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 pretre wrote:

...Space Marine Combat Squad (£6), and
Chaos Space Marines (£6)...

Same price today:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marines
Space Marines- £6
Availability: Usually ships within 24hrs

Description
Tactical squads are the most numerous in a chapter and form the backbone of a fighting force. As their name suggests they are highly flexible having the tactical adaptability to deal with virtually any foe. Armed primarily with the holy bolter, some squad members carry more specialised weapons such as the plasma or meltagun.

These models have been specially designed to push-fit together and do not require glue for assembly. Ideal for adding additional models to a unit or for trying out new colour schemes, these are especially suitable for those new to modelling.

This box set contains three plastic Space Marines armed with bolters. Models supplied with 25mm round bases.

A Combat Squad box was the one with 5 marines in it, aka half a Tactical Squad set.

 DarkStarSabre wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
As we are speculating:

a) 5-model combo-unit Sisters infantry kit
b) 3 model Sisters unit on 50mm bases kit
c) 5 model Sisters unit on 32mm bases kit (different from the infantry unit listed above)
d) Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “A” kit
e) Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “B” kit
f) Sororitas Walker/Monstrous Creature vehicle kit
g) 3 clampack Sororitas characters

a) bog standard set of 5 Sisters, HB, HF, MM; SB, flamer, melta; standard, VSS head w/ PW & Eviscerator.
b) Penitent Engine 2-in-1; same sprue layout as Sentinels, and also makes some sort of Rifleman
c) Seraphim, of course
d) NEW Flyer / Skimmer 2-in-1 kit with Sister pilot
e) Exorcist / AA 2-in-1 kit
f) NEW Dreadknight kit with a regular Sister pilot
g) Special Chracters

No Repentia, as those models are hideous and need to be completely reconcepted.

So, going with GW practices...

a) Will somehow manage to be more expensive than a bog standard set of 5 currently in metal/resin. And considering the average cost of a squad breaches the £50 mark for 10 this will indeed be something.
b) Sentinel with upgrade sprue
c) Will also manage to be somehow more expensive.
d) Can you say upgrade sprue the return?
e) You get a Whirlwind....with an upgrade sprue.
f) Milk the sprue.
g) Will cost twice as much as metal SOB characters despite being in plastic.

I have so much faith for this release.

If upgrade sprues for Rhinos, Whirlwinds, Sentinels and Dreadknights are what it takes for Sisters to get plastic Immolators, Exorcists, Pengines & a Knight - bring on the upgrade sprues!

And no, it's not unreasonable. Also, the metal Pengine is oversized - make it Sentinel-sized (which really isn't that small), and add the Dreadknight-class model - at least it would be something NEW!

 Accolade wrote:


There's your mistake right there. GW don't listen to fans, whether they want a product or don't want a product. GW will get around to making Sisters when they've exhausted basically every idea they can think of, which means that there is a decent chance that Sisters are on the horizon with everything being up-to-date as it is and starting a new rules cycle a potentially suicidal move for 40k.

Snip

Your right.

migooo wrote:

 Accolade wrote:


There's your mistake right there. GW don't listen to fans, whether they want a product or don't want a product. GW will get around to making Sisters when they've exhausted basically every idea they can think of, which means that there is a decent chance that Sisters are on the horizon with everything being up-to-date as it is and starting a new rules cycle a potentially suicidal move for 40k.

Snip

Your right.

So basically after they release a ton of AdMech, Eldar and finish destroying WFB then they might do Sisters?

Meanwhile at GW HQ another innovation...

Tau and Marines are somewhere in that list already, so saying they're going to "surprise" us with Marines is a little silly.

 SpookyBoogie wrote:

migooo wrote:

 Accolade wrote:


There's your mistake right there. GW don't listen to fans, whether they want a product or don't want a product. GW will get around to making Sisters when they've exhausted basically every idea they can think of, which means that there is a decent chance that Sisters are on the horizon with everything being up-to-date as it is and starting a new rules cycle a potentially suicidal move for 40k.

Snip

Your right.

So basically after they release a ton of AdMech, Eldar and finish destroying WFB then they might do Sisters?

Meanwhile at GW HQ another innovation...

That's a heroic meme kudos!

All this talk of ogryns has got me thinking - the existing forge world ogryn charonites might make good penitent engine stand-ins? Just daub them in some bling?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SOLAR_AUXILIA_OGRYN_CHARONITE_SQUAD.html

Why would you want stand-ins for Penitent Engines? Especially when the stand-in is more expensive?

 pretre wrote:
Why would you want stand-ins for Penitent Engines? Especially when the stand-in is more expensive?

Because the old one is a metal monstrosity? Eh, that's all I got.

 pretre wrote:
Why would you want stand-ins for Penitent Engines? Especially when the stand-in is more expensive?

Because the current metal penitent engines are notoriously difficult to work with? What's cost got to do with it?

I like the existing ones. Building them shows devotion to your craft.

 pretre wrote:
I like the existing ones. Building them shows devotion to your craft.

Or utter insanity.

I haven't found a good way to actually put those together. The best advice I've seen involved using silver solder.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I like the existing ones. Building them shows devotion to your craft.

Or utter insanity.

I haven't found a good way to actually put those together. The best advice I've seen involved using silver solder.

Pinning, it isn't terribly hard.

 pretre wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I like the existing ones. Building them shows devotion to your craft.

Or utter insanity.

I haven't found a good way to actually put those together. The best advice I've seen involved using silver solder.

Pinning, it isn't terribly hard.

Been there, tried that. Green stuff too. It's just a really fragile model, even when pinned.

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Been there, tried that. Green stuff too. It's just a really fragile model, even when pinned.

If pinning isn't working, you're pinning it wrong.

I really enjoyed pinning my Penitent Engine. Ended up pinning the central join both vertically (out the top of the ball joint & into the torso), and vertically (from the back of the torso, under the engine, through to the same ball joint). Did the same on the 'hip' joints, drilled straight through, pinned & green stuffed the legs. Had it a year or so now & it hasn't so much as wobbled once!

 pretre wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Been there, tried that. Green stuff too. It's just a really fragile model, even when pinned.

If pinning isn't working, you're pinning it wrong.

Apparently. Teach me to not be using a dremel to do it.

I glanced through the whole thread relatively quickly, so I may have missed it/ it may have been suggested already, but you don't think they'd use the 50MM base-3 model unit to do a Sisters version Special Character ala Logan Grimnar do you? I'm not sure I'd want a Sisters Sleigh, but I never really put anything past 'em. I mean, I'd take the Repentia Swarm idea (as unlikely as that is) or a heavy weapons unit any day, but Logans silly sleigh.... maybe, but only if it honestly looked really cool and didn't have that same 'feel' to it.

Also, thanks for posting up the details Clockwork, I was happy to see it even if we don't know how accurate the rumors are. Certainly gives me something to think about.

 pretre wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Been there, tried that. Green stuff too. It's just a really fragile model, even when pinned.

If pinning isn't working, you're pinning it wrong.

Why must I now have a picture of pretre wearing a luchador outfit pinning clockworkzion in the ring.

Well at least it's two sisters of battle, now we just need jello

 H.B.M.C. wrote:


I'd put you on ignore, but then every thread would be:

Post by X...
You are ignoring this user.
Post by Y...
You are ignoring this user.
Post by Z...
You are ignoring this user.

And that's just too tedious. A bit like your endless stream of replies and unceasing need to get the last work. I'm done with you...

H.B.M.C. it doesn't flash the "you are ignoring this user" when you ignore clockwork.

As to everyone else. Careful what you wish for.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I hope if they do a cavalry for them its either bikers or just horses. I dread to think what else they'll come up with.

Sisters riding on the shoulders of other Sisters with the bottom Sisters holding coconut halves? The accessory sprue could come with a swallow.

It would come with a JAMES Swallow... writer of the 'actually good' Sisters of Battle books... >.> *drum snare*

 dracpanzer wrote:
As to everyone else. Careful what you wish for.

The worst that could happen is a new uglier, super expensive, super limiting, 40k-end-times-ushering, fluff-inverting, marine-replacing, GW-destroying plastic Sisters release.

Wouldn't have to buy the models and could just wait a decade for another revamp attempt.

Thanks for the update Zion.

I would be over the moon if SoB finally got a proper update with plastic/new kits.

Presumably if there's a new unit, we'll be getting a new, hopefully hardback dex.

Anyone have any thought on what might happen to the ecclesiarchy elements, looks like priests will be staying but I wonder if the new unit could be related to that rather than a new Sisters unit...

Let's hope something actually happens this time!

D

From what I see this might actually be your lucky chance, SoBs (man, that acronym...). With all other dexes up to speed and GW starting to releasing all sorts of exotic stuff (Harlequins, Mechanicus, Khorne-monoforce) it might actually mean that the sisters will see some love.

Pretty much the ONLY thing that would get me back into 40K is updated Sisters with quality models. I was so excited when I bought that issue of White Dwarf way back in the day and saw the very first Sisters of Battle models, and I've been waiting ever since then for the army to get the attention and treatment it deserves.

If these rumors are for real, I really hope that the releases focus on the Sisters themselves. I like priests (and love the old missionary models), but my interest in the army revolves around the Sisters, not militia, Imperial Guard add on units, Inquisitors, Assassins, penitent engines, or anything else. The 3rd edition codex felt like a slap in the face to me. After waiting so many years for more Sisters, getting a codex stuffed full of stuff I wasn't interested in while the actual Sisters seemed like an after thought was just painful.

 Dentry wrote:

The worst that could happen is a new uglier, super expensive, super limiting, 40k-end-times-ushering, fluff-inverting, marine-replacing, GW-destroying plastic Sisters release.

Wouldn't have to buy the models and could just wait a decade for another revamp attempt.

Well to go with the prevailing wishlisting that goes with every SoB "in plastic" rumor.

They could get a new codex that rips everything good in our codex to shreds, drops a new kit for an old unit that was subpar, but the new dex makes it worse. Then drops in a new kit for a new unit that completely destroys the feel of the army so many of us really do enjoy. Then proceed to make that one new kit that looks a bit like a hotdog restaurant mascot into the only way to play sisters competitively.

Throw in a sister psyker, give the faith rules a nerf disguised as a well intentioned rework. Then the only thing left out would be to jack up the prices on the kits we already have to match the scale of our new hotdog mascot unit.

If you put any stock in this rumor, buy your rhino/immo kits now. They will be going up in price if/when/maybe/yeah right whatever they do get an update.

I don't want new lightweight figs just to make me replace the stuff I have. I would rather have some dataslates or faq's to fix the broken units we already have then play codex roulette all over again.

I like the idea of Sisters going all-plastic, if only because they are a long-lived part of the game.

GW should have no illusions that I would expand my Sisters core, but I might be tempted by the 2-in-1 Dreadknight with the extra sprue. Maybe.

 dracpanzer wrote:

 Dentry wrote:

The worst that could happen is a new uglier, super expensive, super limiting, 40k-end-times-ushering, fluff-inverting, marine-replacing, GW-destroying plastic Sisters release.

Wouldn't have to buy the models and could just wait a decade for another revamp attempt.

Well to go with the prevailing wishlisting that goes with every SoB "in plastic" rumor.

They could get a new codex that rips everything good in our codex to shreds, drops a new kit for an old unit that was subpar, but the new dex makes it worse. Then drops in a new kit for a new unit that completely destroys the feel of the army so many of us really do enjoy. Then proceed to make that one new kit that looks a bit like a hotdog restaurant mascot into the only way to play sisters competitively.

Throw in a sister psyker, give the faith rules a nerf disguised as a well intentioned rework. Then the only thing left out would be to jack up the prices on the kits we already have to match the scale of our new hotdog mascot unit.

If you put any stock in this rumor, buy your rhino/immo kits now. They will be going up in price if/when/maybe/yeah right whatever they do get an update.

I don't want new lightweight figs just to make me replace the stuff I have. I would rather have some dataslates or faq's to fix the broken units we already have then play codex roulette all over again.

Exalted.

As someone who plays Orks and Grey Knights, the 7th Edition updates did nothing but strip out options (Grey Knights) or shoe-horn in ugly and/or ridiculously expensive models into a list that simply needed some tweaks to bring it current with the times (Orks). I hope I'm wrong with Sisters, but I dread any update to the models or the codex. Be careful what you wish for...

I stopped wishing for anything a long time ago personally. I just anticipate the inevitable update and keep my fingers crossed that it isn't too awful.

This is not a rumour, but what would benefit the army, in my opinion, is this:

5 woman with special weapons sprue.
5 woman with heavy weapons sprue.
- These would cover the three basic infantry squads - put one of each in a Battle Sisters box, and sell pairs of one or the other direct only for Dominion and Retributor squads.

5 woman Seraphim squad.
Retooled Rhino/Immolator sprue.
- Self explanatory.

5 woman Repentia sprue.
- With the new, improved look I suggested earlier in the thread.

Plastic Exorcist.
- Can serve both anti-air and anti-tank roles.

Plastic Repressor.
- Sisters like short-ranged firefights, so having a transport they can shoot from is preferred. Plus, you'd have it on hand for a future Arbites mini-release.

Canoness/Celestian upgrade sprue.
- An upgrade sprue for the Battle Sisters box, with a complete Canoness and enough bits to turn the Battle Sisters into Celestians.

That would be around nine sprues.