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And before they do new molds they need new masters as the way you cast plastic is different than how you cast metal or resin so the models need to be designed and broken up differently.

The fact that this is coming out this month, but we don't know when, is making time move more slowly for me. :-/

 Manchu wrote:
In all seriousness, I keep telling myself that Jes Goodwin will not let SoB fans down.

 Lynata wrote:
I agree about Jes Goodwin. Perhaps this is a bit naive, but I like to believe he is fond of his work on the SoB.

I think that this is the case, if this interview is anything to go by.

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

He sounds like he has some interesting ideas for them, and does say that they'd "really wanted to crack on with the Sisters". In any case, I think he'll do right by them, when their time comes. He did give us the original models, after all, and those still hold up today.

And are often said to be the most beautiful minis of the franchise!

Also, just stumbled over this by pure accident:

 SisterSydney wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

 MWHistorian wrote:
OK, all I have is an I Phone, what do I need to download the new codex? Break it down for me, cause I clueless when it comes to technology.

iPhone can't do iBooks.

If it gets released as an .epub file though (which I think the rumors are saying) you should be able to add it via iTunes.

I've got both Eldar and Space Marines on my iPhone, and I got them thru the bookstore, not iTunes...

If you got it through Black Library, then you most likely got the .epub versions. By "add it via iTunes" I wasn't talking about buying them via iTunes though. The way I usually add my non-Apple eBooks to my iPhone is to open iTunes on my PC, go the "add file" route, add the .epub that way, and then sync. That's what I was talking about.

iBook (not eBook) can only be purchased via the iBook app on an iPad.

I mangaged to use my Barnes & Noble contraption (NOOK) for some Black Library publications, a test run in leu of buying an iPad, worked just fine so here I sit waiting for the release...

Apparently the new SM supplement - Sentiinals of Terra includes Apoc formations. I wonder if that's something else we might see in the SoB dex revamp?

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Dunno if it has been mentiond. but didnt gw use to name them sisters of battle on tHe webpage?

The name is now Adepta Sororitas as mentiond on the WD

 phatonic wrote:
Dunno if it has been mentiond. but didnt gw use to name them sisters of battle on tHe webpage?

The name is now Adepta Sororitas as mentiond on the WD

Well on the german site they were always called 'adeptus sororitas'. (At least since i first visited the site.) GW probably just wants to use a unified name for different languages.

The excitement! It builds by the day. I just checked the GW site, and it does say that, so happy its happening!

Finally. If it turns out well, I might consider getting an Imperial Army for once. I already have 2 xenos armies after all.

Just got this off the GW site:



Looks like this weekend.

Got the Kindle app and Nook app for my PC, figure either way I'm covered now. If not I can bug someone in my group to buy it for me, presuming one of them has an i-something.

Wow, not only did they change the name on the GW site, they even added one of them new paint collections. The optimism, it grows... Although now they need to move it up the list for alphabetical order.

I still think it looks weird - or are they going to change SM to Adeptus Astartes, too?

Props for adding anything, though...
How reliable do we believe the "this weekend" to be? Should I get excited or not?

 Lynata wrote:
I still think it looks weird - or are they going to change SM to Adeptus Astartes, too?

"Space Marines" is worth a lot more to GW then "Adeptus Astartes" so theres never gonna be a change there.

They've added an "army essentials" section to the adepta sororitas section on the webstore too- that implies the codex will be soon.

Now think about why "Space Marines" is more valuable than "Adeptus Astartes" -- maybe because there is a clear brand identity that GW doesn't mess with every time they are reiterated ... unlike SoB. To me, this move signals that GW is once again trying to reinvent the Sisters brand.

Did anybody else notice this?

Adepta Sororitas paint collection (Order of Our Martyred Lady)

This collection contains every colour you need to paint Adepta Sororitas, including their classic black armour, white markings, metallics, red cloth, and skin. These colours are part of the Citadel Paint System, which is designed to help you easily achieve great results on your miniatures.

 Lynata wrote:
I still think it looks weird - or are they going to change SM to Adeptus Astartes, too?

Props for adding anything, though...
How reliable do we believe the "this weekend" to be? Should I get excited or not?

I think it's pretty likely.


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 Kanluwen wrote:
Did anybody else notice this?

Adepta Sororitas paint collection (Order of Our Martyred Lady)

This collection contains every colour you need to paint Adepta Sororitas, including their classic black armour, white markings, metallics, red cloth, and skin. These colours are part of the Citadel Paint System, which is designed to help you easily achieve great results on your miniatures.

Never noticed that before. Good find!

Regarding the name change, I sort of like it. "Adepta Sororitas" does sound very professional and that. Though "Sisters of Battle" had an appropriately brutal edge to it, and was more relevant to the forces that you were actually fielding, with non-militant Sororitas appearing only as command squad choices. In any case, it's an interesting move. I think that Manchu is probably correct about a rebranding, just hope that they handle it well.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Did anybody else notice this?

Adepta Sororitas paint collection (Order of Our Martyred Lady)

This collection contains every colour you need to paint Adepta Sororitas, including their classic black armour, white markings, metallics, red cloth, and skin. These colours are part of the Citadel Paint System, which is designed to help you easily achieve great results on your miniatures.

Dammit Martyred Lady, give the other Sisters a turn!

But yeah, this is an extremely positive sign. We're not just seeing an update to our codex, but little things like this too. Things are afoot!

I'm hoping the battle sisters release will be the first actually good release from GW in a long time.

The last release which I'd consider high-quality from GW was the dark eldar. You have to look really hard at a few niche finecast units to find any fault there, the range is pretty much perfect.

Everything since then for 40k has been mostly laughable junk, all about the big flyers or power ranger toy walkers while neglecting to replace troops choices that still have ugly models from 20 years ago.

The thing with having prices as high as GW is that you actually do want some good minis for that price, IMO their concept quality has been getting increasingly infantile over the last few years, and I haven't seen much that deserves a price tag even half of what it is.

My sisters are out on my desk for the first time in about 18months, which means something.....

 scarletsquig wrote:
I'm hoping the battle sisters release will be the first actually good release from GW in a long time.

The last release which I'd consider high-quality from GW was the dark eldar.

You know that the 'sisters release' is just a digidex, right?

Aww... they really deserve some new models! :(

Oh well, maybe in 2020 they might appear as a detachment for the 10th edition space marine codex.

 scarletsquig wrote:
Aww... they really deserve some new models! :(

I think those'll come in due time. The developers did say at the Enter the Citadel Q&A that they now had the technology to make plastic Sisters. Though it'll probably be a while until we see them, overhualing an entire army's models is a lot of work. But hey, the stuff in this thread is still very good news. We can certainly forget our fears of them being squatted or folded, I'd say.

 scarletsquig wrote:
Aww... they really deserve some new models! :(

Oh well, maybe in 2020 they might appear as a detachment for the 10th edition space marine codex.

hehe. Unlikely, although new models in 2020 is probably as safe a bet as any.

So, if this gets a physical release, will it make it into the stores? It'd be fantastic if they got a store presence again.

Also, is there any way for us to see how well this sells, at all?

 pretre wrote:

 scarletsquig wrote:
Aww... they really deserve some new models! :(

Oh well, maybe in 2020 they might appear as a detachment for the 10th edition space marine codex.

hehe. Unlikely, although new models in 2020 is probably as safe a bet as any.

Actually the new Dark Elves are not a bad gauge for the 'new tech' and the supposed problems.

The concept art that people kept describing for the Sisters had them with flowing tabards and chainmail over really ornate plate with a pseudo-Crusader look. But the continual problem that we kept hearing about was that the tabards were coming out as an undetailed mess and ruining the chainmail/tabard look and the plate was coming out pretty shoddy as well.

And a Kindle app will read the new codex? Excellent. Also, I like the Adapta Sororitas change. Sounds more professional.

 pretre wrote:

 scarletsquig wrote:
Aww... they really deserve some new models! :(

Oh well, maybe in 2020 they might appear as a detachment for the 10th edition space marine codex.

hehe. Unlikely, although new models in 2020 is probably as safe a bet as any.

New models by the 41st Millennium!


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I'm playing the long game on this one.


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Also I'm at the point I'm going to start calling the "Order of Our Matryed Lady" the "Ultra Sisters" instead. Mostly because they get most of the special characters, and the majority of the studio's focus.....just like the Ultramarines.

 Troike wrote:
Though it'll probably be a while until we see them, overhualing an entire army's models is a lot of work.

They could alleviate pressure and guage interest with 1 full size sprue and 1 character sprue. Pretty minimal investment in time and money.

1 Cannoness character size
1 Full size containing enough for 5 Sisters. This could be done Al la GK power armor sprue. It would be able to produce Celestians, Battle Sister, Seraphim and Retributor squads.

Bam. Done. Watch sell like hotcakes. The rest of the units are tertiary at best. And Sisters fanatics would be too busy de flashing to complain there are no plastic penitent engines.