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**Evil Lamp 6**

Melissia wrote:So, cost analysis... assuming equal or lower points costs (I marked off roughly ten percent of the poitns cost of all squads, for simplification purposes). This is roughly estimated for a 2500 point army:

HQ: 380 Pts
Celestine (20 USD)
Canoness (15 USD)
-- 2 Celestians
-- Blessed Banner (13.75 USD)
-- Dialogous (9.90 USD)
-- Hospitaller (12.25 USD))

Elites: 380 Pts
Celestian Squad
-- 7 Celestians
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior w/Eviscerator (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)
Celestian Squad
-- 7 Celestians
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior w/Eviscerator (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)

Troops: 930 Pts
Battle Sister Squad
-- 7 Battle Sisters
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)
Battle Sister Squad
-- 7 Battle Sisters
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)
Battle Sister Squad
-- 7 Battle Sisters
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)
Battle Sister Squad
-- 7 Battle Sisters
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)
Battle Sister Squad
-- 7 Battle Sisters
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)
Battle Sister Squad
-- 7 Battle Sisters
-- Meltagun (9.90 USD)
-- Heavy Flamer (14 USD)
-- Sister Superior (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator converted to Rhino (35 USD)

Fast Attack: 440 Pts
Seraphim Squad (122.5 USD)
-- 7 Seraphim
-- 2 Seraphim w/Hand Flamers
-- 1 Seraphim Superior
Dominion Squad
-- 4 Meltaguns (39.60 USD)
-- Sister Superior w/Combimelta (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator (35 USD)
Dominion Squad
-- 4 Meltaguns (39.60 USD)
-- Sister Superior w/Combimelta (12.25 USD)
-- Immolator (35 USD)

Heavy Support: 360 Pts
Exorcist (57.75 USD)
Exorcist (57.75 USD)
Exorcist (57.75 USD)

58 Bolter Sisters = 20 packs of 3 (for a total of 60), 345 USD.

Total cost not including SnH comes to roughly 1450 USD.

That seems about right for what I paid for that amount. I just started my SoB army at the end of last year/beginning of this year. Fortunately, my FLGS had a fair amount of SoB stuff in stock cause apparently no one else bought it. I've spent probably closer to $2500 on my SoB because when I get an army, I buy it to fill out the full FoC regardless of points. I bought 33 packs of the 3 blister Sisters order through my FLGS in one sitting. Took a few months to get (our FLGS previous GW supplier was a challenge in his own right). Through ebay and other Faustian deals and other bargaining, I was able to acquire several of the 10 woman squad boxes of which I still have 7 unopened with 1 of those never being opened for posterity. Well I'm not exactly thrilled about the amount of money I've dumped into the army, especially given the WD 'dex, it has helped my FLGS stay in business and that's good for something.

**N'Ferno**

Kanluwen wrote:I'm just glad they finally got rid of that stupid Witchhunters tab and made it a Sisters of Battle section.

This.

If anything, it means GW will probably introduce new units with the future codex. Right now the entire army list is made of the same 5 or so models for everything. IN DROVES. Nowhere near enough to make up a decent army line... I just hope it's not other old metal stuff from what can be now considered the Dark Ages? It is after all GW we're talking about

I'm still waiting for the 2nd codex part in order to decide whether I'll continue hunting Ebay for models. I have quite a few sisters now but special/heavy weapons are hard to come by (at decent prices at least heh). At least I know I won't have trouble getting my WD, it's one of the few the GW shop orders in english separately (although I did get the current issue a few days after the french ones were delivered).

**Lynata**

I'm just lucky I still managed to get a Banner Bearer back then. Strange that they did not at least put her up again, she seems to have been out of production for years now. :/

**Augustus**

Total cost not including SnH comes to roughly 1450 USD.

BWa ha ha, 1500 dollars, who would do that, that's crazy, like what a car could cost, or a European plane ticket, or a mortgage payment?

For little men?

Sheesh.

**SabrX**

Wow.. I think I have enough Sisters of Battle models to field Melissia's list!

And that's using real Sisters of Battle Rhinos, not the converted SM ones.

*Checks again*

Drats! Short by 1 ugly Dialogous model.

**N'Ferno**

Augustus wrote:
For little men?

Sheesh.

Little women! (well, mostly women)

SabrX wrote:
ugly Dialogous

She's not ugly, she's just sculpted that way!

**Holy_doctrine**

And now I play the waiting game for a real codex.

**RandomSauce19**

I don't know if you know but I recently got White Dwarf and it stated that Plastic Sisters were coming out and getting an update

**Holy_doctrine**

RandomSauce19 wrote:I don't know if you know but I recently got White Dwarf and it stated that Plastic Sisters were coming out and getting an update

Plastic Sisters, sure. I'll place this right up there with the plastic Titan.

**Ratius**

If the official GW publication states that they will be getting new models and an update why would you doubt it?

**UltraPrime**

Holy_doctrine wrote:And now I play the waiting game for a real codex.

I'm tired of the waiting game - let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos...

**Holy_doctrine**

UltraPrime wrote:
Holy_doctrine wrote:And now I play the waiting game for a real codex.

I'm tired of the waiting game - let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos...

Thank you for the Simpsons quote

**andrewm9**

RandomSauce19 wrote:I don't know if you know but I recently got White Dwarf and it stated that Plastic Sisters were coming out and getting an update

Care to quote that or were you just being sarcastic. I don't recall that being present in the article.

**mendrak**

I just think of that, what if exorcist would be in squad of 1-3 that would suddenly gives us more option for the heavy slots no? I know I want mine to shoot different target but it could if use properly be interesting let say one squad of 2 than 3x PE then a 10 strong retributor squad.
That be cool!!!

**Melissia**

Kroothawk wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:I find it hard to believe that an army book from a White Dwarf will not be republished in its "entirety". It probably will be a few months and be missing the fluff, but isn't that how they did the Blood Angels PDF?

I find it hard to believe that GW makes the WD the center of all marketing and information and then let it sell out. But there you are!

"Here is the new Terrorgheist. Want to buy it?"
"What rules does it have?"
"They are in the new WD."
"Okay, let me see."
"It is sold out"
"???"
"Erm ... well, maybe GW will rerelease the rules in the future, but I can't guarantee that. Wanna buy the Terrorghest now?"

And this is why I think it's not all taht bad (still illegal, but not immoral) to upload screenshots of WD rules

**Tomb King**

Melissia wrote:
Kroothawk wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:I find it hard to believe that an army book from a White Dwarf will not be republished in its "entirety". It probably will be a few months and be missing the fluff, but isn't that how they did the Blood Angels PDF?

I find it hard to believe that GW makes the WD the center of all marketing and information and then let it sell out. But there you are!

"Here is the new Terrorgheist. Want to buy it?"
"What rules does it have?"
"They are in the new WD."
"Okay, let me see."
"It is sold out"
"???"
"Erm ... well, maybe GW will rerelease the rules in the future, but I can't guarantee that. Wanna buy the Terrorghest now?"
And this is why I think it's not all taht bad (still illegal, but not immoral) to upload screenshots of WD rules

I got lucky and bought the last WD the LGS had. I was surprised they still had one as late as 8 august!

**Eumerin**

Ratius wrote:If the official GW publication states that they will be getting new models and an update why would you doubt it?

Perhaps due to the fact that everyone else (including me) who's seen the most recent White Dwarf has failed to see anything in the magazine whatsoever indicating that there would be new Sisters miniatures (plastic or otherwise) on the way?

**terranarc**

Oh hey, there weren't unique boxes of sisters for every FOC after all. Well now we know who's full of BS don't we

Also, very surprised that they're still metal. No plastic? Or perhaps that's a mistake as they just copy pasted the sister description from the old entries.

**SabrX**

Wow... I should buy all the August WD in my store, wait for a couple of months, and auction them off on ebay. I won't make a difference for Sisters of Battle players, who'll by then had the online pdf, but it will matter to any VC players.

BRILLIANT!

**Tomb King**

SabrX wrote:Wow... I should buy all the August WD in my store, wait for a couple of months, and auction them off on ebay. I won't make a difference for Sisters of Battle players, who'll by then had the online pdf, but it will matter to any VC players.

BRILLIANT!

Why not just redo the vampire counts book and add them in and make them a little more durable in the character area. Vampires can wear armor you know.

**Kroothawk**

Eumerin wrote:Perhaps due to the fact that everyone else (including me) who's seen the most recent White Dwarf has failed to see anything in the magazine whatsoever indicating that there would be new Sisters miniatures (plastic or otherwise) on the way?

GW Custome Service wrote:While these articles can in no way compare to a full blown codex, I feel that they will provide an adequate stop gap so that Sisters players such as us can play their army in the 5th edition of Warhammer 40,000 until a new codex can be written (along with new plastic miniatures being made ).

Read the previous page: GW customer service made an official statement that plastic sisters will come (don't think that this was mentioned in the WD though).

**Buzzsaw**

Kroothawk wrote:
Eumerin wrote:Perhaps due to the fact that everyone else (including me) who's seen the most recent White Dwarf has failed to see anything in the magazine whatsoever indicating that there would be new Sisters miniatures (plastic or otherwise) on the way?

GW Custome Service wrote:While these articles can in no way compare to a full blown codex, I feel that they will provide an adequate stop gap so that Sisters players such as us can play their army in the 5th edition of Warhammer 40,000 until a new codex can be written (along with new plastic miniatures being made ).

Read the previous page: GW customer service made an official statement that plastic sisters will come (don't think that this was mentioned in the WD though).

I'm not sure I would call that an "official" statement (unless you would apply such a label to the statements of, say, a regional manager as well). That said, I don't think anyone is doubting that there are plans to make plastic sisters, but that's like pointing out that at some point in the future the sun will consume the Earth.

Edit: by the by, the person who originally posted that response from GW (at least, as near as I can tell, from here), also said;

Inq_Eljer wrote:My 'reading between the lines' and conspiracy theories lead me to suspect that our beloved Sisters will need to get used to this WD whack-job codex for 2 to 4 years while they update the usual suspects following a 6th edition release. I'd get used to being underpowered now.

**DAaddict**

Kroothawk wrote:
Eumerin wrote:Perhaps due to the fact that everyone else (including me) who's seen the most recent White Dwarf has failed to see anything in the magazine whatsoever indicating that there would be new Sisters miniatures (plastic or otherwise) on the way?

GW Custome Service wrote:While these articles can in no way compare to a full blown codex, I feel that they will provide an adequate stop gap so that Sisters players such as us can play their army in the 5th edition of Warhammer 40,000 until a new codex can be written (along with new plastic miniatures being made ).

Read the previous page: GW customer service made an official statement that plastic sisters will come (don't think that this was mentioned in the WD though).

So file this promise next to the "Dark Eldar codex to be coming out soon... " promise that I believe was first made about 5 years ago.
Stand by my previous statement. They can make codexes until they are blue in the face, I will not start a sisters army until the sisters are plastic. I am not investing a fortune or hauling around a ton of lead.

**SabrX**

Tomb King wrote:
SabrX wrote:Wow... I should buy all the August WD in my store, wait for a couple of months, and auction them off on ebay. I won't make a difference for Sisters of Battle players, who'll by then had the online pdf, but it will matter to any VC players.

BRILLIANT!

Why not just redo the vampire counts book and add them in and make them a little more durable in the character area. Vampires can wear armor you know.

Because of a little thing called copy rights.

**Mythal**

RandomSauce19 wrote:I don't know if you know but I recently got White Dwarf and it stated that Plastic Sisters were coming out and getting an update

Yes, of course. And I hear it announced the un-Squatting of Squats, too.

Can someone lock the thread, to avoid further trolling? The new information on the website has been pretty thoroughly discussed and there's not much else can be said until information from next month's White Dwarf reaches us.

**Dysartes**

DAaddict wrote:I am not investing a fortune or hauling around a ton of lead.

How about a tonne of white metal?

**Kingsley**

Dr Mathias wrote:I haven't played vanilla marines since 1993, so I don't know the answer to this: have generic Marines ever had anything taken out of their list or squatted, besides the RT stuff like jetbikes and Rapiers etc. ? Maybe 3rd ed. and on?

Yep. Veteran Skills, Apothecary Sergeants, Iron-Fathers, Terminator Command Squads, Reclusiarchs, Rites of Battle, cheap "Leader" HQs, various special characters, Tactical Squads with two special weapons, special and heavy weapons available in squads below ten guys, True Grit, bolt pistol and CCW Tacs, etc.

**Melissia**

Five (monopoly) bucks says that in Cruddace's attempt to make Sisters more marinelike (IE, this WD codex), Sisters squads must have one heavy and one special weapon, no more two special weapons.

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And why the hell does the novel section list Enforcer instead of Faith and Fire?

**Lynata**

Melissia wrote:And why the hell does the novel section list Enforcer instead of Faith and Fire?

Faith & Fire is currently out of stock. "Enforcer" was their next best thing, I guess. Which says a lot.

I reckon (read: hope) this will change in a few months when Faith & Fire gets a reprint and Black & Red as well as Hammer & Anvil get released.

**Kid_Kyoto**

I saw a small clue in Robin Cruddace's SoB army they just posted.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=17700021a#

Since he wrote the darn thing it's interesting that one priest still has his flamer but the other lost his melta.

Maybe they will have some access to real guns?