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Lemondish wrote:
A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades

This model can be equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword instead of 1 bolt pistol and 1 chainsword. If this model is equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword it additionally has a rod of office.

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 bolt pistol: 1 condemnor boltgun, 1 weapon from the Pistols list

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 chainsword: 1 power sword, 1 blessed blade

If this model is equipped with 1 chainsword, it can have a brazier of holy fire or a null rod

This type of rules writing is just so asinine.

Why can't it just be "A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades. She may replace her Bolt Pistol and/or her Chainsword with weapons from the Sisters of Battle weapons list.".

None of this "May replace A with B, and C with D, and A with E but only if you change B to X, and only on Wednesdays on a full moon" bull gak.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Lemondish wrote:
A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades

This model can be equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword instead of 1 bolt pistol and 1 chainsword. If this model is equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword it additionally has a rod of office.

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 bolt pistol: 1 condemnor boltgun, 1 weapon from the Pistols list

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 chainsword: 1 power sword, 1 blessed blade

If this model is equipped with 1 chainsword, it can have a brazier of holy fire or a null rod

This type of rules writing is just so asinine.

Why can't it just be "A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades. She may replace her Bolt Pistol and/or her Chainsword with weapons from the Sisters of Battle weapons list.".

None of this "May replace A with B, and C with D, and A with E but only if you change B to X, and only on Wednesdays on a full moon" bull gak.

They don't want you to be able to use 3rd part models or apparently convert things

 Mr Morden wrote:
They don't want you to be able to use 3rd part models or apparently convert things

I'm aware of that. Doesn't make it any less moronic.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
They don't want you to be able to use 3rd part models or apparently convert things

I'm aware of that. Doesn't make it any less moronic.

No, no it does not.

 Dr Mathias wrote:

phillv85 wrote:
Ah, I’ve asked for my delivery to be sent to my house, not my local GW.

Every time I've ordered a new release from GW it arrived about five days after everyone else picks it up at their local store.

Don't think any pre-orders I've placed with GW have ever shipped more than a day before release, typically not sent until that day in fact. Pretty sure they can arrive on or just before release within e.g. the UK, but as those on mainland Europe are also sent from the UK, they typically don't arrive until a week or two later. Can imagine those shipped to stores will normally be there well in time (unless ordered just prior to release, but that wasn't much of an option with the Sisters...), but I have a tendency to live too far from GW stores to have ever used that service.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
They don't want you to be able to use 3rd part models or apparently convert things

I'm aware of that. Doesn't make it any less moronic.

A broken clock is right once a day.
A broken record, though, can be right every time!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
They don't want you to be able to use 3rd part models or apparently convert things

I'm aware of that. Doesn't make it any less moronic.

Yeah. The overwhelming majority of people don't use any third party bits anyway, they just kitbash between GW kits. Like there apparently are combiweapons in the multipart basic SoB squad kit. Why can't I be allowed to glue one of those on Canoness?

 Crimson wrote:
Why can't I be allowed to glue one of those on Canoness?

Because it's not part of the Canoness kit, and therefore verboten!!!

It's so dumb...

 Crimson wrote:
Like there apparently are combiweapons in the multipart basic SoB squad kit. Why can't I be allowed to glue one of those on Canoness?

While we're yet to see the sprue, I'd wager that the condemner boltgun comes in two components - the bolter and then the crossbow. Just like combi-weapons do. The fact that we can't put a combi-weapon on there is absolutely criminal.

I might be reading this differently, but I don’t think the limited Canoness is a illegal model.

Lemondish wrote:
A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades

This model can be equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword instead of 1 bolt pistol and 1 chainsword. If this model is equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword it additionally has a rod of office.

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 bolt pistol: 1 condemnor boltgun, 1 weapon from the Pistols list

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 chainsword: 1 power sword, 1 blessed blade

If this model is equipped with 1 chainsword, it can have a brazier of holy fire or a null rod

Point one “If this model is equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword it additionally has a rod of office” and point two “This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 bolt pistol: 1 weapon from the Pistols list”. So as long as the plasma pistol is on the list then it should be a legal model.

But if you take pistol option you don't have boltgun which is needed for rod. If you take point 1 you don't have pistol to replace with

If you take each point as only one way to build the multi-part Canoness then the examples that GW has on the community site are illegal.

phillv85 wrote:
My order with GW hasn’t shipped yet. Has anybody else’s? It’s nearly 7pm UK time, I don’t think i’m getting it on release day.....

Mine hasn't shipped either, website says "Pending, Ships within 12 days", I know GW pre-orders don't usually arrive on release day when it's a Saturday (another reason to order from 3rd parties unless it's an exclusive) but thought they might arrive today with it being Friday. UK BTW.

Someone earlier on here mentioned that some people had received e-mails saying theirs had been delayed but would arrive "Before Christmas", I didn't get that e-mail but maybe there are delays.

TBH after watching an unboxing video on YouTube I'm tempted to cancel anyway, mould lines looked really bad (like scenery kit bad) and went across some bits of detail that looked really awkward to clean up, certainly far worse than I'm used to from GW these days, so don't know if they were made in China like the scenery but may just wait for the standard release.

The guys who assemble and paint the models are probably not the guys writing the rules, so they may not be that familiar with the minutiae of the equipment options.

I wanna give that hooded Canoness head to a Tech-Priest.

Friend of mine just got his box. Man those Mortifiers and their 13 S6 AP-2 attacks each are nasty. And pistol Heavy Flamers. Ouch.

Mine should be arriving this morning at some point. Alongside Faith & Fury.

Smaug wrote:If you take each point as only one way to build the multi-part Canoness then the examples that GW has on the community site are illegal.

How do you figure? If what Lemondish posted is accurate, they’re all legal as long as you assume the sword hilt you see over their shoulders is a chainsword.

Lemondish wrote:
A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades

This model can be equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword instead of 1 bolt pistol and 1 chainsword. If this model is equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword it additionally has a rod of office.

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 bolt pistol: 1 condemnor boltgun, 1 weapon from the Pistols list

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 chainsword: 1 power sword, 1 blessed blade

If this model is equipped with 1 chainsword, it can have a brazier of holy fire or a null rod

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wanna give that hooded Canoness head to a Tech-Priest.

Do it. And post pictures. NOW. Stop making excuses like "the kit isn't out yet".

Phoned to cancel mine but was told it was too late as it was already waiting in a Royal Mail sack for collection, then it arrived. Still showing as pending on the GW site though, so now got to decide, do I keep it after all, return it or stick it on ebay.

Interesting, so mine may or may not have been posted

I guess I'll wait to see if Royal Mail turn up with it today.

Tavis75 wrote:
Phoned to cancel mine but was told it was too late as it was already waiting in a Royal Mail sack for collection, then it arrived. Still showing as pending on the GW site though, so now got to decide, do I keep it after all, return it or stick it on ebay.

its a sign from the emperor, you need to keep it

phillv85 wrote:
Interesting, so mine may or may not have been posted

I guess I'll wait to see if Royal Mail turn up with it today.

Yep, seems like GW isn't really sure where these are, so still possible yours will arrive today.


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terry wrote:

Tavis75 wrote:
Phoned to cancel mine but was told it was too late as it was already waiting in a Royal Mail sack for collection, then it arrived. Still showing as pending on the GW site though, so now got to decide, do I keep it after all, return it or stick it on ebay.

its a sign from the emperor, you need to keep it

Might have to see if I can take a look at the sprues without messing up the packaging, see if the mould lines are as bad as the unboxing video or whether they just got a bad one.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

Smaug wrote:If you take each point as only one way to build the multi-part Canoness then the examples that GW has on the community site are illegal.

How do you figure? If what Lemondish posted is accurate, they’re all legal as long as you assume the sword hilt you see over their shoulders is a chainsword.

Lemondish wrote:
A Canoness is a single model equipped with: bolt pistol, chainsword, frag grenades, krak grenades

This model can be equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword instead of 1 bolt pistol and 1 chainsword. If this model is equipped with 1 boltgun and 1 power sword it additionally has a rod of office.

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 bolt pistol: 1 condemnor boltgun, 1 weapon from the Pistols list

This model can be equipped with one of the following instead of 1 chainsword: 1 power sword, 1 blessed blade

If this model is equipped with 1 chainsword, it can have a brazier of holy fire or a null rod

Lemondish is correct, just got mine from WHW, I had misread the canoness entry a friend sent me a picture of (for that I am sorry and it is my mistake).


Also, yes all those canoness are legal.

Yeah, not placing too much faith in GW’s shipping notices is a good idea. Mine arrived already and they still haven’t told me it’s been sent yet…

Pistols list
Bolt Pistol, Hand Flamer, Plasma Pistol, Inferno Pistol.

Canons can’t take Hand Flamer.

Tavis75 wrote:

terry wrote:

Tavis75 wrote:
Phoned to cancel mine but was told it was too late as it was already waiting in a Royal Mail sack for collection, then it arrived. Still showing as pending on the GW site though, so now got to decide, do I keep it after all, return it or stick it on ebay.

its a sign from the emperor, you need to keep it

Might have to see if I can take a look at the sprues without messing up the packaging, see if the mould lines are as bad as the unboxing video or whether they just got a bad one.

If it helps, while I don't know the video in question (I'm not a big fan of unboxing videos in general) I've seen a few cases where bad light exaggerated mold lines on GW models that turned out no worse than what you would commonly expect on their models.

As far as I know GW does not manufacture actual models in China outside of Warhammer Underworlds and terrain kits. And the former seem perfectly fine for the couple of warbands I have.

So while I can't say about Sisters in this box specifically, I don't think excessive mold lines are anything you need to worry about from modern GW.

If you end up keeping the box and have a look at the sprues, do tell us how it turns out, please.

Set I’ve got seems fine for mould lines?

I mean, they’re there, but nothing out of the ordinary?

Got mine today - looks very pretty

Ok, so I’m thinking of remodelling my old school metal Penitent Engine as a Mortifier Anchorite because a. it’s too huge otherwise and b. I can get away without painting the millions of fiddly cables which I never really got around to the first time. I’m thinking something like an iron maiden style of coffin where the pilot used to be should do it.

Got my set this morning, overall a cool little package. But unless money is no object I do not recommend spending over the odds for it. The multi part kits will be out before we know it.

It seems like a few have trickled into GW stores, Coventry got two so there are still sets out there to be had.