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I wonder how the guns on the Guardian spears are supposed to work when you're hacking and stabbing people. Lotsa stuff will get stuck in those barrels! I assume the power field zaps all the gore away?

Cool preview vid, hope there's one from the Wolves pov as well. I'll be getting a couple of boxes for sure. Depending on the FW lists my 30/40k Ultras may be getting some Space wolf or 1K sons buddy's as well as mk3 reinforcements.

A lot of people are saying that the SoS should be folded into the SoB for 40k, gotta say that wouldn't feel like a good fit to me. I know a lot can(and should) change in ten thousand years, but I just cant see the SoS going along with the overtly religious worship of the big E. My personal preference would be for a "Agents of the Imperium" book that covers the SoS, Custodes, Assassins, Inquisitors and other specialists(Rogue Traders?).

Oh dear, my Mum's been pestering me for birthday ideas which is on the 26th...

Custodes are supposed to be big

Custodes and sisters look like their artwork. If you ain't buying because they "look like stormcasts" you're a numpty and 30k is better off with you not buying.

I don't understand the negativity for the models we're seeing here

rtb02 wrote:
Custodes are supposed to be big

Custodes and sisters look like their artwork. If you ain't buying because they "look like stormcasts" you're a numpty and 30k is better off with you not buying.

I don't understand the negativity for the models we're seeing here

Have an exalt.

Custodes were around long before Stormcast Eternals ever became a thing. As for SoS, I don't think we've ever seen any models for them til now.

Also mildly off-topic but not all Stormcasts are gold you know. The Hammers of Sigmar were the first of Sigmar's Stormcast Eternals. Hence the gold.

Now we need the wolfside video I believe its on the way

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Um that is exactly the size difference, they are as much bigger to an astartes as an astartes is to a reg...

So... just how big are Sisters of Silence? I mean, they should be a half-head shorter than a helmeted Cadian, right? Cadians being 6'4" to the top of their helmets, and unhelmeted human women topping out around 5'8" or so. Though, really Cadians should have keep the 2E scale for being no taller than 5'10" helmeted. The lack of any ordinary humans of ordinary human height is really bothersome.

Bro, you are going to hurt yourself if you want to get consistent scale out of GW. Humans are too big (usually) or space marines are too small (usualyl). BUT, the custodes are bigger than terminators, so, to your original point, I was saying they are much bigger than space marines as you indicated they should be.

The scale in the overkill box and with the dw mk8 kill team was quite good though, so they are baby stepping in the right direction to get a better scale accuracy I feel, but it probably will take decades to creep it completely out of the back catalogue of mismatched scales that exist.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

rtb02 wrote:
Custodes are supposed to be big

Custodes and sisters look like their artwork. If you ain't buying because they "look like stormcasts" you're a numpty and 30k is better off with you not buying.

I don't understand the negativity for the models we're seeing here

Have an exalt.

Custodes were around long before Stormcast Eternals ever became a thing. As for SoS, I don't think we've ever seen any models for them til now.

Also mildly off-topic but not all Stormcasts are gold you know. The Hammers of Sigmar were the first of Sigmar's Stormcast Eternals. Hence the gold.

Thank you and seconded

@Tom - My 40k humans are almost entirely 2E metals, so they scale very well with the modern multi-pose SMs.

Hulksmash wrote:Sweet mary mother of god. 30 suits of armor for my Iron Warriors....So good.

Though to be honest at this point I don't know how many more marines my IW's can have.

I'm in for one box at least. I might then finally paint up my Calth and this boxset and split it just as two legions I can play both board games with. Especially since the cataphractii will look great w/mkiii and vice versa

I thought you were starting Nids or Stealer Cult. You are going to have a huge back order.


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Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

Yeah the models look like their artwork so if anything Stormcast look like Custodes.

Davor wrote:

Hulksmash wrote:Sweet mary mother of god. 30 suits of armor for my Iron Warriors....So good.

Though to be honest at this point I don't know how many more marines my IW's can have.

I'm in for one box at least. I might then finally paint up my Calth and this boxset and split it just as two legions I can play both board games with. Especially since the cataphractii will look great w/mkiii and vice versa

I thought you were starting Nids or Stealer Cult. You are going to have a huge back order.


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Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

No body has - why should they? I'm of the opinion boob plate is bad as well, but let's not crucify GW for this. They don't deserve it.

Neronoxx wrote:

No body has - why should they? I'm of the opinion boob plate is bad as well, but let's not crucify GW for this. They don't deserve it.

Where do you get me crucifying GW? Just make some fun at them.

Davor wrote:

Hulksmash wrote:Sweet mary mother of god. 30 suits of armor for my Iron Warriors....So good.

Though to be honest at this point I don't know how many more marines my IW's can have.

I'm in for one box at least. I might then finally paint up my Calth and this boxset and split it just as two legions I can play both board games with. Especially since the cataphractii will look great w/mkiii and vice versa

I thought you were starting Nids or Stealer Cult. You are going to have a huge back order.


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Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

Well, the genestealer Cult is currently built (178 models) and will be painted before 11/19 for a gt so this and AoS will keep me busy over winter.

this popped up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVB1PbwDhf0

Oh my Hulksmash. I better get going on my projects then. Now we will need pics when done.

Davor wrote:

Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

Can we please, please, please have one god damned discussion about female miniatures without derailing it by talking about boob armor for the fifteenth billion time? I can't wait for the plastic SoB to be released so we can listen to the same complaining for the fifteenth billion and one time. Boob armor isn't going away, so maybe it is best that find some way for you to deal with this obviously troubling matter on your own.

 Sqorgar wrote:

Davor wrote:

Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

Can we please, please, please have one god damned discussion about female miniatures without derailing it by talking about boob armor for the fifteenth billion time? I can't wait for the plastic SoB to be released so we can listen to the same complaining for the fifteenth billion and one time. Boob armor isn't going away, so maybe it is best that find some way for you to deal with this obviously troubling matter on your own.

How about No. This is a discussion after all. Before I didn't care, it was a joke, but now that you mention it and make it personal, yes we can keep talking about it now. I wouldn't have said any more but since you are so passionate about it and had to say "matter on your own", I think I will keep bringing it up now. You want to get personal, so can I.

I play solely chaos in 30k, so I'm wondering what the custodes/sisters will go for on ebay..

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
unhelmeted human women topping out around 5'8" or so

I wouldn't say that, I had a classmate at about 6'2".

Crystal-Maze wrote:
I play solely chaos in 30k, so I'm wondering what the custodes/sisters will go for on ebay..

They've tempted me to start a loyalist legion with my models (I haven't started yet, but I have lots to make). Though the fact you can play loyalist factions of the traitor legions still gives me pause to continue with my idea of Iron Warriors.

Crystal-Maze wrote:
I play solely chaos in 30k, so I'm wondering what the custodes/sisters will go for on ebay..

Since they are new no other minis like this, I say about $15 Canadian each? So about what GW would charge if they sold separately, so about $75 for 5 of them.

I wonder if I can de-sci-if the SoS to use in my Free People AoS army. Maybe as Greatswords. It will depend if they are on 32mm or 40mm.

 Bottle wrote:
I wonder if I can de-sci-if the SoS to use in my Free People AoS army. Maybe as Greatswords. It will depend if they are on 32mm or 40mm.

I thought they were on 25mm.

Davor wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
I wonder if I can de-sci-if the SoS to use in my Free People AoS army. Maybe as Greatswords. It will depend if they are on 32mm or 40mm.

I thought they were on 25mm.

The Model seems very tall.

why not some freakish amazon human woman warrior or something. like wonderwoman.

Davor wrote:

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Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

You can just say anything is a female model if you want to be "realistic" in a heavily stylized game. Those guardmen are just ugly females, you can't see their boobs because of the armour they wear. Sure they could make Sisters of Silence without boob armour but then they'd just be generic male models. Don't like female models? Then use whatever male models you want and say they are your female models.

@Desubot Exactly that. A warrior cult of female mercenaries or something. Actually if they're on 40mms it could work, I could play them as Stormcast Paladins :-D

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Um that is exactly the size difference, they are as much bigger to an astartes as an astartes is to a reg...

So... just how big are Sisters of Silence? I mean, they should be a half-head shorter than a helmeted Cadian, right? Cadians being 6'4" to the top of their helmets, and unhelmeted human women topping out around 5'8" or so. Though, really Cadians should have keep the 2E scale for being no taller than 5'10" helmeted. The lack of any ordinary humans of ordinary human height is really bothersome.

Modern ordinary human height after millennia of eugenics programs?

Also I remember the Sisters of Silence being both not wholly human and exceptionally tall and large. At least enough that they are an actual threat to a Legionnaire.

Davor wrote:

 Sqorgar wrote:

Davor wrote:

Oh look, BOOB ARMOUR. Yes they are females.

I actually thought GW would get away from boob armour. Sadly they didn't.

Can we please, please, please have one god damned discussion about female miniatures without derailing it by talking about boob armor for the fifteenth billion time? I can't wait for the plastic SoB to be released so we can listen to the same complaining for the fifteenth billion and one time. Boob armor isn't going away, so maybe it is best that find some way for you to deal with this obviously troubling matter on your own.

How about No. This is a discussion after all. Before I didn't care, it was a joke, but now that you mention it and make it personal, yes we can keep talking about it now. I wouldn't have said any more but since you are so passionate about it and had to say "matter on your own", I think I will keep bringing it up now. You want to get personal, so can I.

Actually, how about no, don't do that.

Start a separate thread about that particular topic if you like, but if you keep bringing it up here, it will be considered spam, off topic and possibly against Rule 1 as well, depending on context.

I like the look of the SoS, but I hope there are guns for them all and not just swords as I prefer to shred the opposition at distance