This past week I returned to the hobby-desk to expand my 40K Inquisitorial retinue.
This is Kane Corso and 'Daisy'. They are an Arbitrator K9C Hunter/Seeker team originally part of the Adeptus Abites police
force (think of a grittier, more nihilistic version of Judge Dredd and you pretty much have it), but are now valued
members of Inquisitor Rochel-Perez's retinue of espionage operatives,
detectives and combat specialists.
This
set of miniatures was released (I believe) as part of a Forge World
special event several years ago. As can be imagined, they are quite hard
to come by these days unless you know the right, ahem, contacts. In this case the source is a company named, quite appropriately, Black Market Miniatures.
Anyway, I made a cautiously small order and was pleasantly surprised to
receive my figures promptly, wonderfully packaged and beautifully cast
in near-faultless resin.
I've
painted Kane in dark green half armour, carrying a stun baton and a K9C
sensory readout that is wirelessly linked to to his Cyber-Mastiff
'Daisy'.
He
is festooned with purity seals indicating that he's been anointed by a
priest of the Imperial cult, marking him as a man who has seen, or is
about to see, some nasty, nasty things.
'Daisy'
is a heavily augmented Mastiff. I was going to suggest she may be a
Cane Corso (an Italian dog breed), but thought that would make a better name for
her handler. :) She's obviously seen better days, what with all her roughly installed battle augmetics and heavy burn scaring along
her flanks.
A
good portion of her skeleton and musculature has been replaced with a
reinforced chassis, various cybernetics and a bunch of neural injectors for
pain-suppression, heightened senses and adrenaline boosting.
Yes, it seems that the SPCA is sadly absent in the 41st millennium.
Yes, it seems that the SPCA is sadly absent in the 41st millennium.
She's seen here going 'walkies' with her owner. I wonder if Kane cares about 'Imperial On-Leash Ordinances', or the fact that he's neglected to bring along any poo-bags?
Somehow I suspect not.