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Toying around with an idea of a modified sentinel design for a Sororitas walker. Visually the design would be something akin to a heavy sentinel, with one "arm" on the nose with eviscerator attached, and a weapon on either side of the hull. The legs and hull would be more bulky, as the legs need increased strength to carry the weight while maintaining speed, which also adds slightly to the level of armor it has... not at the level of dreadnaught armor, but enough to make it a viable combat walker. Its bulk also helps it carry the ammunition for its dual weapons.

Points: 90
Rules: Walker
Armor: F12 S11 R10
Stats: Bs4, Ws4, S5, I3, At1
Equipment: Extra Armor, Smoke Launchers, Searchlight

Fire Support Pattern (+0): Heavy bolter on either side (TL Heavy Bolter), eviscerator on the arm (adds +1 S10 chainfist attack).
Options: Replace Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter with the following:
-- Twin-Linked Heavy Flamer (+10)
-- Twin-Linked Multi-Melta (+30)

Assault Pattern (+25): Two eviscerators (one arm on either side, adds +2 chainfist attacks), one nose-mounted heavy bolter
Options: Replace Heavy Bolter with the following:
-- Heavy Flamer (+5)
-- Multi-Melta (+15)

Hello Melissia. I like it, i always did miss the chainsaw on the old sentinel, are sisters the pilots? One minor point i might make; the profile has 1 attack but the option to have an additional chainfist attack i think this could get confusing. Might i suggest just having it as a DCCW with the assault pattern totting a second? EDIT: On the modelling side have you considered putting an immolater turret onto sentinel legs? I think that could look cool.

Dunno, I don't think it's any more confusing than the techmarine, who has a similar upgrade.

I suppose if the whole point of the walker is cracking tanks with a chainfist then go ahead. Personally i would say DCCW is a better all round assault choice.

The chainfist thing is because it is literally wielding an eviscerator, which is basically a two-handed chainfist (a gigantic chainsword surrounded in an energy field).

That would look pretty rad . Thought i'd add the points cost i think is pretty bang on for the first and maybe a tad high on the second. Any more vehicles/vehicles planned? I assume you are trying to round the sisters army.

This really is just a last minute idea for my 5eC:AS project on the IGMB. A few of the other ideas I've had I've also posted here.

I think it seems good. It seems to be well balanced and costed. I honestly can't really think of any real criticism for it.

I think you should clarify whether the gun upgrades are for each Heavy Bolter or both and maybe a couple more options would be good.
I am unsure as to how it would look, but that's not the point of your post.

So yes, rules wise it looks well done and balanced. May warrant a 5pts point increase, but otherwise...

It's per weapon, but the TL weapons have both of the weapons accounted for (thirty total for two fifteen point multi-meltas).

As for looks, take a slightly bulkier version of a sentinel, put a heavy bolter on either side of the head similar to the AT-ST from star wars, and a short mechanical arm with an eviscerater welded to it attached to the nose where the nose-mounted multilaser would have been. In the assault variant, the mechanical arm has a twin and they're put on either side of the head, and the chin mounted weapon returns as before giving a visual style remniscent of certain battlemechs.

I am a little hesitant to say that the inclusion of a Multi Melta on something with three chainfist attacks is a "good" idea (for your opponents, I mean).

Since it is an Assault Pattern, shouldn't it be a normal Melta? Though Multi-Meltas are more iconic. Either way.


Also, is this a stand alone walker or a Squad?

Stand-alone.

Melissia wrote:Stand-alone.

I like it, wouldn't mind destroying one violently.

Alternatively, I could decrease the points cost and have it be special weapons instead of heavy-- storm bolters, flamers, and meltaguns. But the problem there is that then the only time it'd be used would be the assault pattern with flamer... a twin-linked storm bolter isn't that unique, and Sisters have other ways to get mobile meltaguns. Mobile twin-linked heavy weapons, however, offer the vehicle an opportunity to offer the army something more useful, even at an increased cost.

I could have it be that the assault pattern uses storm bolter, flamer (+5), or meltagun (+10) as its weapon choices though.

Although this idea seems relatively balanced (without play testing it's hard to say for sure), I just don't like the concept. This is essentially a SoB-Dreadnought and comes very close to just making SoB Space Marines...with girly-parts!

You mean, just like everything else Sisters have is similar to something else Imperial?

I based it off of the armored sentinel design for both balance and gameplay purposes, not the dreadnought. I defy you to make an Imperial walker for Sisters that doesn't feel like a dread. And no, the penitent engine doesn't count. It's not properly a Sisters walker, it's more of a machine based monstrous creature which even by 40k standards needs to take anger management classes. It's not driven by Sisters, and hell it's even primarily used by the Ecclesiarchy and controlled by its priests, rather than Sisters.

First of all, a sentinel doesn't feel like a dread, lower armor, no power weapon. Yours sounds like, and acts like, a standard SM dread with a slightly worse profile. I don't dislike the profile, just the feel of it.

And in terms of SoB just being SM, I agree, and I think they need to get something that sets them apart. Make their MBT instead be a walker? Awesome. Walker transport? Sweet! Just, don't make a Dread Mk.2 because you don't like the Penitent Engine (and I understand why you don't)

Just as a heads up, there's already a 'Paladin' in the setting. Specifically, it's one of the classes of 'Knight'-type mini-titans used by the Titan Legions. You may want to consider picking a different name to avoid possible confusion.

Aside from that quibble, the design itself looks decent.

There's also a grey knight unit called paladin. IT's hardly a unique title, but it fits Sisters, being holy soldiers of the Emperor second to none.

I could definitely turn this into an MBT if you wanted me to try that out, but it is a bit annoying to try and find an MBT style weapon using only bolter, flamer, and melta.

An MBT walker? Something like that would be big - REALLY big.

On the other hand, there's already an existing Paladin walker in fluff that would probably be about the right size for an MBT-type vehicle. If you did decide to go the walking tank route, perhaps try it out as a variant of the Paladin-class Knight?


Edit - Though I suppose the lack of an existing 28mm scale Paladin-class Knight might cause issues if you actually wanted to mock up something based off of it...

It doesn't have to be called "Paladin", that was just a name I gave because it suited the Sisters.

When I get done playing Minecraft Ill work on an MBT-style walker.

Here goes. The basic concept for the looks of this this walker is the Battletech Rifleman, but with feet closer to power armor boots, a slightly more rounded surface somewhat mimicking the feel of Sororitas power armor, and no radar dish on top. The Purgatus Rocket System is on the bumps on either side of hte centrally located cockpit, the storm bolter is on the nose of the cockpit (essentially right in front of the sororitas pilot). It is a sort of MBT Walker, a walker dedicated to having large amounts of shooty instead of close combat. In order to enhance this feel, the vehicle does not have any DCCW, although it does have a natural strength of six (I did not see a reason why the vehicle wouldn't be able to do more damage in close combat than, say, a scout sentinel).

In fluff, there's three options for the pilot: 1 is similar to that of a dread, that the pilots are aging veteran Sisters, linked into the machine in life support systems so that they can continue to serve the Emperor even as their bodies start to degrade due to old age... 2 is more in line with the titans, in that only those Sisters of strong enough willpower and sense of self can properly fuse with the machine. The final one is that in order to be able to pilot it, a Sister needs to undergo surgery to have neural implants similar to that of the Black Carapace of the Astartes or the Mind Impulse Unit used by the Mechanicus. This is also irreversible, but means that the Sisters can occasionally leave the machine (if it becomes too damaged for example, or while it is being repaired, or when they need to spend time praying and training, etc). Personally I'm leaning towards the third one.


Points: 165
Rules: Walker
Armor: F14 S12 R11
Stats: Bs4, Ws4, S6, I4, At1
Equipment: Smoke Launchers, Searchlight, Twin Bolt Cannon, nose-mounted Storm Bolter
-- Twin Bolt Cannon: R60", S7 AP4 Heavy 4 Twin-Linked
Nay exchange Twin Bolt Cannon for: [Unsure on the price for these two]
-- Two Twin-Linked Melta Cannons (as on Devil Dog)
-- Two Twin-Linked Inferno Cannons (as on Hellhound)
May purchase Purgatus Rocket System (30 pts)
-- Purgatus Rocket System: R24", S5 AP5, Heavy 1 Large Blast, Twin-Linked, Ignores Cover Saves, One Use Only
May upgrade nose Storm Bolter to Heavy Flamer or Heavy Bolter for +5 points.

Thus far 30 or 40 points are what have been suggested to me for the two alternate patterns to its primary weapons.

Should I post this in a new thread? This isnt' really the original paladin walker anymore.