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Am I the only one who noticed the 45 degree angles on the walls for this one?
Oh and the railings on top.

Seems like we might get a wave 2 of ruins soon enough.

The 45 degree angles are already possible with the present sets because of the way the columns are designed. What is new though is indeed the broken railing piece at the top and ofcourse the statue. I wonder if the piece assembled like this has the same width as the default cathedral building from the killteam box. Combined with that it would make a cool piece. Might make me finally get the imperialis sanctum because of those smaller statues that form a transept. All sets combine should be a nice big ruined cathedral.

Edit: now that i look at it again, seems that either the center wall is smaller then the usual imperialis pieces or the two side walls are actually bigger walls

The two side windows (the ones at 45 degrees) are larger than the standard panel so that the distance across the open face is 3 standard panels wide so that you can add it to bigger buildings

Weird proportions on that statue, or is it just me?

 Malika2 wrote:
Weird proportions on that statue, or is it just me?

The gorget definitely puts her head up too high - it doesn't match where the shoulders are.

@ Dirk

I was mostly referencing the floors which up till now were only squares and now it looks like we'll get triangular ones, but also the fact that those side walls are indeed larger to accommodate the 45 degree angle.


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 Rolsheen wrote:
The two side windows (the ones at 45 degrees) are larger than the standard panel so that the distance across the open face is 3 standard panels wide so that you can add it to bigger buildings

Hadn't though of that but that's convenient too.

 Malika2 wrote:
Weird proportions on that statue, or is it just me?

you leave good 'ole sister bigfoot alone!

I’m getting one, for it is magnificent.

I'm thinking 2 sets for me. Trim the candles off her base and I can use one as a massive statue in AT. The other will be a normal 40K statue. Maybe stick this rounded part on the end of a sector imperialis building. I have so many ideas of how to use them. Just cringing at the price.

Now... I want to do a Chaos version. Fly wings, Daemon Prince face, corrupted sword, Chaos icon... the whole lot.

The legs seem too long. That said - it is a statue, so the imperial sculptors can do what they want. I do like it - might get one.

I’m wondering how many folks are going to paint her up as an actual Celestine model instead of a statue.

 Stormonu wrote:
I’m wondering how many folks are going to paint her up as an actual Celestine model instead of a statue.

hard to tell if GW's smart they kept the statue's size deliberatly off with what it'll actually be to prevent that

 Stormonu wrote:
I’m wondering how many folks are going to paint her up as an actual Celestine model instead of a statue.

Would be seriously oversized celestine though.And more expensive wthout gemini.

tneva82 wrote:

 Stormonu wrote:
I’m wondering how many folks are going to paint her up as an actual Celestine model instead of a statue.

Would be seriously oversized celestine though.And more expensive wthout gemini.

Ehhh...considering geminae provide right around 0 additional value...

Maybe now but GW being GW it's matter of time before they are broken good again.

I rather pay less to not have oversized model and couple extra models that will be good one day. Plus there are times I have 20 pts to spare without much useful thing I can add anymore so bodyguard. Were they character keyworded? If so then extra MD would be nice.

I am very curious to know if the ruined building around the statue has a height that aligns with the older Administratum ruined chapel/Sanctum .. made a huge building with 3 of those kits..

 Malika2 wrote:
Weird proportions on that statue, or is it just me?

40k figures aren't realistically-proportioned to begin with (heroic scale and all), but honestly I think it's just because the arms and legs are bare that it might seem off at a glance.

 porkuslime wrote:
I am very curious to know if the ruined building around the statue has a height that aligns with the older Administratum ruined chapel/Sanctum .. made a huge building with 3 of those kits..

I don't believe so. As far as I know the new panel height is 5", while all the old Cities of Death panels were 3" (while the cathedral kit's panels had double that height). It will almost certainly fit with the new kits, but not easily with the old ones.

People with experience with the new terrain kits will probably be able to say for certain, though.

 Kawauso wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Weird proportions on that statue, or is it just me?

40k figures aren't realistically-proportioned to begin with (heroic scale and all), but honestly I think it's just because the arms and legs are bare that it might seem off at a glance.

Issues with the statue will arise from the size. It shares GW's usual heroic proportions, but is many times the size of a small, human sized model. Wonky proportions will be so much more apparent on the statue than they are on actual Sisters.

Edit: Also, this may just be the place and time to crack a joke about someone at GW having a giant foot fetish.

The giant feet act as small wings and stabilizers when she flies :-D

Statue is great for those with a giraffe neck fetish

keep in mind a lot of gothic period scultures aren't nesscarily realistic in their proportions.

Also that what's being referred to as the neck is in fact the area from the upper/mid-chest all the way to the chin.

 Excommunicatus wrote:
Also that what's being referred to as the neck is in fact the area from the upper/mid-chest all the way to the chin.

yup and elogoted necks and torsos is a hallmark of gothic scultpture so... in this case it's "about right"