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Greetings all..

I am looking to get back into fielding a pure Sisters army.. Unfortunatly due to life and all that jazz I had to get rid of all my girls. After being out of the hobby for a few years, I wanted to get some info from the pros about what I should be on the lookout for.. The general point sinks, any advice, or bones you could throw my way would be awesome..

So, on to the topic.. I have been piddling around with Sisters painter and came up with the following schemes..

They aint exactly the most inspired set of colur schemes. But I dont think they are too bad.

So, what do you yall think??

wiat for a proper plastic kit is my advice.

Since they have been whispering about that for damn near a decade now.. I wasnt planning on hllding my breath..

It this a conformed item now ??

With exception of the third (which, with exception of the helmet visor, looks like the Order of Our Martyred Lady), these colour schemes would violate the "official" Sororitas colour codes - only throwing this out there in case you might care but didn't know, though.

Personally, of this selection I like the 1st and the 4th one best. The former because of the "French knight" vibe and the latter due to the monk-style brown robes. :3

brother-kormak wrote:It this a conformed item now ??

Nah, still just rumours in various forms. Actually, I don't think GW confirms anything before release these days.

The last two, (and the 4th to a degree) look a bit like a military color scheme. It's actually not bad and I know I've seen the scheme used on some space marines before.
The third one looks nice for a darker and more brutal look, as if SoB aren't already dark and brutal on the battlefield.
I don't have much of an opinion of the second, doesn't really draw me in.
The first one however, I rather like the color scheme and I've seen blue painted sisters before. But if it's THAT blue, you might hear the term Smurfette a little more often than you'd like. hehe

If you've got some personal fluff for your army, I would imagine your paint scheme should be based on that.
Otherwise, I'd say number 3 or 4.

The blue. Sisters look best with light and bright, and the first one is the only one that comes close. You may want to consider that blue with white, or a light grey with a more cyan colored blue.

Number 6, with number 5 for the higher ranks.

I love the green ones, haven't sern SOB painted like that, bit I think it'll look darn good!

//Calle

The first one. Blue. Absolutely. (and that way you can just buy the Privateer Press Cygnar paint sets, although applying PP paints to Warhammer figures may cause an extreme exothermic reaction and explode, destroying all traces of that heresy)

Lynata-
as I mentioned I had to sell off all my stuff.. Fluff books, codex, everything.. Do you mind dropping me a line to a reliable weblink ?? Or perhaps allowing me to pick your encycopedic mind ?

otakutaylor-
I did borrow a few SM schemes.. I was just too curious if they would look good flipped from Astartes to the Soroitas.. I have no fluff wrote up yet.. I need to re-aquire some books to replace the ones i lost..

Ailaros-
KK appreciate the time and the comments..

Jag_Calle-
I am leaning that way as well.. Thanks !

azazel the cat-
lol, I like the sheer heretical mindset you have there..


Thanks for the time and comments everyone.. If its all kosher with yall I might just run this thread as my progress with these girls..

Greetings all..

So looks like I made a desicion on the paint scheme..

Going to go with the Od green armour, with khaki/leather skirts and sleeves..

Should break down like this..

Once I start painting, chances are I will pick out the white trim with gold or bronze for the higher ranking Soroitas..

Neat.

Good luck and enjoy building up your force! And if you need further info on any of the articles I mentioned in the PM, just drop me a line.

Faith Unfailing!

Take a living saint, they are awesome. Your opponent will hate you for it but they are awesome.

brother-kormak wrote:Greetings all..

So looks like I made a desicion on the paint scheme..

Going to go with the Od green armour, with khaki/leather skirts and sleeves..

Should break down like this..

Once I start painting, chances are I will pick out the white trim with gold or bronze for the higher ranking Soroitas..

Looks nice. I've not seen sisters painted in anything but black or red armor, ever, so I liked the idea of the blue or green armor. You'll have to post up some picks of some finished models/units. If you don't alreayd have them you'll want to get the recent white dwarf issues that have the new SoB codex in them. There are some complaints, but I like that they have changed the acts of faith somewhat to make them more unit specific and less confusing overall.

Skriker

Skriker wrote:There are some complaints, but I like that they have changed the acts of faith somewhat to make them more unit specific and less confusing overall.

A moment please, I have my flamethrower here somewhere ... stay still.

Lynata wrote:

Skriker wrote:There are some complaints, but I like that they have changed the acts of faith somewhat to make them more unit specific and less confusing overall.

A moment please, I have my flamethrower here somewhere ... stay still.

lol
Some folks like the new 'codex'.

Hah, nothing wrong with that, I guess - if it works for them, cool.

I just miss the variety, though this does extend to far more things than the ability to choose different Acts of Faith for various units rather than triggering one and the same "special ability" again and again.

The new 'dex actually has a few bits that I like (such as the idea of rolling faith anew each turn), but some I just cannot grow friendly to.

Buuuut we probably shouldn't digress from the original topic - all the rage on the new minidex has been discussed to death ... pardon, martyrdom already elsewhere, anyways.

For me it also has to do with the fact that one of my regular opponents was playing witchhunters and every time he used a power of faith it took 10+minutes for him to decide which one and remember how it worked and put it out only for us to realize he was once again reading it wrong and it didn't work the way he assumed and he would then cancel the action and we would have wasted 20 minutes by then.

That is why I am happy that they changed the acts of faith.

Skriker

Skriker wrote:For me it also has to do with the fact that one of my regular opponents was playing witchhunters and every time he used a power of faith it took 10+minutes for him to decide which one and remember how it worked and put it out only for us to realize he was once again reading it wrong and it didn't work the way he assumed and he would then cancel the action and we would have wasted 20 minutes by then.

That is why I am happy that they changed the acts of faith.

Skriker

And this is why I recommend reading your rulebook before you play a game. lol

That's not the fault of the old C:WH.

pretre wrote:And this is why I recommend reading your rulebook before you play a game. lol

That usually helps immensely...

Skriker

pretre wrote:

Skriker wrote:For me it also has to do with the fact that one of my regular opponents was playing witchhunters and every time he used a power of faith it took 10+minutes for him to decide which one and remember how it worked and put it out only for us to realize he was once again reading it wrong and it didn't work the way he assumed and he would then cancel the action and we would have wasted 20 minutes by then.

That is why I am happy that they changed the acts of faith.

Skriker

And this is why I recommend reading your rulebook before you play a game. lol

That's not the fault of the old C:WH.

It took me quite a few games to really "get" the WH dex's version of Acts of Faith to the point I barely had to look things up anymore. When I did look things up after that, it was mainly to make sure whether the particular Act required "under" or "over."

But I had my book at hand the whole time, so I was able to just open it up and read it. I did spend about 2-3 minutes a few times a game reading the Acts of Faith section to see if there was anything helpful I could use in that situation, but eventually I learned the rough idea of what they all did, so I didn't have to do that anymore.

I like the blue?

Lynata wrote:With exception of the third (which, with exception of the helmet visor, looks like the Order of Our Martyred Lady), these colour schemes would violate the "official" Sororitas colour codes - only throwing this out there in case you might care but didn't know, though.

Sororitas colour codes? When I was doing a bit of research for painting up a squad of sisters (hoping to do that within the next week) I gave the codex a quick flick through. I thought there was leeway for the minor convents to have their own colourschemes? It said something about them evolving their own colours, traditions and heraldry?

Sister's that aren't in black power armor just look odd to me.

What I've found that works pretty well is just variying the color of the combat cloak and trim.

I generally think power armour should be dull but with an ornate trim 'n' of course, intricate cloth work, iconography, etc.

Henners91 wrote:Sororitas colour codes? When I was doing a bit of research for painting up a squad of sisters (hoping to do that within the next week) I gave the codex a quick flick through. I thought there was leeway for the minor convents to have their own colourschemes? It said something about them evolving their own colours, traditions and heraldry?

There is leeway, but they still stick to the three "sanctioned" colours of the Orders Militant.

"The uniforms of the Adepta Sororitas are based upon the original garments worn by the Daughters of the Emperor. The Orders of the Ebon Chalice and Valorous Heart display the colours of the original Convents, unchanged for 4.000 years. The other Orders continue this principle with only minor modifications to distinguish them on the battlefield. The Orders Militant make use of three main colours in the design of their uniforms: black, white and red."
- taken from the 2E 'dex, though I vaguely recall having read it in the 3E one as well

However, GW also released a Painting Masterclass article for the SoB to accompany the 3E Codex, which included a colour scheme section where they elaborated a bit on the concept of re-arranging these three "sanctioned" colours for use with a Minor Order, or the option of using completely "Alternate colour schemes":

"Whether you decide to paint your Sisters of Battle in the uniform of one of the major convents or want to create your own using the same heraldry, the same colours and techniques should still prove useful.
Of course, you may simply choose to use a whole new colour scheme from your own imagination. Here are a few examples of dramatically different colour schemes to get the inspiration flowing."
1st pic: Sister in golden armour and red robes
2nd pic: Sister in blue armour and white robes
3rd pic: Sister in yellow armour and red robes
- from WD #292

Sorry that I cannot provide a picture of the article itself, turns out my old scanner's driver is incompatible with Win7...

So, in essence there's only three colours as propagated by GW, but you're free to disregard that because you're supposed to make the setting your own anyways.

:: giggle :: Mine have a mix of colors. ^_^

Some - most - have pink armor with white trim and robes. Others - initially Celestians, but nowadays I use em as ordinary Battle Sisters - have white armor and pink robes.

When I got my first Sisters of Battle, I went with the Order of Our Martyred Lady. Painted my first squad in their colors, and had started working on the second, but only got a Stormbolter-equipped Sister painted from that second squad. I saw a cartoon on another website which had a Sister of Battle in pink armor and grey robes, and I liked it a lot, so I started painting em in those colors instead.

When I started roleplaying more in a WH40k setting with my friend, I started fleshing out my Sisters of Battle custom fluff more and more. Their current fluff allows for non-sanctioned color schemes, since they're no longer part of the Ecclesiarchy. Their current fluff also allows for more individualized color schemes on individual models - but I probably will keep painting them in pink armor and white robes, since I think my armies look better when they have consistent color schemes. Exceptions include particular units with traditional color schemes, like Berzerkers, Eldar Aspect Warriors, etc. etc.

However, thinking about it more, keeping a more traditional color scheme for my Sisters of the Flame may have been a better idea, since their short-term goal was to support the Imperium covertly in cleansing their planet of Chaos taint. The average Imperial citizen may not have known the difference, but if they fought alongside other Sisters of Battle on the battlefield, it may have caused those others to have a bit of suspicion. Enh, I'm not re-painting and re-basing all those Sisters of Battle, so I'll keep em with pink and white. ^_^

Well since mine'll have black robes, possibly with white linings, I'll just say that they're derived from the Order of the Valorous Heart...

Sounds neat.

Any thoughts about the symbol yet? Will it incorporate their maternal Major Order somehow, by featuring a different version of a heart-like insignia?

You could probably do a heart on a shield or a gauntlet, or - if you want to stick with "Order of the Emperor's Vigilance" as a name - do a heart with an eye in it or something.

Well, the way I 'imagine' the army is being a small garrison on some backwater that has significance to the Ecclesiarchy... maybe on a little shrine on some island or something (all pretty 'n' green).

The Order of the Valorous Heart definitely have the best icon to work with; I think that roses are overused by the SoB a tad and I don't really know how I can work in a heart. If I base the army around a relic or miraculous object of some kind, that could be superimposed over the templar cross that's the basis for the OotVH's symbol. Perhaps something like a shattered blade or the like.

Your explanation about the Saint (annoyingly) makes a lot of sense. It certainly explains why she is labelled as Celestine in the codex. Still, she apparently has a tendency to show up randomly at places so hopefully painting her up as Celestine shouldn't be a huge blow to my options.

Henners91 wrote:Well, the way I 'imagine' the army is being a small garrison on some backwater that has significance to the Ecclesiarchy... maybe on a little shrine on some island or something (all pretty 'n' green).

The Order of the Valorous Heart definitely have the best icon to work with; I think that roses are overused by the SoB a tad and I don't really know how I can work in a heart. If I base the army around a relic or miraculous object of some kind, that could be superimposed over the templar cross that's the basis for the OotVH's symbol. Perhaps something like a shattered blade or the like.

Your explanation about the Saint (annoyingly) makes a lot of sense. It certainly explains why she is labelled as Celestine in the codex. Still, she apparently has a tendency to show up randomly at places so hopefully painting her up as Celestine shouldn't be a huge blow to my options.

Of course as with any *named* character in *any* codex Celestine's stat line and powers can be used to simulate *any* hero you want them to represent...given the massive size of the Ecclesiarchy and the number of Sisters out there, there have to be plenty of other martyred heroines that have achieved sainthood through the millenia. So make her your own, paint her how you like and make your army what you want it to be.

I've never understood people who seem to feel you *must* paint your minis a specific way or else. Who cares? They are your minis. I think one of the most amazing armies I ever saw was a Chaos Daemons force that was painted entirely in natural colors and not the usual garish insanity of "typical" followers of chaos. It was stunning primarily because it was so different from every other chaos daemons army out there.

I'm looking forward to see some posted pics of your green sisters.

Skriker

Skriker wrote:I've never understood people who seem to feel you *must* paint your minis a specific way or else.

I think it's the misguided impression that there actually is any sort of consistency within the 40k franchise as a whole. I fell for that trap myself, proclaiming strict adherence to the official material as the way to go, as I believe in the value of a "common ground" - before noticing the glaring contradictions throughout the material and reading Gav Thorpe's statement on the subject of "different interpretations".

So, in short - yeah, go nuts. Personally, I'll continue to stick to studio fluff, but I have come to accept, respect and at times even encourage other people's alternate/deviating backgrounds in the spirit of creativity and plain ole' fun. I've certainly seen some amazing ideas and conversions over the time.