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Inspired by this sculpt of mine i actually started toying with a few sister of battle sculpts. My idea is a multi-part model to be cast in resin. (Don't expect too much ) I've made my first experiences with stuff like that with my possessed terminators: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/534015.page

But i stumbled on a few general problems like how to create a good connection between legs and torso with retaining poseability without loosing too much details. I've started with something similar to the dark eldar with the hole on the side of the legs. The advantage here is that i can add details like belts and stuff without getting into conflicts with the torso. But it also stops me from creating chest plates that go past the hips like many sisters in the artworks seem to wear. So i need to think this through. Maybe some of you have an idea or your own opinion what would be a good approach.
But this is not my primary question.

My big question for you is what style or model do you all prefer? Sisters are supposed to wear power armor but nearly all artworks shows them with something with the look of skin-tight (leather) armor. I don't know if i should just copy that or actually create a more armored look with thicker armor plates.

Another big decission is the scale of the models. My first ideas is to stay somewhat true to the original sculpts as they actually have a more or less decent propotion and actually look human sized next to a space marine model. But GW scale seems to creep up and even some guard models are marine sized as far as i know. Should i do the same? Then i could orient myself on dark eldar scales and even use bits as a base of conversion. Or should i go with my first idea and stay true to the original scale. This will mean that i probably have to build everything from scratch. They would look fitting next to a marine but small next to some more recent human models. What is your opinion?

I'd probably take the easy way out and make them the same scale as everything else, especially if you want to do an actual army of them. If you're planning on doing some display stuff, making them truescale would be cool, especially if you incorporate some space marines into it.
I've always pictured SOB with power armor, usually very top heavy (big shoulder and chest guards, light stomach and waist armor, decent leg protection) Imo, SoB are differently muscled than space marines: better torso strength for their size, but not necessarily as much arm and shoulder strength, so their armor would be built to compensate for that. They still use the same weapons as space marines, but they are substantially smaller in stature right?

I'd say don't worry too much about the scale. While it would be nice for all models to be true to scale it's also highly impractical.
You'll also probably thank yourself later as you'll open yourself up to the possibility of using other bitz in the conversion.

As for body armour, SoB wear power armor and I've always seen SoB as wearing a ceramite plated corset with metal boning, studs, and edges. I don't really think leather or other materials work as SoB PA is supposed to provide the same level of protection as suits worn by Space Marines.

No doubt you've seen this artwork:

While it looks similar to skin tight leather you'll notice that at the joints it shows to be more like body-fitting sections of armor

Note that the corset doesn't come down past the hips on the sides. The particular shape allows for leg mobility so if you wanted to model a belt onto a sister I think either a belt that follows the shape of the corset, goes over the corset or cuts the bottom of the corset off could all work well.

Maybe look a some pictures of women wearing corsets to get a general idea of body motion/movement while restricted by that particular piece of clothing?

 Aeroroot wrote:
I'd probably take the easy way out and make them the same scale as everything else, especially if you want to do an actual army of them.

Well the current SoB model are all old metal ones. And as they are older as most of the other models they don't have the current propotions. But as we all know GW scales aren't consistent so i'll do what i like the most.

 Xendarc wrote:

As for body armour, SoB wear power armor and I've always seen SoB as wearing a ceramite plated corset with metal boning, studs, and edges. I don't really think leather or other materials work as SoB PA is supposed to provide the same level of protection as suits worn by Space Marines.

That was my impression too. But some artwork definitely shows small folds on their armor as if it was somewhat flexible. But it's probably artists interpretation.

Note that the corset doesn't come down past the hips on the sides. The particular shape allows for leg mobility so if you wanted to model a belt onto a sister I think either a belt that follows the shape of the corset, goes over the corset or cuts the bottom of the corset off could all work well.

You are right. And i decided to try an approach similar to SM models with the round bit on the leg and not on the torso like on DE models. This means that if i want to use DE bitz i need some conversion there but i like this approach better for creating poseable models. Also it is just an experiment if my skills are good enough for actually pulling it off.



My current approach is to just create a random amount of designs and pieces so that i can later choose the best ones to continue. I'll also do some complete one piece sculpts for getting a better understanding on scale of the whole model.

Here are a few examples of where i am at the time. The second one with the more archaic sororita silentum style armor actually has a detachable torso. (And a wire in it's back for better handling ... )

I've created a P&M blog for my SoB now. So if you are interested in following me there - here it is:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/543498.page