[Cripsin]

I posted this on the witch hunters forum and got no response, so I thought I'd move it over to you guys;

I've been messing about with small pieces of the witch hunters list for about a year now, mainly because I like the style of the models and the renaissance sort of feels to the inquisitors, but I've only attached them to my guard army, but I've decided to go for it.

My idea is that of an extended retinue theme. The fluff often mentions that inquisitors often accumulate retinues of up to 150 followers to accomplish specific tasks, plus the reams of added support from the imperial navy, guard marines and such. So why not try to field this as an army? My fluff plan is that my inquisitor has been working with the imperial guard for many years (partially due to an overabundance of models), and has been siphoning off the best troops for his personnel guard, proceeding to train equip and indoctrinate them for his personal use.

This personal guard would form the basis of the army, and here's the controversial bit. They would be represented by sisters of battle rules.

Conversion wise, I'll use guardsmen with bolters, and added pieces of amour, but with a renaissance feel. I'll be using lot's of empire bits to achieve this, and allot of gold in the colour scheme to suggest the quality of the equipment.

Here's a couple of pictures that I knocked up, unfortunately my digital camera is broken, so I've had to make do with my phone, I'll try and get some decent ones up sometime though. The first is my basic 'sister of battle' Ive done 4 of these now, and the second is a heavier looking chimera I put together for my inquisitor, I've also done a seraphim, but am not sure about it, so will leave that for the minute.

Do these look viable? Or is the scheme a bit hairbrained? Any ideas for improvement?