Imperial Inquisitor #2!
This guy was shown in the 072117/1 Forces of the Imperium section of the catalogues and in White Dwarf #116 (August 1989):
Shown in White Dwarf #117 painted by the Studio Staff:
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Imperial Inquisitor 1 (Rogue Trader)
This guy always reminds me of Buzz Lightyear. He was 072117/1 #1.
1988 on the rear of the tab.
Shown in White Dwarf #116 (August 1989):
Screenshot Also seen in White Dwarf #117 (Sept 1989) painted by the Studio Staff:
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Inquisitors (Rogue Trader)
These are the metal Inquisitor miniatures from the Rogue Trader period of Warhammer 40K.
📷Inquisitor with Power Weapon
- Inquisitor in Terminator Armour (Rogue Trader) JG 89
- Daemon Hunter Inquisitor (Rogue Trader) JG 89
- Imperial Inquisitor 1 (Rogue Trader) ? 88
- Imperial Inquisitor 2 (Rogue Trader) ? 88?
- Imperial Inquisitor 3 (Rogue Trader) ? 88?
- Ordo Malleus Inquisitor #1 (Rogue Trader) ? 88?
- Ordo Malleus Inquisitor 2 (Rogue Trader) ? 88?
- Ordo Malleus Inquisitor 3 (Rogue Trader) ? 88
- Inquisitor with Power Weapon ? ?
- Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Clouseau BN 87
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4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Squat Servitor 05
This metal Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader miniature is a Squat Servitor. It was a 1988 Bob Olley sculpt.
He is shown in the 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus section of the catalogue pages as part number 401105.
Painted April 2026. He ended up being an absolute joy to paint – a really nice balance of detail with a lot of little interesting textures.
Paints used:
- Black/Grey: Kimera’s Carbon Black and The White mixed
- Leather: Kimera’s Oxide Brown Medium
- Red: Kimera’s The Red
- Yellow: Kimera’s Yellow Ochre. Beard washed with thin Oxide Brown Medium
- Skintone: The Red + Yellow Ochre + The White mixed, Oxide Brown Medium added for shading
- Silver: Scale75’s Metal n Alchemy Black Metal
- Wash: Scale75 Oil Moist Soil
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4011 Adeptus Mechanicus 02
This Adeptus Mechanicus miniature was designed by Bob Olley and is a 1988 sculpt for Rogue Trader.
He can be seen in White Dwarf #111:
Screenshot Painted 15th Feb 2023:
- Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
- Red: Scale75 Artist Red Ochre, then Burgundy Wine Red, shaded with BWR+ Burnt Sienna Umber, highlighted with Primary Red, further highlight of Primary Red + Primary Yellow. Further shade of BWR + Burnt Sienna Umber + Violet.
- Silver: Black Metal, washed with Nuln Oil Gloss
- Skin: Burnt Sienna, then that mixed with Off White, then Pink Flesh, then Pink Flesh mixed with Purple for the recesses, then Pale Skin to highlight. Recess wash of Berserker Bloodshade.
- Eyes: Pro Acryl Titanium White, iris Golden Yellow, pupil Art Black
- Axe: Light Ultramarine, then that + Art White, then a change of direction and covered it in Celestium Blue. Didn’t like that at all, so went with a basic copper recipe of Decayed Metal, then Old Copper, then Pure Copper, then Moonstone Alchemy, shaded with Dark Violet, then washed with Targor Rageshade
- Black/greys – Art Black and Pro Acryl Titanium White
- Base rim: Black Grey
- Pigments for base: Reddish Brown, then Natural Soil, then Sand, then Gypsum
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4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Servitor 07
This metal Bob Olley sculpt was one of the Rogue Trader-era Imperial Mechanicus Servitors. It was a 1988 sculpt according to the tab.
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4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Servitor 06
This metal Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader miniature was one of the Mechanicus Servitors.
It’s a Bob Olley sculpt from 1988.
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4011 Adeptus Mechanicus 01
This metal Rogue Trader miniature was one of the original Mechanicus sculpts by Bob Olley. I can’t make out the year on the back of the tab. He goes by 401101 or 051301.
The front of the tab says “ADEPTUS MECHANICUS”, although this example has had it scrubbed off for the most part. The back says “GW 1988”.
WIP detail of the shoulder pad:
He can be seen in White Dwarf #111:
Screenshot …and again in White Dwarf #112, painted by Paul Benson:
Screenshot Pete Knifton has an illustration in White Dwarf #110 which looks remarkably like him, though he has swapped which way he’s holding the axe:
Screenshot There’s another Adeptus in WD109 on p.42:
Screenshot WIP of the shoulder pad detail:
Painted 24th March 2026.
Anyone else see a pig’s face in the backpack?
Colours used:
- Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
- Red: Kimera’s The Red, washed with Scale75 Oil Moist Soil
- Green: Kimera’s Acid Green Velvet Ink, shaded with Kimera’s Petroleum Velvet Ink, highlighted with Kimera’s White Velvet Ink
- Silver: Scale75’s Black Metal, washed with Moist Soil, highlighted with Thrash Metal
- Gold: Scale75’s Necro Gold, washed with Moist Soil, highlighted with Dwarven Gold
- Base: Kimera’s Red Oxide, then Scale75’s Reddish Brown in the middle, then Natural Soil, with Sand on the base greeble
- Black: Scale75’s Black Velvet Ink, highlighted by mixing in the White Velvet Ink, all washed with Moist Soil
- Base rim: Vallejo Model Color Black Grey
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4011 Adeptus Mechanicus (Rogue Trader)
These are the metal Adeptus Mechanicus miniatures from the Rogue Trader period of Warhammer 40K.
📷4011 Adeptus Mechanicus 03
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus 01 BO 88
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus 02 BO 88
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus 03 BO ?
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Servitor 04 BO 88
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Squat Servitor 05 BO 88
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Servitor 06 BO 88
- 4011 Adeptus Mechanicus Servitor 07 BO 88
