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Ooh this makes me exited, now if only we could get plastics...

 CommanderRyalis wrote:
Ooh this makes me exited, now if only we could get plastics...

Conspiracy theory of the day: Maybe this digital release is to test the waters and check current demand...

 pretre wrote:

 CommanderRyalis wrote:
Ooh this makes me exited, now if only we could get plastics...

Conspiracy theory of the day: Maybe this digital release is to test the waters and check current demand...

That would make a lot of sense, actually.

Although this is GW we're talking about.

Way! Some good news for Sisters!

Now I just need to find out more about that Blood Angels picture!

Sisters of Battle players are the hipsters of the 40K Universe.

The Dark Eldar enthusiasts have been placated.
The Necron players have been more than sated.
The Black Templar faithful have been brushed aside.
And all that remains are the blessed Sisters of Battle…

Oh, how the cruel devils at GW must delight in their torture. As they teeter on the brink of being squatted; consuming every morsel of every rumor that the wicked internet taunts them with. Enduring the scorn of every player with a current army list. Suffering through every indignity possible as a new codex releases.

And for what? A White Dwarf Update? For the all-powerful Warlord traits? For the possibility of a skyfire unit?

I must apologize for so terribly waxing poetic at your misfortune. I have endured far more Dostoevsky than my small brain can handle. I must now hide in the corner, devour whole kittens, and drool on myself until I can stomach more of ‘Notes from Underground’…

The good thong is, since they dont sell the models they dont benefit from op treatment of a few units, like they did with the daemon codex wd update that shot flamers and screamers through the roof.
(unless they make a serafim finecast box for a grand price tag to go with this months release

 Davespil wrote:
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Meh, 5/10. You had some good points but it was largely too OTT.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Well, this was entertaining.

And for those of you starved for SoB models, there should be an offering from Raging Heroes around 2015, so fear not!

I'll be waiting a couple of months to see if they decide to do a print run. If they do, I'll buy it, if they don't, I'll get the digital one. Although a print of those rules would leave them thinner than a Yoko Tsuno album...

I still don't understand the idea of waiting for Raging Hero models which look absolutely nothing like sisters of battle.. I guess they're women with guns? But 40k is all about its "look".

 Kirasu wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Well, this was entertaining.

And for those of you starved for SoB models, there should be an offering from Raging Heroes around 2015, so fear not!

I'll be waiting a couple of months to see if they decide to do a print run. If they do, I'll buy it, if they don't, I'll get the digital one. Although a print of those rules would leave them thinner than a Yoko Tsuno album...

I still don't understand the idea of waiting for Raging Hero models which look absolutely nothing like sisters of battle.. I guess they're women with guns? But 40k is all about its "look".

I think people are talking about these ones, not the Toughest Girls of the galaxy :

http://www.ragingheroes.com/blogs/news/1447582-the-orphanage-of-the-sisters-of-eternal-mercy

No, I think we're aware. But the idea is why would you start a whole new design aesthetic for your army without a new book. It kinda relies on new folks trying out SOB when there's no reason to start SOB.

 pretre wrote:

 Davespil wrote:
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Meh, 5/10. You had some good points but it was largely too OTT.

I agree. It was very contrived.

 Erzanj wrote:

 Kirasu wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Well, this was entertaining.

And for those of you starved for SoB models, there should be an offering from Raging Heroes around 2015, so fear not!

I'll be waiting a couple of months to see if they decide to do a print run. If they do, I'll buy it, if they don't, I'll get the digital one. Although a print of those rules would leave them thinner than a Yoko Tsuno album...

I still don't understand the idea of waiting for Raging Hero models which look absolutely nothing like sisters of battle.. I guess they're women with guns? But 40k is all about its "look".

I think people are talking about these ones, not the Toughest Girls of the galaxy :

http://www.ragingheroes.com/blogs/news/1447582-the-orphanage-of-the-sisters-of-eternal-mercy

I just see sketches.. I don't know, as pretre said what's the purpose of people starting a brand new SOB army? The book is boring and the army isn't getting any new players, thus you rely on people who already have an army.. very few 40k players will want to have an army 2 completely different looking halves.

Might as well wait for a new book with new models, then IF the raging heroes stuff is out (IF) you can buy a ton of them.. assuming they're squad based and not just a few individual models

 pretre wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
And for those of you starved for SoB models, there should be an offering from Raging Heroes around 2015, so fear not!

Although I'm interested, I'm also a bit wary after reading through the current KS thread for RH.

I think the other problem for RH is that a lot of folks who play SOB have plenty of models. RH really needs the codex to pop right around when they launch the KS, then it would take off.

I've got 3.5K points of Sisters for instance. I only need a few more and I can drop 60 BSS Sisters on the table at the same time!

Exactly. Most sisters players I know don't need more. They might buy more if there are plastics, but that's just because plastics are cool.

 pretre wrote:
Exactly. Most sisters players I know don't need more. They might buy more if there are plastics, but that's just because plastics are cool.

Well that and plastics means more bits and easier conversions!

Meanwhile, I have a grand total of 11 SoB miniatures. Unable to find any more. Although to be fair I haven't looked in a bit because I couldn't afford them at the moment. So please, no snarky list of 157 eBay links.

And no, I really was referring to TGG, but more as swipe at their delays in release. The "Nuns with guns" KS, if it ever happens, will definitely not release stuff by 2015.

SoB were my first ever game of W40K. I loved them from that moment. For the reasons pretre gave a couple of pages ago, I think they can be a good army. They certainly made short order of my Deathwing last time I played against them.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Meanwhile, I have a grand total of 11 SoB miniatures. Unable to find any more. Although to be fair I haven't looked in a bit because I couldn't afford them at the moment. So please, no snarky list of 157 eBay links.

And no, I really was referring to TGG, but more as swipe at their delays in release. The "Nuns with guns" KS, if it ever happens, will definitely not release stuff by 2015.

SoB were my first ever game of W40K. I loved them from that moment. For the reasons pretre gave a couple of pages ago, I think they can be a good army. They certainly made short order of my Deathwing last time I played against them.

I bought most of my collection direct from GW in parts actually. It's not cheap, but it's still better than collecting on of the all metal Guard armies.

I traded and bought 2nd hand on everything. Not a single model is brand new. Managed to have little over 3k of points now. If the digital release happens ill be happy, new plastics come out, Ill buy more. Im content.

Yeah, most of mine is 2nd hand. I bought the set with the shrine waaaaay back in the day and bits ordered a bunch back when you could do that. But pretty much for the last 10 years, it has all been second hand.

I'm not super enthused about having to lug around that much metal. I know I have a car now, but it still sounds like a hassle.

And I may be an outlier here, so sue me. But the super grimdark vibe is getting a little thick. Dreamforge has offered me an out for my IG and I haven't been tempted to look back. I'm not dissing on anyone for liking it. Far from it, I think the more diverse the merrier. I just think I could get into women with guns without heavy gothic imagery.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
I'm not super enthused about having to lug around that much metal. I know I have a car now, but it still sounds like a hassle.

? I don't even know what to say. You're already carrying around minis. SOB aren't really that much heavier or harder to carry.

I just think I could get into women with guns without heavy gothic imagery.

I don't want this to sound dick-ish, but isn't that Infinity?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Meanwhile, I have a grand total of 11 SoB miniatures. Unable to find any more. Although to be fair I haven't looked in a bit because I couldn't afford them at the moment. So please, no snarky list of 157 eBay links.

If it makes you feel any better I have a grand total of one sister. I wasn't really looking to get into the army though, just a random 50 cent paintable. I might consider the actual army if starting it wasn't so convoluted...and I had a spare fortune for another army

I love the sisters and their short range firefight niche, would love a dex update no matter how trivial but I'm not remotely interested in a digital release. A hard copy I would shell out for faster than you can say unreconstructed nun.

 troy_tempest wrote:
I'm not remotely interested in a digital release. A hard copy I would shell out for faster than you can say unreconstructed nun.

I'm curious about this opinion.

So for me: I have the two white dwarfs which sit on the shelf or in the bottom of my gaming bag. I have a scanned, printed (with neato cover) copy of the actual pages which I carry with me and use for games.

So getting a digital edition means that I will have a slightly different printed version and a backup copy on my computer. Granted, mine suffers more wear and tear but a digital release really doesn't sound that bad.

I'm getting kinda bored with nothing new. Whilst i play occasionally, im more in it for the painting/collecting side, and with no models, lore or any info on what happening with the army kinda depresses me.

They are my first and only 40k collection aside from afew Dark eldar. Maybe this "new" dex will surprise me, but i think not.

 pretre wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
I'm not super enthused about having to lug around that much metal. I know I have a car now, but it still sounds like a hassle.

? I don't even know what to say. You're already carrying around minis. SOB aren't really that much heavier or harder to carry.

I just think I could get into women with guns without heavy gothic imagery.

I don't want this to sound dick-ish, but isn't that Infinity?

You could say I'm lazy. I'm still in my "has to be as light as possible" mentality. I got a Deathwing specifically because it was highly portable. I regret that choice, you don't even have to laugh.

Why would you sound dick-ish? Got something on your conscience? Infinity is a skirmish game, one into which I'll never be able to shift my friends into. I already have Infinity armies, one of them fairly feminine thanks to Statuesque miniatures. I just like the idea of an order of militarized women. And yes, if I were good enough I would use repentia count-as and penitent engine count-as to remove a bit of the "sin and repentance" which doesn't suit my personal taste.

To go back to the dick-ish qualifier... isn't that my job, as a Canadian, to be overly polite? It's a forum, I'm a big boy.

While I prefer hardback books, I cant complain about a digital release of an army I play and love.

 pretre wrote:
Conspiracy theory of the day: Maybe this digital release is to test the waters and check current demand...

I doubt it. The models are still awkward to collect, so it's not really a perfect measure of demand. I view this more as them being taken off of the backburner and back into being an "proper" army. Now that the plastics are possible, it makes sense to start selling SoB rules again and to possibly get people interested in them.

And, as has been said in the past, GW is likely quite aware that there is demand for them.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
And for those of you starved for SoB models, there should be an offering from Raging Heroes around 2015, so fear not!

I'm fairly sure we'll have real SoB models before then, if not around the same time.

 Troike wrote:

 pretre wrote:
Conspiracy theory of the day: Maybe this digital release is to test the waters and check current demand...

I doubt it. The models are still awkward to collect, so it's not really a perfect measure of demand. I view this more as them being taken off of the backburner and back into being an "proper" army. Now that the plastics are possible, it makes sense to start selling SoB rules again and to possibly get people interested in them.

Right, that's what I'm saying. Not that this is a booster for existing models. Simply do a count of how many rule books you sell and multiply it by average sale per codex that they have somewhere and bingo.

I'm fairly sure we'll have real SoB models before then, if not around the same time.

Ha! Ever the optimist. I've been saying that for 10 years.

To expand on Petre's point about them using it to measure demand, it could also potentially tell them how much they need for the release so we don't see a Tau or Eldar sellout again. I'm willing to bet that the number will get padded just in case to ensure that too.