Adepta Sororitas, Sisters of Battle Rumours

[grimmas]

Haha,

Well I, for one, am looking forward to the promised wall to wall SoB armies that should be appearing soon. I love a bit of variety

[Psychosplodge]

Just cause I'm buying them doesn't mean they'll move to the top of the grey plastic crack pile

[zanth]

I wouldn't worry too much about the book, GW are all about the miniature sales and that one miniature sold out in what looks like less than 5 mins, that's a very good thing. Codex Imperial Agents isn't a full SoB release anymore than it's a Grey Knights release. It seems to me they are testing to see if the internet talk is just hyperbole or if it's got substance.

Except the official Warhammer 40K FB page said it is intended to replace their digital codex. It has every model of theirs in it except Celestine, which as we now know will be in the next campaign book.

[Wolfshade]

Just cause I'm buying them doesn't mean they'll move to the top of the grey plastic crack pile

I know right

[BlackTalos]

Except the official Warhammer 40K FB page said it is intended to replace their digital codex. It has every model of theirs in it except Celestine, which as we now know will be in the next campaign book.

Maybe because I'm much more casual than on the competitive or even daily play level, but this update is good for me:
- I get a book so I don't have to go bananas on Digital stuff
- rules unchanged so my tactics / meta / knowledge is set, I don't have to go a re-learn everything...
- I hear that in digital form the sisters placed quite high at competitions: is this one of the only well-balanced armies? If so, why want change? I'd much prefer a copy-paste than a Nerf, or if everyone agrees to give the Sisters a boost (inc all other players DE? Orks? )
- this "balanced" army can now add an inquisitor / deathwatch / grey knights ally contained in the very same book. As a sisters players this is fluffy AND useful, plus gives you the edge wherever you felt it was lacking ( to this "balanced" army -- i.e. They DID give it that boost)

I for one used to run sisters with DCA and Shields (sometimes), I'll see if it is any fun to add them via Inq détachement Now (with an extra jokaero, or deamon-host + mace of Valaan combo lol)

[Psychosplodge]

Plastic sisters are visible in the latest WD. Look at the robes on the SoB.

[Wolf of Winter]

Plastic sisters are visible in the latest WD. Look at the robes on the SoB.

OK, I'll bite... what page are they on? all I see are the metal figures.

I'm torn about this triumvirate set. I want Celestine and the Seraphim, and hell, even the Inquisitor, but why pack it in with a Mechanicum model? I guess I could always Ebay that dude, but still...

[Cap'nSmurfs]

There's no new SoB in WD. They're all the old metals.

New figures would have better proportions and more pose variation.

[Wolf of Winter]

That's what I thought, although I did scan through a couple times just to make sure (y'know, squinting into the background and all that).

It seems a little odd to go to the trouble of releasing a new Celestine and Seraphim (putting the old 'we are having issues translating Sisters into plastic' thing to sleep), and not pushing further with the rest of the force. I'm still hopeful this will be the year though...

[Cap'nSmurfs]

I genuinely don't think we'll see any new big army releases until after the new ruleset hits. Splash releases for the anniversary/gathering storm, yes. Afterwards, we might have a deluge. Between Celestine and her bodyguards, and Veridyan, we know that the studio is working with the Sisters of Battle designs and new models. I wonder to what extent Veridyan is a trial run - remember that the Void Shield Generator was also limited release before it got a plastic general sale kit. Previously we had no idea if anything was being worked on at all, save rumours; now we have evidence that at least something is being worked on. Veridyan and Celestine selling well (very well) will only help convince them that the market is there. It might be later this year, next year, or in two years, but I think it's only a matter of time.

It's pretty nice that the poster-girl for the Armies of the Imperium in (at least this phase) of the Gathering Storm is St. Celestine. That's not nothin'!

Another point that's probably worth making was that GW said a while back that they didn't do so many female figures because they weren't sure they'd do them justice. In the last two years or so, however, we've had loads (compared to the past) - from the top of my head: Neferata, Alarielle, Drycha, Veridyan, Greyfax, the Mistweaver Saih, Celestine. Something's changed.

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Oh, and of course, the Sisters of Silence. What a thing to forget!