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I think we'll get the new mysterious chaos Eldar or whatever was teased in the new core book first before exodites. I think we'll see every possible release in the next 100 years be anything but Sisters of Battle. SoB being redone is the apocalypse.

Spectral Ceramite wrote:

The models hold up after so many years (some 96, 03 etc). I think they still look great as a cohesive force.

And yet, people still ask "When are we getting SoB updates/plastics?"

I'd bet many of the current sisters players would update if the new ones were good enough. Just being able to pose miniatures goes a long way to making a force look interesting. Choice of headgear (page cut, wimple, filter mask or helmet). Accessories, running/crouching legs, etcetera.

 John Prins wrote:

Spectral Ceramite wrote:

The models hold up after so many years (some 96, 03 etc). I think they still look great as a cohesive force.

And yet, people still ask "When are we getting SoB updates/plastics?"

I'd bet many of the current sisters players would update if the new ones were good enough. Just being able to pose miniatures goes a long way to making a force look interesting. Choice of headgear (page cut, wimple, filter mask or helmet). Accessories, running/crouching legs, etcetera.

Plus you can add people like me who simply don't like metal models. I got seventy or eighty models in my Sisters army, so plenty to make an army list or two, but I'd replace them in a heartbeat if we got plastics.

Given current trends I'd expect such hypothetical plastic sisters to be monopose, or at least 'majority' monopose like the way the skitari kits require specific torsos with specific pairs of legs.

As for quality, I'd agree that the metals have a certain level of detail you don't really see in multipose plastic kits (the sister superior with one arm outstretched and the other clutching her rosette and holding it to her chest is a good example, she even has a sheathed sword on her hip partially obscured by the sleeves of her robe) but frankly the amount of work to clean them up and the ease at which metals shrug off paint jobs means the only reason I wouldn't make the switch is if the results looked extremely sketchy.

Will many people be upset at the Sisters of Battle getting an update? I mean, they aren't Primaris Marines...

NOTE: This is a joke. I HATE Primaris Marines.

drbored wrote:
UPDATE!

GW just posted how to paint a Sisters of Battle on Warhammer TV! They're responding to comments such as "We haven't forgotten about any faction and will get around to all of them in due time!"

YES YES

https://www.facebook.com/WarhammerTVteam/?hc_ref=ARQ3MCRVNNA35qfjVUXaJCaz58T2peOXDz9Fns_18yMzKZuOaBpmBjDPHV89_zSV7wE

No:

Also Warhammer TV are the worst:



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 Crimson Devil wrote:
Does it matter? You guys will probably hate the models and fluff anyway.

Yeah like every Sisters of Battle player disliked the new Celestine… oh wait!

For me its not so much wanting plastic sisters as it is just wanting to buy more, but unwilling to pay the exhorbitant prices that geedub currently demands for them. The assumption is that plastic will mean a significant price drop for the consumer.

 CAPTAIN COWARD wrote:
Will many people be upset at the Sisters of Battle getting an update? I mean, they aren't Primaris Marines...

NOTE: This is a joke. I HATE Primaris Marines.

I've seen Space Marine players complaining they don't get enough new stuff compared to Death Guard, so...

You're joking, but I wouldn't be surprised if some did.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Crimson Devil wrote:
Does it matter? You guys will probably hate the models and fluff anyway.

Yeah like every Sisters of Battle player disliked the new Celestine… oh wait!

I don't know man, she seems pretty fat.

No she doesn't.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

drbored wrote:
UPDATE!

GW just posted how to paint a Sisters of Battle on Warhammer TV! They're responding to comments such as "We haven't forgotten about any faction and will get around to all of them in due time!"

YES YES

https://www.facebook.com/WarhammerTVteam/?hc_ref=ARQ3MCRVNNA35qfjVUXaJCaz58T2peOXDz9Fns_18yMzKZuOaBpmBjDPHV89_zSV7wE

No:

Also Warhammer TV are the worst:



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 Crimson Devil wrote:
Does it matter? You guys will probably hate the models and fluff anyway.

Yeah like every Sisters of Battle player disliked the new Celestine… oh wait!

I went back to listen to the video that the guy was referring to, and they actually do say "Plastic Sisters of Battle" not just 'plastic sisters'

So the guy was either trying to deflect heat and failed, or he just wasn't sure but posted about it anyway.

Silly man, not fact checking before posting something on the Internet...

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
No she doesn't.

I know, I was joking about that anathomical study that people did to arguee that she was fat

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Grey-Knights-Grand-Master-Voldus-2017

He is sold separate and not Gman. i think its just GW trying to make money.

As a person with i'd consider a large SOB army, im not worried or mad at all.

 Galas wrote:
I know, I was joking about that anathomical study that people did to arguee that she was fat

Who are those people and why do they even exist?

I can't find it, but some guys in 4chan draw her without the armour and superimposed both images, saying that unlike Sister of SIlence and their wasp waist, Celestine and their Geminae where very muscular/fat, because their waist was much broader.
It was pretty hilarous, when people said that it was BS to do that kind of thing only with a female model they called people on Dakkadakka white knights and SJW, saying that they where just discussing the change of aesthetics of GW direction with female models!
Probably in the news and rumours thread about Gathering Storm I one could find it.

Celestine is thicc.

 Galas wrote:
I can't find it, but some guys in 4chan draw her without the armour and superimposed both images, saying that unlike Sister of SIlence and their wasp waist, Celestine and their Geminae where very muscular/fat, because their waist was much broader.

Well, Sisters of Battle should definitely be muscular given how much time they spend training, which is basically all their time.
I can't see a problem with this .
Celestine is just the same as Sisters have always been though. The Sisters' bigger models are the 3rd edition Canoness (2nd edition Canoness was also more imposing than a regular Sister but didn't have the same girth imho) and the Mistress of Redemption.

 Galas wrote:
It was pretty hilarous, when people said that it was BS to do that kind of thing only with a female model they called people on Dakkadakka white knights and SJW, saying that they where just discussing the change of aesthetics of GW direction with female models!

I can't speak for everyone on Dakka but I'm not a white knight, I'm a pink rogue!

Setting female proportions aside, now we have the reddit post from the GW AGM.

In it, they talk about wanting to bring in female players, adding more members to the design team, and sales being up across the board...

Ladies and Gentlemen, we're getting closer and closer to Sisters of Battle.

Link to that reddit plox.

 curran12 wrote:
Yep, SoB codex and models are just around the corner.

Like they have been for the past decade.

I'll believe this only when I am holding a codex in my hands.

We get a codex all the time, I want plastic dammit.


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Giantwalkingchair wrote:
For me its not so much wanting plastic sisters as it is just wanting to buy more, but unwilling to pay the exhorbitant prices that geedub currently demands for them. The assumption is that plastic will mean a significant price drop for the consumer.

That hasn't been true for over a year now.

The price points for models and what you get in the kit are fantastic at the moment.

The blight war box was TWO get started boxes, which already are cheaper then individual unit boxes, had TWO free character models as well.

If you feel like you are getting a raw deal with prices you need to look at any box set put out in the last two years, you can start an army for about as cheap as it's ever been right now. (Especially marines, you buy two horus heresy box sets and you can play immediately for 300 american.) A modern console gaming system costs more than that.

 NenkotaMoon wrote:
Link to that reddit plox.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/704rud/games_workshop_agm_according_to_person_who/?st=j7vyoozo&sh=d9f730a3

There are even comments in here about trying to pull the price of plastic kits down, though it will probably not happen any time soon.

But, knowing a thing or two about business, I can tell you that if they expand their manufacturing capabilities, it'll make things cheaper overall to produce after they pay off the initial setback of the new mold casting machines. That'll be made easier since they have a surplus of cash, so much so that they gave out extra dividends to their shareholders. All this points to good things over the next couple years.

 Galas wrote:
It was pretty hilarous, when people said that it was BS to do that kind of thing only with a female model they called people on Dakkadakka white knights and SJW

Personally, I prefer wizard over knight or warrior anyway.

I haven't really been paying much attention to 40k lately, last semester of classes is taking up most of my time that's nto spent with friends. I doubt they'll release plastic SoBs soon but it would sorely tempt me to break some money out of my diminished savings....

drbored wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen, we're getting closer and closer to Sisters of Battle.

It won't happen though.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

drbored wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen, we're getting closer and closer to Sisters of Battle.

It won't happen though.

Yeah yeah, heard this a million times, been disappointed a million and one. Join the choir.

Giantwalkingchair wrote:
For me its not so much wanting plastic sisters as it is just wanting to buy more, but unwilling to pay the exhorbitant prices that geedub currently demands for them. The assumption is that plastic will mean a significant price drop for the consumer.

That hasn't been true for over a year now.

The price points for models and what you get in the kit are fantastic at the moment.

The blight war box was TWO get started boxes, which already are cheaper then individual unit boxes, had TWO free character models as well.

If you feel like you are getting a raw deal with prices you need to look at any box set put out in the last two years, you can start an army for about as cheap as it's ever been right now. (Especially marines, you buy two horus heresy box sets and you can play immediately for 300 american.) A modern console gaming system costs more than that.

Edited by Manchu - please stay on topic! Thanks!

I'm pretty sure that whatever GW is gonna do with the Sororitas they are proceeding carefully.

I just hope that when they finally do make them, that they retain a similar astecic, while updating the sculpts, and matching the excellent job on Celestine & the twins.

I am not a Sisters player but I would fosho start if they do.

Racerguy180 wrote:
I'm pretty sure that whatever GW is gonna do with the Sororitas they are proceeding carefully.

I just hope that when they finally do make them, that they retain a similar astecic, while updating the sculpts, and matching the excellent job on Celestine & the twins.

I am not a Sisters player but I would fosho start if they do.

I feel you here. But, y'know, they managed to keep the aesthetics of armies like the Necron into new models.

It's a conundrum, because you want to be able to retain the units that exist while updating as much as possible. With a line as old as Sisters of Battle, however, that means updating everything that is in the current Codex while also adding some new things.

What I think the Sisters suffer from right now is an overload of same-y units. Retributors, Dominions, Battle Sisters, all of them are effectively the same model and unit with one or two special rules and different weapon load-outs. It's very Space Marine. I could see them easily making one box kit of Battle Sisters that has a few special weapons that could then make any of those units. Then you have a box for Seraphim, a box for Repentia, and an update to the Immolator. 4 kits could make most of the Sisters of Battle line right there.

My hope is that they'll do something like they did with AdMech, making units that have a lot of different options in one box, or boxes that can make multiple kits, like the Kataphron, Skitarii Rangers/Vanguard, Fulgurite/Corpuscari, and Infiltrators/Ruststalkers. I could see them pulling this with updated Penitent Engines, the Seraphim, and maybe even the Repentia, adding on something new that each of those boxes would make. That's the hope, anyway, but with Death Guard we ended up with a ton of one-off mono-pose characters and other units. They could have made the Blightlord and Deathshroud one box, but they made them different enough to warrant their own boxes, even though there aren't many customization options between those two totally separate boxes. It's strange, really.

I'm really hoping that they expand upon Battle Sisters instead of lumping the Sororitas in with the 'Ministorum' and add a bunch of priests and other non-Sororitas things. It'll make the 'Order' rules very clunky when half your Codex isn't technically Sororitas.

 Melissia wrote:
I doubt they'll release plastic SoBs soon but it would sorely tempt me to break some money out of my diminished savings....

I just bought a new house so for the first time I am hoping plastic Sisters are NOT soon!


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 Crimson Devil wrote:
Does it matter? You guys will probably hate the models and fluff anyway.

Probably not. Celestine and the twins look fantastic. GW can easily do great Sisters models, already proven.

They could do what they did with the Mk3 and Mk4, Tartaros and Cataphractii units, make a stand alone board based game that has a couple of squads of Soriatas plastics, along with (as with the other models) a selection of wargear, including pistols and jump packs so as to make Seraphim. If they can get everything onto two or three frames, that would work out pretty well.