Hey guys, my first post on this forum, and my first 40k army =) Loved the Witchhunters so much, had to start an army of them even though they are all metal. So far ive got 2 10 Sister squads painted up, and converted a Canoness... so i know how much everyone loves pics.... here they are =)

Squad 1 -






Squad 2 -






Canoness Conversion to be painted next. Keep in mind this is my first greenstuff work ever... -






Cheers for looking guys. Happy gaming!

I think these are very nice. Army will look brilliant

Well done !

Keep going the good job !

I can't wait to see more photos

That is some very nice conversion work there on your Cannoness. I love Sisters of Battle but the price tag and GW axing the boxed set just leaves me bitter on buying them.

Yeah, they are expensive. I managed to grab a good deal from ebay for the mass of metal required.

Like i said, the plan next is to paint up the canoness. Then i have a small but legal army. I have started on one of the rhino's, and decided i dont like painting tanks as much as infantry but it is the first tank ive painted, as ive only painted single miniatures before, so it will probably get more fun as i get used to them =)

Those are looking really nice, have always been a Sister of Battle fan myself.
Looking forward to seeing the Canoness painted.
I think the bases work really well with them ( Dragonforge Sanctuary, if I'm not mistaken) I would love to do that myself.
I love the colour scheme, think it is really striking, and I'm looking forward to seeing the army once its done.
I would say however that with the pale skin tone and light hair colour, it does seem to meld together, I personally would go for a slightly darker shade for the hair.
Hope this helps.

superspud wrote:I would say however that with the pale skin tone and light hair colour, it does seem to meld together, I personally would go for a slightly darker shade for the hair.
Hope this helps.

I see what you mean, but i wanted both blonde hair and i prefered the pale skin to a darker method i tried. I'll try dark lining in between them, see if it helps. Thankyou for input. It is appreciated.

I've primed the canoness and sat down and was about to apply some paint, but i stopped myself. I wanted my HQ and character models to be better painted than the standard sisters, and so im doing a bit of research and a test model on a new gold recipe first. I have made some progress on my first rhino though..

WIP






If you have any thought's at all on how i can improve any of what im doing, please comment. I'm not easily offended =p

Cheers guys!

Really nice stuff here. I would like to see some of the white from your infantry color scheme on your rhino. The gold on the rhino is nicely done, but a bit overpowering. Perhaps where the headlight covers are and the side exhausts? But i really like it otherwise. Keep it up

Looks great! very good gs work!

Interesting colour scheme, not many yellow SoB forces out there.

Leigen_Zero wrote:Interesting colour scheme, not many yellow SoB forces out there.

Yellow SoBmarine ?

I would say golden sisters !

So i've been testing gold recipes today, and whilst its not finished, or perfected (or highlighted yet heh) I can see its coming out alot richer with this method... What do you think?



Im intending to use it for my character models, as its taking quite alot longer than my normal troop method. I was about to start the highlights, when a package i'd been waiting for arrived, which destroyed my plans to try and finish it this afternoon, as i was so excited (quite worryingly so actually) to mock up what will be my living saint....





Before i got the pieces, i was worried the backpack might look wrong, but i actually quite like it. I also received a set of pegasus wings but they didnt look right in my eyes (ive seen quite afew conversions with them on celestine which havent "wowed" me).... What do you think? is the pack too big?

Oooh, those pieces work really well together.
I had a conversion of Celestine using pegasus wings, and whilst I liked it at the time, I agree that it doesn't have the WOW factor that this has.
It almost looks like the parts are from the same kit.
Keep up the good work.

Oh and that seraphim is coming along nicely, how do you paint the gold, if you don't mind me asking.

Wow, they look fantastic!!

superspud wrote:
Oh and that seraphim is coming along nicely, how do you paint the gold, if you don't mind me asking.

Well its a very rough recipe atm, but it was basically,

white primer
2 coats - 1 part [GW]Snakebite Leather : 2 parts [VGC]Polished Gold
4 coats - [VGC]Polished Gold (EDIT: pain in the rear, because this particular paint will seperate when you thin it this much, ended up stiring after every other paint load. But decided to stic with it. I wanted it as smooth as possible, as im new to glazing, and wanted to set up as smoother surface as possible for next steps)
Then i started applying thinned Sepia wash (about 1 part wash 2 parts water). This was more of a glaze tbh, but i tried to let it pool a little in the recesses. Same again with devlan mud in more shaded areas. Then glaze sunburst yellow all over. And after that i started with leviathan purple in shadow (doesnt show up well in the pic).

And the highlighting to come. Thinking on it now, i'll probably have to half the glazing again now once high lights are done. Next time might have to rethink the order i do it. Silly me heh. Should be done tomorrow, and ill make sure the colours are exact in the pic when it is done.

Thanks again for comments. I do appreciate them. Great for motivation.

Have fun!

I really like your sisters.

The Canoness Conversion is great I think you have done a really good job on the new pose.

The Rhino is lookinggreat as well, I've yet to paint my first tank and I'm very nervous about it.

Loving the gold its a very warm colour.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work

Great conversion with Celestine here ! I love it.

Your golden armour are very stylish also, that's a nice and clean colour.

I hope to see these miniatures finished soon. Too bad I can't do something so great with my sisters of the Choir Carmine !

I'm jealous; Your first 40k army is leaps and bounds beyond mine. Absolutely love what you're doing though.

GiraffeX wrote:The Rhino is lookinggreat as well, I've yet to paint my first tank and I'm very nervous about it.

I was the same. Large flat area's for me to screw up on, No Thanks! Tbh, it wasnt really as difficult as i thought it would be, but i get scared of new stuff also =) I will say though that if you have any way of spraying the basecoat of vehicles, do so. Otherwise thin the paint quite alot. It'll take longer obviously, but those flat surfaces do show brush strokes pretty easily. And use a big brush and always try to paint in the same direction if possible - afew of the tips i was given which helped alot.

Grenat wrote:Great conversion with Celestine here ! I love it.

Your golden armour are very stylish also, that's a nice and clean colour.

I hope to see these miniatures finished soon. Too bad I can't do something so great with my sisters of the Choir Carmine !

Cheers =) The Celestine whilst im itching to paint, need a bit more prep work before I take a stab at it. Also need to think over the base. Any pics of your sisters anywhere? I love looking at other peoples armies =) Especially Sisters!

LightningClawsFTW wrote:I'm jealous; Your first 40k army is leaps and bounds beyond mine. Absolutely love what you're doing though.

Well, it is my first 40k army, but i have painted quite afew single mini's in the past, mostly Anima Tactics stuff and afew other sculpts. I had a problem in the past when i was speeding through trying to get things done quickly, and it really didnt pay off for me =) So i slowed it down. That gold on the serephim i did above is only half finished, and took me a good 60mins (although i was experimenting, so it took longer) but yeah. Just taking my time. Cheers for the compliment =)

More work on the gold, pretty much finished. My camera is being a pain today, and the lights all wierd here in my conservatory. Been trying to get the pics as close as possible, these where the closest 2.... the actual look of the model is somewhere in the middle. Really need to get a proper photo booth set up ^^

EDIT: With better light, i got a better photo -




Basecoating the Canoness now =)

wholy freakin moly man these are some hot pics on this thred!

Hey again guys. Been chipping away at the Canoness between work (which has been pretty heavy this week). Here is the WIP -



I need afew opinions =) First is on freehand... never done any before. Do you think i should do a design along the Eviscerator? Something not too difficult =) And second is the base. I want to add something cool to it, i just cant decide what that cool thing is =) Any ideas will be appreciated.

She's looking very nice S'jet.

In regards to your questions, I'd try a few designs out on paper before you commit something to the mini. I think it looks nice as it is but it all depends on what you can come up with.

The base being rock/stone takes away a few options but you could do some sort of worn free hand symbol on the ground or a tuft of grass or something.

I have an example of one of the army painter tufts in my mini project blog in my sig, you can pick them up from Maelstrom Games online. You could have it coming from where the rock she's standing on meets the ground.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Awesome log, i'll be watching this one, can't wait to see Celestine done, beautiful model, got one myself just to paint up and is the only model I've ever finished painting haha. The gold just looks magnificent.

Looking great so far.

Your cannoness is really going to kick asses !

For the free hand, I recommend a recurring symbol, perhaps a variation on the Fleur de Lys.
You can also try to get inspiration from classic (french) heraldry wich is very close to what can be expected from sisters.

That said, for the sword, the difficulty is likely to harmonize the symbol with the relative length ...

So, i've finished the Canoness. Decided in the end not to add freehand yet. Not happy with afew things, the backpack pole/book mostly. Prehaps once i've finished some other elements of the army i'll come back to it...

Your order is sweet looking, keep up the great work.

Very impressive.

Love the canoness conversion from the Retributor body. I'm a fan of the retributor models since, other than the actual canoness, it is the closest we get to a easily convertable mini.

Pretty darn impressive work! If you keep this up you will be the envy of many!

Heres a pic of the Order so far..



So up next is either Rhino's, Celestian's or Serephim.... which would you like to see?

The paint is very nice and your "first ever" greenstuff work certainly doesn't look like a first time great work

Very nice army. Your polished gold looks really good on the last couple you did. I'm going to try out your method. I've been messing around with gold recently but I've got a kinda dark weathered look going on.

pretre wrote:Very impressive.

Love the canoness conversion from the Retributor body. I'm a fan of the retributor models since, other than the actual canoness, it is the closest we get to a easily convertable mini.

Too true =) Give plastics already!

logg_frogg wrote:Pretty darn impressive work! If you keep this up you will be the envy of many!

Thanks =) Still much to improve on however =)

NecronBender wrote:The paint is very nice and your "first ever" greenstuff work certainly doesn't look like a first time great work

Well, technically, i had to redo each part about 3 times before it was right, but i still count it as first try =p

Wazzdig Dagga wrote:Very nice army. Your polished gold looks really good on the last couple you did. I'm going to try out your method. I've been messing around with gold recently but I've got a kinda dark weathered look going on.

Cool thanks =) here is the final recipe -

White primer
1 part [GW]Snakebite Leather : 2 parts [VGC]Polished Gold
[VGC]Polished Gold till even
Highlight by adding mithril.
Shading - thinned Sepia, thinned Devlan
Glazing - Sunburst Yellow all over (obviously very thin, i think i did 2, maybe 3 glazes....stop when i looks right to you)
Leviathan Purple in deep shadows, also 1-2 glazes in not-so-deep shadows (lol, cant think how to word it)
Touch up Highlights

What would you like to see next guys and gals? Tanks, Celestians, or Serephim?

Canoness looks awesome along with the reat of the army

Kinda curious about that missile setup on the left, can we get a pic?

and I vote Seraphim

I vote for a seraphim squad :p

Sisters of batlle YAY It has been a while since I last saw these.

There looking even better than last time I saw them.
Very intrigued by your Exorcist, can't wait to see a closer pic.

In terms of what next I'd vote for Celestines. Whichever you choose though will no doubt look awesome.

Really nice work here, and the cannoness conversion is cool! That's a really good mini from GW with all those bits, I bought a few of them to convert up too.

The new pics on the GW site of the new Scourges have made things hard for my Seraphim. The feathered wings are sexy, and having trouble deciding whether to wait to convert them if i can get my hands on some of those wings, or use the standard jumppacks. Either way i need to wait, as im waiting for a Balisica Administratum box to make some decent flying bases, and might try adding afew of the bits from that kit to the tanks also. So Seraphim whilst i want to do next, will have to wait.

Celestians I also want to be interesting and ive been playing around with different superior models to try get some dynamic poses. So for now, i think ill try finish the Rhino i have started, and maybe after do the second Rhino also. Whilst we are on the subject of tanks, afew people asked about the Exorcist i have mocked up. The launcher is the Catalyst Launcher from Quantum Gothic.



Obviously this is nowhere near done. Just wanted to get a feel for how it would look. I plan on making 2 Exorcists with these launchers, and possibly getting 1 of the standard Exorcists as well =)

Cheers guys

I have to say I really like the use of those Catalyst launchers on the Exorcist. The gold is really impressive as well. Can't wait to see your take on the Inquisitor and co as well!

The launcher is cool, but 3 rockets isnt enough, needs more dakka. A thought I had might be to kitbash a second missile section beside the first one on the same base, mount them in a V (somehow, I have no idea how it would be done).... then a small box like device in the lower part of the V for the targetting array, so it looks like an upside down A

Sorry if what I said sounds crazy, it didnt seem that way in my head before typing.

I really like the way your army is taking shape and your painting is very cool.

Think the missile launcher look fits perfectly with the look and feel of the sisters. Sure, you could say more missiles, but I'd be more worried about having it look good than realistic

Immediate subscription. I'm loving this project.

Your army looks fantastic! I don't see to many well painted sister armies. Hell I don't even see to many sister armies at all. Keep it coming. I would love to line my little men up across the table from this army.

Those sisters look awsome, can't wait to see the finished result.

And i too agree about the missile launchers, i think the semi cathedral look makes it look legit Sisterly.

Nice sisters! I agree about the launcher, it fits really well with the sisters. I thought at first that I had missed a forgeworld model or something.

The launcher is fantastic looking. I always liked the GW version myself, but that is a very cool looking alternative.

Okay, now my next exorcist will be one with a catalyst launcher ! That's amazing O.O

Nice work, and good greenstuff for your first work. Keep it up. Subscribed to this one!

So today, apparently, i was bored, and went mental on the side of one of my Rhino's. So yeah, it looks like its really been through the rimmer. My first tank weathering attempt. Used some Tamiya weathering master on the lower half. I may add more, plus some soot once i get the other set.



The Fleur on the side still isnt finished =)

I must say I am as impressed as the rest of them! it's not often you see a sisters force and this one is truly unique! you've got some excellent conversions going on and an inspirational paint job that is, if i may be so brash..beautiful! please just keep us updated, i'm really enjoying this blog and those mini's.... just awesome!

Thanks Nerd, been looking at your project also, very nice =)

I've had the odd half an hour here and there to continue the weathering, just half the other side and the back and the stormbolter hatch left to do. Afew questions for you guys. I was planning on painting white rectangles with text on them on certain parts.... where do you think it would look best? I was thinking a scroll type one on the front somewhere, along with an Order symbol (which i still havent thought up) and some not on the sideward facing of the exhaust parts that are parallel, but the small bits that are angling into the tank (did that make sense? =/

Also, the white rim you see on the stormbolter hatch, leave it white? or change it? it looks funny to me.

And one last thing, i need ideas for my Order symbol, Order of the Crimson Tear =) I want something cool, but not rediculius to paint =)



Thanks guys.

An outline of a white eye with a red teardrop on a golden background? Something like that would fit and could be simple.

Kinda like an eye of horus, but in red?

The weathering looks good but you need some more patches in a different direction. ATM, all the damage is at the same gradient and it looks a little odd, some scars perpendicular to that and it would look great...

Thered tear drop in the Order markings is a given, i'm just trying to work out what goes around it. Some sort of eye is a logical step. I'm not too keen on the egyptian look though i'm sorry to say, though i appreciate your input Deminyn =) Sisters are more of a gothic influence. And thanks Crazy, your idea may lead to another idea, which in turn leads to another idea..... reminds me of domino's (for some odd reason)

Imperial Monkey wrote:The weathering looks good but you need some more patches in a different direction. ATM, all the damage is at the same gradient and it looks a little odd, some scars perpendicular to that and it would look great...

I hear what you're saying. It probably is a little too uniform, but then again with this volume of weathering, i think if it was completely haphazard, it would also look wierd. If i'm honest, i dont really enjoy doing this much weathering. That's probably why it is taking me so long to finish. Not much motivation to finish it at all, which is a first for me. Dont get me wrong, for my first vehicle I like the way it's coming out, but it just takes too damn long heh. On future tanks i'll probably take the weathering down a notch. The good thing about this sort of thing is it is one of the last steps in painting a tank, so i can always add more later. I'll also try out different types of weathering (like bullet holes, melted sections etc) which might be a little more fun to paint.

What about you guys? Do you enjoy painting tanks or infantry most? For me its infantry all the way.

Maybe a weeping skull as an emblem, you could just use the piles of skull water transfers that we all seem to have and just paint some red tears onto it.

And yes, infantry are more fun to paint, imo.

Hey, I was thinking you can go with the schematic eye INSIDE the tear drop, what do you think ? That will be simple and efficient.

About painting : I am not good at this. But tanks are hell for me, even more than infantry !


Edit : Btw, I must think about a symbol on my own for my Order of Choir Carmine. Any thoughts ?

The weathering looks great. Its not too weird to have the scrapes in one direction though. I mean if you ram your tank against something then the same object will scrape in more than one location and the direction of the damage will be pretty similar. You just need to think about what your tank has been through

Hey guys. Sorry for lack of updates over the last week. I've been away on holidays (to greece, very nice time) and so havent done hardly any work on my gals since then, but the night before i went away i did finish the seraphim pre paint. I will be adding a bit more rubble (small chopped up things and sand) to the bases.



The 2 days i've been back from holidays have been raining so no chance to Prime them yet. Hopefully we'll get afew days of dry weather here in the UK soon!

The Rhino is still not fully finished. But i now know exactly what i want to do with it, so shouldnt be too long. I think the way for me to get around painting Rhino hulls is to paint them all in one go. So soon i will build my other Rhinos, 1 Immolator, and 2 Exorcists and work them all at the same time, and break up the painting with other units. Otherwise I think i'll go insane have to effectively repeat the same thing over and over.

Sounds like a good plan Grenat. I've been playing with afew ideas still. I also thought the Adeptus Ministorum icon but instead of a skull in the "halo" part at the top, put a tear drop instead. As for your Order icon, hmm, i'll have a think heh. I'm rubbish at making up icons as you can see.

Flinty, thanks =) I think it looks ok. Like i have said, the weathering was mostly to break up the mass of gold threatening to blind me.

Hey guys. Things have been going pretty slow here, or I underestimated how long these models would take to paint, one or the other. I've only completed half the Serephim atm and starting the second half asap. I tried some freehand on the parchment i greenstuffed on, which came out not the best, but ok. I also noticed when resizing the photos that i have missed afew things (like purity seal parchment etc). I also need to choose a colour for the orb type bits on the backpacks. Any ideas?




Back to the painting desk for me... have fun! =)

I think the orbs look fine black, but maybe red would look good, and it would keep the palette limited as well.

Yes, i was juggling between Red, Black, Silver, and green (could fit as it's my grenade/seal colour). May add some highlights to the black, see how it looks =) Thanks

Yeah, though the green might end up a bit overrepresented on the model, overpowering the other colours, or it could look great

Great, S'jet ! As always !

These golden seraph are going to inflict awe to all their opponents.
I love your freehand work on the parchments. I would like to be able to do something like that on my sister. I will give it a try, when I will be sure that my painting skills have improved a little...

I would say black or somewhat red, for thes orbos. I think there is enough green with grenades and seals.

When is your next game ?

S'jet wrote:May add some highlights to the black, see how it looks =)

Looking great S'jet, I think trying a highlight on the black should look good.

Havent planned my next game yet Grenat. Works been pretty crazy, and concentrating on painting in my spare time. I plan to start playing more if/when this WD codex that's been rumored comes around (or not). It's actually made me rethink my army building order also. What if there is Repressors in the new dex (i know there are forgeworld rules, but....) and i've just painted up 3 Rhino's..... So the Tank i have pretty much finished painting is once again going back to the painting bourd once the other 4 Seraphim are done. I'll be swapping out the turret for the immolator, and making it the transport for my canoness & celestians. Will be adding some extra's to it, but its a safe option, as immolators are unlikely to change as an option for celestians.

The Rhino hull's i now have partially built (which i was planning to paint soon) are on hold for a bit, as im seriously considering converting to Repressors. I've got Plasticard etc, and i think i can pull it off. The main problem will be the Bulldozer Blades. There's too many new things im learning last few months heh, but gotta try them all right?! =)

So my workbench order atm is 4 Seraphim, Finish Immolator, 2 Exorcists (which will need some plasticard love too).

I plan to start playing more if/when this WD codex that's been rumored comes around (or not). It's actually made me rethink my army building order also

Yey, I have the same thought currently...
These news seemed pretty crazy sometimes ago, but I think we must be ready to do with it, very soon...

And your work is great, so take the time you need, in what order suits you the most. We will be more than ready to see your beautiful results !

Hey guys. I know this blogs been dead a long time, had afew second thoughts with the new "dex" business, and wanted to see how it would turn out. I nearly sold all my sisters, but in the end decided to see this project through. With that said, i wanted a "pick-me-up" project. Although it isnt a SoB mini, I have been playing with alot of gold recipe's in the last 6 months and wanted to see if i could paint the NMM like the WD tutorial, plus i had the sanguinor body left over from the conversion of my Living Saint.

Some of the blends arnt perfect, and the white highlights are a little thick in places, but i can tidy those up at the end. I know its unoriginal and you've seen it all before, but any advice on hows it going would be appreciated.



Cheers
S'jet

Looks pretty bloody good to me!!

Imperial Monkey wrote:Looks pretty bloody good to me!!

I'll second that, I wish I could get my gold to look like that.

Sisters should get a better (real) codex when 6th Edition comes out.

Cheers guys. I think next time i try this, i'll try and make it a shade lighter. It doesnt have the "glow" i was aiming for.

Great look you have going on your NMM.

Hey guys. Not a massive update as i've been ill, but work on the gold continues....



A More accurate pic than the last.

Cheers.

So yeah, long time no update! I've got a problem which some seem to have, and thats not sticking with 1 project for the time required to see it through. I've actually nearly finished a whole Wood Elves Army, started some Dark Eldar and painted the odd mini i liked in my absence. I'm actually really glad I finally got my sister bug back.

I decided this time round to do a larger batch. So we have 11 bolter sisters, 2 flamers, 3 meltaguns, 1 multi-melta, 4 heavy bolters and 4 superiors, plus an imaginifier i had which i thought i'd add for no particular reason =p The gold armour is finished, and i've tidied up any mistakes ready for the next steps....



Nothing really of note as far as conversion go apart from this one -



I needed another superior with combiflamer for my second dominion squad, so slapped that one together from a spare seraphim model i had.

This is all the standard power armour models i'm going to need for the army. After comes the painting of 3 Rhino's, 2-3 Immolaters, 2 Exorcists. And then Uriah+cult+Rhino. Finish up my Seraphim Squad which is nearly finished already, and then Celestine, and possibly a Repentia squad. Hoping I can stick with it this time.

Cheers guys! Back to work!

I've really enjoyed your blog so far, so it's great to see an update The gold on the armor is coming along nicely, and I'm liking the superior's combi flamer.

Cheers!

Great to see a sisters army, especially one that looks so great! +1

How did you convert that Superior? Its a Seraphim as a base but how did you cut it?

Thanks and great work

@prime12357 - Good to be back =) Cheers!

@Thatguy91 - Thanks! I'm just glad they arnt sitting in a draw anymore =)

@Celtic Strike - Well, originally a long time back, i was going to convert my Seraphim to have twin inferno pistols. So i cut the hand flamer hands off (literally just the gloves, which go right up to the elbow on most sisters) carefully. Cant remember if i used a razorsaw or pliers, i think a saw. Then i drilled the holes for the pins with a pinvice. The sword arm is obviously from the canoness blister, all i did was smooth out the rounded surface to the right angle. The other arm holding the combi weapon is just a plastic arm i had, think its a dark eldar warrior arm.

Glad to see you got the bug back, I've just started to pick some Sisters up as well although I wont be working on them till next year.

Solid day at work today, so was pretty tired when i got home. Nearly didnt paint anything, but i forced myself and really glad i did. Managed to basecoat the black for the metals, and get the first layer of red down. Bed time!

Thanks, its looking good.

Gave me an idea for my army

Looking cool! Is it possible to get any closeups? I want to admire the red

@Celtic Strike - Here is the second of the pair of convertions i was going to do a similar thing with this model... I can see the tell-tale sign of clipper marks in the center of the cut, so must have used clippers at least for that arm. Hope that helps.




@prime12357 - the red looks baaaaad right now. So....no =p It needs another coat!

S'jet wrote:the red looks baaaaad right now. So....no =p It needs another coat!

Fair enough

Quick progress report. Starting to come together...



Things left to do -
Red Highlight
White - robes+details
Faces
Green - Grenades/Purity seal wax/Lenses
Pouches
H.Bolter ammo feeds
Backpack flames, Barrel Burns, Parchment etc

Hah! The red is nice

Update time! Whilst it may not look like i've done much, if you consider the amount of details on sister models, it actually takes a whole bunch of time.

Approx. 80 Fleur de Lys, 30 Skulls and 25 " I-quila's", plus all the faces and lenses later, it shouldnt be long before these gals are done.







Some things arn't perfect, but i now understand that for me, if i want an army done some time this century, i'm gunna have to stop at "good enough" sometimes.

The faces look really great, and the gold is as good as ever. I'd consider them quite "good enough," though I feel that they need something to set off the rather warm colors. The green of the grenades and seals seems to work, but I feel that it may need to be expressed more. Perhaps something on the bases?

Hey guys. Here is what we are lookin at now. I'm really happy with it =D Sorry for poor images, i'll get better ones later. Too late to set everything up now.







Metal Boxes next.

Have fun!

One vote here for the exorcist first.

=) I've ordered 2 more Rhino kits, and am thinking how i can make them a bit more SoB'ish. I want them to have a good dose of Gothic. And i've been looking for some artwork to try out some crazy freehand madness on top of the Rhino's.

I love the scheme of the army. Simple and striking, very fit for SoB.

Awesome work so far, kuddos !

Slow progress on the tanks. Reason being im trying new things. The immolator earlier in the thread was my first tank, and whilst i was ok with it, the weathering did drive me a bit crazy. I've seen good results from the hairspray technique, and wanted to try it.



The Rhino on the left was the first try, with salt. Lets just say i dont like it much. I put too much salt on, and the tools i used (alot of toothbrush) left the paint damage in massive area's and it was very hard to control. I also disliked the colour coming through once the gold had been chipped off.

The Rhino on the right was my second try which i think is more what i wanted in the first place. I didnt use salt on this one and i darkened the brown undercoat.. I also used smaller tools (toothpick, the tip of a file, and my sculpting tool) to gain alot more control over the marks i was leaving. If i used salt again, i think i could control it alot better, but i think i'd rather not use it at all.

I'm far from mastering this yet but just thought i'd share my experiments into tank painting!

@Seb - Thanks! I'm glad i stuck with this scheme. =)

OMG these are Amazing! Keep up the Incredible work. I love the gold armor it just pops. Amazing conversions just beautiful.

Dude that is an insane amount of hotness you have going on there, keep it up.

Inspiring, I really miss my old sisters, I got rid of them when they went to mail order only, you make me regret it xD

Great blog! Haven't seen any note worthy sisters for a long time, these are fantastic and you have some nice little conversions thrown in thee too.

Your converted sister superiors and cannoness are really cool. Do you plan on adding any repentia to the army?

Thankyou all for comments! I took a small break from sisters to paint up my 6-weekly Dark eldar unit, but will be back working on the tanks tomorrow.

I've built my 2 Exorcists, so the first job is to get the gold and weathering done on those. Then i can continue on all the tank's at once (except Jacobus Rhino). I really like the exorcists turrets!




@Shredsmore Will possibly be adding a Repentia Squad, but it wont be till the end.. =)

The weathering looks ace with the gold, and as I've said, the exorcists are awesome. What's gonna happen with Jacobus' ride?

Yeah those Exorcists do look very nice

Not 100% sure what im doing with jacobus and his unit yet. I'm thinking more red... =)

Sisters are looking excellent dude... not enough love for the girls from GW if you ask me.

Plastic kits and a proper codex would have won me over and I'd have went all out, still, I salute your efforts with the most expensive 40k force anybody could choose!

What kind of points total have you amassed?