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Maybe. But not with the actual "Codex".

The current codex isn't terrible; it's not top-tier Eldar-good, of course, but falls solidly into the mid-tier range, with all of its ally options providing a lot of additional firepower.

Would I pick up 40k again if GW produced plastic Sisters?

Hmm... probably not? Too little, too late, but I would probably buy the models (for several different types of units) for use in other things.

Yes.

I had a small allied force of them for my Guard back when they were Witch Hunters and you could do that kind of thing. I was a fan of them then, still am, but without proper support (and a lack of expendable income) it wasn't worth me keeping up. If they were re-done like DE were, I'd definitely start them up. I have enough other GW stuff I don't use I could sell off to fuel another army...

I'm a one army kind of guy, but SoB would be the exception where I would start another army. If SoB came out with new plastic models & a new codex that was more competitive (Its better than many right now, but still needs improvement) I would definitely pick up this army.

I just feel like they'd go well with my DA and IG, make a nice 3 faction army that fluffily fits together.

EDIT: However, newer sculpts would be nice, as well as some (slightly) updated rules. Don't need any fancy formations or anything, just balance things out a bit to fit the current meta.

Plastic minis with better sculpts, most definitely.

I already own more than 200 painted metal sisters.
I'm afraid that plastic sisters would look too different to blend in nice. So I don't want new models, just better rules.

If they made multi part plastic sisters with new sculpts (not a redesign, just cleaned up) then absolutely I would buy at least one box on launch for my GK/Inq army. Sisters where the #3 army I wanted to play when I was first getting into 40k (Orks 1, Tau 2). I could easily see myself picking up a least a 1000 points of sisters as an ally force within a year of a plastic release.

If having to make a new order to "begin" collecting it is what it would take to get new plastic models, then yes. I would begin collecting.

Nah, I've never really liked the ecclesiarchy. That being said, I completely see why other people would want to play this army (though updated)

 von Hohenstein wrote:
I already own more than 200 painted metal sisters.
I'm afraid that plastic sisters would look too different to blend in nice. So I don't want new models, just better rules.

Not that you need them with the amount of metal Sisters you already have, but you could just have units be entirely comprised of either older metal minis or the hypothetical newer plastic ones rather than mixing and matching. If they have the same color scheme, that'd look okay.

My first 40k purchase was the Witchhunters Codex and the Ordo Heriticus Lords with retinue. That was in 2005. It took me 10 years to assemble a small (1250pts) force. This past winter I playrd my first games with them. I was worth it.
Yes Gw gives us the Army of the Ecclesiarchy. I will sell my other liver. (guard took the first one).

Answered 'Yes' because I would, but it's actually a 'Maybe' because I'd consider the shelves of new and/or incomplete models for two other armies I have in the basement before committing.

A few years ago, I'd have said they'd never come back because the Old Games Workshop had obviously prioritized its cost/profit maximization model, and Sisters of Battle weren't in that model.

Now? I think they might be inevitable. We got Chaos Cultists back. We got plastic Horus Heresy started. We just got Genestealer Cultists back.

Really, the only thing holding back the Sisters is the "Not Space Marines" thing. Why is this relevant? Because the return of Chaos Cultists and Genestealer Cultists came back as antagonists in a boxed set, and boxed sets almost always have Space Marines in them (2E, 3E, BoM, AoBR, DV, SC, DS, Spulk, BaC, DWO, LP). So Sisters would either have to be believed as a stand-alone product, or New GW would have risk that Sisters could sell an Execution Force style game on their own, which I think is less likely to happen.

Of course, this all leads into the bigger, more important question:

When do we get Squats back?

Now.... No. No chance.

Back in 4th/5th edition when it was the Witch Hunter codex. Yeah, probably. SOBs have completely passed me by in the things I still find interesting in 40K.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:


When do we get Squats back?

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Really, the only thing holding back the Sisters is the "Not Space Marines" thing. Why is this relevant? Because the return of Chaos Cultists and Genestealer Cultists came back as antagonists in a boxed set, and boxed sets almost always have Space Marines in them (2E, 3E, BoM, AoBR, DV, SC, DS, Spulk, BaC, DWO, LP). So Sisters would either have to be believed as a stand-alone product, or New GW would have risk that Sisters could sell an Execution Force style game on their own, which I think is less likely to happen.

Of course, this all leads into the bigger, more important question:

When do we get Squats back?

Ah, but Sarge, the answer to both of those are right in front of your nose.

They will be antagonists in SM board games!

 Ashiraya wrote:
Ah, but Sarge, the answer to both of those are right in front of your nose.

They will be antagonists in SM board games!

Of course!

Sister Sin versus the Rainbow Warriors!

If they got a (good) new codex and plastic models, I would seriously consider picking up a small army, which is something given that my current stance on GW is that I hope they go bankrupt as soon as possible.

10 years ago I may have voted yes - and gotten my wallet ready for a beating.

Now, I wouldn't touch them. There are far too many games and systems that I want to try before spending anymore on GW product.

The only reason why I don't play my Sisters army, which I've played since 2nd, it the lack of a current codex. New models would great, but its a new codex that they need more.

SJ

Where is the "depends" option? For me it always comes to price. If the prices are outrages, then no.

 Jayden63 wrote:
Now.... No. No chance.

Back in 4th/5th edition when it was the Witch Hunter codex. Yeah, probably. SOBs have completely passed me by in the things I still find interesting in 40K.

So it was Inquisition that you actually wanted to play?

 curran12 wrote:
Hmmm, what do I answer when I have 7000 points of them already? I'd like plastic ones for new options, and a new codex more than anything, butI kinda collect them already.

By contrast, I stopped collecting them from GW at about 1500 points, eventually got to 2500 points from ebay sales, and then sold my stuff down to about 250 or so points of models that just wouldn't sell, namely my old heavy bolter girls, the first models I painted whose paintjob was even worse than normal-- I didn't even know to use a base coat when I painted them. And the fact that HB sisters are lame doesn't help.


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 Furyou Miko wrote:

 Jayden63 wrote:
Now.... No. No chance.

Back in 4th/5th edition when it was the Witch Hunter codex. Yeah, probably. SOBs have completely passed me by in the things I still find interesting in 40K.

So it was Inquisition that you actually wanted to play?

And the thing is, Inquisition is already playable, which makes the objection rather odd.

Plastics yes, not get any for fun at 50 quid for 10.

 jeffersonian000 wrote:
The only reason why I don't play my Sisters army, which I've played since 2nd, it the lack of a current codex. New models would great, but its a new codex that they need more.

SJ

My group plays with some house rules that include 40% Troops and No Allies, and in that environment Sisters do pretty decently. As a consideration to players who don't have a new dex with groovy formations, we also tend to play CAD armies. With the ability to take 2 specials in a small squad and put them in a Repressor, SoB squads become a very effective Troops choice.

Yes I would. I'd probably just put together a CAD, but I'd love to play them. Love the Exorcist model!

SG

Davor wrote:
Where is the "depends" option? For me it always comes to price. If the prices are outrages, then no.

This is GW, if "price is outrageous" is the factor, then your answer is: most definitely, no.

I honestly hope a ecclessiary codex is done harlequin style and contains preachers, chaplains, sisters, etc able to be fielded on thier own or as battle brothers to imperial forces. And if done that way yes I would add a small force to my guard army.

I've always liked the theme of the army but to me they're prohibitively expensive. If plastic models meant that the price would go down though, I would definitely play them.