A long time ago when my friend Mike Harding wrote the background for my Night Hawks chapter, he said that it would be cool to take an Inquisitor with them, as the Inquisition would be investigating my chapter, as they were founded during the Dark Founding. Now you may be asking what the Dark Founding is ? All records of the chapters that were formed in this founding were expunged from the records, due to the fact that 80 % of them turned to Chaos, and the other 20 % were lost to the warp, which is where my chapter comes in, lost out in the Eastern Fringes, they continued to do the Emperor's work, while trying to find a way back to the Imperium. Many years later they got half way back, to the Imperium's border, and were then later discovered by an exploratory force, trying to map the Eastern Fringes. Their presence was reported to the Imperium, who promptly dispatched a Inquisitor to check their loyalty, and for Chaos taint. This would be where having an Inquisitor model, would come in handy. At the time Mike wrote this, there was only the old Rogue Trader models available, which I wasn't a huge fan of at the time. so when this model came out I quickly picked one up, and then it has sat in it's blister pack until this week. The model has an old witch finder vibe to it, so I went for a limited set of colours.
As models go, it's not the best, so I was always looking out for a better one, and I picked this next one up as part of a Warhammer Monthly vignette, which came with a scenic base and Ephrael Stern Sisters of Battle model. The base got used on one of my Chaos flyer models, as the metal weight, helped balance the weight of the flyer, and the Stern model got given to a friend at the time who had his Sisters army stolen. I like this model a lot more and think the power armour fits with the Space Marines a lot better. I went for grey armour, to make him stand out from all the different marine colours I have.
Now both of the models above have been sat around unfinished for over 15 years, so I thought I would also get a new model painted as well, this model was a gift from my eldest daughter, as a thank you for her recent wedding, and is Governor Pryce from Star Wars Rebels, for those who don't know this character, here is what Wookiepedia says :
Arihnda Pryce was a human female who held the rank of Moff and served as the Governor of the Lothal sector under the Galactic Empire. Deceitful and opportunistic, Pryce rose to political power and gained the position of Planetary Governor through underhanded tactics and power plays. Under Pryce's governorship, Lothal became a center for Imperial expansion and industrialization. Pryce's Imperialization of Lothal gave rise to a small rebellion on the planet, and her subsequent failures to foil this uprising gave way to a larger rebellion against the Empire. Pryce's destructive tendencies would be her undoing, and after a series of desperate attempts to defeat the rebels, she was killed when they successfully liberated Lothal from her grip.
Born and raised on Lothal, Arihnda Pryce was the heir and manager of her family's local mining business, Pryce Mining. After selling the company to the Galactic Empire, she began serving as an aide to Lothal Senator Domus Renking and became involved with the political elite of Coruscant, while her parents relocated to Batonn. She was dismissed from her position, however, when she became entangled in a plot between Renking and Moff Ghadi. Working for a citizen assistance office shortly after, she joined the Higher Skies Advocacy Group. During this time, she allied with key figures such as Governor Wilhuff Tarkin and a rising Navy officer, Thrawn, and began plotting to make her bid for power. In a series of betrayals and deceptions, Pryce engineered the downfalls of Moff Ghadi, her friends at Higher Skies, Lothal Governer Ryder Azadi, and Senator Renking. Using her power as leverage, she petitioned and was appointed the Governorship of Lothal, taking Azadi's place.
As Governor of Lothal, Pryce presided over the expansion of the Empire's presence on Lothal, which became a major Imperial base in the Outer Rim Territories. Shortly after Pryce assumed the title, the nearby system of Batonn came under insurgent threat. Under the pretense of gathering intelligence, Pryce traveled to the planet to rescue her parents. Pryce murdered ISB Agent Gudry while trying to flee with her parents, and, to conceal her role in his murder, she detonated a mining facility, destroying the insurgent forces and resulting in heavy civilian casualties. After escaping suspicion, she returned to Lothal to deal with the planet's growing rebellion, led by the Phoenix Cell. To help combat the rebels, Governor Pryce solicited Grand Admiral Thrawn to help ferret out and destroy them.
Pryce joined Thrawn and ISB Agent Kallus in combating the rebel presence in the Lothal sector. During the course of the insurgency, she worked to root out dissent on Lothal, took part in an unsuccessful hunt for rebel leader Mon Mothma, and participated in the Battle of Atollon, where Thrawn laid siege to Phoenix Cell's base. As the small rebellion grew into the Alliance to Restore the Republic and entered war with the Empire, Lothal was strip-mined and industrialized further under Pryce. The rebel cell originating from Lothal, the Spectres, returned to Lothal to free the planet from Pryce and the Empire. After defending against a rebel attack, Pryce destroyed the Lothal City fuel depot, killing rebel leader Kanan Jarrus but falling out of favor with Thrawn, whose projects relied on the planet's resources. Terrified of what her punishment would be, Pryce mounted a desperate attack on the Lothal resistance's base. Her attack failed, however, and she was taken captive. Pryce was killed during the final battle between the rebellion and Thrawn's forces, remaining loyal to the Empire until the end.
I've kept the colours as close as I can to the reference material which I have pictured below.
Was pleased with the result of this model, so that's all for this post, hoping to get one more piece of scenery before the end of the challenge finished, so until next time stay safe and have fun !
Cheers Dave
