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 posermcbogus wrote:
Ah. Ahahahahah. AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

You all think those prices are steep?

A Squad of the new sisters costs 円8300 here. That's less than 2 pounds shy of 60 quid. For 10 miniatures. Utterly unjustifiable, especially when you can - in the same store, or if not, neighborhood, walk a few meters and grab a HUGE mastergrade gundam for less.

I've got no clue what game GW are playing out here, but it's so eye-wateringly daft that I'm really tempted to contact their customer services, just to check - like, is this intentional? Are they running off an out-dated currency converter? Bonkers. I was hoping I might get to pick up some sisters, the heavy weapons box and maybe a cannoness and a sister superior with this release as a treat sometime, but holy gak, are these prices so beyond worth it. Never mind the big shiny things coming out next week. Mental.

Because people will buy it and then justify it later. That's really all there is too it. GW know that for every three customers who walk away due to the pricing, there will be a whale who buys multiple of every new """GLOORRIIOOUUSSS""" kit and lets it gather dust. They just gotta... g-gotta... CONSOOOOOM!

"B-B-BUT THEY'RE A BUSINESS!" shilling put aside for one minute, what I don't get is GW's long-term strategy here. I don't mean in "They'll raise them so high people will stop buying them" because evidentally that's not going to happen. What I mean is that they've always pushed at trying to get the Lil Timmies addicted to plastic crack. That made sense when they're getting weekly pocket money enough to afford a blister pack, or save up for a few weeks to get a £15 Tactical Squad. That's presumably not feasible anymore unless their parents have a decent amount of money to spend on their toys. The only thing I can really guess is they're hoping to make it a generational thing, with all those neckbeards who manage to have a kid awkwardly trying to get their child interested in the game, who 'subsidise' their kid's hobby budget or something?

Wage inflation sure hasn't more than doubled from when I was a kid able to pick up 20 Cadians for £15 every month, or 10 marines for the same.

it's also possiable that GW's aiming at an older crowd now. Kids are more likely to play video games etc I imagine. Most gamers I see seem to be in the 20-30 age range.

old eneugh to have a jiob and money, young eneugh to not have a family sucking up all their discreitionary income

Bdrone wrote:
*stares at the 80 dollar exorcist*....

yeah, pass. I knew all the extra bits and details would increase it, but i didn't guess that high. Still no fan of that hospitaller base, but it's what you get now, so...

huh. if Junith's kit could also be a generic Canoness with ride she'd be a comparative steal... but I've gone on about that far to long. guess the next thing to look for is the FAQ and the immolator...

I plan on running Junith for my bloody rose crusade. Nobody cares @ my flgs.

Racerguy180 wrote:

Bdrone wrote:
*stares at the 80 dollar exorcist*....

yeah, pass. I knew all the extra bits and details would increase it, but i didn't guess that high. Still no fan of that hospitaller base, but it's what you get now, so...

huh. if Junith's kit could also be a generic Canoness with ride she'd be a comparative steal... but I've gone on about that far to long. guess the next thing to look for is the FAQ and the immolator...

I plan on running Junith for my bloody rose crusade. Nobody cares @ my flgs.

Given enough fan feedback, I could totally see GW releasing an upgrade sprue to go along with Junith to run it as a generic canoness. Just give it a different rider, even one as simple as the Battle Box canoness (who I imagine will be released in a start collecting eventually), and maybe an alternate gun at the bottom. Something like what they did for Canis Rex

may as well assume upgrade sprue for such a thing.

im just amazed at the price disparity between junith and a Hospitaller. for a centerpiece, junith is a little surprising.

I'm just never getting her.

Been assembling like maniac(think 13 hours...). Loving the kits except monopose shows with banners and superiors. Extra pair of arms would have been nice there.

Less noticable on bolter and special weapons at least

Bdrone wrote:
may as well assume upgrade sprue for such a thing.

im just amazed at the price disparity between junith and a Hospitaller. for a centerpiece, junith is a little surprising.

I'm just never getting her.

At that price, my idea of using that pulpit for a conversion is a lot more palatable.

The latest batch of Sororitas models are on the GW site now. they were not there this morning so I am calling it news.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/This-weeks-Adepta-Soroitas-pre-orders-2-2020

I am still not overly impressed with the faction, I need to see more.
The fluff however goes deeper.


Its official. The Adepta Sororitas now have 'pin-ups'.
I thought Penitent Engines were bad, what they do to wayward sisters would make a Word Bearer baulk; well, maybe not, but you get the idea that they are really close to the line even for Grimdark.

MajorWesJanson wrote:

Bdrone wrote:
may as well assume upgrade sprue for such a thing.

im just amazed at the price disparity between junith and a Hospitaller. for a centerpiece, junith is a little surprising.

I'm just never getting her.

At that price, my idea of using that pulpit for a conversion is a lot more palatable.

agreed, 2 of them and a baneblade should make a cool battle chapel.

 Casbyness wrote:
Just come here to say quickly that the Sisters dice are AMAZING

Pictures don't do them justice. I didn't preorder the dice last week, but they had one set at my local store and I just had to buy them. The centre of each dice is translucent, so holding them up to the light makes them look like pale blue stained glass! :O

That's pretty cool. will have to find a set to see for myself.


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Hopefully we have the Canoness in the next wave of preorders.


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Would also be nice to get a sororitas jump pack HQ again...

 Melissia wrote:
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Would also be nice to get a sororitas jump pack HQ again...

Her name is Celestine, but I'm sure you mean a generic one we haven't had since they replaced the Witch Hunter codex with the WD Codex.

Yeah, that's why I said "again", cause it was frustrating that jump packs were removed from our generic HQs back then and it's still frustrating we don't have them. Especially now that we have a second, assault-oriented jump pack unit to use.

Sistsers are in a good place right now but... yeah if GW came out hired me and told me I needed to plan a 9th edition sisters 'dex and new units to go with them I'd have no shortage of ideas


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So not really looked much yet but does the Battle sisters box also only get the parts for 1 sister superior?

Yep. Though with bit creativity and use of combi weapons you can get by that. Retributor box ls particulary uselul giving power mauls and more combi weapons neither which retributors really want.

tneva82 wrote:
Yep. Though with bit creativity and use of combi weapons you can get by that. Retributor box ls particulary uselul giving power mauls and more combi weapons neither which retributors really want.

arg, you where sooo close GW :(

I've only managed to assemble a partially-converted Triumph plus one squad of Retributors and two further Multi Melta Sisters so far.

I based each of the Triumph's characters separately, plus switched the St. Kat skeleton parts out for a more serene looking human appearance. There's no way I can fully assemble even the central part of that model though, since that will make painting impossible.

Random tip: It's really simple to cut away the hood of the Triumph's St Lucia model to reveal her full face, as a slight conversion. All you then have to do is round out the remaining hood behind her head witth a tiny bit of green stuff.


Only weird thing I noticed with the Retributor set is the lack of a power sword. I had to steal one from one of my Battle Sisters squad boxes.

And yikes, by the end of this fun it looks like I'm going to be left with about 60 Sister helmet heads. Each box comes with so many of them on each sprue :O

BrianDavion wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Yep. Though with bit creativity and use of combi weapons you can get by that. Retributor box ls particulary uselul giving power mauls and more combi weapons neither which retributors really want.

arg, you where sooo close GW :(

I’m also reasonably sure there’s no flame or melta pistol in the box? So I’ll need to pinch some from my zephyrim down the line I guess.

As a bloody rose player I was going to give a celestian superior a hand flamer and power maul, plus stormbolters as her units cheap specials, thus creating a semifunctuonal assault unit to chill with my cannoness.

Another random tip: If you get bored with the Retributor Superior having limited right arms, note that parts 69 and 126 (outstretched grenade arm and unarmed pointing arm, respectively) from the Battle Sisters box can be used as further options. The pointing arm needs a bit of wrangling and green stuff at the shoulder joint to work, but the grenade arm fits pretty well without having to cover up any gaps.

GaroRobe wrote:
Given enough fan feedback, I could totally see GW releasing an upgrade sprue to go along with Junith to run it as a generic canoness. Just give it a different rider, even one as simple as the Battle Box canoness (who I imagine will be released in a start collecting eventually), and maybe an alternate gun at the bottom. Something like what they did for Canis Rex

Or as a Fast Attack choice for any order (less able than the HQ obviously).

Still think three of these floating up ahead of your main wave would look amazing.

 CoteazRox wrote:

GaroRobe wrote:
Given enough fan feedback, I could totally see GW releasing an upgrade sprue to go along with Junith to run it as a generic canoness. Just give it a different rider, even one as simple as the Battle Box canoness (who I imagine will be released in a start collecting eventually), and maybe an alternate gun at the bottom. Something like what they did for Canis Rex

Or as a Fast Attack choice for any order (less able than the HQ obviously).

Still think three of these floating up ahead of your main wave would look amazing.

we need HQs more then we need fast attack choices.

Hmmm, the chainsword from Battle sister box is completely blank. While the Retributor one at least have a Fleur de lis. Really? Even the GSC chainsword have some rivet and line on their blank chainsword.

Even if they intentionally leave it blank so you can use the transfer sheet text on it, there're still plenty of space left for more detail, maybe a Fleur de lis like he retributor one.

I painted the casing gold and gave it a wash of reikland fleshshade gloss, it looks pretty nice even without extra decorations

 CoteazRox wrote:

GaroRobe wrote:
Given enough fan feedback, I could totally see GW releasing an upgrade sprue to go along with Junith to run it as a generic canoness. Just give it a different rider, even one as simple as the Battle Box canoness (who I imagine will be released in a start collecting eventually), and maybe an alternate gun at the bottom. Something like what they did for Canis Rex

Or as a Fast Attack choice for any order (less able than the HQ obviously).

Still think three of these floating up ahead of your main wave would look amazing.

It would.

But I wouldn't be surprised at all if our next Codex has a HQ choice for a generic Canoness in the pulpit. No upgrade sprue needed. It would be an easy profile to right, and it would let them sell that kit to tons of players who didn't buy it the first time.

From the given fluff they clearly envision battle pulpits less as “something the adepta sororitas does” and more as “something this particular lunatic did after preaching during a battle instead of doing something helpful”.

Chopstick wrote:
Hmmm, the chainsword from Battle sister box is completely blank. While the Retributor one at least have a Fleur de lis. Really? Even the GSC chainsword have some rivet and line on their blank chainsword.

Even if they intentionally leave it blank so you can use the transfer sheet text on it, there're still plenty of space left for more detail, maybe a Fleur de lis like he retributor one.

What about adding the tiny purity seal accessory parts to it? Those are nice.

So retributors are a giant pain to assemble compared to battle Sisters. They have more parts per model(obviously) but they also have WAY more mold line that need to be cleaned because they're very visible.

No sister preorders next week. Where's that generic HQ for sisters?

Bit surprised they're breaking up the releases, they must have assumed peoples wallets can't handle the whole range at once.

ERJAK wrote:
So retributors are a giant pain to assemble compared to battle Sisters. They have more parts per model(obviously) but they also have WAY more mold line that need to be cleaned because they're very visible.

Plus those wacky Heavy Flamer left arms are a joy to position correctly XD


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tneva82 wrote:
No sister preorders next week. Where's that generic HQ for sisters?

WTF is my Imagifier, Canoness, Dialogus, Seraphim and vehicles :(

GW must have met their January sales quota :(

 Casbyness wrote:

ERJAK wrote:
So retributors are a giant pain to assemble compared to battle Sisters. They have more parts per model(obviously) but they also have WAY more mold line that need to be cleaned because they're very visible.

Plus those wacky Heavy Flamer left arms are a joy to position correctly XD


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tneva82 wrote:
No sister preorders next week. Where's that generic HQ for sisters?

WTF is my Imagifier, Canoness, Dialogus, Seraphim and vehicles :(

GW must have met their January sales quota :(

Yeah we could definitely use a speed option: Jump gals or a rhino to get our armies to basic functionality.