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I want to paint up the troop choices for armies I don't own that I find cool. Here're my ideas for painting sisters... do people like the schemes? 'N' I guess the basic question is whether to use the white trim or gold trim?

It was my opinion that Sisters armies always seem to be black or white (at least from my gallery searches). And whilst I like black on the chestplates, I think some more colour should be added, though I am a fan of 'muted' colours. I considered yellow but imagining sisters being so vibrant was odd (was thinking something like Craftworld Iyanden's colourscheme).


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I still think you should go with a bit more white to brighten them up a bit, in reality it is tough to make DA green pop.

My earlier suggestion still stands, use black for the outside of robes / cloth and white for the lining. This picture isn't the best but my sisters do the same thing (black cloth, white lining)

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@toast36
Are you saying if I go with the white trim I should still have the aquila gold? I didn't give its colouring much bearing considering the fact that it varies so much amongst Space Marines (Fists paint the aquila red, DAs have it bone)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787363.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787363.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes
My better half is painting her sisters with red armour (changing robe a sash colours for unit type) and it looks pretty good.

@Pretre Nice army.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787368.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787368.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes
Henners91 wrote:I like the idea of a white trim on the robes but I doubt I could paint it convincingly. Was going to experiment on my GKs but not got around to it!

@toast36
Are you saying if I go with the white trim I should still have the aquila gold? I didn't give its colouring much bearing considering the fact that it varies so much amongst Space Marines (Fists paint the aquila red, DAs have it bone)


Sorry slightly misleading that. I meant Gold Trim = Gold aquila. White Trim = White Aquila.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787374.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787374.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes
Sonophos wrote:White is goog for contrast but I think gold is more suited to the army.

My better half is painting her sisters with red armour (changing robe a sash colours for unit type) and it looks pretty good.

@Pretre Nice army.


Thanks, Sonophos!

Also, I will fall in the gold trim camp. It helps the model really pop.

Something that I have done that you might consider... I do the Ministorum symbol (wings and I on the left side) in white first, go over the wings in gold and then paint the I the squad color. I also do hair or back of helmet in squad color. Squad designations really help on the table.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787375.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787375.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787402.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787402.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787458.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787458.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes
I might expand to 500 points but, to be honest, although I like the Sisters' aesthetics, they just seem too similar to my DAs (rock up in Rhinos for close-range shooting) to warrant getting an army.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787460.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3787460.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3789453.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3789453.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes
I think gold does a lot for an 'ornate' look and definitely gives it all a more 'reliquy' feel. But it seems 'oh so Space Marine'. I think a white trim is a fair bit more distinctive and also speaks more for, say, the 'purity' of the sisters themselves. I'm also wondering if the helm and fleurs don't look too lonely with the gold.

I'm going to paint the bolters white, though, so that might balance it all out.

I really don't know what I am going to do. Might wind up painting two test models. Hardly hard to re-paint a trim as that's the only difference barring the Minostorum symbol.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3790906.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3790906.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes
If you're painting the guns white it would probably be best not to go for gold trim as you may lose some of the simplicity in the colour scheme [ed: says the Raven Guard guy].]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3791031.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3791031.page GMT (Fixed) Sisters of Battle colour schemes tbh, the more I factor in other things like bolters and hairstyles, the more I think the gold will look out of place.

Speaking of which, what colour hair do people think I should go for?

I worry that white will be too un-subtle and might clash with the main body of the armour. Black risks being too muted but it will definitely go. I want uniformed, dyed hair across the whole squad 'n' I think black/white are the only options for SoB if we keep it fluffy.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3791612.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/423045/3791612.page GMT