 'Demonicus', and the writing on the foot says, 'In nominee deus'.

Onto the Painted Piece.