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I think it would be a bonus if the ITC house rule didn't apply to it. You could set up an exorcist behind it and still get cover and able to fire from it

It's easy to assume that people arguing an interpretation you disagree with are just looking for an advantage for themselves... But it's quite often not the case.  
   
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Oberron wrote:
I think it would be a bonus if the ITC house rule didn't apply to it. You could set up an exorcist behind it and still get cover and able to fire from it


Its also fuzzy, that without a ground floor, what is defined as "in the terrain" and the statues placement doesn't appear to be absolute either(?)

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Oberron wrote:
I think it would be a bonus if the ITC house rule didn't apply to it. You could set up an exorcist behind it and still get cover and able to fire from it


Though issue then comes when is exorcist in it. It has no base. Not being infantry it needs to be in it and have 50% covered.

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Considering buying several BSSs, but i dont know really how to equip them.

6x5 squads with 2 storm bolters each seems fine, but then?
Dominions 10-man squads with 4 sb?
BSS with combi melta + 2 melta?
Celestians w/ sb or melta?
   
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what do you have already?

my plan is to buy 4 boxes to start, have 6 5 man squards with stormbolters. and 2 dominion squads with Melta's

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jotace wrote:
Considering buying several BSSs, but i dont know really how to equip them.

6x5 squads with 2 storm bolters each seems fine, but then?
Dominions 10-man squads with 4 sb?
BSS with combi melta + 2 melta?
Celestians w/ sb or melta?


You seem to have fairly little melta there. What is going to be your anti tank department? Retributions? Exorcists? Allies?

Got my first game today though as I was limited to 2 starter sets plus celestine(though proxied imagifier with 1 banner bearer) list wasn't that optimal but got to try at least. Obviously not good try with little good use for MD but there were couple neat things I did and one potential nice surprise move. There was repulsor down to 1 wound that I wanted to kill. I could have used 5 from my MD pool and then the 1 and use stratagem to auto wound the damn thing with blessed bolt. If he fails 5+ save repulsor dies and would have saved the helverin to shoot the hellblasters. Got to remember that one.

Got totally boxed in having botched choice of deployment zone. The corner zone with least amount of objectives nearby was lol-bad. Not aware blood angels got stratagem to heroic intervene with regular unit lost gallant when 4 aggressors heroic intervened into the mess. Yikes.

Got good stomping but got taste of rules and some idea on how things work. My 2+/can't wound better than 4+ canoness was taking eliminators and regular scouts like they were shooting at him throwing beans. But the reroll to wound warlord trait wans't that useful. I'll be bringing my list on saturday so maybe go for inv save boosting one instead. Would help especially with repentia(4++). Too bad the inv save provided by celestine to arco flagelants isn't boosted by that.


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BrianDavion wrote:
what do you have already?

my plan is to buy 4 boxes to start, have 6 5 man squards with stormbolters. and 2 dominion squads with Melta's


6 here Plus 2 retribution boxes. Already notified local store what I'll be wanting so they know to order sufficient amount.

Combined with what I already have(2 start sets) I'll be building:

2x5 with storm bolters
1x6 with storm bolters and combi plasma plus banner
7 with storm bolters, inferno pistol, banner
8 with banner, 2 melta gun, combi melta
same except flamer
10 celestine with 2 melta gun, combi melta and banner
10 dominion w/4 storm bolters, combi plasma, banner
10xretributor w/4xheavy bolter
10xretributor w/4xmulti melta and banner

All banners have cerub's. This is 79 models so I have 11 unaccounted for. Could fill up squads somewhere or maybe go for melta dominion squad which does appeal.

With these and 2 imagifiers+2nd canoness(ordered the resin one already) will have first 2k pure sister list. Albeit still 2 penitent engines that stick out in otherwise infantry but hide behind terrain from lascannons etc for counter charge.

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tneva82 wrote:
 Jancoran wrote:
I corrected my post because I think i was unclear. See above.

The argument seems imminent, but Im not detecting why. Some people have made a POINT of telling me it doesnt count as a ruin.... and it seems to me there's a motive behind doing that; perhaps some faq or rule interaction they are going to argue BECAUSE its not a ruin.


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tneva82 wrote:
One thing it not being ruin means though not something GW factored but with house rules 1st floor of ruins blocking LOS this one won't. Though probably better that way. Own los blocking terrain you could bring could likely be bit too much. It's already useful piece of terrain.


Ooooh. Thaaaaats what this is about. Ok. That solves it. LOS... can be drawn through its gaps. Huh. Well...


Yep. As it's specifically not ruin then any rule that says "ruins block LOS 1st floor regardless of gaps" would not apply to it unless specifically agreed. Obviously this is not something GW really is concerned with as it's house rule but does have impact and in this case I think it's appropriate. Ability to block LOS blocking terrain freely during deployment would be pretty darn good and possible GW even thought it shouldn't block so well so made it and trying to circumvene it by rule (or like I got suggested "close up windows") would be feel similar to modeling vehicles and models to block LOS when they don't normally.

The piece is useful enough as it is(rare for terrain) that I can live without los blocking.


GW wont fix it because blocking first floor line of sight is an ITC thing, not a GW thing. So in anything outside of tournaments, talk to your opponent and see how they feel its fair. I have already argued this in the TO forum of the ITC. There is literally no physical nor rule difference between this and any other ruin SAVe for the fact that you and your opponent AS WITH ALL RUINS have to agree it is one.

There is no such thing as a ruin keyword. There never has been. It's player defined.

One thing that was pointed out was that Imperial soup lists would potentially all contain one if it were ruled a ruin. I just don't see this as game breaking. We could as easily have stuck a ruin there when we set up the board. So...honestly... I mean...




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 Sim-Life wrote:
Oh good. So thats something else thats going to become confusing when talking about tactics like the "only 3 detachments" thing.


AL MATCHED PLAY has the 3 detachment thing. so if its matched play then its matched play. Not that confusing.

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Rulebook page 214. You'll note the detachment limits are suggested guidelines for organized events.

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tneva82 wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
what do you have already?

my plan is to buy 4 boxes to start, have 6 5 man squards with stormbolters. and 2 dominion squads with Melta's


6 here Plus 2 retribution boxes. Already notified local store what I'll be wanting so they know to order sufficient amount.

Combined with what I already have(2 start sets) I'll be building:

2x5 with storm bolters
1x6 with storm bolters and combi plasma plus banner
7 with storm bolters, inferno pistol, banner
8 with banner, 2 melta gun, combi melta
same except flamer
10 celestine with 2 melta gun, combi melta and banner
10 dominion w/4 storm bolters, combi plasma, banner
10xretributor w/4xheavy bolter
10xretributor w/4xmulti melta and banner

All banners have cerub's. This is 79 models so I have 11 unaccounted for. Could fill up squads somewhere or maybe go for melta dominion squad which does appeal.

With these and 2 imagifiers+2nd canoness(ordered the resin one already) will have first 2k pure sister list. Albeit still 2 penitent engines that stick out in otherwise infantry but hide behind terrain from lascannons etc for counter charge.


sadly for me it's the middle of my pay cycle, I've got to choose between buying all I WANT and feeding myself, I'll likely be buying another box or two when I get paid. that and a buncha other stuff.

I want 3 exorcists, and 3 motifacers (wanna bet those come 1-2 on a box?) in addition to my basic troops, 2-3 imagifacers, another cannoness, celestine I see a lot of lists with her and I suspect most are doing it for the same reason as me "I want a SISTERS army so screw missionaries, but I don't want to have too many of the same bloody HQ although including them presumably LE box cannoness model there should be 3 distinct canoness models as you have the box one, the seperate canoness model and Verydian so maybe it won't be TOOO bad.

I'm not planning on having any on my list but I might snag a few immolators to paint and display. and proably wanna get a few rhinos assuming they're priced reasonably vs the marine rhino, for display reasons (that and being able to shift to mechanized if 9th edition hits and suddenly transports are awesome would be good)

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The walkers already seen to be 2 a box

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tneva82 wrote:
The walkers already seen to be 2 a box

and I want three.. *face desks*

granted I could just run my pentient engine with 2 mortifacers and just count on people to accept the counts as.

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Well you probably can get one sold away ending up with cheaper 3 than if they came in boxes of 1

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There aren't that many differences between a PE and a morti. I still have not assembled my box PE, so I will probably try a conversion.
   
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tneva82 wrote:
Well you probably can get one sold away ending up with cheaper 3 than if they came in boxes of 1


yeah, just annoying how GW puts out stuff like that that can be taken in groups of 3 and packages em in groups of 2. still not a big deal


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Spoletta wrote:
There aren't that many differences between a PE and a morti. I still have not assembled my box PE, so I will probably try a conversion.


the main diff is basicly a coffin covering the body. I hoenstly doubt too many people are going to protest running PEs as Morti's given a Morti is basicly a PE revised to fit better with the chapter tactics system, make a bit more sense in terms of pilot protection etc

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Weren't the walkers units of 4? So box of 2 makes sense.

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tneva82 wrote:
Weren't the walkers units of 4? So box of 2 makes sense.
One to four or six, depending on where you read.

   
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Given that I don't have a great deal of money to waste on them I'll be doing a lot of magnetising. Saying that GW have been pretty good with making certain options interchangeable outn the box. I wouldn't be surprised if h.bolters/flamers have pegs to make switching between them easy.


 
   
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What are people’s thoughts on the most important question.... how are people painting their sisters? Classic OML color scheme? Whichever order you are set on playing with different color schemes for each detachment? A different order just for the color scheme even if you may or may not end up playing that order?

Personally I’m pretty torn. Would love to paint for my specific detachments but I’m still super unsure what my list is going to be and what orders I will run....

The art on the front of the sisters box codex is honestly so sick I might just do my whole army as Ebon Chalice. That white cloth with red lining is gorgeous
   
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I have custom colour scheme. White armour, red tunics. Will swap around for choppy units like zephyr though so they can be fielded on bloody rose detachment. Justification being subgroup within order(thus reversed colours) who are more savage and thus fight differently.

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I'll be sticking with my custom color scheme. it's taking me a few years (started beginning of 5th) to get my entire army fully painted, so I'm not going to start over just to match a particular order

They are table top standard, which is goot enough for me. Never found a good way to highlight or shade that liked that I could also do

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 Salted Diamond wrote:
I'll be sticking with my custom color scheme. it's taking me a few years (started beginning of 5th) to get my entire army fully painted, so I'm not going to start over just to match a particular order

They are table top standard, which is goot enough for me


A little wash would go a long way on that.

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 Jancoran wrote:
Spoiler:
 Salted Diamond wrote:
I'll be sticking with my custom color scheme. it's taking me a few years (started beginning of 5th) to get my entire army fully painted, so I'm not going to start over just to match a particular order

They are table top standard, which is goot enough for me


A little wash would go a long way on that.


I never got a wash that didn't mess the white beyond where I could get it back or made to blue to dark. Same with highlighting. Always messed it up for me, but I never claim to be a good painter

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 Salted Diamond wrote:
 Jancoran wrote:
Spoiler:
 Salted Diamond wrote:
I'll be sticking with my custom color scheme. it's taking me a few years (started beginning of 5th) to get my entire army fully painted, so I'm not going to start over just to match a particular order

They are table top standard, which is goot enough for me


A little wash would go a long way on that.


I never got a wash that didn't mess the white beyond where I could get it back. Same with highlighting. Always messed it up for me, but I never claim to be a good painter


Well perhaps on the blue and weapons you could do it.

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 Salted Diamond wrote:
I'll be sticking with my custom color scheme. it's taking me a few years (started beginning of 5th) to get my entire army fully painted, so I'm not going to start over just to match a particular order

They are table top standard, which is goot enough for me. Never found a good way to highlight or shade that liked that I could also


Hmm. Could some mix of grey shade help? Generally for white you should start from grey or brown and progress toward white via off white. Since that isn't doable maybe grey shade painted to recesses could do same it.

Highlighting pure white is hopeless as can't get lighter. That's why off white as main is good.

Anyway stick with scheme.

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 Salted Diamond wrote:
I'll be sticking with my custom color scheme. it's taking me a few years (started beginning of 5th) to get my entire army fully painted, so I'm not going to start over just to match a particular order

They are table top standard, which is goot enough for me. Never found a good way to highlight or shade that liked that I could also do

Jesus, put some water in those paints

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On the table, you don't notice. As I paint for fun, I'm pretty ok with simple table top standard paint jobs

They are still better then a "grey" army

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 Salted Diamond wrote:
On the table, you don't notice. As I paint for fun, I'm pretty ok with simple table top standard paint jobs

They are still better then a "grey" army
Amen to that. "How does it look from 4' away?" is a good measure. The only person's opinion you need to worry about is your own. That said, I'm a real prick when evaluating my own work and I'm never satisfied in myself.

antibullyranger wrote:
What are people’s thoughts on the most important question.... how are people painting their sisters?
I will continue to paint mine the same color scheme I do for all of my Imperial units. St. Louis Cardinals themed. Red, White, Baby Blue, and Light grey. Also, slap on as many baseball references as possible, since my army is the Cardinals of Saint Louise.

 
   
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Warhammer TV did a video on painting white power armor.

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Mine are going to be Order of the Sacred Rose.

Cos its basically Yorkshire isn't it...

   
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Yesterdays Warhammer Community had a picture of the Sanctum statue seperate from the building so looks like it is two parts, so hiding exorcists is a go.


 
   
 
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