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 S'jet wrote:
I dont really understand why people want finecast sisters anyway. Some say conversion potential, and whilst that may be possible for afew of the mini's (seraphim, retributors) the standard sisters with bolter/flamer/melta are all 1 part, with the weapons attatched right across the body.

I for one dont want to see a mass of greenstuff boobies.. that could turn very bad....

Judging by the DE and HE release in fantasy, most likely everyone fears the GW Female Tax
Models with female parts cost more to produce and therefore are more expensive to sell.
5 sisters for $40 with boatload of options or 10 sisters for $60 is what we're looking at.

Finecast reprints would be a bit cheaper probably.

Personally, I love the idea of the AS army, but the lack of options in gameplay and the general lack interest on GW's part has caused me to lose any enthusiasm I would have had normally. Ideally I would be looking for an Inquisistion codex anyway where I could play my warbands without having to take Coteaz (i hate special characters)

GW probably realizes that finecast sisters have no purposes to exist.. The player base for SoB is so low that all players have their metal models, and wouldn't replace them with finecast.

New players wouldn't be willing to pay 90-100$ for 10 sisters that were remade into finecast. Cost is too high and the fact that they are old as heck models wouldn't fly very well either I imagine.

Thus, it's either new models or no models. Hopefully new models since I really like the sister on the cover of the digital release.

 ClockworkZion wrote:
I've seen argument that a Confessor makes a decent stand-in for a Ordos Hereticus Inquisitor. Plus he gets an Invul save!

And it's not like the Battle Conclave isn't made up of models you get in the Grey Knights codex.

Yeah, but you don't get access to Assassins that way. (But, maybe you wouldn't want to...).

^ Yeah torrent on the Immos would be sweet!

D

edit- Whoopsthe comment i was replying to was on the last page. Too slow Cheese. Tooslow.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 MWHistorian wrote:
No point in finecast sisters unless they completely re-do them, and in that case, might as well just go plastic...which they need to do anyway.

10 Sister boxes, and things that don't suck to build is the point. And if you think Finecast = new than you're sadly mistaken.

Huh? Sadly mistaken? I'm agreeing with you. But, to restate it simply, no, they won't do new finecast sisters because what would be the point when they could do the same thing but better in plastic. Finecast would make zero sense.

 MWHistorian wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 MWHistorian wrote:
No point in finecast sisters unless they completely re-do them, and in that case, might as well just go plastic...which they need to do anyway.

10 Sister boxes, and things that don't suck to build is the point. And if you think Finecast = new than you're sadly mistaken.

Huh? Sadly mistaken? I'm agreeing with you. But, to restate it simply, no, they won't do new finecast sisters because what would be the point when they could do the same thing but better in plastic. Finecast would make zero sense.

"Finecast would make zero sense". According to some people it makes zero sense for GW to do most of the things it does. Why are we judging them based on "sense" now?

buckero0 wrote:

 S'jet wrote:
I dont really understand why people want finecast sisters anyway. Some say conversion potential, and whilst that may be possible for afew of the mini's (seraphim, retributors) the standard sisters with bolter/flamer/melta are all 1 part, with the weapons attatched right across the body.

I for one dont want to see a mass of greenstuff boobies.. that could turn very bad....

Judging by the DE and HE release in fantasy, most likely everyone fears the GW Female Tax
Models with female parts cost more to produce and therefore are more expensive to sell.
5 sisters for $40 with boatload of options or 10 sisters for $60 is what we're looking at.

Finecast reprints would be a bit cheaper probably.

Personally, I love the idea of the AS army, but the lack of options in gameplay and the general lack interest on GW's part has caused me to lose any enthusiasm I would have had normally. Ideally I would be looking for an Inquisistion codex anyway where I could play my warbands without having to take Coteaz (i hate special characters)

$60 for 10 sisters would be significantly cheaper than the current price.

... depending on where you buy them.

Also: lol'd @ "GW Female Tax"
Looking at the prices, I can't help but consider this as an explanation.

 Lynata wrote:
... depending on where you buy them.

Also: lol'd @ "GW Female Tax"
Looking at the prices, I can't help but consider this as an explanation.

Too true... Its a wonder why we still buy GW's stuff despite complaining about their prices.

 Lynata wrote:
... depending on where you buy them.

Also: lol'd @ "GW Female Tax"
Looking at the prices, I can't help but consider this as an explanation.

We've been calling it a "boob tax" locally.

I think it is important that we all start email GW and telling them that we are tired of the price hikes.

Also, what if this codex was totally revamped and we were able to do SoB as an actually viable army??

A guy can dream.

JohnRonald1 wrote:
I think it is important that we all start email GW and telling them that we are tired of the price hikes.

And I'm sure they would get a good chuckle out of that.

JohnRonald1 wrote:
I think it is important that we all start email GW and telling them that we are tired of the price hikes.

Also, what if this codex was totally revamped and we were able to do SoB as an actually viable army??

A guy can dream.

SOB is a viable army, just hard as heck to collect without using up your life savings. But on the field the army performs just fine. It's limited in options though. VERY limited.

 MWHistorian wrote:
SOB is a viable army, just hard as heck to collect without using up your life savings.

Just buy second hand.

Or just keep buying "cheap" Marines - how much is a single plastic Librarian now!?

Ebay is your friend tbh

 MWHistorian wrote:
SOB is a viable army, just hard as heck to collect without using up your life savings.

You don't think that new GW plastics will make the army cheaper to collect, do you?

 Kroothawk wrote:

 MWHistorian wrote:
SOB is a viable army, just hard as heck to collect without using up your life savings.

You don't think that new GW plastics will make the army cheaper to collect, do you?

Even at Witch Elf prices $6 ea, they will be cheaper to collect.

$60 for 10 basic troop sisters. vs Current State - Either $72.30 or $76.40 right now.

So yes, they will be cheaper.

Heck, even at Dire Avenger prices (5 for $35) they will be cheaper to collect and have more options.

Edit: Not to mention that by making them plastic, they will probably stop being direct only. Which means that you will be able to get discounts on the models which saves you 10-30% depending on where you buy them. They would be Significantly cheaper in plastic. $72-76 vs $56 (at only 20% which is my FLGS) difference (22% drop, btw).

So does smaller, more realistic boobs mean lower boob taxes

Size doesn't matter, it's a flat tax.

Buh-dum-tish.

 MWHistorian wrote:
.... on the field the army performs just fine. It's limited in options though. VERY limited.

And there is absolutely no hint of any new units in this digital 'dex, just revamps of the White Dwarf ones -- correct?

no realistic rumours of new models for this one

 Manchu wrote:
Size doesn't matter, it's a flat tax.

Buh-dum-tish.

Well played. Have an exalt.

 pretre wrote:
Even at Witch Elf prices $6 ea, they will be cheaper to collect.
$60 for 10 basic troop sisters. vs Current State - Either $72.30 or $76.40 right now.

And you are absolutely sure that GW will not raise prices in the 1-3 years until the Sororitas release

Keep in mind that plastic Dark Elf witches are 50% more expensive than when the metal witches were (re)released in boxes:
http://battlereporter.blogspot.de/2008/06/new-dark-elves-spearhead-boxed-set-army.html

 Kroothawk wrote:
And you are absolutely sure that GW will not raise prices in the 1-3 years until the Sororitas release

Keep in mind that plastic Dark Elf witches are 50% more expensive than when the metal witches were (re)released in boxes:
http://battlereporter.blogspot.de/2008/06/new-dark-elves-spearhead-boxed-set-army.html

Of course I'm not. I can't predict the future. I'm also not sure they won't increase prices right now on SOB when they release the mini-dex.

Witches are, of course, cheaper in the US than they were previous to the release of plastic. Many kits are 50% more expensive than when they were released though.

Either way, sisters will probably be cheaper and will almost definitely be better.

SisterSydney wrote:And there is absolutely no hint of any new units in this digital 'dex, just revamps of the White Dwarf ones -- correct?

Yes, but relics and different pricing may open some new possibility at least for HQ.

Exalted for your signature quote, Hybrid Son.

So this was just posted on the Digital Editions FB page.

I need new pants.

Good stuff

It's... It's beautiful...

We even get resistance against psykers!