Sisters of Battle On Their Way Out Or On Their Way Up?

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**frogy27**

Like ig are all flyers and vetsany other way to take them is not good codex should be limited to what is only good soo people don't wasy money on models that are useless but look cool

**Matney X**

frogy27 wrote:
Like ig are all flyers and vetsany other way to take them is not good codex should be limited to what is only good soo people don't wasy money on models that are useless but look cool

Right? No one wants a choice, they only want to win. No one wants to field cool looking models, optimization-be-damned, they only want to win! That's why this is a Sisters thread, because the WD 'dex and lack of real updates is totally optimized for winning.

I fail to see how you even assume you're contributing to this thread.

**pretre**

Can we get back on topic and ignore him please?

**Matney X**

:: sigh ::

Yeah, I was just about to do that. As fun as watching the train wreck is, and whether all evidence points to his trolling being involuntary, this is insufferable.

Back to Sisters, and what makes this different than the other Sisters thread... Are they on their way out? I don't think so, because I feel that would require GW to give some attention to the SoB long enough to make a decision.

Edit: Holy crap, Ignore is magic.

**Ralis**

I've heard rumors that SOB will be included in an ally dex, along with Kroot and Vespid.

BUT, I'd serve this up with about 5 pounds of salt.

**pretre**

Ralis wrote:
I've heard rumors that SOB will be included in an ally dex, along with Kroot and Vespid.

BUT, I'd serve this up with about 5 pounds of salt.

Ally dex was debunked by Hastings along with that silly release list that came out last year. Kroot are confirmed to be in Tau dex last I heard.

**Matney X**

As sad a day it would be to lose a full-fledged army to being on par with Kroot, it would be an update, with possible new minis.

**pretre**

Matney X wrote:
As sad a day it would be to lose a full-fledged army to being on par with Kroot, it would be an update, with possible new minis.

Yeah, no thanks.

The one was have is better than being a couple entries in an Ally dex. I've lived without new minis for 10 years; I can live another 10.

**Ralis**

pretre wrote:
Matney X wrote:
As sad a day it would be to lose a full-fledged army to being on par with Kroot, it would be an update, with possible new minis.

Yeah, no thanks. The one was have is better than being a couple entries in an Ally dex. I've lived without new minis for 10 years; I can live another 10.

The only reason people are whispering about an ally dex again, is because none of the leaked pic include kroot.

But yes, I'd prefer to see the Sisters brought back as a proper army as well.

**frogy27**

Beacause kroot are going away that's why beacuse they suck

**Matney X**

The only reason I'd be okay with SoB in an allies book is because that's how I plan on running them, initially, and only for financial reasons. If I could afford to field a full 1500 point army, and an allies book somehow made anything within it impossible to run as a full army, I'd be irate.

**tvih**

Furyou Miko wrote:
Go with the Forge World exorcist model. It's slightly cheaper these days, looks better and is much easier to build.
You can use desperate allies with BT and Sisters - your BTs will want to be mixing it up close while the Sisters will be providing fire support, so it's easy to stay outside 6" of each other.

Ah, I'd forgotten FW had one. Though frankly given how... meh it looks, I suppose I could just as well use my Whirlwind as a counts-as.

Also it's not as simple as that, BT has a fair few shooty elements too. If I had them as the primary detachment, I'd have to have the anti-tank elements from the BT list, because the sisters would mostly be just basic dakka. Also, a further problem is the part where desperate allies can't score. The one who came up with the two being desperate allies ought to be purged with a heavy flamer.

**Melissia**

The FW exorcist needs more missiles so it looks better. Like something out of Battletech.

Actually that's a good idea. I wonder if it's possible to convert Battletech LRM parts to put on an FW Exorcist... hrm...

**pretre**

Sorry, but this:

is much less cool than this:

**Melissia**

I'd actually prefer a combination of the two, myself. The FW one's top and the rest of it being the GW one.

Except I'd need more missiles. I'm talking about "that Ork was impressed by my dakka" number of missiles.

**pretre**

From Warseer:

and Dakka

Back before they made an actual model, mine looked a lot like this:

**Melissia**

Yes oh god yes I want one, it combines the best of both worlds!

**Furyou Miko**

pretre wrote:

makes grabby hands So... want...

**Lynata**

Hmmh, too "steampunk" for me - but I really dig the 3rd one, though I think the launchers might look better if the missile pods would be turned sideways rather than upward.

The tricky thing is that, whilst looking cool, it kind of creates a "disconnect" with the 1d6 missiles rule. Sure, you could explain it away with the weapon not being reliable, but that kind of attacks the quality of the Sisters' gear ... and it just feels so much more appropriate when you think of it as the missiles being launched depending on what passage of the hymn the Sister operating the "organ" is at on her music sheet.

**Matney X**

pretre wrote:

Is it weird that I'm turned on by this? Oh... I'm not the only one? Good.

**Psienesis**

I would go with the upward-turned ones, because the giant Fleur-de-lis on the side is too kickass to ignore...but I would slide in a third box in between the two, and then lay two or three more, flat, on top, so you have 2 giant Fleur-de-lis on the sides, and 2 or 3 on the top, and a whole gakload of dakka missiles to throw at some heretics and/or xenos in desperate want of purging.

We're talking, like, 40 to 48 tubes in total here.

**pretre**

Emperor bless the gallery.

**Brother Captain Alexander**

I just wanted to share something that my friend told me today:

"Michael Walter
But anywayz today i was in GW"

"Aleksandar Coa Popovic
Really?
and?"

"The guy there says they was almost finished with some models of the SOB
Only they had to redo some models because they was to breakable
So that means they make high detail"

"You made me happy brother, I apretiate that "

"Even my girlfriend made a big smile.
I was suprised that he even say that they worry that the models will break easy
Because of to many small parts
That made me smile so much
So hopefully end summer
If the models are almost finished
He also say that they will change it more to Gothic style."

"You think they will get Sisters out by the end of this year?"

"Darker but more like woman
Yeah if they almost finished with the models
I THINK YEAH THIS YEAR ."

"I really hope so...
Because the only rumors we get are for Eldar and maybe Astartes
Nothign about Sisters, yet."

"yeah i asked him when he would have the sisters in store
he was suprised
and told me this
damz i should make him drunk."

Nothing official or confirmed, but the fact remains - men working as GW Store Manager told him this so I hope this news is indeed true

**Lynata**

I thought GW store people do not have a good reputation as sources of information?

Wasn't there some hubbub about GW not telling them anything anymore because they like to keep things under wraps?

I'm not holding my breath. And frankly, I'm not even sure I would want it to be true.
"break easy" = F~~ail~~inecast
"look more like woman" =

**pretre**

Lynata wrote:
I thought GW store people do not have a good reputation as sources of information?
Wasn't there some hubbub about GW not telling them anything anymore because they like to keep things under wraps?

I'm not holding my breath. And frankly, I'm not even sure I would want it to be true.
"break easy" = F~~ail~~inecast
"look more like woman" =

They don't have a good reputation. They have the opposite.

I have heard that same rumor about 32 times in the last 5 years. The store manager is full of gak.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Oh and the fine detail thing is a reference to something that Jes said when they were talking about sculpting them about 5 years ago. It keeps getting brought back up. I believe it had to do with the undercuts and such associated with the plastic.

**Melissia**

Yeah, that was so long ago I wonder if it was even true.

**conker249**

Those blue and gold exorcist are amazing. I love the organ exorcist more than the FW one. Gives the army so much character.

**Crimson**

I just want one box of basic plastic sisters. That's all I ask; I can work with that. I will convert them, I will use the crappy WD dex if I have to, but please GW, give me some plastic sisters!

**conker249**

I'm not sure if its because they are only metal models, but I like the heft of the metal on the troops. Not the exorcist or pentinent engines though, those made me want to pull my hair out

**Stormfather**

One more Exorcist for the parade- I made this one by combining the GW kit with the FW missile launchers.