Saturday 8 April 2017

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armour

Hello, today's miniature is an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armour, a classic and much painted Oldhammer 40K miniature sculpted by Jes Goodwin and released in 1989, he armed with a Psycannon and Force Rod shaped like a Crozius Arcanum, festooned in Imperial livery, skulls, scrolls and arcane symbols whose meaning is long lost, he is the spiritual brother of the Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator Armour as they were released and packaged together so if you owned one you usually owned the other, you can see my Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator Armour here. (Updated photos below) 

The Ordo Malleus were introduced in the Realm of Chaos - Slaves to Darkness book in the Warhammer 40,000 'Dark Millennium' section on page 246, the Psycannon made it's appearance here on page 250, he also appeared in Space Hulk illustrations and rules but I can't remember where at the moment.


Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - front

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - side

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - back

Ordo Malleus Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - side

Illustration of Ordo Malleus Inquisitor with a squad of Grey Knights from White Dwarf 135, theres a cool looking 
Ordo Malleus standard behind him or attached to him.


Back united with his blister brother in arms some years on

I decided to have a go and taking some better photos of my Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator armour as the photos in his original post are quite poor.

Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - front

Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - side

Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - back

Imperial Inquisitor in Terminator Armour - side


I hope you enjoyed these miniatures, there's lots more new paint jobs to follow so stay tuned.

J

11 comments:

  1. Two really impressive models here Jason. I have always admired your style of painting, with your use of deep hues (as in the red and orange) and contrasting highlighting. Glorious detailing to boot! These must have taken you hours!!

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    1. thanks James, really good to see you back, both miniatures were stop/start projects which took years to complete but I could only take them staring at me for so long before having to commit proper time to them, you know the score :D
      J

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  2. Great pair. Do you think they could have one of those odd couple cop storylines. The grizzled Inquisitor who like to do things by the book and the radical Ordo Malleus who breaks all the rules to nail the heretic. At first they don't get on, but by the end of the campaign they have developed a grudging respect for each other.

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    1. Haha great stuff are you sure you didn't help CW with their early fluff/novels it was full of fun stuff like that before the Grimdark :D
      J

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  3. Absolutely perfect work. They both look gorgeous!!

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    1. thanks mate, lots more come got drafts queuing up, just waiting for another day off ;)

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  4. Thanks for the article; it's always cool to be reminded how great those old models are.

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    1. your welcome Tim, you know they're cool when Citadel stick them back on the 'made to order'
      J

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  5. I have always admired the Ordo Malleus Inquisitor model and your painting of it is superb, really nice to read about.

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  6. Thanks for the article; it's always cool to be reminded how great those old models are.

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