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 Furyou Miko wrote:


Eiliuj is a very negative person. I think he's an Eldar spy sent to demoralise us.

Either way he is burning himself alive in the avatar. This means if he is a heretic he's getting rid of his sin of being one or if he isn't then he's a sister that likes fire and is just plain crazy.

Speaking of him and sisters have there ever been any sex-changed sisters? I think I just opened a chapter to a book better left un-opened and burned. Belongs more on 4chan I bet.

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You could also do a heavy metal version of your avatar. It'd definitely be weird but awesome.

Anyway I think i'll stop posting in this thread lol. I go off topic too much and that's best left to PM's.

ClockworkZion wrote:I think Furyou Miko needs a "Deal With It" emote image.

I agree.
Here, Sister Miko. Take these:

flamingkillamajig wrote:Speaking of him and sisters have there ever been any sex-changed sisters?

Wha-?

Why would ... how ...

Hehe sorry lynata I just saw that in my head when I said 'him' and 'sisters'. My mind drifts to weird places sometimes. I think we both know that. It's a fun ride though.

How should I put it? Do you remember that scene in 'rat race' where there's a male lucy on the 'I love lucy' tour bus? It's kind of like that.

Some girls are raised as boys and perhaps the opposite is true. Now my mind has just thought of some disturbing things. To be fair 4chan has thought up way weirder crap.

Anyway if people try making female marines and joking then what about male sisters? Sorry this idea is so wrong I can't help but laugh at it.

You know what forget I even mentioned that. I'm started to weird out myself.

 Troike wrote:
Dominions can also ignore cover and can get four meltas in a squad (five with a combi melta), so they're still one of the best ways we have to deal with torublesome enemy vehicles.

Four melta is no use if you stay inside the rhino.

Amerikon wrote:
They won't be able to scout which is kind of a big deal.

Yep, but since we are very short on fast attack choices, let's make those we can take count as much as possible. So I plan on using 4 melta 1 combi-melta inside a MM immolator. For more melta goodness.

Now I have a mental image of a little boy telling his parents he wants to grow up to be a Battle Sister. Thanks.

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Now I have a mental image of a little boy telling his parents he wants to grow up to be a Battle Sister. Thanks.

Perhaps a male dressing up as a battle sister in drag would be less appalling. Sorry I had some funny comments earlier and forgot them. I tried making new ones and stumbled into the alternate zone or the reverse funny zone. And then both zones combined and reality just sort of shattered and destroyed everybody's minds.

See, now I want to make a gender-reversed Adepta Sororita army.

 Happyjew wrote:
See, now I want to make a gender-reversed Adepta Sororita army.

They call them "Space Marines".

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Now I have a mental image of a little boy telling his parents he wants to grow up to be a Battle Sister. Thanks.

I just laughed at the idea of the sisters of battle during a matt ward art and fluff direction interview.

"You see I wanted to take the 'sisters' in an entirely new direction."

*All the models end up being males in drag.*

Lol worst artistic choice ever. Sisters players would write up a hit-list for whoever was involved if that happened XD.

 Psienesis wrote:

 Happyjew wrote:
See, now I want to make a gender-reversed Adepta Sororita army.

They call them "Space Marines".

That was actually my plan. Use Space Marines as the Adepta. When called out on it, say "Even in the grimdark there are transgender and a number of them were able to make it into the Sisterhood. Do you have a problem with trannies?"

 Psienesis wrote:

 Happyjew wrote:
See, now I want to make a gender-reversed Adepta Sororita army.

They call them "Space Marines".

Yeah, Marines are basically male Sororitas. I guess it's a niche they wanted to fill in their product line.

ClockworkZion wrote:I think Furyou Miko needs a "Deal With It" emote image.

On a related note, there should be an SoB "deal with it" pic. I can see it being useful in response to certain complaints people might make.

And the Sister in it should, of course, be from Argent Shroud. Shades would suit them the best.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

Amerikon wrote:
They won't be able to scout which is kind of a big deal.

Yep, but since we are very short on fast attack choices, let's make those we can take count as much as possible. So I plan on using 4 melta 1 combi-melta inside a MM immolator. For more melta goodness.

We actually agree on this point. But putting your Dominions in a Rhino doesn't make them no better than a regular BSS.

I like how the farsight and iyanden supplements both manages to have far more fluff then the entire SOB codex. GW truly gives no feth.

 Harriticus wrote:
I like how the farsight and iyanden supplements both manages to have far more fluff then the entire SOB codex. GW truly gives no feth.

It's not so bad when you realise that the digital SoB codex is just a stopgap, they probably saw no reason to go all-out on it. Most likely we'll see tons of SoB fluff when their proper codex comes, models alongside it.

Amerikon wrote:
But putting your Dominions in a Rhino doesn't make them no better than a regular BSS.

That was a slight exaggeration from me .

 Troike wrote:
It's not so bad when you realise that the digital SoB codex is just a stopgap

Like the previous one, and the next one ?

 Troike wrote:
It's not so bad when you realise that the digital SoB codex is just a stopgap, they probably saw no reason to go all-out on it. Most likely we'll see tons of SoB fluff when their proper codex comes, models alongside it.

I've been saying that for 15 years.


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Amerikon wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

Amerikon wrote:
They won't be able to scout which is kind of a big deal.

Yep, but since we are very short on fast attack choices, let's make those we can take count as much as possible. So I plan on using 4 melta 1 combi-melta inside a MM immolator. For more melta goodness.

We actually agree on this point. But putting your Dominions in a Rhino doesn't make them no better than a regular BSS.

Why wouldn't they be able to scout in a rhino? They can still scout and they can still shoot out the hatch, ignoring cover without dieing the next turn. As to shaken/stunned, that is a lot less likely now that glances don't give results.

Oh, wait, with that double negative you're saying they are better than a BSS, so nevermind, I agree with you.


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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Troike wrote:
Dominions can also ignore cover and can get four meltas in a squad (five with a combi melta), so they're still one of the best ways we have to deal with torublesome enemy vehicles.

Four melta is no use if you stay inside the rhino.

Amerikon wrote:
They won't be able to scout which is kind of a big deal.

Yep, but since we are very short on fast attack choices, let's make those we can take count as much as possible. So I plan on using 4 melta 1 combi-melta inside a MM immolator. For more melta goodness.

Just because you're in a rhino, doesn't mean you have to stay there. It gives you options which the Immo does not. Want to shoot something with your doms and you're in an immo? You disembark. Want to shoot something with your doms and you're in a rhino? Choose your method.


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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 pretre wrote:
My thought on Dominions is to run them in a rhino. I know that is counter-most people's thoughts but that way they don't die as soon as they do their job.

What the point ? You can get a 5 women troop squad with two melta in a rhino that will do just the same work.

The BSS can't scout and can't ignore cover. If the BSS get out of the rhino, they still only have 2 meltas.

 pretre wrote:
I've been saying that for 15 years.

And for those 15 years, GW was not able to make plastic Sisters.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

Like the previous one, and the next one ?

This one and the WD ones were stopgaps because the models weren't ready. But now that they're able to make plastics at last, a real update can happen. This has what's been holding the SoB back for so long.

 Troike wrote:
This one and the WD ones were stopgaps because the models weren't ready.

Two stopgap in a row ! GW sure love us ! Were we Dark Eldar, we wouldn't have got any stopgap in between real codices.

 Troike wrote:
But now that they're able to make plastics at last, a real update can happen. This has what's been holding the SoB back for so long.

Well, that's what you think have been holding them back for so long. If it's true, we'll no doubt read it in the White Dwarf that will introduce the new plastic models and codex. If it's not, we'll likely never know.

Technically, they only said the WD one was the "stopgap", didn't they? Followed by "we have not forgotten you! just wait for it ..."
And now we got this. I'm fairly sure that there's a "Mission Accomplished" banner flying at GW HQ right now, rather than plans for something greater.

I don't want to be the Negative Nurgling, but at the same time I just cannot recommend keeping up expectations over such a prolonged time. We're better off trying to be happy with what we have - and treating anything else we may get some day as a bonus. At least until we actually see GW truly overthinking their business model for SoB.

Troike wrote:On a related note, there should be an SoB "deal with it" pic. I can see it being useful in response to certain complaints people might make.

I actually think I even saw one a couple weeks ago! I just cannot for the love of the Emperor remember where... :(

But hey, I found some other random stuff trying to locate it via a google image search:
Hell yeah.
This makes me want a Sisters anime...
Not as cool as my Centurion idea, but hey ...
This made me giggle.

I have not had a chance to play it yet, but I am guessing for the points and what it can kill, I think the 4 meltas and combi melta in the Dominion squad that exits the vehicle ASAP to shoot is probably better than 2 in a vehicle shooting. The reason I say this is because I think once the opponent or people know about the Dominion squad I think they will gun for them and I think they will be dead or snap firing after the first turn. I think that you are better at taking first full shots at what you want to kill or outflanking them.

I like the idea of flamers in the troop squads, heck even the dominion squads, but if you don't get first turn then the flamers are useless if get shaken

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Were we Dark Eldar, we wouldn't have got any stopgap in between real codices.

The DE never had any modelling issues to contend with.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Well, that's what you think have been holding them back for so long.

That's what the developers have been saying for a while.

Jes Goodwin:

He did stress that they really wanted to crack on with Sisters, but that they had been causing them technical difficulties for quite some time.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/328983.page

Phil Kelly:

Oh yeah, one last thing about the Sisters of Battle. According to Phil Kelly, the reason why they never got plastic minis was because they couldn't be plastic moulded by the current process. He wasn't really sure what the issue was, but there was something about the sculpt which meant that it could only be cast in metal.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/sisters-of-battle.html

However, this came to light a little while ago:

A couple of these ones got some further points. It was mentioned that originally there had been a technical problem with developing Sisters plastics, but that Games Workshop would now have the technology to be able to do them.

http://the-responsible-one.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/enter-citadel-ask-audience-we-want-to.html

Which is why I think it's likely that the real update is yet to come. This digital update couldn't have been anything more than a stopgap, since the plastics obviously aren't ready yet.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
If it's true, we'll no doubt read it in the White Dwarf that will introduce the new plastic models and codex. If it's not, we'll likely never know.

Not in the next White Dwarf. We'll probably hear about it via rumours before WD mentions anything about it.

 Lynata wrote:
Technically, they only said the WD one was the "stopgap", didn't they? Followed by "we have not forgotten you! just wait for it ..."

Because the models still weren't ready. But as I linked above, the news on that has changed.

 Lynata wrote:
And now we got this. I'm fairly sure that there's a "Mission Accomplished" banner flying at GW HQ right now, rather than plans for something greater.

But what's the purpose of making this digital codex be if there weren't further plans? And we know that they've tried to make plastics in the past. Why do that if there aren't any future plans for the SoB?

 Lynata wrote:
Hell yeah.
This makes me want a Sisters anime...

You may also like:

Troike wrote:Because the models still weren't ready. But as I linked above, the news on that has changed.

No, the Codex has nothing to do with models.
Where did you hear anything about stopgaps after the WD one was released?

Troike wrote:But what's the purpose of making this digital codex be if there weren't further plans? And we know that they've tried to make plastics in the past. Why do that if there aren't any future plans for the SoB?

Because they knew the WD 'dex wouldn't suffice for the next couple years, because they knew the fans would keep pestering them, and because a digital codex is comparatively easy to make but can yield some good money in return. Even assuming there's only 1.000 Sisters players worldwide (completely off the top of my hat), this would mean $33.000 - not a bad result for something that maybe took a week to write.

What do you think was the purpose behind supplements like the Farsight Enclaves, the Black Legion, or the Sentinels of Terra? Are there new models going along with those releases?
For the Sisters players, it's even more profitable because technically - unlike with the supplements - they are "forced" to buy the new DigiDex to remain up-to-date with the current edition.

Maybe the sales numbers will convince GW that the army is worth an investment for a proper re-launch a la Dark Eldar or Necrons. Maybe this was part of the reason behind the digital codex - to see how many people are buying it. But am I expecting anything? Not for now.
And wasn't there something about that GW would do a print version of the digidex if it sells well enough? Now why would they do this if it was just a stopgap?

Troike wrote:You may also like:

Spoiler:

Ah yes, "Sister Smirk" - I like the other picture of her more, though .. more malicious.

 Lynata wrote:
No, the Codex has nothing to do with models.

Sure it does. Can't do a big hyped up release or add new units without new models.

 Lynata wrote:
Where did you hear anything about stopgaps after the WD one was released?

Don't really need to hear it said explicitly. From the past attempts at making plastics, we can infer that a big update is planned at some point. Hence, these last two "watered-down" codexes serve as stopgaps for a proper update.

 Lynata wrote:
Because they knew the WD 'dex wouldn't suffice for the next couple years, because they knew the fans would keep pestering them

People pestered them about the Squats, and the Templars. This is a common idea that I see, that GW is being "forced" to make updates for the Sisters because of fan demand. Yet they showed no qualms about doing away with the Templars.

 Lynata wrote:
and because a digital codex is comparatively easy to make but can yield some good money in return.

Right, as can a proper model/codex update. What's better, leave the army without buyable rules and the models in obscurity unitl doing such and update, or make a stopgap codex and promote the models until releasing a proper update?

 Lynata wrote:
Maybe the sales numbers will convince GW that the army is worth an investment for a proper re-launch a la Dark Eldar or Necrons. Maybe this was part of the reason behind the digital codex - to see how many people are buying it. But am I expecting anything?

It's a popular sentiment, but I'm not convinced that this is a test to determine if we get further support. For one, the models are still awkward to collect and the codex is (for now) digital only, so its hardly a fair test. Secondly, they still tried to make plastics before. If they weren't planning a relauch of any kind, then why make those?

Though I will add that it was certainly a chance to impressGW with the popularity of the SoB. Hopefully, we've done that.

 Lynata wrote:
And wasn't there something about that GW would do a print version of the digidex if it sells well enough? Now why would they do this if it was just a stopgap?

Because people will buy it, of course. And this still doesn't address the past attempts at making plastics, those quite clearly imply a real update being planned at some point.

Also, we have support within the dev team. Cruddace and Kelly have expressed enthusiasm for the Sisters, and there's reportedly three other devs with full SoB armies. I don't think that we've been given this mini-update due to a lack of enthusiasm to move them forward.

 Lynata wrote:
Ah yes, "Sister Smirk" - I like the other picture of her more, though .. more malicious.

Other picture?

 Lynata wrote:
Technically, they only said the WD one was the "stopgap", didn't they? Followed by "we have not forgotten you! just wait for it ..."
And now we got this. I'm fairly sure that there's a "Mission Accomplished" banner flying at GW HQ right now, rather than plans for something greater.

I don't want to be the Negative Nurgling, but at the same time I just cannot recommend keeping up expectations over such a prolonged time. We're better off trying to be happy with what we have - and treating anything else we may get some day as a bonus. At least until we actually see GW truly overthinking their business model for SoB.

Troike wrote:On a related note, there should be an SoB "deal with it" pic. I can see it being useful in response to certain complaints people might make.

I actually think I even saw one a couple weeks ago! I just cannot for the love of the Emperor remember where... :(

But hey, I found some other random stuff trying to locate it via a google image search:
Hell yeah.
This makes me want a Sisters anime...
Not as cool as my Centurion idea, but hey ...
This made me giggle.

I was more laughing at the centurion's mega-boobs with spikes. Don't touch them as they inject poisons when touched.

If we're talking sisters pics I prefer the one where some sister has the goofy grin on her face with the word "Heresy" on it like she's excited to kill heretics or something but finds it fun like some kids might find going to Disneyland. If I remember a dakka member had that. Not sure who they were but they were awesome just for having that as an avatar.

Wait so you want an anime about an all female army fighting chaos.... I kind of feel bad saying it'd probably be filled to the brim with middle school to high school girls and more bouncing boobs and fan service than you'd hope for. Anime has absolutely no restraint these days. It'd also include at least one beach, shower or pool scene for the pervs. I mean they are such closet perverts (and went so far into the closet) with some animes that they've probably stumbled onto Narnia by now or you know the monsters from 'monsters inc.'. It's sad when I look tame to some anime these days.

Well I suppose if the anime was a westernized anime we might do ok. Not sure on the details but I heard 'supernatural' had an animated series and it was pretty good. Don't think it counts as anime. Some different franchises have had some very impressive cartoons or at least web series. They had a cartoon for diablo 3 near it's launch that looked impressive. If Warhammer got a decent one who knows. Then again it's not like GW is known for CGI films....erm.

Troike wrote:People pestered them about the Squats, and the Templars. This is a common idea that I see, that GW is being "forced" to make updates for the Sisters because of fan demand. Yet they showed no qualms about doing away with the Templars.

But they did not "do away" with the Templars, they put them into the Marine Codex. Some people might argue this is actually better than a Digital Codex.
Of course, the Templars are a special case in that they, too, are "just" Space Marines, and I have long been an advocate of putting any sort of Imperial Marines into Codex:SM. The new supplements present a good way to offer optional extensions down the road.
In fact, I could see this being an option for BT in the near future - but we will have to wait and see, and this doesn't belong into this thread anyways.

Troike wrote:Right, as can a proper model/codex update. What's better, leave the army without buyable rules and the models in obscurity unitl doing such and update, or make a stopgap codex and promote the models until releasing a proper update?

A model update is a huge investment - much more risky than writing a short Digital Codex that is 50% copypaste. And I'm not just talking about the pricy moulds, but also the minis themselves, shipping cost, and print codices - which see printing cost added to the investment of just writing a file.
The Sisters have buyable rules now, and they have the necessary models available. This is specifically why I'm wondering if someone at GW may not look at them and think "alright, good job, we're done here, next army!"
This need not be Jes or one of the designers, who would happily work on more Sisters stuff, but corporate decisions like these are not made by the creative people. Even if they wanted to, perhaps they cannot.

And yes, I too think that a relaunch of the SoB could pay off, but given the army's history I just see sufficient grounds to question GW's approach to the subject.
15 years of "problems" despite the supposed intention to make new models? Nonsense. If GW wanted to, they could also just make new metal minis. Or do plastics that are not multi-poseable (this is a rather new thing anyways, so where is the excuse for the first 10 years?).
Do you think it even sounds scientifically sound that GW is supposedly trying to find a way to make their robes fall from the right angles depending on how you pose their arms? How exactly is this supposed to work, even in theory?

Troike wrote:For one, the models are still awkward to collect and the codex is (for now) digital only, so its hardly a fair test.

Don't tell me. It is up to GW to put the Sisters back into boxes of 10 and sell them for the same price as metal IG.
That would actually make them cheaper than Marines.
So why won't they? This goes back to me questioning GW's course again. They just don't seem to know what they want. A short blurb in activity (5E WD Codex and articles) is followed by complete neglect (missing from Apocalypse and Damnos Crusade), followed again by activity (6E Digidex) ... will we be forgotten again for a year or so? What do you think we'll see for our next spike in GW love?

Troike wrote:Secondly, they still tried to make plastics before. If they weren't planning a relauch of any kind, then why make those?

They could have made plastic SoB for 15 years if they just wanted.
Poseable robes are not more important than having an affordable army, especially since there is no way on Earth that you can make plastic behave like actual cloth.

Troike wrote:Other picture?

This one:

flamingkillamajig wrote:If we're talking sisters pics I prefer the one where some sister has the goofy grin on her face with the word "Heresy" on it like she's excited to kill heretics or something but finds it fun like some kids might find going to Disneyland.

This one?

flamingkillamajig wrote:Wait so you want an anime about an all female army fighting chaos.... I kind of feel bad saying it'd probably be filled to the brim with middle school to high school girls and more bouncing boobs and fan service than you'd hope for. Anime has absolutely no restraint these days. It'd also include at least one beach, shower or pool scene for the pervs.

Uh? Nah. They're still making lots of good anime. I think there's just a really huge stigma against it because that is a medium literally used for anything from serious drama to fanservice and comedy. All in all, it's no different from live action movies. The Western world just isn't really used to this idea; cartoons being able to be "serious" is still considered unconventional and fresh.

Or how about some CGI?


Would there be fanservice? I guess there might. Just like there is fanservice in 40k already - from rulebook artworks like these to BL covers like these. And just like every Hollywood movie these days has fanservice. I'm sorry, but this really isn't something you can pin on the Japanese.

 flamingkillamajig wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:


Eiliuj is a very negative person. I think he's an Eldar spy sent to demoralise us.

Either way he is burning himself alive in the avatar. This means if he is a heretic he's getting rid of his sin of being one or if he isn't then he's a sister that likes fire and is just plain crazy.

Speaking of him and sisters have there ever been any sex-changed sisters? I think I just opened a chapter to a book better left un-opened and burned. Belongs more on 4chan I bet.

Yoh.

Heh, that didn't work very well... one of the problems of using Paint is that there's no free-rotate function, so I can't line them up properly.

That said, does this look like an 'impressed' face?

I feel like the SoB got some nice goodies (as previously mentioned, the Condemnor Boltgun is pretty swanky). But overall, the problems with the new 'dex are really concerning. As a long-time SoB/Witch Hunters player, I find that GW had good ideas for the army at different times, but they never put it all together to make the Adeptas Sororitas viable against what they've been producing for the other armies...

I'll just continue painting my army of Sisters until the day comes that Sisters are actually good... so I don't think I'll be playing for awhile XD

 Eiluj The Farseer wrote:
I like the idea of flamers in the troop squads, heck even the dominion squads, but if you don't get first turn then the flamers are useless if get shaken

No such problem for dominion squad : put a lot of objectives near table edges in the middle of good cover, your opponent will likely put his troops near it (event though he don't need to do that before the end of the game, the fool !), and then outflank and burn his troop into oblivion .
It was one of my favorite tactics, but no more twin-link means marines will just laugh at my puny flamethrowers now . May still work on non-marines, especially those that have only a 5+ save. Or rely on good cover .

 Troike wrote:
The DE never had any modelling issues to contend with.

For all we know, maybe they had some and just didn't communicate on it.

 Troike wrote:
That's what the developers have been saying for a while.

Ok, I'm a Sisters of Battle fan,how can you expect me not to have heard of those rumors a thousand times ? I guess I must have heard about them from YOU a dozen times already.
Repeating them is no use !

 Troike wrote:
Not in the next White Dwarf. We'll probably hear about it via rumours before WD mentions anything about it.

Yeah. That's the whole point. We hear a lot of things in rumor, but I don't trust them. If it's not straight out of something official from GW, I don't trust it. If it's in the White Dwarf, I'll do.

 Troike wrote:
But what's the purpose of making this digital codex be if there weren't further plans?

Money ? Like in everything every company ever do ?

Just looking at stuff in the codex and for succeding our test on Dominions AoF i'm thinking a Laud Hailer on the DT would be better than a VS even though they cost the same.

 Lynata wrote:
But they did not "do away" with the Templars, they put them into the Marine Codex. Some people might argue this is actually better than a Digital Codex.
Of course, the Templars are a special case in that they, too, are "just" Space Marines, and I have long been an advocate of putting any sort of Imperial Marines into Codex:SM. The new supplements present a good way to offer optional extensions down the road.
In fact, I could see this being an option for BT in the near future - but we will have to wait and see, and this doesn't belong into this thread anyways.

The point was that they didn't feel like supporting the Templars so much anymore, so they stopped giving them their own codex and rolled them into the Marine one. It demonstrates that they have no qualms about removing codexes they don't want to work on.

 Lynata wrote:
A model update is a huge investment

As was the DE update. And we know they've tried making plastics before, so it's obviously something they're willing to work on.

 Lynata wrote:
Nonsense. If GW wanted to, they could also just make new metal minis.

But they don't do this anymore. maybe you don't see any problem with it, but it's quite clear that GW wants to do posable plastics now.

 Lynata wrote:
Do you think it even sounds scientifically sound that GW is supposedly trying to find a way to make their robes fall from the right angles depending on how you pose their arms? How exactly is this supposed to work, even in theory?

I'm not a model designer, I couldn't say. My thinking is that they've found a workaround of some kind. And also, didn't you express a strong desire to keep the arm robes on, when I suggested that they could be taken off if it got us plastics?

 Lynata wrote:
So why won't they? This goes back to me questioning GW's course again. They just don't seem to know what they want. A short blurb in activity (5E WD Codex and articles) is followed by complete neglect (missing from Apocalypse and Damnos Crusade), followed again by activity (6E Digidex) ... will we be forgotten again for a year or so? What do you think we'll see for our next spike in GW love?

The modelling issues were still a factor back then, so of course support was intermittent.

 Lynata wrote:

Troike wrote:Other picture?

This one:

Spoiler:

Ha, I like that one. It's useful for reaction posts.

This variant of it is also amusing:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
For all we know, maybe they had some and just didn't communicate on it.

I don't think that they did. I recall hearing that Jes worked on them between other projects, and clearly he was able to work on them and produce the plastics he wanted without issue.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Ok, I'm a Sisters of Battle fan,how can you expect me not to have heard of those rumors a thousand times ? I guess I must have heard about them from YOU a dozen times already.
Repeating them is no use !

Not rumours... Certified quotes from the developers themselves. This is quite different from a random rumour mongerer spouting something. And what we've heard from the devs has been consistent. They've been saying there were modelling issues for a while, now. And just recently, they said that they now had the capability to make them.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Yeah. That's the whole point. We hear a lot of things in rumor, but I don't trust them.

I can understand that people would be sceptical if new rumours of plastic Sisters surfaced. The way I see it happening, when they start being made, is a few rumours popping up but few people believing them, but then a WD leak comes and we start getting excited. So I guess it will be WD that wins people over.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
If it's not straight out of something official from GW, I don't trust it.

So why aren't dev quotes good enough for you?

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Money ? Like in everything every company ever do ?

Then why not continue the Squats or the Black Templars? They could have kept milking those particular cows, if theyd felt like it.