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P p p p p p plastic S s s s s s sisters?

*Collapses in righteousness*

Holy Terra! Your milkshake truly does bring all the boys to the yard SP!

That's some mighty fine news!

I'm SOOO MUCH looking forward to Custodes models in plastic

And Sisters YES. Hell, it's 'bout time

Sad Panda wrote:
MKIII isn't wrong. But no mention of Sisters or Custodes? Odd.

Hnnnnng

This is HEUG, not just because Sisters of Silence are inherently awesome and in plastic even moreso(Custodes are OK too I guess the weapons & heads will be good for truescaling with Sigmarines, and if the plastic MK3 resembles the Iron Hand from Overkill they will be slick), but because it means GW will finally, I think for the first time ever, be putting out an all-female human unit, in plastic, wearing armour. Forget the "PC" angle if the idea of people liking that offends you, just think of the conversions - the INQ28 community is going to explosively ventilate their trousers over this

Yeah, sure, we'll get some nice female Inquisitors and agents out of it, but I can see the more ambitious converters & sculptors turning these into Sisters of Battle, female Techpriests & Skitarii, female Navy Armsmen. The sheer number of possibilities this opens up is fantastic.

If this really is happening(sorry SP, but I'm a cynical man ) and these are even close to the quality of the Skitarii infantry kits; well played GW, well played. Now, where's that mortgage application gone...

Surely though it must mean a SoB update will not be far behind...... I choose to believe.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Surely though it must mean a SoB update will not be far behind...... I choose to believe.

Well, the Sisters of Silence aren't the same as the Sisters of Battle, so there's no direct correlation... However I hope it does mean that.

As mentioned before Aly Morrison of the GW Miniature Design department has said there will be no Sisters of Battle in plastic, at a GW event circa two years ago - reported by the Chaptermasters blog. He was very straightforward on that. Maybe they see a chance for plastic SOB models now after Harlequins, AdMech and Genestealer Cult sold well and they will do them in the not so far future. But they clearly werent believing in plastic Sisters of Battle in 2014...

The Model Team

I spoke with Ali Morision about the future of Finecast/Metal traditional sculpting. He was very clear he could see no possibility of metal returning, although there might be a few more Finecast releases. I talked to him about the human art like quality of the old methods. His reply was that was what Forgeworld had taken on and that the Games Workshop Studio is now very much about plastic. I asked him how it was possible for them to make any money on the Limited Edition Plastic models. He said they made plenty of money off them, by the fist day of the release.
I also spoke to him about the possibility of new sisters of battle models. He said it wasn’t likely as there were not enough players collecting them. I pointed out this used to be true of Dark Eldar until they redid the range.

http://chaptermasters.com/warhammer-fest-epic-news-from-the-studio/


Edit: Found it

Weren't the sisters of battle models sculpted in the 1990s? Could easily be re-envisaged as the heresy sisters anyway. They have enough parallels.

Warhams-77 wrote:
As mentioned before Aly Morrison of the GW Miniature Design department has said there will be no Sisters of Battle in plastic, at a GW event circa two years ago - reported by the Chaptermasters blog. He was very straightforward on that. Maybe they see a chance for plastic SOB models now after Harlequins, AdMech and Genestealer Cult sold well and they will do them in the not so far future. But they clearly werent believing in plastic Sisters of Battle in 2014...

Well they might still not believe in them. Just 'cause they are releasing another female unit in popular 30k setting doesn't mean they will redo another female unit in 40k setting.

I'm not too much of a 30k fan, I liked that era more when it was shrouded in darkness and mystery, not BL novelized with swearing Primarchs. So plastic Sisters of Silence would be very nice and I'd get them to convert some characters and maybe create the sisters fghting alongside the Death Guard from Flight of the Eisenstein (the one book of the HH series I really liked so far).

But

Plastic Sisters of Battle as 1:1 to the classic heavy bolter sis and her gals as they can manage...I wouldn't know where to start.

tneva82 wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
As mentioned before Aly Morrison of the GW Miniature Design department has said there will be no Sisters of Battle in plastic, at a GW event circa two years ago - reported by the Chaptermasters blog. He was very straightforward on that. Maybe they see a chance for plastic SOB models now after Harlequins, AdMech and Genestealer Cult sold well and they will do them in the not so far future. But they clearly werent believing in plastic Sisters of Battle in 2014...

Well they might still not believe in them. Just 'cause they are releasing another female unit in popular 30k setting doesn't mean they will redo another female unit in 40k setting.

As sad as it is, and until someone like SP chimes in with info, I don't believe plastic SoB are a thing, either. It would be great but why getting hopes up when none of the reliable rumormongers are saying so...

I think even kits like plastic 'Citizens of the Imperium' or a 'Xenology' box set would sell quite well, so would SoB and Inquisitor models. Never say never

My guess is Exodites will be amongst the next 'more niche' projects, based on Atia mentioning that a while ago. And based on the extensive design work the studio did for them during Epic 2nd Edition and 40k 2nd Ed (with an army list in Citadel Journal in addition to the single Codex: Eldar entry). There is a lot of potential for more Eldar Knight variants and units of Exodite Dragon Riders. Background-wise they form a large part of the Eldar population.

I surely hope the next box Gane doesn't contain SoS or Custodes. Because I want B@C with MKIII. I want yo be able to get 30 suits of MKIII at a good price.

I am not buying a $150 game just for 10 suits of MKIII.

There's always one person willing to whine over a good thing.

Warhams-77 wrote:
My guess is Exodites will be amongst the next 'more niche' projects, based on Atia mentioning that a while ago. And based on the extensive design work the studio did for them during Epic 2nd Edition and 40k 2nd Ed (with an army list in Citadel Journal in addition to the single Codex: Eldar entry). There is a lot of potential for more Eldar Knight variants and units of Exodite Dragon Riders. Background-wise they form a large part of the Eldar population.

Exodites would be cool Been thinking of scourging ebay for some FB high elf bits to do those but official models have potential to be better than whatever I can do(technically they WOULD be better. But would style suit me is another thing. I might prefer sacrifice in technical quality to get style to suit me) so it would be win-win for me. Either I get better models or I'm in no worse than I'm now.

But anyway back to topic mk3 marines+sisters of silence+custodes sounds cool release. Bit surprising it's so specific rather than generic but guess 1 generic release(calth) isn't reason to assume it continues. And does give 2 units hinted in background but not seen much in tabletop(there were custodes models before I think) which is nice. Frankly I'm more interested on the custodes things though albeit not sure why. We already have genetic super humans so sisters should be bit more interesting but there ya go.

Hoping also 3rd time is the charm and next HH boxed set(hey one can hope?) has the MKII armours I'm drooling for MKIV left me cold(too similar to normal), MKIII is better but MKII is one that I just want to have. I might get this new set unlike calth but MKII set would be almost certainly autobuy(good thing also that by the time any possible 3rd box would be released my hobby budget should be bigger. That's june next year. One would assume there would be hints of new one if it would be coming sooner than that?)


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 SickSix wrote:
I surely hope the next box Gane doesn't contain SoS or Custodes. Because I want B@C with MKIII. I want yo be able to get 30 suits of MKIII at a good price.

I am not buying a $150 game just for 10 suits of MKIII.

So you wait and buy them for 50 for 10?

Original rumour says that Kharn and the deathwatch are in the new white dwarf magazine....
Magazine is in september....
So are they the august releases?

 SickSix wrote:
I surely hope the next box Gane doesn't contain SoS or Custodes. Because I want B@C with MKIII. I want yo be able to get 30 suits of MKIII at a good price.

I am not buying a $150 game just for 10 suits of MKIII.

If we are actually getting Sisters rather than just another box of marines - don't worry I will be selling off the Marines from the box/s I will be buying just for the Sisters of Silence / Custodians.

the Sisters of Silence aren't the same as the Sisters of Battle

As far as I am aware no-one knows what happened to the Sisters of Silence in or out of universe - the Sisters of Battle are quite a bit later.

I'm really hoping this will sell well enough that GW will see that there is a market for female models (hell, look how damn fast the Sylvaneth models sold out) and look into a SoB re-release. I'm already struggling to resist the urge to start a DW army when that codex drops, but resistance would be futile against the draw of the Sororitas.

Eh, too bad...I was hoping for Mk.4 despoilers/assault marines.

It's very interesting that they're putting new armies/units like Custodes and SoS in this box set. I assume these may crossover with 40K, then? I didn't think SoS are around in the 41st millenium, but I suppose it only takes a little new fluff to rectify that.

It'll be interesting to see how SoS operate. I'm not sure how useful pariahs in 30K are *except* if facing TS or maybe WB. 30K isn't a psychic-heavy game, to say the least. In 40K they could make a big impact.

You have got to admire how Sad panda pops in here once a month, blows everybodies minds, then disappears back into the ether.

I feel like shouting; "Wait! I have so many questions. Is deathwatch coming in August? What about 40k sisters and Tzeentch stuff. What about AOS? Are steampunk dwarves actually a thing?"

 Mr Morden wrote:


As far as I am aware no-one knows what happened to the Sisters of Silence in or out of universe - the Sisters of Battle are quite a bit later.

Well it's pretty obvious sob are not sos. What with sob not being pariahs and all. No reason to expect models to be similar either.

Chikout wrote:
You have got to admire how Sad panda pops in here once a month, blows everybodies minds, then disappears back into the ether.

I feel like shouting; "Wait! I have so many questions. Is deathwatch coming in August? What about 40k sisters and Tzeentch stuff. What about AOS? Are steampunk dwarves actually a thing?"

Lol it's always the way with ITK people. It's the same on all the football sites I go on, if someone has a tidbit of information about a potential transfer they are usually swamped by people asking them questions about things. Generally though they usually get information about something and don't have all the answers, so a q&a session isn't something that's going to yield any more morsels of info for us.

That's why I presume Panda drops his little info bombs and legs it. Presumably he's passed on what he knows/what he can, and sticking around for the scrum of "does this mean plastic SoB?" "Is Deathwatch coming in August?" Etc would just be futile for him because he either hasn't got that info or simply can't tell us anyway.

We just have to be thankful that he can pass on what he does right now

tneva82 wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:


As far as I am aware no-one knows what happened to the Sisters of Silence in or out of universe - the Sisters of Battle are quite a bit later.

Well it's pretty obvious sob are not sos. What with sob not being pariahs and all. No reason to expect models to be similar either.

Of course Sisters of Battle are not Shields of Sanguinus.

 EnTyme wrote:
I'm really hoping this will sell well enough that GW will see that there is a market for female models (hell, look how damn fast the Sylvaneth models sold out) and look into a SoB re-release. I'm already struggling to resist the urge to start a DW army when that codex drops, but resistance would be futile against the draw of the Sororitas.

The sylvanneth models were sick as hell tree people of death and look really unique. The SOB are kinda just space marine light ripoffs. I hate to say that, but from a visual design perspective I found them very lacking. They need to make them look more unique. When I think SOB I think their crazy cool impractical walkers and the repentia and stuff like that. Not the generic power armor troops and ripped off transports from other armies. They should have sinners hanging from unique vehicles.

All vehicles should have the ability to upgrade (visually) racks of sinners who were caught to shield their vehicles in battle or inspire their own crazed zeal and terrify their foes. Have them on holy crusader style steeds that are blessed and can somehow survive as well as a bike or something. Would really make them stand out if they used animal mounts for some of their core. Show us how powerful their faith is that they can get away with stuff even other factions couldn't because it would get them killed.

Have psykers and mutants chained up into vehicles and pressed into service forcefully burning themselves out. Or suicide psykers (low power ones) who go in and just blow up chanting the canticles they were forced to.

Just something! Visually SOB are sooo boring for the most part. I'm not saying they can't have power armor and vehicles like other IoM factions, but other IoM factions have a lot to visually distinguish them. They just need to diversify their design is all.

Promethius wrote:
Weren't the sisters of battle models sculpted in the 1990s? Could easily be re-envisaged as the heresy sisters anyway. They have enough parallels.

What parallels would those be? Both are women and have the word Sister in their names? Since that's basically where the similarities end.

It wouldn't be for thousands of years before you get the SoB as you have the rise of the Imperial Cult.

Warhams-77 wrote:
As mentioned before Aly Morrison of the GW Miniature Design department has said there will be no Sisters of Battle in plastic, at a GW event circa two years ago - reported by the Chaptermasters blog. He was very straightforward on that. Maybe they see a chance for plastic SOB models now after Harlequins, AdMech and Genestealer Cult sold well and they will do them in the not so far future. But they clearly werent believing in plastic Sisters of Battle in 2014....
http://chaptermasters.com/warhammer-fest-epic-news-from-the-studio/


Edit: Found it

In fairness Warhams, that was 2 years ago. The Lord of Change, Ro'unt'ree might have other ideas...

I'll take Plastic Female Marines for $1000, Alex.

so its rumor confirmed light that the next HH box is Wolves w/ SoS & custodes vs sons?

 Mr Morden wrote:

 SickSix wrote:
I surely hope the next box Gane doesn't contain SoS or Custodes. Because I want B@C with MKIII. I want yo be able to get 30 suits of MKIII at a good price.

I am not buying a $150 game just for 10 suits of MKIII.

If we are actually getting Sisters rather than just another box of marines - don't worry I will be selling off the Marines from the box/s I will be buying just for the Sisters of Silence / Custodians.

the Sisters of Silence aren't the same as the Sisters of Battle

As far as I am aware no-one knows what happened to the Sisters of Silence in or out of universe - the Sisters of Battle are quite a bit later.

I'd always thought the Sisters became the guards for the black ships, but a quick google search doesn't come up with anything.

With the rumours of a possible plastic Ahriman and now Custodes and SoS it looks like this box is going to be much less generic than BaC. So kinda a good news/bad news situation for most I'd imagine.

Exciting news. I skipped B@C, but MKIII + Sisters of Silence + Custodes...

 Yodhrin wrote:

Yeah, sure, we'll get some nice female Inquisitors and agents out of it, but I can see the more ambitious converters & sculptors turning these into Sisters of Battle, female Techpriests & Skitarii, female Navy Armsmen. The sheer number of possibilities this opens up is fantastic.

Oooooh yes.

 Dryaktylus wrote:
Exciting news. I skipped B@C, but MKIII + Sisters of Silence + Custodes...

 Yodhrin wrote:

Yeah, sure, we'll get some nice female Inquisitors and agents out of it, but I can see the more ambitious converters & sculptors turning these into Sisters of Battle, female Techpriests & Skitarii, female Navy Armsmen. The sheer number of possibilities this opens up is fantastic.

Oooooh yes.

Now now, its dangerous to feed me hype. Bring the Sisters the on, my Templars stand ready. The unfaithful shall seek no refuge in any corner of the Galaxy.