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Repentia used to come with a Mistress to oversee their penance. We haven’t seen a render for her yet ...

 =Angel= wrote:

I'm wondering lorewise if the sister and her repentia are attaches to an inquisitor's retinue or some crusader class of Sororitas militant. The shield evokes the crusader class of henchman.

The diorama is partly based on the illustration in the Witch Hunter Codex, p. 44, when witch hunter inquisitors had access to the forces of the ecclesiarchy e.g. the Adepta Sororitas. In Dark Heresy and Wargear SoB had access to shields called Praesidium Protectiva, so I suppose Misses Spikey Head is a SoB and that she and her Repentia are part of Karamasow's retinue.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Some nice snippets of Sisters lore in the July White Dwarf, their importance in the Indomitus Crusade fleets and the first time I am aware of that a class of their ships has been named?

3 Adepta Sororiats Invasion Cathedrums are part of Battlegroup Haephestus, the command staff is led by Inquisitor Lady Brennika Lymis and includes Canoness Preceptor Persphone of the Order of the Ebon Chalice.

Hmm. "Invasion Cathedrum" is a new term, here. Wonder if they made it up so they don't have to explain what size it is?

I'm not sure it is new.

Sadly, I cannot for the life of me remember where I read of them before - but SoB have had essentially Drop Cathedrals for a while.

Wait, yes I do. It was in FFG's 40k roleplay. I remember because one was attached to my Rogue Trader's fleet, and I made them park it in the middle of the dessert. Much like Cain, my RT couldn't stick Emperor Botherers for long. Was a convenient way to shore up that region of a hitherto uncontacted human planet, spread The Good Word, and keep them far removed from my hair!

So it’s a concrete canonisation of that?

Heh. Sisters. Canonisation. Heh.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I'm not sure it is new.

Sadly, I cannot for the life of me remember where I read of them before - but SoB have had essentially Drop Cathedrals for a while.

Wait, yes I do. It was in FFG's 40k roleplay. I remember because one was attached to my Rogue Trader's fleet, and I made them park it in the middle of the dessert. Much like Cain, my RT couldn't stick Emperor Botherers for long. Was a convenient way to shore up that region of a hitherto uncontacted human planet, spread The Good Word, and keep them far removed from my hair!

What sort of dessert? Eton Mess, chocolate mousse, apple pie?

"Drop cathedrals" were just specialized drop pods. Not the same thing, in my eyes, as an "Invasion Cathedrum".

A part of me still can’t quite believe that plastic sisters are actually happening after all this time.

 Melissia wrote:
"Drop cathedrals" were just specialized drop pods. Not the same thing, in my eyes, as an "Invasion Cathedrum".

In my head, its a class of ship, like battle barge. It would hang in orbit like a space station (mini ramsilles star fort?) and sisters would conduct a long campaign from this.

If as you say its some kind of landing craft itself, its probably akin to the structures from Dawn of War.

Sisters establish a secure beachhead and then drop a massive prefabricated space cathedral in it as a forward operating base.

Probably similar technology to imperial knight drop keeps or titan coffin landers.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/08/05/battle-sister-bulletin-part-13-leading-from-the-frontgw-homepage-post-2/

New Bulletin up.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/08/05/battle-sister-bulletin-part-13-leading-from-the-frontgw-homepage-post-2/

Edit: Ninja'd

I like her. But I hope she comes with a helmet.

Depicting her as elderly or not (and given juvenat treatments mixed with few other imperial commanders looking elderly I can see why you might want to avoid that without it being a sexualisation thing) is as easy as a personal preference head swap.

What I’m less immediately sold on is how much stuff she’s got on her that would blatantly limit mobility and adds up to an extremely bulky silhouette.

That's one model whose inflated clampack price I won't have to worry about. If that's the only Canoness on offer, I'd rather convert my own if I need one.

What's with the ergonomic leg? I'm pretty sure ergonomic is another word for heresy. That can't be right.

Also:

Even the silhouette of her collar is reminiscent of a fleur-de-lys.

The first thing that came to mind was that she got her head stuck between someone's hip bones, and now I can't unsee it.

 Geifer wrote:


The first thing that came to mind was that she got her head stuck between someone's hip bones, and now I can't unsee it.

And now, neither can I! Thank you.

alphaecho wrote:

 Geifer wrote:


The first thing that came to mind was that she got her head stuck between someone's hip bones, and now I can't unsee it.

And now, neither can I! Thank you.

I live to serve.

First thing that caught my eye was the ludicrously thin calf. Then they revealed the bionic and took the wind right out of my sails.

This one is looking great. Can't wait to actually start a sisters army. lol

A quick mock-up of how she looks with the collar removed. I’d say I prefer it, she’s already plenty ornate without something throwing off the silhouette and making it look like she’d start to struggle with mobility.

I love the face on this new Canoness, such a great style and expression. She'd look almost benevolent were it not for her huge sword and (I presume) heretic thrashing crozius.

Edit: Looks like she has a Plasma Gun slung over her shoulder or hip, or maybe a Combi-Plasma?

I think part of the problem is she's in a very static pose and yet the censers and reliquary are ignoring gravity. (Robes too, but that's much less of a visual issue for me.)

A little stiff around the robes, but otherwise a suitably ornate 'prioress' type model to stand in the middle of aura type army compositions IMO.

Could be trimmed down with a helmet instead of the hood/collar and a quick arm-swap for a more combat looking alternate model.

ecurtz wrote:
I think part of the problem is she's in a very static pose and yet the censers and reliquary are ignoring gravity. (Robes too, but that's much less of a visual issue for me.)

The scrolls on the repentia were similar. I'm hoping it's something they polish up before release.

ecurtz wrote:
I think part of the problem is she's in a very static pose and yet the censers and reliquary are ignoring gravity. (Robes too, but that's much less of a visual issue for me.)

They’re being blown in the wind. That’s why they’re at different angles; the cloth is lighter/has more surface area than the ribbons+censers.
Whether this breeze is a regular one or a miraculous Breath of the Emperor is up to you though.

ecurtz wrote:
I think part of the problem is she's in a very static pose and yet the censers and reliquary are ignoring gravity. (Robes too, but that's much less of a visual issue for me.)

A breeze would explain this, they're all blowing the same direction. That's what I took it to be anyway.

I don't actually like this one. I guess combat wimples aren't my thing.

changemod wrote:
A quick mock-up of how she looks with the collar removed. I’d say I prefer it, she’s already plenty ornate without something throwing off the silhouette and making it look like she’d start to struggle with mobility.

Yep, that's better.

Now that I'm not getting distracted by that thing anymore, I find it a bit of an odd choice to have a bionic leg but then hide it behind the sword from the default angle. Hmm.

changemod wrote:
A quick mock-up of how she looks with the collar removed. I’d say I prefer it, she’s already plenty ornate without something throwing off the silhouette and making it look like she’d start to struggle with mobility.

The gorget throws off the shape of the face too. The raised part in the middle makes it look like she has a huge chin, when in reality she does not (bottom left).

Face is really impressing me. Definite sense of age to it.

It's been somewhat of a steady decline in the asthetics IMO since the retributors. That limited adepticon sister model was bonkers awesome and the follow retributors were nice. I'm not a fan of the infamous plug'n'play repentia and this canonness is just downright horrible. I think I'd prefer to just convert the adepticon model into something a bit more ornate instead.

She doesn't need less collar - she needs MORE shoulderpads!