This metal Rogue Trader-era miniature was just marked as “Inquisitor” in the Feb 1988 RT1 flyer, but he appears to have been sculpted based on the Martin McKenna artwork of Inquisitor Obiwan Sherlock Closeau from the RT rulebook.
1987 on the rear of the tab. Sculpted by Bob Naismith (as per FB via Rogue Heresy).
Martin McKenna created the art for the Rogue Trader rulebook (p.142) which this miniature seems based on:
The accompanying text, in part:
Interesting that it’s skin tight power armour, and that the weapon he has is described as a power sword.
Painted 2nd May 2026:
It was a bit of an odd mini to paint – the pants/cloak situation wasn’t going to stand up to close scrutiny so I didn’t worry about it too much, and while the right hand weapon looks a bit more like a shotgun than a power sword (or chainsword like the artwork, no teeth) I went with hazard stripes because…. well, why not.
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