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talljosh85 wrote:
Haha, fact... she's smarter than me, so I'm sure she could track my iPhone and figure out that I was out west.

I think he meant more "Getting permission is getting permission." The hardest part for me is convincing the girl to let me go play for a weekend.

Also, FB group for organizing a group GT trip: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1008030845930145/

Anyone even remotely interested should join and we can start working out ideas for venue, timing, etc.

When/where are these events?

Guess I should start painting again...

PanzerLeader wrote:

talljosh85 wrote:
Haha, fact... she's smarter than me, so I'm sure she could track my iPhone and figure out that I was out west.

I think he meant more "Getting permission is getting permission." The hardest part for me is convincing the girl to let me go play for a weekend.

Also, FB group for organizing a group GT trip: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1008030845930145/

Anyone even remotely interested should join and we can start working out ideas for venue, timing, etc.

Cool. The pot is stirring...

 Btothefnrock wrote:
When/where are these events?

Guess I should start painting again...

So we're talking about organizing for one of the following:
Adepticon 2016 (March in the Chicago area)
BAO 2016 (traditionally a July event in the SF/Oakland area)
NOVA 2016 (traditionally Labor Day in Washington D.C.)
LVO 2017 (traditionally February in Vegas)

The goal is to get lots 10+ AS players in force. I recommend joining the FB group so we can get a more focused discussion rolling. I will definitely make sure we have kick ass shirts for wherever we go.

I would be in for Adepticon. Schedule doesn't really allow for much else.

PanzerLeader wrote:

 Btothefnrock wrote:
When/where are these events?

Guess I should start painting again...

So we're talking about organizing for one of the following:
Adepticon 2016 (March in the Chicago area)
BAO 2016 (traditionally a July event in the SF/Oakland area)
NOVA 2016 (traditionally Labor Day in Washington D.C.)
LVO 2017 (traditionally February in Vegas)

The goal is to get lots 10+ AS players in force. I recommend joining the FB group so we can get a more focused discussion rolling. I will definitely make sure we have kick ass shirts for wherever we go.

Well I mean we can organize for multiple of them too. I dont see a good reason why we cant use it as a hub for getting Sisters of Battle players to move in hordes together. Twould be very cool.

PanzerLeader, permission is permission, forgiveness isn't guaranteed. I got permission for ATC and it was like eight days before being gone for another six months. So NOVA I can definitely do, Adepticon is a maybe, and the best coast is a probably not for me.

Headed to the Facebook group now. Stoked to see this come to life, it would be awesome to get a bunch of SoB players together.

Adepticon and Nova could be doable for me.

Working on some Sob Lists, but at the same time, I'd be very tempted to use my Gladius instead.... (dohhh) Nah, If I made it out, I would run sisters regardless... Just need to playtest a bunch more and find a better list.

We should post a few lists up to see what we are working with!

Also, I need some more Heavy Flamer girls asap!!!

The quest for more tools of destruction cntinues.

Well regardless, the first step is just getting guys willing and interested to explore this and working out logistice we can do as the details drop.

Hey guys I just wanted to share my army and list here and then ask a small question. So my 500 point list is:

Canoness, Rosarius, Eviscerator

BSS, Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Immo
BSS, Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Immo

Retributors, Heavy Boltersx4

This has been a fun list to play with and has done quite well for me against the other local small lists but I'm considering some options to expand upon it. I was looking at possible allies and was maybe thinking of throwing in some assassins to get me to 750. Anyone have any opinion on this? I was thinking perhaps a Vindicare and then adding a girl to each squad to max out the transport cap of the immo and possibly some upgrades to squeak out to 750. I know number of bodies will be an issue at that point but I'm relunctant to try and find more SoB models cause they get very expensive fast. Any thoughts? And I know some of you guys have been sharing your beautiful army shots on here so I figured I'd throw mine in too, more pics are on my project log linked in my sig if you want to see more. Thank you in advance for your advice.

Two exorcists fit nicely into 750.


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Also, Celestine is godly at low points levels.

Swapping the canoness for Celestine and getting a bastion with some more girls for your ret squad would be pretty nasty for most opponents. If you have extra points, grab some seraphim who are pretty okay at low points levels.

 pretre wrote:
Two exorcists fit nicely into 750.


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Also, Celestine is godly at low points levels.

Swapping the canoness for Celestine and getting a bastion with some more girls for your ret squad would be pretty nasty for most opponents. If you have extra points, grab some seraphim who are pretty okay at low points levels.

I second two exorcists. They add a ton of value for a measly 250 points.

Another vote for two exorcists, if you're willing to pick up the models (or an acceptable counts-as, I see a lot of whirlwinds). I actually don't like the exorcist too much, just due to the random number of shots per turn, but I can't deny they're very powerful when you're not rolling 1's constantly. Especially at that level of points, just their potential is enough to force your opponent to take notice of them. I personally love the model, but it's a royal pain to put together and comes with no instructions at all.

Your army looks great by the way.

Seraphim are great in smaller games. Shred plus 4 flamer templates is fun.

Nice looking army,

My thoughts are:

Swap the Cannoness for Celestine
Add a priest (or two) if you want a low $/point cost model to beef up the squads a bit

1x Exorcist for long range

Start hunting for melta girls. As you build your army, melta equipped Dominions are wonderful.

Thank you for the advice everyone. I had considered looking at exorcists, I was looking at converting the Space marine Stalker tank, as it looks pretty cool and has 6 barrels to show 6 possible exorcist shots, into a couple as I'm really not a fan of the pipe organ model (sorry fans, it's just not to my tastes).

I would love to run seraphim however their cost is quite high (as are all of the SoB models that I'm trying to avoid buying now, still hoping for plastic one day). But if a good deal comes up on ebay or kijiji I may consider it.

As for changing my cannoness to a Celestine I'm going to hold off on that for now. While I think running a living saint would be cool I just don't want to buy models to replace what I already have as opposed to getting things to grow the army.

I know melta doms are fantastic. I managed to scrounge up 2 but I'm still two short. It also appears that the immo kit is gone and I only have the two, it's a shame because I do love the immo kit.


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Thank you for the compliments on my force btw, I'm fairly satisfied with them, they look good on the tabletop. Of course they aren't award winning by any stretch but it's what I can do for now.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Thank you for the advice everyone. I had considered looking at exorcists, I was looking at converting the Space marine Stalker tank, as it looks pretty cool and has 6 barrels to show 6 possible exorcist shots, into a couple as I'm really not a fan of the pipe organ model (sorry fans, it's just not to my tastes).

I would love to run seraphim however their cost is quite high (as are all of the SoB models that I'm trying to avoid buying now, still hoping for plastic one day). But if a good deal comes up on ebay or kijiji I may consider it.

As for changing my cannoness to a Celestine I'm going to hold off on that for now. While I think running a living saint would be cool I just don't want to buy models to replace what I already have as opposed to getting things to grow the army.

I know melta doms are fantastic. I managed to scrounge up 2 but I'm still two short. It also appears that the immo kit is gone and I only have the two, it's a shame because I do love the immo kit.


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Thank you for the compliments on my force btw, I'm fairly satisfied with them, they look good on the tabletop. Of course they aren't award winning by any stretch but it's what I can do for now.

Cost is going to be a constant struggle as a Sisters player. The great thing about metal models is that as long as they're intact, they're easy to strip and start all over again, so eBay auctions are less of a gamble than with plastic or resin armies.

Although they no longer sell Immolator kits, buying an Exorcist kit will also get you the Immo sprue. Since you need Exos to build your army, you'll still have parts left over to convert basic Rhinos into Immos. Might be something to consider for the near future while the Exos are still available on the GW store.

Also, your army is beautiful. Great work and it's always awesome to see people taking the time to paint their army as they go

Thank you very much for your insight and kind words armyman. It's a very fun army to paint, you get the best of cloth textures and metal armor all in one model. I'll be keeping an eye on ebay to see if anything juicy pops up but this will definitely be a slow burn army as I have other army projects on the go so adding too much more will likely be in the event that a good deal drops in my lap.

A Canoness with the Mantle of Ophelia and a Rosarius makes a good, safe bet for your Warlord while you send Celestine off to assassinate 3+ or lower enemies. So for bigger games, Celestine doesn't actually invalidate your existing HQ.

I don't have my phone with me at the moment. The mantle of Ophelia is the eternal warrior relic correct? or is it the re-roll armour saves relic? I always jump around between those two, never sure which one would be best. It's situational I suppose, depending on the AP of your opponents weapons.

Mantle of Ophelia gives EW, Cloak of St. Aspira gives the rerolls. In my experience the Mantle is better, but as you say it's situational.

I face Space Wolves a lot, so rerolls don't help much. Failing even a single reroll means I'm smushed and I rarely get to take my armor save. So I get the 4+ Rosarius save, or a 6+ rerollable SoF save, and failure means death. With Rosarius and EW I take the 4+ but have to fail three before I'm dead. I'll take that every time.

If I was against orks or something else with a lot of no or high AP dice coming at me, I'd probably say the rerollable 3+ is best

Yeah that's my view of it too, depending on the opponent one may be better than the other. For a TAC list though EW is never a bad thing to have. I'll definitely be looking into adjustments to fit it in. Thanks everyone.

The Mantle of Ophelia and a Rosarius are an auto-take on a Cannoness imo. If you can get her into combat alongside a Priest (with the Litanies of Faith so you can't fail the War Hymn check) she's absurdly tanky for her stat line and cost (even if you factor in the cost of the Priest). A re-rollable 4+ with EW can go a long way.

A Cannoness built like that with an Eviscerator, and some Priests buddies also make a great plug and play into allied units. Particularly effective with Guard blobs or Space Marines, to provide either cheap or tough ablative wounds respectively.

 GoonBandito wrote:
The Mantle of Ophelia and a Rosarius are an auto-take on a Cannoness imo. If you can get her into combat alongside a Priest (with the Litanies of Faith so you can't fail the War Hymn check) she's absurdly tanky for her stat line and cost (even if you factor in the cost of the Priest). A re-rollable 4+ with EW can go a long way.

A Cannoness built like that with an Eviscerator, and some Priests buddies also make a great plug and play into allied units. Particularly effective with Guard blobs or Space Marines, to provide either cheap or tough ablative wounds respectively.

For the price of a Canoness (65) with Mantle (25), Rosarius (15) and Eviscerator (30), you could just take Celestine and get a lot more utility.

Or Jackie Boy for less points but is still usefully. Even if you don't plan on the blob of doom he is still better than a Canoness .

Ld9 war hyms yo

war hymns are dope.

 pretre wrote:

 GoonBandito wrote:
The Mantle of Ophelia and a Rosarius are an auto-take on a Cannoness imo. If you can get her into combat alongside a Priest (with the Litanies of Faith so you can't fail the War Hymn check) she's absurdly tanky for her stat line and cost (even if you factor in the cost of the Priest). A re-rollable 4+ with EW can go a long way.

A Cannoness built like that with an Eviscerator, and some Priests buddies also make a great plug and play into allied units. Particularly effective with Guard blobs or Space Marines, to provide either cheap or tough ablative wounds respectively.

For the price of a Canoness (65) with Mantle (25), Rosarius (15) and Eviscerator (30), you could just take Celestine and get a lot more utility.

Until she insta dies to S6. Don't get me wrong, Celestine is generally a far better option but if you are taking a Canoness for whatever reason that's how you build her since it gives you something that Jacobus or Celestine don't have.

I'd never shell out for an Eviscerator on a Canoness. It's just way too many points. Power Mauls are almost as effective unless you're sending her against vehicles.

 GoonBandito wrote:

 pretre wrote:

 GoonBandito wrote:
The Mantle of Ophelia and a Rosarius are an auto-take on a Cannoness imo. If you can get her into combat alongside a Priest (with the Litanies of Faith so you can't fail the War Hymn check) she's absurdly tanky for her stat line and cost (even if you factor in the cost of the Priest). A re-rollable 4+ with EW can go a long way.

A Cannoness built like that with an Eviscerator, and some Priests buddies also make a great plug and play into allied units. Particularly effective with Guard blobs or Space Marines, to provide either cheap or tough ablative wounds respectively.

For the price of a Canoness (65) with Mantle (25), Rosarius (15) and Eviscerator (30), you could just take Celestine and get a lot more utility.

Until she insta dies to S6. Don't get me wrong, Celestine is generally a far better option but if you are taking a Canoness for whatever reason that's how you build her since it gives you something that Jacobus or Celestine don't have.

And gets back up next turn.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
I'd never shell out for an Eviscerator on a Canoness. It's just way too many points. Power Mauls are almost as effective unless you're sending her against vehicles.

Eh, AP4 just bounces off most things. At least at AP2 you can actually threaten something with her. I think its worth it.