AS Appreciation Thread?

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So has anyone played a Sororita or a Sororita centric campaign? What was that like? I've only ever been involved with them by reading the lore, as I'm a poorfag who can't into minis, and my LGS doesn't have any 40k campaigns.

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>plastic Sisters never ever

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>>54070719
I just don't get why they don't support them more.

>>54068754
I've run an All Sisters group of DH2 and am starting another this Sunday. It was rather much like your usual Dark Heresy games, only with more flame and Inquisition Fuck Yeah!

>>54071242
That sounds pretty awesome. Were they all Ordos Militant or did you have some Hospitalia and others in there too?

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Sisters have had two new things in the past eleven years.

One of them did not make the index.

Fuck GW.

>>54071522
>felinid SoB
Could this conceivably happen? Could female abhumans even be inducted into the Sororitas?

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>>54071583
No.

Why are sisters so fucking shit in melee.

1 attack at S3. No melee weapons.

For an army with such a heavy leaning in short range weapons like meltas and flamers, why the fuck dont they get chainswords?

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>>54071621
>Gee Wilhelmina, why does the Cannoness let you have TWO Bolt Pistols?

>>54070719
I don't really mind, I like the model line, and saves me from buying and repainting my whole army.

Plus I like the look of surprise I get when I tell people what army I play, if plastic comes out then I'll just be the same as any other army.

>>54071675
Literally an ork stormboy with a better save and worse melee for way more points.

>>54071488
It was a pretty good mix. One with a tech background that more or less played as a Militant, One Noble-born Famulous, a blank Hospitaller, and a straight Militant.

The new group so far has a Militant and a Hospitaller. Dunno what the other two players are making yet.

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>>54071733
So are the only options for a new player wanting Nuns With Guns is either Chinamen or alternative models GW won't even let you bring into the store? God damn it.

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Is it confirmed they're not getting anything for 8th? Or is that just the general fear?

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>>54071606

>>54071621
Because they're a shooty army not a melee one, removing their weakness in melee would would spoil their playstyle.

I like to think of the army as playing a lot like a shotgun in an fps, you need to get up close and make sure you kill the other guy in one or two shots, otherwise you're going to get fucked up. They were the second army I played in 40k, but they've been my favourite since I bought them 15 years ago

>>54071819
Do they not even sell the metal minis anymore?

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>>54071860
>short range shooty army
Seems like an unfortunate niche in 40k. Mind you, I've never played with or against them, so I could be talking out of my ass. Have you ever found that playstyle useful, and if sop, against what armies?

>>54071819
They sell the old minis, but it's £50 for a squad of ten. More if you want heavy weapons or seraphim.

Immolators are cheap enough though! Same price as razorbacks even though the extra sprue sells on ebay for literally double the cost of the kit.

>>54071852
OI! DAT'S NOT A DAKKA! DAT'S A BURNA! IS YOO STOOPID OR SUMMAT?

>>54071957
How about you check the website? Last I checked they're still there.

>>54071957
yes they continue to sell them, however their prices are very steep even by gw standards

>>54072064
For quite a while a few years ago you could pick up the SoB Rhino kit FROM the GW webstore for £5 cheaper than the SM Rhino. It was about a year before Gee Dubs figured that out and stopped it.

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>>54072110
>Battle Sisters Squad
>10 Miniatures
>$100

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So, how Heretical would it be to have Sororita and Astartes as part of the same army? Would it even be possible, even if just as an honorary thing?

I know it is dumb fanwankery but I don't like the idea of female space marines but I really dig the idea of Sororitas sharing the heraldry of an Astartes chapter. Maybe even the other way around, having Astartes with Sororita heraldry.

Imagine Blood Angels Sororita, White Scars Sororita, or Ebon Chalice Astartes.

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>>54072180
>Astartes with Sororita heraldry
MARINES ARE NOT FOR SISSY
DELET THIS RIGHT NOW

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>>54072180
/tg/ fluffed this once. Order of the martyred heart and the blood jaguars.

>>54072180
Don't see why not, I play Ultramar Auxilia so go nuts

>>54071819
The majority of my AS army was purchased on e-bay. Twice a week I check in there to see what's cracking.

>>54072180
I don't see why there couldn't be an order based in the Ultramar sector that views Rowboat as a saint or something

>>54072357
Order of the Girly Man?

>>54072180
It may be unofficial, but there's a pretty badass home brew Chapter/Order on 1d4chan that does this:
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blood_Jaguars

>>54071583
The Ecclesiarchy probably has some sort of contact with the felinids. There wouldn't be felinid Sisters just because it's so wildly inconsistent with how the Sisters recruit.

A felinid Sister of Silence, as has been pointed out before when the question was posed, might be possible. Because the SoS only care about your effect on psykers, not about any "modern" Imperial ideology.

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>>54072260
WEW

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>>54073638
That's heresy you fucking heretic

>>54072180
Sounds like a nice and interesting idea but it would have to be Sororitas with Astartes heraldry, never the other way around. Space Marines are a higher up on the ladder than the Sisters of Battle.

>>54075157
That and the sororitas are members of the church, which is specifically banned from having men under arms.

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>>54072180
Just roll Sisters and Black Templars

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>>54074979
I recognise those sideburns

>>54075664
Can't be, it's not a lesson in running away and sleeping with anything that moves.

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>>54075702
Didn't you see how she was eyeballing those sweaty Sororitas?

>>54075756
She is, Cain isn't.

>>54072180
I love-hate how well that works in ultramarine colors.

>>54072180
Heraldry doesn't cross but they work with the black templars quite often, to the point where gathering storm had a formation for it. They both share that whole DEUS VULT IMPERATOR REX thing.

>>54075664
Love how Cain always has a bolt pistol/bolter in the cover art but literally only ever uses a laspistol in the novels (heck, he even refused picking up a hot-shot pistol because he is so familiar with his good ol' flashlight).

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>>54075768
Well, I just wanted an excuse to post Sisters doing physical training.
There needs to be more art of this.

>>54076031
That's the point. The novel illustrations are written in the style of propaganda, and the bolt pistol is ubiquitous with Commissars.

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>>54076385
This reminds me of a character from my Dark heresy group.

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>>54077185
Tell me more about the Tomboy Sister of Battle in your campaign.
Played by a sweaty neckbeard, wasn't she?

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>>54073638
>THESE COWARDS CALL US "FALLEN SISTERS".

>LET THEIR BLOOD SING THE TRUTH TO THESE UNBELIEVERS.

>WE ARE ASCENDED.
>WE SERVE A TRUE GOD NOW!
>BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!

>>54073638
>>54077521
>Not converting to Slaanesh
Plebs

>>54071621

that's why you pad out the list with some melee units. Sisters have access to priests, crusaders, cultists, flagelents, repential etc. Each of which has uses under the right circumstances. They have dedicated melee same as most armies, you just have to pick those up and run them with your girls. Penitent engines are great this edition.

>>54071970

Works out pretty well. Thing is the flamers are nice, but if you go all in it kinda hurts. Just gotta be smart in your list building and not just spam nothing but short range shit.

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>>54077691
Slaanes is too mainstream.

Seriously, most Sororita end up falling for Slaanesh, from that I gather that they are either so sexually starved that they become easy prey for Slaanesh or their secret tantric diciplines sometimes gets out of hand.

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>>54077691
>Slaanesh
You know, despite that being an obvious choice for an already fapbait faction, I don't think I've ever seen this actually done.

>>54077808
>filename
Literally who?

>>54077273
>Played by a sweaty neckbeard, wasn't she?
No, not really. It was a guy playing her but he's played a lot of female characters in our games.Hes decent at it.

He played a young sister of battle named Hana. (she looks like Korra from legend of Korra) She was from the order of the ebon chalice and had been sent to the party from her canoness for a personal penitence crusade. She quickly became the spiritual leader of the party. She was in love with the Interrogator character until he betrayed 2 key members of the party to the Inquisition under orders from their Inquisitor. They were suspected of heresy (they were innocent but he didnt know that). This led to a split in the party and a lot of characters being hurt In character. Currently when we left off she felt broken having had her trust in the sisterhood questioned by the Interrogator as well as having had the man she loved betray her comrades to the uncaring inquisition.

The best scene however was the player rolling a natural 1 to distract the crew of a imperial navy cruiser into believing she was a appointed church official that was there to led the sermon. Here she is a 23 year old Sister of battle, never really battle tested before being called upon to lead thousands of faithful in prayer. The player pulled it off wonderfully

>The Emperor is good
> Applause
>The Emperor is our god
>Applause
>All hail the Emperor
>More applause
>Uhhh Death to the heretics?
>room goes wild with applause
>rest of party pulls her off stage
> Interrogator Redneck
> Krieger Sniper
> Tech Priest Monk
> Sister Hana
> Administrator female

Helps the team:
> Death watch marine angry
> vindicare assassin edgy

>>54075702
>implying Cain wasn't a pure hero that never ran from a fight

>>54077864
My fucking sides. The average Imperial trooper being straight out of Idiocracy definitely fits. Interrogator Redneck makes me think of a stereotypical rich, fat Texan in a white suit and cowboy hat, only with an Inquisitorial Rosette on his bolo tie.

>>54077821
She looks like some background character I saw with Lucius once.

>>54078144
"Interrogater Redneck" makes me think of one of those stereotypical mile long side burns with a mullet hillbillies who will tear all the fat out of your ass cheeks unless you cooperate

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>>54070719
>>54071819
>>54071858
>>54074979
>>54075356
>>54075756
>>54076385
>>54077817
>>54077808

>MFW my boner has transcended into a new level of heresy

Praise Slaanesh

>>54075356
>Come brother Sandalphon, I wish to "praise the Emprah"
>NO, NO, THAT IS QUITE ALRIGHT SISTER
Ya know, now I wonder on that question. The knights hospitaller had to take vows of chastity but the people of Malta complained of them enjoying their young women far to much. Do the Black Templars take after their real life counterparts and go full Space Wolves?

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>>54078364
>implying Sororitas enjoy grown men
Oh, my sweet summer child...

>>54078364

>Thinking the Black Templars don't help repopulate the planet by smashing every female before leaving

I mean, when your student did really good in battle I couldn't think of a better way to reward him then with emperor's finest poon in the galaxy.

>>54078364

Astartes/Human relationships would have difficult sex lives unless the girl was a 6'7 Giantess that is
We also have no reason to think that their dicks get any bigger during the Geneseed implementation process and a 8'0ft tall demi-demi god with a 4in dick would look really strange

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>>54078425
>implying Vandire didn't ruin that for everybody
Sebastian Thor is still a fucking square, though.

>>54078453

Yeah and he's a trophy piece for a metal fucking zombie. Times are changing if you havn't noticed.

>>54078441
There one line on one page in one book about the Grey Knights from the Black Library that implies the Brother Captain is hung like his bolter.

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>>54078144
>>54078209
You wouldnt be far wrong. Less Texan, more Mississippi or Alabama. Really deep south. Thats how he played the accent.

in truth

it was all a ruse to cover the fact that he is actually competent (somewhat) and the leader of the party. Most people assume otherwise. Pic very much related when he ordered a Krieg unit to charge in the name of the inquisition in one such game

>>54072357
I'm actually thinking of doing this.

>>54078364

So on an entirely non-meme related point do you think chapters who are still in good with thier human relatives actually do bone human women?

I would think the Smurfs are very much a part of their families still so imagine the honor of having your daughters unmentionables penetrated by a marine and bearing his children?

>>54078575
>Bearing his children
I would assume having a bunch of utterly horrific shit done to your body with the use of 0 anesthesia would mess up your reproductive organs
Hell the victim of a child rapist Hillary let free became infertile do to trauma
Also why is there new font on the Capthchas?

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>>54072357
I've honestly done similar with my Shadow War Sisters Killteam. I have them hail from Fenris and wear similar heraldry to the Wolves.

>>54078622
YOU COULD NAME THEM VALKA-
>filename
Oh, good job.

>>54078644
I intend to do so with my Seraphim, I just need to figure out HOW.

>>54078421
>dat image
Flick is doing Emp's work.

>>54078622
>crossbolter
I don't know what I'm looking at, but I fucking love it

I am trying to decide the route I am going to take in my desire to start up with the AS.
I can actually buy the models.
Throw money at the crazy french bastards at Raging Heroes once they start releasing theirs.
Or go the route of Dreamforge Valkirs with headswaps.
This is a damn hard decision, any of you know any other routes to muddy this up more for me?

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>>54075356
That's how I roll.

>>54078831
It's an anti psyker thing I think
It fires a bolt that if made of some material that Psykers FUCKING HATE

>>54078831
The kit's just Inquisitor Greyfax with a SoB Helm, a Space Wolves frost axe, and some SW bits.

The cross bolter is a Commendator Boltgun.

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When do the plastic sisters arrive?

>>54079090
>>54070719

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Hey guys, saw a sisters thread and figured I'd drop in and ask for ya'lls opinions. I've been working on some conversion sisters for a while now. Just want to get your opinions on if you think the conversions themselves are good or not, and how you think they can be improved. This first one was the first Seraphim I did. I'm going to be making another squad, so if there is something I can do different that would improve it please let me know. (i know the paint job isn't great, this was from before i finished painting, please focus on the build not the paint)

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>>54079104

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This squad was my first attempt at battle sisters. They didn't turn out so great, so i'm trying out a new design, a 2.0, the photo of which i will post next.

>>54079163
First, you'll need a MUCH better camera.

Second: TELL ME YOUR SECRETS FOR I WISH TO CONVERT.

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This is about where the second attempt is at. Obviously not fully built yet. The big change was that I changed how I did the legs. Do you think this style of leg would be better than the old legs?

>>54079223
TELL US YOUR CONVERSION SECRETS SIR.

>>54079206

I spend all my money on plastic crack. I don't have money for a good camera. Sorry.

As for the conversion it's pretty simple, i have pictures of the process prior to paint as I put it together if you want to see them.

>>54079245
How did you put it together and what parts did you use? I want to know how so I can do conversions.

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>>54079252

Alright I'll go through the seraphim conversion first. Most of the conversion comes out of two kits, Dark Eldar Scourge and the Sisters of Silence kit. For the Seraphim the torso is the sisters of silence torso, I cut off the legs and replaced them with the dark eldar scourge legs. You have to file off some of the spikes and add a bit of green stuff to make them look right, but it works.

There are plenty of places to get female heads, don't be an idiot like i was and do a complicated thing to use gw heads that suck anyway. Just go and buy female heads from Victoria miniatures or statuesque miniatures or something.

The shoulders are recasts of the pauldrons from the gemini that come with celestine, as is the jump pack. If you can't into recasting don't worry, its actually pretty simple and I can walk you through it.

Arms are dark eldar bits with space marine bolt pistols.

Robes/tabard are green stuff. You can find tutorials for that.

>>54079235

Same recast pauldrons. Head is recast helmet from the Imolator kit.

Torso is obviously sisters of silence. The big change with this compared to the last itteration of batle sisters is that I sawed off the sisters of silence legs at the knee and replaced them with recasts of the lower leg of the Gemini superior from the Celestine kit. Because the feet were not right I cut them off and then filled them to where I could glue them back on so it would stand. Still need to go in with green stuff and fill in gaps and sculpt a heel for the side that's missing one.

Most of conversion is just knife work. Cut things a little at a time until they fit. Lots of dry fitting and planning. Loot at the parts, see how you want them to fit, see what's in the way of them fitting and then apply the knife.

If it's plastic bits you can use gw plastic glue, if it's not plastic or you don't like the gw glue super glue or modeling glue works fine. Smooth things out and clean up gaps with green stuff and call it a day.

>>54077808
Most sisters never fall
Like, your pic related is like the only canon fallen sister or something ridiculous like that

>>54079497

There is only one other canon instance of a sister falling to chaos that I can think of, but that was after she had already been corrupted by genestealers.

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>>54079497
>Most sisters never fall
There might just be something to that "Purest form of Love".
Their love for the Emperor, of course.

>>54079480
What you use to recast?

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I just ran my Sisters kill team tonight- ambushed by filthy orks and still managed to knock four out of action before they turned tail. Really enjoying having the Sororitas out in the field again.

I haven't played 40K since 3rd edition, although I have continued to collect Sisters and Inquisition. The new edition has me pretty excited, although I will always miss the cool customization options from 2nd, 3rd, and Witchhunters codex.

>>54079497
Actually, Miriael has a few missions of fallen sororitas under her command, and Daemonifuge features a fallen sister along with a bunch of fallen dialogus.

They're incredibly rare, and Sisters are the least corruptible group outside of the Grey Knights, but it does happen on occasion,

>>54079961

Blue stuff.

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>>54080558
Interestingly enough, the only canon Chaos Sisters have all fallen to Slaanesh. Which really plays into his whole "turn noble heroes into slaves to their darkest desires" shtick.

>>54080654

That is one way to look at it. Or it could just be that the guys writing the lore in those instances are pervs who want to sexualize nuns and the loss of purity or something. It's a lot easier to get off on q sister falling to Slaanesh than it is to get off on one falling to Nurgle after all.

>>54080654
>>54080799
>whynotboth.anchor

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>>54080827
Well, I suppose the diseases WOULD come with the drug orgies...

>>54080827

Oh dear emperor please no, /d/ favored scion of Slaanesh I rebuke you in His name and command you be gone.

>>54077817
>>54077821
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Miriael_Sabathiel

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>>54068754
I'm playing a Sister in a Rogue Trader campaign. She's the Trader's bodyguard, moral compass, and foil in general.

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>>54080558
wasn't Sabathiel the only sister to willingly fall to chaos, i remember reading somewhere that all the other fallen sisters were captured and tortured into submission by Sabathiel

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>>54079497
She is described as the only one to willingly turn to Chaos.
She has other Sisters under her that were probably tortured/pleasured till Slaanesh took over them against their will.

But, even though they are rare, the ones that fall do so for Slaanesh.

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>>54080799
While you are probably right about the perv neckbeards that write the stories, other veriations of corruption could also be interesting.

A Ordo Famulus Canoness becomes increasingly obsessed with knowledge and politics that she ends up falling for Tzeentch.

A Battle Sister becomes lost in her bloodlust and turns to Khorne.

A Sister Repentia fails to die in battle again and again, only gathering scars as her beauty rots away and despair takes her over bringing the taint of Nurgle with it.

Their faith is the only thing keeping them from falling for Chaos, they are able to use their "miracles" (witchcraft), paint the ground red with blood and gore, manipulate Planet Governors and Noble Houses and cross the despair event horizon without turning to Chaos, but if their faith fails them for just a moment they will fall.

>>54071621
>Why are sisters so fucking shit in melee.

Uh, I don't know, maybe because they're ordinary women in a galaxy of mutants, bulky aliens and genetically enhanced warriors ? Just a though

>>54079090
They're not selling enough sister models atm to warrant making new ones anon : ^)

>>54079379
The neck is slightly too long. It looks off if you stare at it for a while.

>>54072225
HI, IM A SISTER OF BATTLE AND WELCOME TO WARHAMMER 40000!

>>54078622
I like really like the grey armor, wouldn't have thought that this works for Sisters.

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Why no long-haired sisters?

>>54086125
Because getting your hair caught in a chainsword would hurt like hell.

>>54084760
They only sold out on the pre-order Canoness mini. Twice.

>>54086125
While they look fantastic, I'd love to see one with a combination of free flowing long hair and braids, as has been pointed out it wouldn't be great in a tactical situation. However, since a Living Saint gives no fucks and just wrecks shit you could depict one with longer hair with ease

Are basic Sister blobs and Exorcists worth using? I have 66 bolter bitches and up to 5 exorcists. I also have other stuff (several Immolaters, 15 seraphim and a handful of special and heavy weapons.)

>>54089428
I personally think Exorcists are the weakest they've ever been, especially compared to predators. They got even more random than they already were and its only D3 damage.

>S8 d6 -4 d3
Vs
>S7 3d3 3
Or even just straight 2 Lascannons, and then you have the side sponsons on top of that.

Basic sisters are great because they're cheap and durable, which they've always been. However, they're even more durable now because S5 only wounds them on a 3+ now. Their real strength is their availability of special weapons, which favors smaller blobs. However, acts of faith generally favor bigger blobs, so having a large, cheap squad isn't bad. I've been running 15 with 3 storm bolters and have had decent success of for nothing else but my opponent has to dedicate a ton of points to remove it.

>>54078575
Salamanders live more or less as normal folks.

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How good are the AS' relations with the Mechanicus? Pic slightly related. Wondering if a Sororitas order based on Camien society could work.

Melee-oriented, living on a world full of ancient wrecked ships and seas of drifting rust, Torchbearers bringing the Emperor's light into dark places...

waifu marines

>>54077808
I think the idea is that even an excess of faith is still an excess.

What I don't get is why when they have chaos Orks it's always khorne rather than Slaanesh. Orks are all about the sensory aspects of battle: the roar of machine guns, the thunder of explosions, the thrill of high speed, and the glory in victory.

Does anyone have docs of books featuring the SOB?
I can't find them anywhere.

>>54091797
Khorne worship is the Ork equivalent of hippies. No, really.

Slaanesh has little draw for them because they're so simple in their pleasures - it's like trying to convince a guy to like Renissance art when he's perfectly happy with his own scribbles.

>>54091991
>Oi youz gits, lets just give waaagh a chance.

>>54091406

The ecclisiarchy has money, so they generally get nice things like massed power armor and bolt weapons. . That's about the extent because sisters generally see them as borderline heretics.

>>54092122
>make skulls not waaagh

>>54092111
Perfect Sister is perfect

>>54092179
Doesn't the Ecclisiarchy have a few STCs it refuses to hand over that it saves for the exclusive use of the Sisters?

>>54092401
wouldn't surprise me, given all the jocking for power amongst the different factions

Penitent engines are back in stock along with Uriah

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All this heresy is inspiring me to take a crack at a kitbashed Khorne-inspired SoB army.

I'm thinking of basing the kit on pic-related, perhaps with some bog-standard CSM legs, shoulder pads, and arms thrown in to complete the set. I know it won't be perfect, but it'd give me a good base of plastic to work with for having dynamic, non-repeated poses.

Maybe use some Raptor legs for dynamic, "I'm jumping and crazy with my chainsword!" poses for squad leaders.

Thoughts?

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>>54092512
Actually, looking at the Dark Eldar lineup, it wouldn't be TOO hard to craft a relatively cheap, but huge blob of Chaos AS. Buying the parts would be cheap but the kits themselves would be relatively expensive, likely to the tune of less than $4/model and an hour or so of kitbashing time to get it ready for painting.

The only problem ATM is that it's hard finding official heads to work with. Aside from defaulting to Khornite helmets for a bunch, the only consistently varied set of female heads I can find are Dark Eldar Wytch heads, which would take a bit of sanding and scarring to work.

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>>54092760
I suppose if I wanted to get drastic, the hair could be trimmed and modded to give me more variety.

Though I'm thinking the symbol for it would HAVE to be a Khorne-based Jessant-de-lys. I've attached a kitty-based one, but it's basically whenn you've got something more than the simple band which is issuing forth the Fleur-de-lys.

So something like Khorne's face, but with the Fluer-de-lys in the backround like in the pic.

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>>54092512
Might find this useufl.

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>>54079090
me if they release plastic start collecting box

>>54092179
Damn.

Wonder if there's any support for skitarii in power armor, then.

>>54078575
It is not clear if Astartes are still fertile or capable of sexual intercourse after their extreme body modification.

If, by any chance they still can and if their minds are still capable of handling the idea of sex it could happen, as far as we know, their gonads, if not atrofied, would not be modified, except for their general extended stamina and strenght, if a human woman could handle it their children would be baseline human, since the Gene-Seed has it's own genetic code and does not overwrite the human dna.

If any Chapter would allow this if it was possible it would be the Salamanders, since they still live among the human population on their planet and maybe the Ultramarines.

>>54092401
>The design specifications of the Immolator was first discovered within an ancient factory complex on Fornost, during the Icaria Crusade in M35. There a force of Frateris Templars captured an ancient factory complex intact, allowing an Adeptus Ministorum missionary team to freely explore its contents. Missionary Morben the Devout discovered databanks from the Dark Age of Technology and reported his findings to his superiors. Knowing the value of this information to the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Ministorum used it as a bargaining chip for negotiations. Eventually the two organisations came to an agreement, the Fornosian Accords: the Mechanicus would have access to the databanks, and in exchange the Ministorum would have exclusive claim to any new technologies discovered.
>After inspecting through the databanks, the only new design to be found was for a flame-thrower tank. Combining this knowledge with known STC designs for the Rhino, the Tech-priests of Mars came up with the Immolator and began exclusive production of it for the Ministorum.

So technically they have been handed over, but they're not supposed to be produced for anyone else.

This is a different scenario than, say, the Dark Angels and their Nephilim Jetfighters, which use the 'Lionheart Engine' that they discovered an STC fragment for, but never gave up to anyone else.

>>54077808
I think there's a chance for sisters to fall to any of the gods, since generally the fluff seems to point out that they never fall willingly - it's being stuck among Chaos until they finally can't hold out and get forcefully converted by the taint of evil.

It seems to be Slaanesh a lot, but it could easily be Nurgle, Khorne, or even Tzeentch. Undivided is the one I'm least sure about.

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>>54072180
It's a difficult question, but obviously Sisters and Space Marines will fight alongside each other. You could treat it like how Knights, for whatever reason, end up sticking around with various chapters, nuns and monks hanging out together.

The sharing heraldry part is the hardest one to be sure about, but I know it occasionally happens among Space Marine chapters, like pic related. Whose to say they wouldn't honor Sisters they've fought a campaign alongside by incorporating their symbols into their heraldry?

>>54080348
What system for Kill Team?
Sisters in 8th are doing rather well for themselves, I recommend giving it a go.

>>54072180

I like to think that the AS generally distrust space Marines and see them as tolerated abominations, but they will work with them because they are still loyal warriors designed by the emperor.

>>54094744
>Emperor's Angels
>Tolerated abominations
>The work of the Emperor ever being an abomination in the eyes of the Imperial Cult.
Look at this heretic.

>>54095339
>>54094744
SoB and the Church, hell even the Inquisition have problems with marines.
Mainly because they do their own shit and do not worship the Emperor.

Back in 4th(maybe third?) there was small WD where SoB hunted BT. The entire point was to win with BT before your reserves rolled in and SoB surviving after that. SoB won if they survived and the BT had to call in the reserves.

The BT and SoB love is a rather recent love story. Older lore SoB didn't like the outrageous big armies of the BT.

>>54095339

No, actually there is a canon passage that supports this view point in one of their codexs.

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>>54095339
>The heathen alien, the witch-psyker, the abhuman and the foulness of the mutant, even the sickening monstrosities of the Ruinous Powers - all these forces beat at the walls of humanity's salvation and tried again and again to drag it screaming into impiety and damnation.

>None saw this as clearly as the Sisters of Battle. Oh, it was true that they did not fight this tide of enemies alone, but one could not expect the common soldiery of the Imperial Guard to weather such threats. The Inquisition, while companionable in some forms to the work of the Sororitas, often dallied too closely with the very things they set out to expunge. And the Adeptus Astartes, the Emperor's Space Marines... They were a melange of conflicted, tribal warrior bands that embraced undependable psychics and the tenets of transhumanism. A few of their number were more tolerable than the others, and all were faithful to the Throne in their own crude conduct... But they were never to be trusted.

>>54093819

Wolves. Horny drunk !not vikings in old lore, had some hints that they fucked around

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>>54080799
>Or it could just be that the guys writing the lore in those instances are pervs

Perverts?
In MY spike-nippled bondage nun fiction?

>>54084605

That. Ideal would have been infinitely better with Valkia as the base.

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>>54095339
Technically speaking Space Marines are heathens in the eyes of the Imperial Cult. Their relationship is not that great.

>>54093819
It has been hinted at more than once that their reproductive organs were not damaged and scaled with them. But you are right on the gene-seed and genetic code, they are chimeras after all. But at the end of they day it all started with an anon asking a crude question on if Black Templars are as randy as their real life counterparts so the question of actual reproduction really doesn't matter.

>>54095501
It should be remembered that some Space Marines do follow the Imperial cult, rather than their own chapter cult based around a founder or a primarch - the White Consuls and the Fire Angels are the biggest examples, though there are a few smaller 'little more than a name' chapters with the same idea.

>>54095501
That is saying they are heathens, not that they are abominations, in fact that supports what I say as it points out that what makes space marines so inhuman is what makes them holy.

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Was I the only one legitimately worried that the Sisters were going to get squatted before their codex? The universe change would've been the perfect chance to wipe them out.

I admit I'm a little sad that it's the 'Adeptus Ministorum' instead of the 'Adepta Sororitas,' even if there's basically no change and it does make a little more sense in terms of including Ecclesiarchy units, but at least they haven't been turned into a second-hand addition to another force.

>>54068689

Wow, some art that isn't total shit for a change. The plasma pistol still seems a bit large though.

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>>54097156
It is a bit weird and sketchy though - notice the knees are different from each other, one's got a round plate on it. Overall the armor looks a lot less like armor than I'd like. It doesn't hurt that seconds that are clearly cloth or leather are the same color as what's probably meant to be metal.

It's a lot better than some fan stuff in general though, which always plays up the sex appeal a little and can forget the tough warrior part.

>>54071852
just general fear.

There's no credible info suggesting they're going to be treated differently to the other factions.

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commissars need love too

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>>54098910
Large black greatcoats and hats are sexy and all, but how are you supposed to love someone that's legally mandated to put a bullet in your skull at the first moment you look backwards?

Why do they all have the doe eyed waifu look?

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>>54098991
Because people think with their dicks, and sex/cute sells.

>>54098981
Do your best in battle and obey orders perfectly.

>>54099011
I don't think this is strictly sexual, because their looks while attractive aren't what one would call conventionally sexual.

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>>54098981
>legally mandated to put a bullet in your skull at the first moment you look backwards?
well, not being a coward is a good first step

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>>54098981
they can't shoot you if you outrank them

>>54099126
As usual, the solution to most shitty things in 40k is 'just be an Inquisitor'.

>>54099031
>Riding around on this big bike of yours makes me wish I had gotten a proper mount years ago - sisters don't get the things you battle-brothers are packing.
>Want to go on crusade to fill my holy reclusiam with your gene-seed?
>You've got nineteen implanted organs, but I'm most interested in one that hasn't been used.
>You say 'Suffer not the Unclean to Live.' I may have 'unclean' thoughts about you, but if I help 'clean' you does it balance out?
>I want to have so many of your babies that they'll think you're the progenitor of a whole new chapter.
>I haven't seen anyone use a heavy weapon like that Multi-Melta you're equipped with, especially between their legs.
>I'd join a Repentia squad already for these impure thoughts, but the large two-handed chainblades would only remind me of you.

>>54099126
Which is why commissars stand outside the normal rank structures, with who outranks who being a political question. This leaves room to shoot you now, and only have it determined in a few years time that, well, he actually couldn't do that. Bummer.

>>54099126
You severely underestimate how many inquisitors get executed for overstepping their bounds.

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>>54099126
I can legitimately see a commissar shooting an Inquisitor, especially if the Inquisitor is going from Puritan to Radical. Commissars are usually the ones taught to watch against pyskers going crazy and shit like that, so they'd be hard-pressed to ignore even an Inquisitor going Chaos - or what they believe is that sort of heretical taint.

That's something that draws me back to 40k sometimes - for all the hard line 'you can't,' the setting is epic enough in scale that there are places where the choice of an individual seems to change the course of history, and sometimes that means rules are broken for the good of everyone.

I always envisioned them having an extremely strained, but mutually respectful working relationship with Deathwatch.

Is there any solid lore to the contrary?
Can anyone think of a reason for a sister to be included in a deathwatch killteam?

>>54099302
>Is there any solid evidence to the contrary?

Not that I know of, but there could be some newer lore. But in general the Sisterhood and the Deathwatch focus on different threats - the former from within human society, the latter from outside of it by xenos.

>Can anyone think of a reason for a sister to be included in a Deathwatch killteam?

No - well, not directly. There is no reason for them to be a part of a squad, but it's not like killteams always work completely alone. There have been stories where they work alongside stormtrooper squads, or otherwise temporarily fight alongside others. But it wouldn't be a permanent relationship, depending more on the specifics of the mission.

If you really wanted to stretch it, you could have a Deathwatch killteam as part of an Inquisitor's retinue, along with a Sister of Battle, so they could be in the same fighting force even if they aren't in the same squad.

>>54099302
Sisters of Battle focus on heretics more than Xenos, I don't think they would be anything other than a liability for a superhuman kill team with hundreds of years of experience in the field

>>54099302
Sisters of battle aren't particularly specialized or recognized for hunting the alien. There's nothing stopping a deathwatch killteam from fighting alongside sisters of battle, but they won't be integrated in any real capacity.

Like, deathwatch is a space marine chapter. You're basically asking if a sister could be part of the Ultramarines.

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Would anyone want to try and make a order of Sisters of Battle xeno-hunters? A Deathwatch Sister isn't possible, but Sororitas with a xenos focus seems like untapped potential - maybe especially Necron-focused, since they have plenty of beef with them.

>>54099614

Well I don't know if it counts, but my custom order is actually fluffed as part of a crusade launched to retake worlds lost to necrons, along side the Ig regiment i'm making, and i'm seriously considering getting some primmarines to add to the crusade as well.

I have a bit of a problem.

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There currently isn't a Shadow War thread (or at least I can't find one), but how does one build a Sisters force for it? I'm going through the rules and I want to know what models to budget for. I already have pic related because it was at the store one time and I couldn't pass it up.
Would a 5 Sisters squad + superior with bolter + heavy bolter Sister be it?

>>54090360
>I personally think Exorcists are the weakest they've ever been

That's a shame, as they're one of my favorite units in the faction. I'll probably still run them though.

Anyone have any idea what I could use two metal Celestines for? I got the plastic one and have two metals from years back. Super fancy Seraphim squad leaders?

>>54099177
No way fag.

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>>54073638
>>54077521
>>54077808

>>54078478
So what you're telling me is that the Hammer is the Captain's penis?

>>54097632
Halos on sisters are my jam

>>54100683
>>54100683
I actually think the opposite. This thing compares quite favorably to other MBTs now. Look at Fire Prisms or Lemon Ruse, what have you.

D6 S8 shots with D3 damage is better than almost all the blast weapons became.

I DON'T WANT PLASTIC SISTERS OF BATTLE

Because at GW they don't know how to sculpt feminine faces

>>54102511
What if they all have helmets?

>>54102896
are they feminine helmets?

>>54103059
They're classic Sister panties-on-head helmets. So yes?

>>54102511
I'm really eager to see what they do with the Blood Bowl Amazons. I'm hoping for some THICC Blitzers

>>54077808
>Seriously, most Sororitas in fanart end up falling for Slaanesh because sexy girls being lewd are fun to draw
I fixed your post to more accurately reflect reality.

>>54077808
Even though only one sister has ever fallen to slannesh....And she doesn't even have a body, just a hollow suit of armor

>>54079090
>Niche army
>plastic figs
>choose one.

>>54068689
>she doesn't even have a body, just a hollow suit of armor
Ha ha what? Her armor just acts like a second skin.

>>54103778
>GW decides to revamp the Sisters to make more money
>declares that Cawl had also been working on creating genetically superior Sisters of Battle
>Superiorus Sisters
>give them uncomfortably phallic looking jetbikes to ride on

>>54106186
Now I want space marines with corinthian helmets

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>>54103275
She is the only one ... it literally means that every sister that fell did so for Slaanesh. And she forced others into it too.

Also, her armor is not a hollow husk, that's the Rubric Marines.

Her flesh is fused to her armor, she can never remove it.
I remember an anon that pointed out that she is a servant of the good of pleasure and is forever locked inside her armor, forever blueballed by Slaanesh.
Oh, and her tongue is a living phalus.

>>54103275
>Even though only one sister has ever fallen to slannesh

not true anymore though

>>54100683
Technically and RAW speaking you can run multiple Celestine right now.

Since GW does not give a damn about SoB they could get till their codex (as if) without getting errata or FAQ.

750 points for 3 Celestine and 6 Cheerleaders could be fun for dicking around.

>>54103778
GSC are a thing.
Elf clowns are a thing
Super minor with less than 3 units are an army.

Not really an excuse anymore. GW just hate SoB but love money too much to let the ip go.

>>54106941
She is the only sister that has WILLINGLY fallen to Chaos - in her case Slaanesh. She also forced her Shrine World into it.

But that means that Sisters could be unwillingly turned, corrupted by Chaos and forced into its service. And it doesn't have to be Slaanesh that they fall to - could be any of the Chaos Gods, or Chaos Undivided.

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>>54106941
>good of pleasure

>>54091687
>Filename
But those are DEldar

>>54107177

a bunch willingly fell in the GSC novel, before they got GENE'd and became cultists

>>54078575
Remember that the Space Marines are made out of pure bullshit and probably jizz acid or fire or some shit like that

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Repostan my list from the general, the idea is that the two Dominion squads along with imagifier and eviscerator priest roll around fucking shit up in the immolators, sisters all blob up around characters and Celestine and penitent engines provide support where needed.

>>54107329
Newer lore I guess? I don't really want to trust that book - I heard it had xenos rape dickings in it, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was just pushed out to help sell the new models.

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>>54078575
Kinda sorta but not really. As has been mentioned, some Chapters do retain close ties to their families. But even then, can you imagine the shit that the child of an Astartes must go through? I mean, Let's take a nice guy chapter, the Salamanders. So your father was the guy who lived here, worked the forge, was a living embodiment of the Emperor's will made manifest.

Issue 1: You've probably never met the guy anyway. As soon as a Space Marine gets the call from the home base, it's off to the crusade or whatever. Drop what you're doing and get your ass in gear. Then it's off to a distant warzone, for who knows how many years. It could literally be decades before they return. So you grow up hearing about how your dad is this big hero who fights in the name of Humanity, but by the time he gets back, you're a full grown adult with a family of your own. the hell do you owe this asshole, Astartes or not? This doesn't even take into account the fact the he will probably die on one of these cockamamie quests, and you won't hear about it for years, if ever.

Issue 2: How come you're not a Space Marine? I mean, if you were truly your father's son, you'd pass all the trials and take up the mantle. Emperor help you if you made the poor decision of being born a girl. Everyone expects everything out of you, regardless, because your mother's womb was graced by the spunk of one of the Emperor's own.

3. You don't inherit any of the cool stuff. All the Astartes' powers come from implants. They don't pass on genetically. You may be a bit bigger or tougher than average, but you won't be a god-child. Just a normal kid, who might have a better chance of surviving the transformation process, provided your mother's cesspool level genes don't fuck things up and rob you of your birthright.

>>54107743
why the fuck does he have a green underlight?
Underlighting is usually chaos shit

>>54107457
>>54107177
>>54103275

So where do you guys get this 10 year old fan story from? Are you just getting all your lore from 40k wiki or getting your fluff from these threads?

>>54108022
...40k wiki.

I'd like to say it was from the Lexicanum, but the article on her is so barebones that I have to rely on 40k wiki. But even the Lexicanum says that she's the only sister to have willingly fallen to Chaos, so I stand by that. It's cited from being from the short story 'The Invitation' if you can find it.

>>54108048

Though she is mentioned it that story the fluff you are talking about is fake.

The short story is about a sister who believes it is not possible for another sister to have fallen. There is no fluff about willingly fallen, magic armour or other bullshit.

The 40k wiki originally cited the 2nd edition sisters of battle codex for her being the only fallen sister. When this was called out to be bullshit it was edited to "willingly" fallen and most courses were deleted.

>>54108106
Looking back at the Lexi article, it says specifically that ' is the only Sister of Battle acknowledged to have willingly fallen to Chaos.' So maybe it's not that she's the only one, but the only one openly acknowledged as being fallen, if that makes sense. It makes sense in the context that you are presenting, of a sister who doesn't think it's possible for another to fall.

I don't know where the magic armor stuff has come from - the 40k wiki has a collectible card game as a source, but doesn't cite it anywhere.

>>54108153

The story never mentioned her being the "only one openly acknowledged as being fallen" sister though.

Canoness Karamanz believes no sister has ever been "changed" and has been sent to help a sister which disappeared while fighting chaos.

Spoiler at the end the sister (Miriael) has gone full blown chaos.

>>54071270
That armour is rad. Way better than the boob armour

>>54107743
You are viewing it only one way. Marines are normal humans who were so great that they "ascended" to be one of the Emperor's chosen warriors. They have a child, & everyone who knows anything about Marines would know that they would be born vanilla. But, they are the descendant of someone who was already a champion before receiving the mantle of Space Marine. So they will hopefully be champions themselves

Secondly, Warhammer 40k is Gothic, & mythic all over. Do you know that most sons of nobility of high society wouldn't always know their father until they were of an older age because they were say, campaigning for ten years against the French or something? For the setting & it's inspirations this is totally normal/okay.

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>>54109115
I think the boob armor isn't bad though, especially considering how good the sister's armor is overall. The armor bits look like actual plate armor - it's clearly based on it to some degree - even the silly bodice at least looks protective and covering. Even the breasts themselves aren't that emphasized, the decorations on them blending in with other decorations on the armor most of the time as part of how ornate it is. It might be remiss, but I'd be willing to say that the Sisters have some of the best-designed armor in 40k, with the boob plate being the only flaw, but not a bad enough one to make it horrible.

>>54109115
>>54109427
>he doesnt like boob plate
fuck you guys, boob plates are fucking god-tier

>>54109427
Why would you consider the tiddy plate a flaw? It fits perfectly with the setting and the faction it was created for. Is it a flaw because it's not realistic? If so I'd argue that's not a legitimate argument considering the setting.

>>54076385

There was a picture that had a woman similar to this. I'm not sure if she was officially a Sister of Battle because she is in a rich blue dress rather than more normal fare- but she does have the classic Fleur-di-lis tattoo under her eye.

Anyone know the picture?

>>54107442
If you put shit inside with the Dominions they lose their vanguard thingy.

Today I learn that Celestine can give AoF to a Rhino full of Arco-fags, with a priest.

Turn 1 charge. 27D3 attacks turn one. It is not hard to get 9 models into melee when turn one your are already next to the enemy.

>>54110388
I'm not those guys but I don't like the boob plate on the armour when the boob plate has the fleurs on them. Unadorned boob plate looks good on them, one massive fluer taking up the entire upper chest looks good too, but I think the individual fluer/cross per nipple looks fucking ridiculous and does ruin the model for me.Especially when the boob plate is coloured a different shade from the rest of the torso/armour completely to draw even more attention to them.

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>>54109115
Boob plates are there to make a point that the Eclesiarchy has no men under arms.
Flat plates are for the numberless Imperial Guards that care only that you, men or women, die fighting.

Also, it would be heretical for a Sister to not take pride on and inpire worship of the holy female human form.

>>54110976
Agreed. I don't have an issue with boob-plate so long as it isn't utterly ridiculous like this.

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So I'm going to start painting my Celestine soon. Should I go with the default GW paint scheme (since she's a named character and all) or should I paint her with the same scheme as my other sisters?

>>54111717

Contrasting with the IG is a good point.

Tittyplate is the ornate, impractical armor that people would realistically build if they wanted to call attention to the warrior's gender and build an image around that. The Imperium is a setting where that makes sense, I think I'm just soured from all the times that it doesn't, tittyplate is ruined for me.

>>54099404

Sisters are hardly a liability, especially since a Canoness is about as experienced as a human can get as a commanding general. They also lead from the front, so they have plenty of combat experience. Not to mention canonesses sometimes move up and become Inquisitors. Sisters aren't exactly space Marine levels of imprinted experience, but they're far better than your average guardsmen. They won't ever be part of the Deathwatch, but I could see a retinue brought along on occasion by an inquisitor or something.

>>54099614

My order fluff is based on games with my old Tyranid friend, so mine are more than familiar with big hunts and rooting out Genestealer cults. By rooting out, I of course mean purging with fire.

>>54099404
>>54112790

Yea, I was going to say, don't sisters have the geneseed? I was under the impression that they were still superhumans in power armor.

>>54112926
Newp, they're straight up human.

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>>54112926

Baseline human, although they spend a whole lot of convent-time practicing murder, when they're not out murdering heretics, and they often have access to better medical care and rejuv-treatments, meaning that any single sister might be a killing machine with a few decades to even a century or two of practice and combat experience.

So, human, but a human at PEAK PERFORMANCE.

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>>54112926

They explicitly do not. They were formed after the emperor was put on the throne, and giving them the geneseed would have been extra heretical.

What they DO have are fanatical levels of training from the time they're children, and their suits ARE a kind of power armor....just not quite on the same level as Astartes power armor, since the sisters don't have the black carapace or the base physical strength of an Astartes.

Also good to see the deathwatch discussion going still. It seems pretty likely the two forces have worked together, as they're both in the business of dealing with Inquisitorial concerns. For example, genestealer cults would be both a heretical and xenos threat.

I agree that deathwatch wouldn't normally accept a sister, and a sister normally willingly join. What I was wondering if anyone could think of a scenario where it MIGHT happen.

>>54112926
geneseed is incompatible with females
and most males
but all females
and the last time the imperium fucked with geneseed they had half those chapters turn to chaos and the other half so mutated that inquisitors had them all killed

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>>54113315
The Sisters of Battle form the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Hereticus- certain Orders of Sororitas are basically who picks up the phone when an Inquisitor calls 911. While they're not part of the Inquisition per se, they are very closely bound to it by ancient oaths and promises.
The Ordo Xenos has the Deathwatch as their Chamber Militant. More than Inquisition Stormtroopers, and way more than calling around to see if you can scare up a Guard Regiment in the area, Deathwatch Marines can be counted on to bring top-notch threat response any time an Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos calls for it. It speaks to the difference in methodology between the two Ordos. Hereticus likes big showy forces of power-armoured bolter-bitches showing up, being a display of power, and leaving a big impression. The Ordo Xenos, on the other hand, is much more inclined to just hand the information off to a Watch Commander and let him deal with the situation as he sees fit. Sororitas and Deathwatch Marines might work together from time to time, but SoBs are not bound by the Apocryphon Oath, nor are they granted the right to take it.
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>>54113315
>a scenario where it might happen
outside of a joint operation between a Sisters of battle and the deathwatch to purge genestealer cults or something under the orders of an inquisitor, no. The deathwatch are usually secretive about their own operations and wouldn't call for the support of outside forces on their own since they mostly specialise in black ops.

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>>54094701
Shadow War

>>54100266
I started with six sisters.

Superior- Plasma pistol, red-dot sight, chainsword
Gunner-Flamer (hasn't done much)
Gunner-Storm Bolter (she's my top killer)
Sister-Bolter, Frags
Sister-Bolter
Novice-Bolter

So far so good, 3-0 and have added another two sisters, one with a Simulacrum. I'm working on getting bolt pistols and frags for all.

If I started over I'd drop the flamer and get a second storm bolter or heavy bolter ASAP. Bolter on the superior might not be bad, but Sisters weak point is melee.

Last game though my gunner was captured by orks so I need to do the rescue mission, which will suck because it's orks and trying to melee the sentries will be a bitch. I'm thinking of taking a Celestian for the help in hand-to-hand.

>>54113315
They could be assigned to a kill-team by an Inquisitor for the duration of a campaign or something like that. If they work exceptionally well together, their co-assignment might be extended beyond that initial tour of duty.

>>54113315

Chamber Militants don't work exclusively against singular threats, and fight where needed, although they do actively search out their favored prey.

There's no reason why someone can't be seconded out of necessity to the mission at hand. An Inquisitor, while perhaps out of their "traditional" jurisdiction with one or all parties involved, still has the authority to second them into their mission as assets (although getting them to respect or even agree is another matter).

An Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor, for example, could be investigating a cult, and has gathered the Sororitas for this mission, but soon finds an alien element and suspects that these are no mere heretics, but Genestealer Cultists. So they reach out to their contacts and rope in a passing Deathwatch team for specialist help in fucking up those xenos.

And there's more than a few cases where Daemons and Xenos have been confused or conflated with each other. Perhaps even a few where either was simply a misidentification of exceptionally ugly heretics.

>>54113489

In extreme cases, a Marine might actually become an Errant and serve an Inquisitor. Not like that's likely at all, but niche cases sometimes see Marines giving a member over to the service of a Rogue Trader, and possibly an Inquisitor. These would have to be Inquisitors of note, they would have to have done something worthy of it, be trusted (to a degree) by the Chapter, and the Marine seconded would probably have to petition to be allowed to take on that kind of mission. Possibly the Marine has failed so hard he's been asked to or volunteered to go and seek his redemption by getting offed while trying to complete a suicide mission. It's no stretch to say that service to an Inquisitor would be a pretty effective death sentence, and likely to find a worthy death.

It's by no means likely, and given that they are far more likely to die far away from their Chapter where their geneseed is unlikely to ever be recovered, they would probably be stricken from the Chapter records and forced to remove any Chapter iconography to show their lack of Chapter affiliation.

>>54112475
At the very least I'd change the accent colors from red/black to whatever matches your army.

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>>54113430
>and the last time the imperium fucked with geneseed
hmm...

>>54113699
that wasnt the imperium, that was one guy with 10000 years to kill the defective ones he made

>>54112992

That's why I mentioned canonesses. They frequently have 100+ years of service under their belts if not more.

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>>54098265
Can I get the artist's name for this piece?
I've seen his stuff before but for the life of me I cannot remember his name.

>>54112475
You could say that she's another Living Saint.

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>>54114380
Clint Langley. He's done a bunch of Dark Heresy and 40k novel covers.

>>54068689
>Blood Angels Sororita
>can only fight 6 to 8 days a month

Are there any good alternative models for sisters repentia? I need two and don't feel like buying an entire new squad.

>>54114660
Thanks a bunch anon.

>>54072390
This is pretty bad ass!

>>54091406
>Sisters done up in Torchbearer colors
Hmmm...

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>>54112992

>>54109396
Well sure, and I'm not saying it's impossible. Just really impractical. This isn't even touching on the whole issue of Astartes being post-human bio-borgs, so different from regular humans that they have trouble relating to them. And since there's no line of inheritance, Marines who do father children may just flat out not care. Whenever they're not actively fighting, they're preparing to fight, and finding the time to knock up a woman probably isn't super high on the ol' list of priorities.

You could argue that since they're typically recruited between the ages of 12 and 14 years, most Space Marines probably remain at about that level of emotional intelligence when they're dealing with outsiders. Not to say that they're a bunch of immature dickheads, just that they stop having the same formative experiences that regular people do and get indoctrinated into the "fight, kill, duty to the Emperor" program pretty much non-stop. Glory is gained on the battlefield, conquests of the flesh are much less valuable.

I've actually put a lot of thought into this bit of the lore; I have a Deathwatch RPG Kill-Marine character who has a reputation as a ladykiller, enough that he's basically been branded as a problem to his home chapter, and so has been rather permanently stuck in the Deathwatch to keep him out of trouble. His Watch Commander has decided to turn this into an asset, and so he spends a lot of time in the courts of Imperial nobles flirting with their wives and daughters, gathering intel through his little "indiscretions."
So far the issue of progeny hasn't come up. So far.

>>54068689
I don't know what that picture is from, but that's my color scheme. Huh.

>>54115396
I believe it's official art of Order of the Argent Shroud. Just with a mono-color cloak variation rather than the original dual-color version. Similar to the change the OoOML made post Armageddon.

>>54075702
Actually, Cain is mentioned many times as finishing his adventures (until the 13th Black Crusade) to be an instructor for the commissar cadets at the Schola, where he tries his damnedest to teach them how to not die. For all his "saving my own skin" ways, he is extremely knowledgeable and capable, and by no intention on his own part, also very, very experienced with shit gone south - all of which he uses to help train the next generations.

>>54091726
This picture triggers me

I hate soft, anime sisters. Not that you can't enjoy them or that I somehow respect you less, but I feel like they are INCORRECT. Sisters should look like hardened scarred, even ugly badasses. Sure they can have that nun/angel imagery but it should be an "unapproachable beuaty" look not "sexy hot girl" look

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>>54101072
It's the "Emperor's Gift"

Can someone answer me this?
Are Sororitas "just" trained and indoctrined women or do they also have extern enhancements like SM, just not as much?

>>54116377
There aren't any mandatory enhancements involved in the process of becoming a SoB, however, like most Schola graduates they can probably afford some if they want them.

>>54115558
I know. And he still sleeps with anything that moves.

>>54116416
So bolter bitches aren't really special on the battle field, save for their faith powers?

>>54116425
Their is also their equipment. They're the only force besides mariens to have everyone outfitted with power armor, and then there is the stuff the Ecclisiarchy has convinced the Mechanicus to supply soley to the sister. They have their own special pattern of bolter that's better than anything non-Astartes use, as well as things like the Immolator and Exorcist, and that's just the stuff we know about.

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>>54116446
Please ignore the egregious numbers of typos in this post. it's early and I haven't had my coffee yet.

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>>54116458
It's okay, it's early for me too. I don't even drink coffee, so I just suffer til I'm more awake. In this case extra suffering since I'm running on a couple hours of rest.

>>54099126
Lord Solar Macharius has been shot by a commisssar in at least one game.

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>>54116423
Before Amberly. After he meets her though, that =][= pootang too good to go back to normals, apparently.

Not that I blame him.

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>>54116493
Did it shoot back?

>>54116505
Cain knows better than to cheat on an inquisitor

>>54075756
A-Any chance of a translation?

For science.

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>>54117568
Found it.
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=63022631

>>54095457
TRUESCALE SISTERS OF BATTLE WHEN

>>54107817
There's an obvious answer you're missing here. He's clearly a BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD Angel.