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I just finished painting two Sister of Battle squads and I thought I would post them here for coments and constructive criticism. But, I also have a question. Seeing as they're going to all be painted the same should I paint the rims of the bases to match the bases or should I paint them a different colour depending on their squad?

I guess I'll make it a poll


Thanks in advance for posting

The pictures have been cropped to cut out the blurry parts. It's been a while since I've taken any pictures of minis so I wasn't surprised when I didn't get it exactly right, but it improved as I went along.




The darker one on the left is the last one I painted, I liked how it looked (I had to use it in a game before I finished it) so instead of doing the rest of the steps to reach what the rest look like I finished that one up the way it was. That's what I'm planning on making the Celestrians look like, I'll add another SoB into that squad later.


Gold is a lot brighter here than it is in real life, I guess it's the flash and the Auto Adjusted images. But the rest look just like they do, so I guess it's not really a problem.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1294914.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1294914.page GMT
I voted paint the rims the colour of the base.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1294920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1294920.page GMT
Also thanks for the comment ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1294928.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1294928.page GMT n0t_u. I voted for consistent base colors, as well. I think different colored bases (even subdued colors, like you suggested) detract from the cohesiveness of a painted army. A couple sugestions that might work for keeping all your Sisters separated in the heat of battle could be to either use small decals or simply paint hash-marks (or similar) onto the backs of each base. They won't be visible during casual, tabletop inspection, but you'll be able to tell different squads apart fairly easily.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295114.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295114.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295117.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295117.page GMT Just do a little more modeling on the bases to define the squads.
Spent bolter cases on one squad, skulls/bones on another, razorwire on another, puddles on another etc etc
Or add different coloured scrapmetal to each squad?

These are just a few options and they are a little bit of work but it will look much more coherent and less distracting in the end.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295130.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295130.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295181.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1295181.page GMT
Thanks for all the posts ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1296645.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1296645.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1296892.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1296892.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1298512.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1298512.page GMT

I went with the hard mark idea, one squad has orange and the other has blue.
I just couldn't really find anywhere to put the water transfers onto the models without them looking too busy and crowded.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1299213.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1299213.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1299838.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1299838.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1333960.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/276685/1333960.page GMT