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 Roknar wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Its' interesting actually. If you go to the comment section of the video, at least 85% of comments are about the Sisters. Magnus and the sons are basically being ignored.

In my case this gif would be an accurate description:


GW confirming magnus like that is huge and awesome. Plus it almost confirms that TSons will get a codex of their own.
At that point I was all:



And yet, it's "just" confirmation of what we already expected.
Then suddenly out of the blue they drop that kind of bomb. Plastic....sisters...confirmation...months?

I want to be all over the TSons confirmation, but that kind of blew my mind.

Me too, here I am preparing funds for a proper 1K Sons army and then there is SoB out of the blue. Also. Not instead.

 JimOnMars wrote:
This is so weird. It's almost as if GW wants to make money.

Lol, it is indeed weird.

Really hoping that we finally see plastic SOB. Don't (and won't) collect them but you have to feel for those who do.

I don't see a confirmation, I know folks are hopeful, but you are just asking to get troll kicked in the junk acting as if GW mentioning the army in any form is proof of anything. Remember how everyone acted about the "how to paint a sister of battle" video?

IF plastic SoB are coming, I just want the tactical objective cards and I hope they dont make the Dex worse. Is it too much to ask that they fix Celestians?

That video was pretty funny. Well done GW. That said, i don't doubt GW will make plastic Sisters based on the last few years. They could probably make them sell even better by putting them out in an Ordo Hereticus book with Inquisitors and Storm Troopers. Maybe if we are really lucky they could do a plastic Inq henchmen kit as well. If nothing else the Inq28 community and former Sister players will probably buy the heck out of a plastic sister box or two.

 Thunderfrog wrote:

I guess it begs the question..


1. Re-release of old models in plastic.
2. A new / updated range in prep for a full release.
3. A few models being thrown together for yet another "board game."

I'm leaning towards 3, though I hope it's 2.

I believe this was released earlier this year stating that we would get Sisters at the end of the year.

– R&D on the entire line is complete, and the range is all new in plastic.
– 5-model combo-unit Sisters infantry kit
– 3 model Sisters unit on 50mm bases kit
– 5 model Sisters unit on 32mm bases kit (different from the infantry unit listed above)
– Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “A” kit
– Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “B” kit
– Sororitas Walker/Monstrous Creature vehicle kit
– 3 clampack Sororitas characters

 MadCowCrazy wrote:

 Thunderfrog wrote:

I guess it begs the question..


1. Re-release of old models in plastic.
2. A new / updated range in prep for a full release.
3. A few models being thrown together for yet another "board game."

I'm leaning towards 3, though I hope it's 2.

I believe this was released earlier this year stating that we would get Sisters at the end of the year.

– R&D on the entire line is complete, and the range is all new in plastic.
– 5-model combo-unit Sisters infantry kit
– 3 model Sisters unit on 50mm bases kit
– 5 model Sisters unit on 32mm bases kit (different from the infantry unit listed above)
– Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “A” kit
– Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “B” kit
– Sororitas Walker/Monstrous Creature vehicle kit
– 3 clampack Sororitas characters

Oh my!

Although, Sisters Terminators? Trying to guess what they have on 32's or 50's.

Sisters of silence perhaps

I'd love to be proved wrong, but I think they are just trolling us. I'll believe it when I see it.

Mentioning Thousand Sons and Sisters in the same video brews some interesting narratives of psychic heavy army versus what's supposed to be an anti-psyker army (sadly no current SoB rules reflects this fluff).

I remain... hopeful, but skeptical. Skoptical.

I'd say it's pretty obvious

– 5-model combo-unit Sisters infantry kit - Battle Sisters/Dominions, Retributors
– 3 model Sisters unit on 50mm bases kit - This one is a curious one... No idea what it could be, probably something new as I can't think of a single thing sisters have that would require a larger base.
– 5 model Sisters unit on 32mm bases kit (different from the infantry unit listed above) - Celestians and Seraphim
– Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “A” kit - Immolator remake
– Sororitas combo unit vehicle kit “B” kit - Exorcist remake
– Sororitas Walker/Monstrous Creature vehicle kit - Penitent Engine
– 3 clampack Sororitas characters - Canoness, Priest and Hospitaller

I believe this was released earlier this year stating that we would hget Sisters at the end of the year.

End of year could be fiscal year end in june. He did say months.

Also if people think GW is trolling like that in PR outreach video of that magnitude then they're totally nuts.

I don't see the remark as GW trolling. Sure, if he had said "plastic sisters" without any further details that might not mean much, but why go out of the way to specify "cool, this isn't released for months yet; plastic sisters of battle".

So far these videos have been used to announce new products and build hype. The only video that was jokingly put out to advertise a false product was their April fool's "left handed paintbrush" video. This makes me think it's real, but "months" probably puts us well into 2017 for Sisters release.

I think GW have finally realized that revisiting the universe and introducing long untouched factions like Ad Mech, Deathwatch, GS Cult generates a ton of profit and excitement for the game. With the new Chaos stuff coming, 30K, Custodes and possibly plastic Sisters, I can see this being a really good fiscal year for GW!

you know, im really happy with this new direction GW is taking but i cant help but be a bit depressed as it came right on the heels of them pretty much killing my main reason for being a fan of theirs (fantasy) but man, they sure are moving in the right direction to get me to at least buy some 40k again.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
The only problem they said they had casting Sisters originally was figuring out how to do the arms so that their sleeve-drapes hung properly.

I doubt that was ever the reason why we didn't see a Sisters of Battle release, though. That sounds like a well-crafted excuse designed to deter further questioning.

No, that really was the problem.
Years ago.
Technology marched on, though, but GW didn't march with it like they should have. They caught up a few years ago, and then they probably just didn't care at that point thanks to the management at the time.

So are we looking at Inquisitor retinues again? These would be all fine if the army is competitive, and more then just a side show.

For those of us at work and unable to watch the video, what was actually said, as the only screenshots I've seen amount to:

1. Artwork from Fenris II: The Wolfening.
2. 1KSons sprue in patented 'blurryvision'.
3. Magnus.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
For those of us at work and unable to watch the video, what was actually said, as the only screenshots I've seen amount to:

1. Artwork from Fenris II: The Wolfening.
2. 1KSons sprue in patented 'blurryvision'.
3. Magnus.

The quote from the end of the video is "there's all kinds of cool stuff in here. Cool, this isn't released for months yet! Plastic Sisters of Battle!?"

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I mean, I hope it is real too, but that came across more as a joke than a 'real confirmation'...

For arguments sake, even if it is real, it'll still suffer the problems that have always dogged Sisters of Battle - they're such a niche army.

I appreciate the fact they have a loyal following and people have spent a lot of time and money on them over the years,

but metal, plastic, it makes no difference if nobody is buying them, and they can't sustain themselves in the long run...

But are people not buying them because nobody is interested or because GW doesn't support them with models and rules?

Dark eldar didn't sell much either before range was redone and new codex released...After that they started to sell.

No support=no sales. FB sales tanked in 8th ed largely because of lousy support as they redirected efforts to AOS from 2012.

I have an Inquisition Army that I haven't finished because it never felt right. I didn't want to put a unit of Grey Knights in it because I already have a stand-alone GK army. A Black Templar unit would work, or a Death Watch kill team, but neither of those choices excited me either. A 250 or so point detachment of Sisters would be perfect. If and when the models are released I will certainly buy some.

 knighthaunter wrote:
you know, im really happy with this new direction GW is taking but i cant help but be a bit depressed as it came right on the heels of them pretty much killing my main reason for being a fan of theirs (fantasy) but man, they sure are moving in the right direction to get me to at least buy some 40k again.

Indeed, if only they'd discovered this level of positive community interactions and reverence for their own history before they took a sledgehammer to the WHF IP.

As for this news - I won't allow myself to full on "get hype" until we see the models and codex; yes, they've been knocking it out of the park of late, but it's not been that long since the days of Chibihawks and Dinobots and Stay Puft Centurions, and it's still a game of Russian Roulette when it comes to whether you'll get intriguing well-written background or Saturday morning cartoon pish. But if they do this right, oh lordy ma poor wallet.

*rustles from eternal slumber*

This had better be real.

 Red Corsair wrote:

There was a rumor about 5 years or so ago that plastic sisters CAD designs were completed but were not possible to cast do to undercuts on their robes.

Clearly that is no longer an issue for them, look no further then the Skitarii for proof.

People in the bussiness working with CAD designs *know* what can and what cannot be tooled in plastic, the designs are never "completed" only to find out that they are of no use to tool. And even if that was the case (which it isn't), all one has to do is go back to the files and fix the parts with the issue. I am pretty sure they know that

250 pts of Sisters is 1 HQ and 10 girls in a Rhino. You can get that from GW today.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
250 pts of Sisters is 1 HQ and 10 girls in a Rhino. You can get that from GW today.

Yes but that costs almost as much as 600 points of grey knights. which i bought to go along with my inquisition

I told myself when sisters of battle came out i would buy some to complete the order militants

Not sure I believe it.

Of course it's real, GW isn't THAT dumb (I know, I know, but seriously; not THAT dumb).

The sad thing is, we'll probably get plastic sisters that look worse and cost more money than the metal ones

Cost more, yeah; but they've been knocking it out of the park with their infantry kits lately so fingers crossed.

What the feth am I thinking?

This past two years has seen us get:

Codex: Halequins
Codex: Skitarii
Codex: Cult Mechanicus
Codex: Deathwatch
Codex: Genestealer Cults

And there's a Thousand Sons release on the way, no doubt with a Codex, and a mother fething Daemon Primarch in plastic!!!

What right do I have to doubt that Sisters will be a proper re-release?

I find it hard to believe that GW would make plastic SoB cost more than the metals do in AUD. At the very least there'd be weapon upgrades that's make the box more worthwhile compared to the metals.