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 Tokhuah wrote:
I want to find head replacements for all the models to convert them to Sista's of Battle, if you can dig it...

I can dig it... but are different heads necessary?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Sprue breakdowns are up, and Retributors are 2 sprues instead of 3.
Bummer!

Good news is that Multi-Meltas are the only weapon, seemingly, missing from the standard Battle Sisters setup.

What does sprue count matter? You get 5 retributions, 2 cherub and 2 heavy weapon of each type. Maybe this way there's 5 unique poses rather than 2 duplicates

Edit: or were you hoping for 3 unique sprues and dissapointed it's 2 duplicate sprues? Who really expects them to do retributions essentially 50% more expensive for gw?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Blackstone Fortress and expansions did give us a priest and crusader model in plastic, while Kill Team Rogue Trader gave us a Death cult assassin.

And? So? But? Therefore?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
A basic preacher could maybe appear later as a clampack alongside an IG release of some sort if they needed to spread out the characters a bit (see how the kellermorph was make a kill team model to cheat the numbers for GSC characters)

Except the resin Preacher is still on sale. That was my point.

These miniatures haven't been replaced. They had a change, but chose not to take that shot.

tneva82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Sprue breakdowns are up, and Retributors are 2 sprues instead of 3.
Bummer!

Good news is that Multi-Meltas are the only weapon, seemingly, missing from the standard Battle Sisters setup.

What does sprue count matter? You get 5 retributions, 2 cherub and 2 heavy weapon of each type. Maybe this way there's 5 unique poses rather than 2 duplicates

Edit: or were you hoping for 3 unique sprues and dissapointed it's 2 duplicate sprues? Who really expects them to do retributions essentially 50% more expensive for gw?

There’s no duplicate sprues.

Why would 5 human-sized miniatures take up 3 sprues anyway?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why would 5 human-sized miniatures take up 3 sprues anyway?

lots of options?

tneva82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Sprue breakdowns are up, and Retributors are 2 sprues instead of 3.
Bummer!

Good news is that Multi-Meltas are the only weapon, seemingly, missing from the standard Battle Sisters setup.

What does sprue count matter? You get 5 retributions, 2 cherub and 2 heavy weapon of each type. Maybe this way there's 5 unique poses rather than 2 duplicates

Edit: or were you hoping for 3 unique sprues and dissapointed it's 2 duplicate sprues? Who really expects them to do retributions essentially 50% more expensive for gw?

Havocs are the same price and have 3 sprues for 9 heavy weapons and big chunky CSM. It was not unreasonable to expect 3 sprues for Retributors and more of each gun, IMO.

Basic Sisters I need to buy a box and figure out what to do with them later, those are so nice.

A battle sister squad is 3 sprues for 45€, and a retributor squad is 42.5€ for 2 sprues. I know it's nothing new from GW but I'm still bothered.

The only thing that confused me this morning was the item listing for Celestians/Dominions. I guessed they were the exact same thing as the Battle Sisters but couldn't check until after I placed my order, cuz I was scared things would sell out super fast again XD

I bought 2 Battle Sister kits, 3 Retributor kits, the limited Codex, the Triumph and a pack of 10 bases so I can separate the Triumph sisters from St. Kat.

I don't like the skeletal St. Kat at all. I'm going to either mod the armour and head so she looks like a regular person, or switch her entire body with the downed Sister in the Hospitaller kit.

After purchasing the new stuff, I happened upon the image of the upcoming terrain piece. I'm kinda disappointed - I expected the bell tower thing depicted in the Codex, but instead GW seems to have just appropriated the ruin that I've been using as a centrepiece of my Sisters army for the past seven years:

I guess they at least added a statue lol.




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Samko wrote:
A battle sister squad is 3 sprues for 45€, and a retributor squad is 42.5€ for 2 sprues. I know it's nothing new from GW but I'm still bothered.

I think it's more weird when you consider that the difference between the two kits is really just the result of this calculation:

Sister Superiors cancel each other out
1 Retributor in each set cancel each other out
2 Cherubs vs 1 Cherub = +1 for Retributors

= 8 Sisters vs. 3 Retributors + 1 extra Cherub = 8 vs. 4 = Retributor discount of only £2.50 O.o

I guess those Multi Meltas are really expensive. Oh well, at least they put two Heavy weapon options in the regular kit - they could have just included the Heavy Flamer to force people even more into buying the Retributor kit. I'm guessing their mindset was if they didn't hold back the Multi Melta in the Retributor kit then people might just buy the regular kit only because of the better value for money.

I’m a little disappointed if not surprised that there won’t be a dominion kit (maybe there will further down the line?). I was hoping for masses of sisters with storm bolters, because storm bolters look cool.

Edit: Scratch that, there 4 of each special weapon in the sisters kit, I assumed there was 1.

phillv85 wrote:
I’m a little disappointed if not surprised that there won’t be a dominion kit (maybe there will further down the line?). I was hoping for masses of sisters with storm bolters, because storm bolters look cool.

Edit: Scratch that, there 4 of each special weapon in the sisters kit, I assumed there was 1.

Jeeze I bought extra Melta Guns for my December boxed set squad for nothing then XD

phillv85 wrote:
I’m a little disappointed if not surprised that there won’t be a dominion kit (maybe there will further down the line?). I was hoping for masses of sisters with storm bolters, because storm bolters look cool.

Edit: Scratch that, there 4 of each special weapon in the sisters kit, I assumed there was 1.

Yeah, the battle sisters box is the Dominion kit (and the Celestian kit for that matter).

 Casbyness wrote:
I guessed they were the exact same thing as the Battle Sisters but couldn't check until after I placed my order, cuz I was scared things would sell out super fast again XD

Not going to preorder this time because it's not a limited item, they won't run out, so no rush!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Blackstone Fortress and expansions did give us a priest and crusader model in plastic, while Kill Team Rogue Trader gave us a Death cult assassin.

And? So? But? Therefore?

Yeah, getting one monopose model per expensive boxed set with other stuff you might not even need really isn't terribly practical way to collect a squad of them. And that those things exist makes this even more annoying, as they obviously have up to date 3d assets them so half of the work for the new kits is already done. I'd be fine even by an easybuild option for these. Kits of three monopose crusaders or assassins.

Meh, even the remake Damien 1427 in plastic didn't look as good as the Inquisitor 54mm one. What a waste.


I guess it's up to designer's preference which of these side unit got plastic, and he didn't feel like making S&M Assassins or Shield dudes that day.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Casbyness wrote:
I guessed they were the exact same thing as the Battle Sisters but couldn't check until after I placed my order, cuz I was scared things would sell out super fast again XD

Not going to preorder this time because it's not a limited item, they won't run out, so no rush!

Except things do run 'temporarily out of stock' in the webstore. So if there is a possibility, even if they'll come back later.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Except the resin Preacher is still on sale. That was my point.

There's a resin Preacher?

Only 1 Preacher I can see, and its metal.

I couldn't find the answer to this question anywhere- is the datacard set going up for preorder the same set that was found in the previously released Sisters box?

Fictional wrote:
There's a resin Preacher?

Only 1 Preacher I can see, and its metal.

Or metal. Who cares. It's not plastic.

I'm a little bit lost, I haven't used GW's site in ages (I buy from a local store most of the time), are the pre-orders not up yet on the US site?

 Melissia wrote:
I'm a little bit lost, I haven't used GW's site in ages (I buy from a local store most of the time), are the pre-orders not up yet on the US site?

Normally they are up by 10am your local time.

Ah, so they're an hour late now. Hopefully they show up sometime today. Only seeing Kharadron Overlords and Disciples of Tzeentch stuff, atm. No 40k stuff up for pre-order yet.

 Dr Mathias wrote:
I couldn't find the answer to this question anywhere- is the datacard set going up for preorder the same set that was found in the previously released Sisters box?

Nobody has them yet to answer that question. I'd assume so with the difference being that the army box version is split into 2 smaller packs.

 Melissia wrote:
Ah, so they're an hour late now. Hopefully they show up sometime today. Only seeing Kharadron Overlords and Disciples of Tzeentch stuff, atm. No 40k stuff up for pre-order yet.

The Khadoran and Tzeentch stuff should be up on their site already. If you can't see them under "new releases" just check their specific race tabs in the Age of Sigmar section. Kharadron will be under Order and Tzeentch under Chaos.

They might still be listed as "preorder" but the prices will be the same and they come off pre-order today anyway so they'll just automatically change to orders without any input from you. So you should be able to order that stuff right now without any issue.

I'm not looking for their fantasy line. Was looking for Sisters of Battle.

And nope, Sisters aren't up on "New Releases". Did a full refresh of the site. Sisters of Battle aren't on the New and Exclusive section nor the Adepta Sororitas section.

Rather bemusing. Was the info that they're up for pre-order on the 11th wrong?

New stuff comes up 1pm eastern time (10am on fire coast time). Been that way for years now.

Okay, that's all I needed to know. Thanks. People were telling me 10am, before.


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Whelp it's up now. Time to get the one squad my finances will currently allow.

 Melissia wrote:
Okay, that's all I needed to know. Thanks. People were telling me 10am, before.


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Whelp it's up now. Time to get the one squad my finances will currently allow.

I think the confusion comes from the timing being 10am in Europe and 1pm in USA.

For those not aware: The time is now.

 Casbyness wrote:

 Melissia wrote:
Okay, that's all I needed to know. Thanks. People were telling me 10am, before.


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Whelp it's up now. Time to get the one squad my finances will currently allow.

I think the confusion comes from the timing being 10am in Europe and 1pm in USA.

1pm in SOME parts of the USA, anyway.