You already know what should happen here.
Also, i fall for the ragging heroes meme and bought a liutenant box of proxy SoB. what units should i do to start? i hope at least 700 points
You don't, because GW no longer has interest in the sororitas. They'll be gone before you know it, unfortunately.
>>46107491
Just like CSM.
Sororitas are cool. TG just has insecurities.
>>46107554
>Just like CSM.
Ah yes, they're going to do away with the primary antagonist of the franchise who contains the primary villain of the Imperium of Man, and one of the most played and best-selling model lines in the game.
Totally gonna get rid of them.
>>46107554
Don't get me wrong, Sororitas are my favorite faction in 40k, that's why I'm so upset at GW.
Sisters of Battle need more love. There's so much cool stuff they could do with them
>>46106516
>female soldiers
>ragging heroes
Fucking wub, anon. Anyway ...
First, look at the options and pick your fave HQ unit.
Next, get 2 full units of Troops. Buy & build, play a few skirmishes w/ friends.
Now, think about what you've done.
Still want more of the same?
Get back with us.
>>46107491
Although they've been long neglected, this doesn't make much sense, considering that thriugh the past two years GW has started releasing small factions that nobody believed we'd see, like Harlequins, Mechanicus, Genestealer Cult, Deathwatch...
There have even been rumours of a Kroot Mercenaries release. Given that they have already a lot of the art and design and fluff done for the Sisters, it'd be very stupid of them to kill them.
And GW wouldn't be that stupid, would they?
Mmmmm
Wait a sec guys, I'm gonna panic buy a few things.
I seem to remember this artwork being just B&W. Is the original actually in colour or is this fanmade?
>>46110462
there's a dude on devianart that colored a ton of the old B&W art
>>46106516
Sure, I'll post some.
What would you guys say the Sister's Niche is, rules-wise?
A Sisters army won best paint at LVO this year.
http://www.thediceabide.com/2016/02/lvo-2016-obis-award-winning-army/
>>46110636
>>46107554
10 sisters boxes have literally hit blood knight prices.
You could buy an expensive AAA vidya gaem in gamestop for that kind of money.
>>46110657
And evey nonebasic sister is a conversion or scratchbuild.
They really need new models.
>>46110636
>>46110699
>>46110712
ah fuck, ants one I saved by mistake! Apologies fellow servants of the Emperor. I will scourge myself in penance.
>>46110726
I haven't really checked into 40k for a long time, though back then SoB were my favourite. Has there been any new development at all since they got that one White Dwarf pseudo-codex?
>>46110739
>>46110744
Nope.
>>46110636
Back when I last played, their thing was basically very powerful short-ranged shooting combined with reasonably decent mobility. Charge in close with your rhinos or immolators and blast the enemy to shit with flamers and bolters.
>>46110757
Wrong
they got an ebook-codex and many of their units are no longer available, like the immolator.
>>46110744
They got an electronic pseudo-codex that made them slightly better overall but also nerfed several things. So basically they got a 10% buff and everyone moved to 7E and got a 200-500% buff.
But it's fine, since Orks and DE exist.
This reminds me, I only have the vintage immolators. I'm gonna need to find a decent recaster for the new ones...
>>46110636
Short-medium range shooting along with low armour spam.
>>46110657
Looks awesome but what >>46110697 said. It is glaring that a 10 monopose woman basic unit costs £50.
>>46110448
There have been Kroot rumors for years, though. None of it credible.
>>46111067
>super technology sensors and markerlight networks and visors
>misses shot 10 feet away
Fucking 18 year old kids fresh from boot camp don't miss fucking 100 feet away.
>>46111173
That's Tau for you. Sure, they're smug and accurate when the enemy is just some indistinct blob 300 meters away. But suddenly they're right here and they're not even wearing helmets and what are those weird things in the middle of their faces and holy crap I think one of them has a fucking chainsaw and ohmygod I want my mommy.
Basically Tau are a bunch of pansies.
>>46111205
>Tau have vaginas for noses!
>Gue'la have penises for nostril vents!
>>46111231
>Crazy human females with penises on their faces! Greater Good and Lord Farsight, save me!
>>46108715
I'd really like to see them get more stuff for the non-combat orders like your picture.
>>46110636
Good mobility, devastating short range shooting and some of the toughest guys per-point infantry about.
The Dominions are forever some of my favorite units in the entire game because you just can't beat the idea of 'Scouting meltaguns in scouting meltagun tanks'.
>>46106516
why is buying models from raging heroes a meme?
Do people have a mentality that only GW models are acceptable or something?
>>46112535
OP here, much people complains of Raging heroes oversexualizing their modles, and that they don't fit the gothic theme of og SOB
Btw i will use pic related as dominions
>>46112535
No, the issue is that 1/2 of the not!SoB Raging Heroes models are very cheesy. The ones you posted are probably the most acceptable ones.
We want space nuns dressed for battle, not space nuns dressed for the strip bar striking sexy poses.
>>46112744
Their are french, you must expect a degree of kinkyness
>>46112535
Because we fear that they'll never release them?
>>46112620
At first I was about to say that this image looks much more risque on the first glance than it actually is. But then I looked closer and it's actually worse than I thought.
>>46112535
I think the ones with actual armor are fine. They look similar enough and get the gothic look across.
I don't really like a lot of the saints and others though. Some of them just look a bit too outlandish, but that's to be expected with any model range. There's some stuff that isn't for everyone.
I'm mostly just looking forward to non-metal models that might cost less than a fortune.
>>46110448
SIster of Silence in 40k. Yay or Nay ? and if they are still there, what should be their relationship with the SoB, since they both hunt witches ?
>>46115370
I see nothing of the sort, he's just carrying her around since her leg servos have a hydraulic leak.
>>46121048
Are you retarded? They don't exist in 40k.
>>46121048
Sisters of Silence are neat, but I think if there are any left in 40k, they'd basically be a handful of Blanks used by the Inquisition
>>46122254
Humans don't live for 10k years and new blanks wouldn't be trained up as SoS I think due to their value so they'd be snatched up by the other organizations. The SoS would slowly die out and be unable to recruit enough new members.
>>46121048
>SIster of Silence in 40k. Yay or Nay ? and if they are still there, what should be their relationship with the SoB, since they both hunt witches ?
I could see them as being the primary force on Black Ships, like they were during the Great Crusade. I know that it's explicitly stated to be extremely strong-willed Storm Troopers, but I think that lore is fairly old at this point, and I could see GW retconning Black Ships in the 40k era as being the Sisters of Silences' domain. Especially if the rumors of them moving more to 30k products proves true.
So, rumors will become true someday?
>>46118690
Do not remind me :(
You know, I don't want Sisters to be squatted, nor do I want 40k to move to an End Times scenario (even if it's just a story thing), but I could see them dropping Sisters as part of that event, where maybe most/all of their convents are destroyed by whatever heralds the End Times.
I'd hate to see Sisters go but, honestly (and selfishly), I think it'd be interesting to fluff my Inquisition Sisters Order as one of the last bastions of the Adepta Sororitas. Especially since I don't play primary 40k anymore, and mostly just stick to Heralds of Ruin Kill Team which, since it's entirely fan run, means that Sisters wouldn't be abandoned even if GW dropped support for them (there are codexes for obscure/nonexistant armies like the Arbites, Kroot Mercenaries, and Rogue Traders, so Sisters would still have love too).
Like I said, I don't want Sisters to be squatted, but at least I could make something interesting from it.
>>46124270
They can just make SoB a small plastic mini army like Eldar or MT.
>>46124392
I'd be okay if they did that. Either make them a mini/ally codex like the Tempestus, or roll them into a Codex: Allies that includes things like the Sisters, Inquistion, Tempestus, Kroot Mercs, Rogue Traders, other minor xenos species, etc.
The latter is unlikely, though, since I'm sure mini codexes are more profitable.
At this point, considering how far behind Sisters are in development (their codex lacking a lot in uniqueness, in particular), making them a mini codex would be for the best.
I have to say, though, I'd kill for a unit of Biker Sisters with javelins.
>>46124545
I really like the idea of Biker Sisters with Melta lances. Let them charge around and slag tanks.
>>46112744
SoB are originally based on GW staff nun bsdm fetish
Why all this "beliebel models" talks? Its 40k man, its being parody of many kinds
>>46125274
Because despite being a parody the classic SoB design is somewhat understated in its fetishism.
It is really annoying when you get storm trooper revamp codices.
But the second largest faction of the imperium? Nope they do not get shit.
When I was 15 I used to run Taumainly because because I was a little pinko shitand kinda fell out of the scene.
Coming on to /tg/, despite all the shit that happens to them in the lore, the Soroitas have become my favorite faction.
I would totally get in to it again if the line up and codex were updated. I'll just have to settle for lan games in Soul Storm until the end of time though.
>>46125274
It is often forgotten that 40k is a parody among all the maximum grimdarkness of the last years. However, that doesn't mean that my nuns have to pose like strippers. They are, and have alway been, fighters. The humor part comes in the form of some of the models using high heels or boob skulls.
I don't see the marines posing like pic related, for example.
>>46125825
>Coming on to /tg/, despite all the shit that happens to them in the lore, the Soroitas have become my favorite faction.
They're probably mine too, second to the Inquisition, and they go hand-in-hand, so it's perfect.
>I would totally get in to it again if the line up and codex were updated.
The thing is, their current codex isn't terrible. They can hit like a truck, even. The problem is that there's just so little flavor to it. It's a very straightforward codex without any little fun things to help differentiate it, aside from the melta spam and maybe the Seraphim.
>>46127923
I wish they would expand on Acts of Faith. Them being 1 use only makes them feel so minor, but having a points system for them like they used to so they could use them over and over was much more interesting
>>46127951
Oh, yeah, Acts of Faith is arguably the one other thing they have that makes them feel a bit unique but, as you said, they come off as rather minor.
Like I said above, Jousting Biker Sisters could be a cool thing to make them more unique, at least to help diversify them from Space Marines in tactics, particularly with Hit and Run.
>>46115370
The semen is reflecting the blood raven's paintjob anon.
>>46127651
But sisters models wear flats I mean other than the death cult assassin and I am not sure any model uses skull boobs
>>46128021
I've been spending some time homebrewing ideas for new sisters units. It's pretty fun coming up with stuff for them, although I doubt they'll get many new units even if they do get a range reboot.
Quite a lot of the range has held up well to this day, but the faces... oh God, I find it very difficult not to turn them into an army of shemales.
>>46127951
>>46128021
The issue is that the points systems for them have always been rather fiddly.
>>46131477
I really liked an idea that turned up in a SOB thread talking about expanding the SOB speical weapon options.
Single-shot launchers that can be taken in much higher quantities than standard launchers. So a unit of SOB can all be armed with a single-shot anti-air rocket for use during the game rather than relying on an individual anti-air unit.
>>46131477
Like what? My cleric in Dark Heresy is getting some Sororitas and my GM is letting me be creative
>>46106516
GW should really buff them both crunch and fluff-wise.
The nuns with guns should get storm shields, new vehicles and a buffed up version of their acts of faith system.
Also new plastic models.
>>46127923
The codex wotks, so it's not really a problem for me. the problem for mi is the lack of plastic models. they should began the plastic models soon, other companies like raging heores are showing that there is enough people interested in miniatures like that
>>46138288
Models are more important that rules mainly because 40k is shit as a game. Once the basics have models though, they can and should start adding variety to the actual rules if for no other reason than to add more cool models. Like biker sisters.
>>46138781
I think I'd rather see Cavalry sisters than Biker sisters.
Tons of factions have bikes, almost no one has mounts, and it's almost like the cavalry rules are just there for legacy models.
Better to give them something a bit more unique (pretty ponies) that makes more of the existing rules used.
>>46138826
Horses don't really make sense in 40k, even for IG (probably why rough riders never got new models). I'd expect the rich church to have blinged out high tech bikes if anything.
>>46138826
I'd kinda like to see an Imperial Beast unit.
Like a SOB and a group of Cybernetic Hounds she's leading.
>>46135554
I can post more specific stats in a bit, but for now, basic descriptions.
First was for one squad with Storm Shields, Storm Bolters, and the ability to get power mauls. Had them as sort of an anti-riot squad.
Then I had another squad siimilar to seraphim with jetpacks, using sniper boltguns.
Also made rules for Biker sisters with Melta lances after how often I saw it in these threads, along with a single jump pack sister designed to operate as a lone model
>>46139022
Eh, bit too similar to the Wolf Wolves.
>>46139039 here
Back at my desktop. Just gonna start dumping stats
>Hashmalim Riot Squad 90
>WS 4 BS 4 S 3 T 3 W 1 I 3 A 1 LD 8 SV 3+
>Unit type: Infantry
>Unit composition: 3-9 Hashmalim
>Wargear: Power Armor, Stormshield, Storm Bolter, Bolt Pistol
>Special Rules: Acts of Faith, Angelic Visage, Shield of Faith
>May include up to 6 additional Hashmalim - 30 pts/model
>Any model may replace its bolt pistol with one of the following
>-Power Maul 5 pts/model
>-Lightning Claw 5 pts/model
>One model may be upgrades to a Hashmalin Superior - 10 points
>The Hashmalin superior may replace her bolt pistol with
>-Plasma Pistol 15 points
>-Thunder Hammer 20 points
>Acts of Faith: Brilliant Storm - May be used in your Shooting phase or either player's Assault phase. Any Storm bolters used by the squad become Salvo 2/4 until the end of the phase. Any model may exchange all of its normal attacks in the assault phase to make a single attack with the Haywire special rule. The unit may re-roll failed invulnerable saves against shooting attacks during overwatch.
Basic cost was based upon Space Marine Vanguard Veterans. The general goal was a storm/lightning theme, but it had the other effect of making them function similarly to a Terminator squad in terms of weapons and saves.
>>46139982
Here's that lone hunter style unit I mentioned
>Erelim Superior 30 points
>WS 4 BS 4 S 3 T 3 W 2 I 3 A 2 LD 9 Sv 3+
>Unit Type: Jump Infantry
>Wargear: Power Armour, chainsword, bolt pistol, frag grenades, krak grenades, jump pack
>Special Rules: Acts of Faith, Angelic Visage, Hit & Run, Shield of Faith, Feel no Pain, Jink
>Lone Valiant: May not be joined by Independent characters, and may not hold objectives.
>May take items from the Melee and Ranged weapon lists
>May take a Rozarius - 25 points
>May take Melta bombs - 5 points
>Act of Faith: Courage in Adversity - During the assault phase, the Erelim Superior gains Rampage and Eternal Warrior
This was suggested in a previous thread as a solo model similar to the Lone Wolf from the Space Wolves. Basically just a Seraphim with
a bunch of special rules and the ability to take character weapons.
>>46140060
Here's the Snipers, which I've posted before I think, but for the sake of completeness.
>Malakim Squad 80
>WS 3 BS 4 S 3 T 3 W 1 I 3 A 1 LD 8 SV 3+
>Unit Type: Jet Pack Infantry
>Unit Composition: 5-10 Malakim
>Wargear: Power Armor, Stalker Boltgun, Bolt Pistol, Thermal Visor, Jet-Pack
>Special Rules: Act of Faith, Angelic Visage, Shield of Faith, Night Vision
>May include up to five additional Malakim- 16 pts/model
>May upgrade one Malakim to a Malakim Superior - 10 pts
>The Malakim Superior may replace her bolt pistol with
>-Chainsword - free
>-Power sword - 15
>The Malakim Superior may take melta bombs - 5pts
>Stalker Boltgun
>Range 36" S X AP 5 Heavy 1, Sniper, Scope*
>*This weapon is unaffected by the Relentless special rule
>Act of Faith: Ceaseless Vengeance - Ceaseless Vengeance: Until the end of the shooting phase, the Malakim ignore the Scope rule of their Stalker Boltguns, and treat them as Rapid Fire rather than Heavy 1. If they fire upon a unit that is Falling Back, they gain the Preferred Enemy special rule against that unit.
>>46140207
Why would Scope be needed?
If someone was to make a SoB video game, what kind of game should it be? Shooter? also i will dump what i got.
>>46140229
That was mostly a degree of sense on my part. I didn't want them to be rocketing forward, lining up a sniper shot, then rocketing back, so I made that rule so they'd have to remain stationary to fire, before jumping away afterwards.
Really it's more of a fluff thing than any real balancing mechanic.
>>46140236
Probably a shooter/brawler hybrid like Space Marine. Sororitas kick enough ass that you can focus it on a single character as your protagonist and don't have to mess around with squad mechanics and suchlike.
>>46140284
how do you think acts of faith should work?
>>46140258
Yeah, it seems kinda unneeded.
>>46140284
Yeah. I'd go with a brawler with a big more of an acrobatic feel.
Base it around a Seraphim and put it a bit more on the spectacle fighter (ala DMC) area.
>>46140207
And lastly, the Bikes. I'll preface this by saying I don't really have a good idea for their Acts of Faith, and I'm not too sure on the points cost either.
>Ophanim Biker Squad 99
>WS 4 BS 4 S 3 T 4 W 1 I 3 A 1 LD 8 SV 3+
>Unit Type: Bike
>Unit Composition: 3-6 Ophanim
>Wargear: Bolt Pistol, Melta Lance, Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Sisters Bike
>Special Rules: Act of Faith, Hit & Run, Shield of Faith
>May include up to 3 additional Ophanim - 33 pts/model
>Up to 3 models may replace their Bike's twin-linked boltgun with one
item from the Special Weapons list
>May upgrade one Ophanim to an Ophanim Superior - 10 pts
>The Ophanim Superior may replace her bolt pistol with
>-Chainsword - free
>-Power sword - 15
>-Plasma Pistol - 15
>Sisters Bike +1 toughness, 3+ armor, comes with an inbuilt twin-linked Boltgun
>Melta Lance
>Range 6" S 8 AP 1 Heavy 1, Melta, Lance, Joust*
>*Hammer of Wrath attacks made by this model are resolved at S 8 AP 1 and have the Armourbane
special rule
I almost feel like the Melta lance should have a rule preventing it from being fired and used in CC during the same turn. This is a lot of anti-tank weaponry in a single unit, which is also why I'm worried about the points cost.
>>46140317
Fair enough. It's easy enough to remove, anyway.
>>46111998
>tough
>t3 3+/6++
congrats you are slightly tougher then guardsmen and about the same as lesser daemons
>>46140236
I kind of like the idea of an X-Com style game where you have different special troops with a variety of weapons and have to use them in concert.
>>46140562
Is it just me, or is the one in the middle of the group of three check out the ass of the one on her knees?
>>46140634
>>46140634
heresy rising
>>46140662
>implying it's heretical to appreciate the holy human form
>implying it's heretical to engage in group morale boosting sermones to reinforce the ties between squaddies
Does anyone else hate it when people draw the Sisters all cutesy and anime-like? Their ruggedness and battle-hardened nature is one of their defining characteristics, and drawing them in anime form removes that. People only draw them like that because they're female anyway.
>>46140708
i can agree on the anime like part but i do tend to like it when they are cute but have wounds and look scared
>>46140695
wasting your time releasing your seed pointlessly is, especially about a pure sister.
>>46107554
>TG just has insecurities
i think if there were any group of people who wanted there to be sexy female space marines it would be TG anon
>>46140806
>implying the sisters aren't more flaming than the armories of the Salamanders
>>46140841
Such impurities are removed from the sister. They are made bare before the Emperor and plead to be able to serve him in anyway he wishes. They submit to his will at all times. The pain from battle is nothing compared to their longing to have his glory flow over them.
Sororitas Terminators, yea or nay?
>>46141000
>implying there's anything impure about the love between two pure humans and that it isn't the emperah's will for love to bloom between his beloved imperial subjects
>>46141035
Not with such chest armor.
The rest is OK.
>>46141035
>dem metal titties
What would they even need Terminators for? They're not a Space Marine chapter nor would they have any need for them.
>>46141035
Those huge boobs are off putting, a terminator armor has more them room enough for breasts within. Mayhaps a uniboob design or just a normal terminator chest would be better. Also those chained nipples are trashy.
>>46141071
First assaults/forlorn hope types, the first ones through a breach who need the heaviest armor. Also, Terminator armor makes it easier to carry heavy flamers, and the power fists can be used to put down traitor marines, big mutants, or vehicles.
Besides, you don't need to be a Space Marine to use Terminator armor. It's popular with Inquisitors.
>>46141035
I'd say no. I'd rather see Storm Shield sisters used for such a purpose, rather than just getting more marine stuff
>>46140708
>Does anyone else hate it when people draw the Sisters all cutesy and anime-like?
I like them more that way. In my head canon Church spends ungodly amount of money on their personal army. Expensive decorated armor, weapons, crazy vehicles acting both as symbols of faith and war machines, surgery and augmentations to make Sororitas look like pure angels. Imperial citizens should believe Emperor will save them and do it in style.
>>46141035
Sororitas Centurions make more sense, IMO.
They're like non-Repentia Penitent Engines.
>>46141272
Emperor, I like the design of this machine.
>>46141160
The Sisters are known for charging head-on into the enemy with all of their strength and numbers. Terminators are usually used for the bigger things. Once those bigger things are killed/destroyed then the real troops move in to clean up the rest. The Sisters are all about overwhelming the enemy with their weapons regardless of their size and fight to the last woman to stop the enemy from advancing. Terminators would just seem like a waste to them.
Besides, giving them Terminators would just make them seem more like Space Marines. That's something they don't want.
>>46141266
You're thinking of the cutesy drawings. I'm taking full-blown kawaii desu anime shit. That shit's pure heresy.
>>46141035
No, Sisters are mobile city fighters. They could use walkers with heavy front armor and number of heavy bolters or flamers to block city streets.
>>46141334
>You're thinking of the cutesy drawings. I'm taking full-blown kawaii desu anime shit.
No, I'm talking about kawaii desu anime shit
>>46141000
Nigga, sisters are gay as fuk
>>46139982
>>46140060
>>46140207
>>46140383
I appreciate the effort, but some of these don't really seem to fit with the overall SoB theme, the sniper in particular.
One big aspect of the SoB is that they go up close and personal. They're not a regular military. Their goal is not merely to achieve tactical objectives or follow directives from above. They're zealots, and to them every fight is personal. They go in and smite and purge whatever filthy heretics defy the Emperor. They do it eagerly, and thoroughly, and with their own two hands. Hence why the sniper in particular seems rather unfitting.
Secondly, SoB are human. Sure, they're very heavily armed and well-trained humans, but still humans with all the limitations that entails. That's why they still work in squads and in concert with each other. The way they prevail against overwhelming odds is through faith in both the Emperor and each other, through cooperation and determination. Anything that tries to elevate them into pseudo-superhuman territory where they single-handedly go toe to toe with enemies that are usually wholly out of a human's league really takes away from that. Hence why I'm not particularly fond of the lone wolf, and why anything with Terminator armour really seems like a step in the wrong direction.
The bikers seem pretty legit, though.
>>46141494
Well, the pic that you posted there isn't bad. I've seen worse.
At the end of the day it's not really gonna make much of a difference to you what I say. I mean, we all love the Sisters here right?
>>46141000
>longing to have his glory flow over them
>longing for ancient mutant to spill his "glory" on youLoving Emperor is heresy
>>46141535
Bikers don't fit SoB theme at all. I understand that some people feel nostalgic for Bretonia but it's just not a good idea.
>>46140383
>lesbian biker sisters that fix all their internal problems with hot make out sessions
Why isn't GW doing this?
>>46141655
Because GW are afraid of anything that could be construed as sexual, because while bloody, gory violence is okay for kids, exposed nipples are not.
Just ask Slaanesh. Remember the old 3e Daemonettes? Now s/he's not even IN Age of Sigmar anymore.
>>46141535
Well, the idea of the Snipers was that they'd commonly be used as guards for Cathedrals. Even if sisters prefer close combat, they clearly do understand the need for long ranged firepower, and Snipers are quite good at striking down the Emperor's foes.
As for the lone hunter, I think it's in a similar vein to a living saint or a pentinent engine. As you said, the Sisters love running in and smiting, and a single skilled unit, armed to the teeth and trusting in the emperor seems like a good fit for that.
I think there is plenty of wiggle room to add in these sorts of units. As with anything in 40k, there are often exceptions, changes and other minor alterations that allow armies to function in different ways. Some Sisters forces may just give everyone a chainsword and run towards the enemy, others may prefer to sweep the landscape in a torrent of fire. The important thing is that Sisters are given the tools so that people can decide for themselves how their Order prefers to operate.
>>46141334
>The Sisters are known for charging head-on into the enemy with all of their strength and numbers.
>The Sisters are all about overwhelming the enemy with their weapons regardless of their size and fight to the last woman to stop the enemy from advancing.
So the Sisters are the Imperial Guard instead?
Does anyone have any pictures of some good Sisters of Battle cosplay?
>>46141770
A lot of the armies in 40k have that trait. Hell, I think that a good 75% of the Space Marines rush into battle wildly.
>>46141770
I always saw them as a midpoint between Guard and Marines.
Power armor and better weapons means they're more elite than guard, and thus can afford to have well-trained specialized strike teams or charge into close combat and expect to live. They can't afford to be as wasteful with lives as Guard can, and they function well as shock troops and special weapon teams to take out tougher targets.
At the same time, lack of geneseed and shorter lifespan makes them less elite than marines, but no chapter limits also means they can be fielded in larger numbers. 2000 Sisters of Battle is something an Order could commit to a battle without much issue. They lack the same close-combat prowess as marines and lack some of the tactical expertise, though they still use combined arms to overwhelm enemies.
>>46141736
>The important thing is that Sisters are given the tools so that people can decide for themselves how their Order prefers to operate.
I suspect this is the reason the Sisters are so badly neglected. They're all seen as utterly monotone. All the factions have their stereotypes but you rarely ever see a Battle Sister who deviates from "overzealous shouty bitch with a flamer". They also don't have as many army options as the Guard or the Marines. As a result, they all look the same.
So, can Inquistors become Sisters? And if so, can they go back to being Inquistors? I always viewed the SoB as fanatical and more violent Inquistors.
>>46141986
This is sadly true. You can basically describe the Sisters as being 'nuns with guns' to someone who doesn't know about WH40K and they'll have a pretty accurate idea of who they are.
I think that the only army with less depth than the Sisters at this point are the Tau.
>>46142017
No, they're two separate groups. The SoB are basically the armed branch of the imperial Ecclesiarchy, i.e. the church. The Inquisition meanwhile is its own independent and autonomous organisation that is separate from the Ecclesiarchy as a whole.
The two may well work together on occasion, particularly where the Ordo Hereticus is concerned, but they have wholly different authority structures. I guess I could see it happening that a particularly promising SoB might be recruited into the Inquisition on a semi-permanent basis, but that switching back and forth is not really an option.
>>46141986
>but you rarely ever see a Battle Sister who deviates from "overzealous shouty bitch with a flamer"
Sacred Rose and Argent Shroud say hi.
>>46142203
Nah, Tau actually have a good variety. It's just people usually prefer to ignore it in favor of Gundams. They're also quite customizable as well.
Sisters are pretty much limited to Repentia, Seraphim, 3 tanks, and various Battle Sister units in different FOC slots with different weapons.
>>46142279
A lot of that lack of variety could probably be fixed with a fresh injection of hot grey plastic, though.
Go back to the 3rd ed rulebook with all it's make do lists, and most of them look a lot like that and it's mostly time and attention that gave them more shit to play with.
>>46142279
>Sisters are pretty much limited to Repentia, Seraphim, 3 tanks, and various Battle Sister units in different FOC slots with different weapons.
Stop making me sad, man.
>>46142332
>>46142352
Yeah, there's a lot of stuff they can add, but for more variety they are going to have to bend some rules about how sisters most commonly operate.
It wouldn't take much, just mentions of minor orders who somewhat favor ranged firepower or stealth or bikes or whatever, and then the explanation that other orders have started to use such things as wel.
>>46142211
Speaking of the Inquisition, how does a psyker become an Inquisitor?
>>46142614
They're taken from the Black Ships by Inquistors that deem them worthy.
>>46142662
Don't they have to do that soul binding shit with the Emps? Like do the Inquisitors just pick favorites and wait outside like a parent at the doctor's to see what number of their top 10 didn't get fed to the throne for being too weak?
>>46142695
Basically, yes. Not all psykers are used to feed the Emperor, some are taken by the Adeptus Astra Telepathica and some are taken by the Inquisition.
The Inquisition isn't required to do that but they understand how important psykers can be and their usefulness to them.
>>46142750
aren't the unstable ones thrown into the grinder?
>>46142812
If by 'grinder' you mean whatever shit they do to transfer their soul into the Emperor, yeah.
>>46142882
yeah. the soulgrinder to power the astronomicon
>>46142750
Neat.
Also how much authority does an Inquisitor have when recruiting people for their retinue? Like say an Inquisitor is working with the Sororitas to purge some chaos shit and runs into the last survivor of a squad that got corrupted but then wiped out but their sole uncorrupted member and the leadership of the bolter bitches wants to kill the survivor just to be sure but the Inquisitor is certain that said survivor is completely untainted and wants to recruit her. Who wins out?
>>46142962
pretty sure the inquisitors win out
>>46142962
Inquistors, especially the high ranking ones, hold a lot of power. That Sister has to listen.
>>46142995
>>46143020
Thought as much. Just wanted to see if others were in agreement as I do know that Inquisitors do generally step a bit lightly around Space Marines and I wasn't sure if other organizations might give an Inquisitor enough pause to at least be polite.
>>46143085
Space marines are pretty much inquisitor tier in terms of autonomy.
>>46142962
>and runs into the last survivor of a squad that got corrupted but then wiped out but their sole uncorrupted member and the leadership of the bolter bitches wants to kill the survivor just to be sure but the Inquisitor is certain that said survivor is completely untainted and wants to recruit her
Ugh.
How do you faggots not realize you sound like complete retards when you do your retarded pen and paper shit? Just fucking look at that autistic run on snowflake shit.
>>46143133
Well aren't you a ray of the Emperor's warm glow?
>>46143133
I know it sounds retarded, and I probably should have edited it to at least be readable.
Though I'm not sure if the situation is extreme enough to qualify as snowflake shit.
>>46143223
nah, its not as snowflake.
Although 9 times out of ten a sanction psyker interrogates them before they get blammed.
>>46143233
I'm assuming battlefield conditions may warrant some to feel like they can't take the chance of having to wait for an interrogation. Though the Inquisitor being the only convenient psyker around would make the tension between the Sororitas commander who wants to execute the survivor and said Inquisitor a little more interesting.
>>46143223
Wouldn't it be more interesting to NOT say the SoB is 100% uncorrupted? Just that the Inquisitor wishes to take in the remaining survivor of a corrupted squad against the wishes of the rest of the Order.
>>46143298
well get writing then.
>>46143309
I'm not fond of the SoB being corrupted, as it just seems like the sort of thing that becomes a slippery slope for the Inquisitor to fall into the type of radical inquisitor who does so much heretical shit that they get shot by other inquisitors.
>>46143385
it's in my idea folder.
>>46143482
That's too pretty a face to be scratched up like that.Do you have a link to the artist BTW?
>>46141035
Nay. As other posters hasve said, it would just make them more spehs mariney, and they don't need that.
>>46140708
Hate it as well. They are tough mofos who will crush and burn testicles and reproductive spores at the call of the Eclesiarchy, not waifus.
I think they would be great to field alongside Dark Angels.
Monk-Nun combo.
And then to make a diorama model of a romance between a Dark Angel and a Sister as centerpart of the army.
Forbidden love. (They are only supposed to love the Emperor.)
'Grimdark, but with a romantic touch.'
Great.
Why are all the Sisters white? Is the Ecclesiarchy racist or something?
>>46143528
I'm pretty sure the Dark Angels are more flaming than the Salamanders and perhaps even the Sororitas.
So what forbidden romance could there ever be?
![latest[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/sU0iVFL.jpg "latest[1].jpg")
>>46143550
>>46143528
Nah, it's always SoB x Grey Knights for me. The GK actually use their blood and shit for stuff.
>>46141035
Wouldn't the new Sigmarites make a gud base for something like that? Especially the leg part. They have a more medival look, loin cloth things and so on..just like the SoB models already existing.
You could rework the upper body to either not look like greek muscle armour but just plain, flat armour or rework it into a female greek muscle armour version- tits and sixpack.
>>46143609
>implying the grey knights deserve love
Probably one of the Imperial factions i just can't even like. Along with the likes of the Marines Malevolent.
>>46143521
>Not waifus
The undeserved adoration the Sisters enjoy from /tg/ seems to imply otherwise.
I've never been a big fan. Being an all-woman army ensures I wont ever collect or play them because I'm not really interested in the whole "cute but rugged fanatical space nun" thing. I don't mind them as another faction in the Imperium, but the undue praise they get here for just existing turns me off of them.
Same thing with the Orks. Because they're the "haha so crazy and funny comical army" it's rare anyone actively says anything against them for fear of /tg/ coming down hard on their ass.
They do have some cool as fuck helmets though. I really like them.
>>46143641
>They do have some cool as fuck helmets though. I really like them.
They should really wear those things more often.
>>46143637
I don't know much about grey knight lore, but they got the best armor designs and melee weapons visually.
For me I like to have them stand there and look cool as reinforcements for my imperial guard sometimes.
>>46141065
>>46141119
I'm curious. Do you think the boobsock armour found on all other SoBs is a-okay?
>>46141071
Not that anon, but there is a reason Terminators are quite strong in fluff.
The full exoskeleton makes them slower than normal marines in Power Armor, but the increased strength and defense allows them to bring heavier firepower to places where protection is more important than mobility, even if crunch-wise they aren't so good without Storm Shields and Thunder Hammers.
Also Teleport Assaults.
>>46143744
I think it's OK in some way if they included an extra layer of armor, but in case of a Termie armor, it's kinda...
JUST NORMAL CHEST PLATE. Maybe curved to show that they have boobs but not literal boob-armor.
>>46143506
Filename
>>46143968
>>46142238
And how much screentime do they get in comparison to Martyred Lady or Bloody Rose?
>>46143994
>>46144031
>>46144011
Strong point. Also leads to a question, the Argent Shroud Order is my favorite. Are there any books dedicated to them? Or really anything involving them beyond the rulebook's snippet?
Yangzheyy also made this. So . . . yeah.
>>46142484
I've been trying to think of what you could give the SoB to make them stand out, the problem is that they're going to overlap some with SM and IG stuff no matter what.
>>46144107
I'm more weirded out by the proportions than anything.
>>46141783
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sshnuke/sets/72157627330296422/ was quite cool, apart form the horrendous DE ears picture. The sisters were done quite well imo.
>>46142695
All sanctioned psykers do. I imagine the route given in Dark Heresy is the most typical one - the psyker is seconded to the inquisition or recruited from elsewhere, s/he serves as an acolyte, becomes an interrogator. primaris psyker or what have you and is eventually given the rosette.
>>46143085
Generally, inquisitors are supposed to be able to call for aid from any imperial institution and are supposed to receive it. Still, the standard expectation is that an inquisitor asks politely when s/he wants a mother superior to give over several combat squads.
There was a time in the lore, however, when the sisters were considered split between the Ecclesiarchy and the Ordo Hereticus, and a few orders served as the OH's specialized muscle. A lot of people hated it, but I found it quite fitting, what with the whole Byzantine mess the Imperial power structure was and considering how the Sisters and the OH came to be.
>>46143550
40k is very light on non-white models to begin with. You'd think millenia of life on vastly different planets would lead to a lot of skin tone deviation.
>>46144674
It's on the players to give their models skin tone deviation.
>>46144107That tiny bolter is super cute though
>>46110617
Majesticchicken I think. His color selection is pretty dope, really preserved the grimdarkness of the original artwork imo.
>>46140236
Why not a tps where instead of the pc being a one man or woman army, she has allies in the form of the other Imperial factions which help her out from time to time. This removes the cheese, includes other factions and opens up the potential for a really engaging story revolving around one woman's role in a large conspiracy plot/ planetary crisis. I don't see why there can't be a Dark Heresy vidiya where the player can select from six characters to run through a campaign like Diablo or multiplayer/coop like end times. As much as I would like a game solely revolving around the SOB it is not very likely.
>>46140314
Same way that fury meter worked. As you purge the unclean you gain faith which can be spent to gain super sayin powers breifly. Or make it interesting where different amounts of faith can be spent on unlockable acts of faith tailored to whatever genre of game it is.
>>46140236
It'll be a TPS with similar mechanics to Space Marine. It should allow you to create your own Sister and you'll play through a storyline in which you rise through the ranks and have to face things like betrayal by those within the SoB or the Imperium on a whole. Your faith in the Emperor would be tested to its extremes and soon you'll find youself alone (or with that one loyal friend) against a galaxy that it bent on destroying you.
>>46145377
You could do a ME/DA style game where you have a single protagonist player and build a small squad of specialist NPCs.
>>46143641
There is more to the sisters than nun fetishism.
At the beginning, Spave Marines were more generic sci-fi supersoldiers and space cops. SoB were the "Knights in Space" faction. (Joan of Arc in Space, to be precise, with a gold helping of black humor and heavy metal ; it was like redemptionists but with more gear). Depending on how you took the setting, you could play them as anything from paladins to spanish inquisition, including crusaders and monty python's wanabes.
Nowadays, Space Marines have become warrior-monks, so the sisters have lost their niche.
But they're still pretty cool gals IMO, if only because they don't do drugs, unlike the marines (religious incense doesn't count).
>>46145562
Do you even beakie nigga? SMs need to go back to being KNIGHTS IN SPACE! serious. Then SoBs can go back to being what they have always been NUNS IN SPACE!
>>46145562
I like the idea I've heard of putting Sisters of Battle in more roles overall, just to give them more presence. Like using them to hunt down renegade marines, or for guarding VIPs
Basically stuff where you'd want Marines to do it, but the faith and numbers of Sisters will be more useful.
Sisters hunting down Renegade marines aren't going to turn traitor out of any sense of brotherhood, and can simply overwhelm the marines with numbers and meltaguns.
For guarding important sites, a Chapter of marines is going to struggle to put more than a small honor guard of 2-5 marines anywhere, while Sisters can easily muster a dozen or more if needed.
>>46145562
>Spave Marines were more generic sci-fi supersoldiers and space cops
Their knightly/religious bent has been there from the start, and the "generic sci-fi supersoldier" wasn't really around in the late eighties.
>Nowadays, Space Marines have become warrior-monks
pls actually read rogue trader before saying things like that
Do you think, now hear me out, do you think that there are a few traps among the sisters? Femboys who would never meet the standards needed to be spacemarines but wanted to be in power armor enough to pretend to be a girl and be grabbed by the sisters?
>>46145966
Did you just describe my dream? I'd love it if that were true. I doubt it though. I'm not sure what's the Imperium's stance on homosexuality and transgenders but given the way they view most things it's probably heretical to them.
>>46145966
well they would get burned for being cultists or mutants.
>>46146005
Imperium as a whole gives not a singular salted fuck on homosexuality, though individual planets may have issues with it. Not sure about transgenderism though, I don't think I've really heard dick about it.
>>46145966
Don't be fucking stupid who could possible pul-
>Pic Related
... I... I think I need to call the Inquisitor.
>>46141494
>>46141334
I like the order where they send sisters to the minority of worlds that dont experience war.
Apparently those sisters are supposed to marry into the ruling class or some shit and make sure that that they stay loyal to the emperor.
>In the countless worlds under the imperial control, probability dictates that it is not impossible for a handful of them to not live in relative peace.
>Be some noblemans son
>Not wanting to live in a life of unearned privilege, you decide to move out as soon as you were of age and make a life for yourself in some small town.
>Walk back to your tiny apartment after a shift in your part time job.
>Being a student sure is expensive, but it feels good to actually have to work for it.
>You continue to walk idly as you make plans on what to have for dinner.
>Eventually you get home but find that the door is unlocked.
>Did you forget to lock the door again?
>No matter, theres like, no crime in this little town so its no big deal.
>You walk into your living room and see some sort of armored lady sitting on your cheap sofa.
>You blankly stare at each other for a few seconds. "Uh... Is rent already due?" you say awkwardly, trying to disbelieve whats happening before you.
>The lady explains that shes your fiance
>Apparently the imperium sent her to this world when you came of age and your father directed her here.
>Crazy anime hijinks ensue as you try to live your day to day life with a sororita living with you.
>>46146043
Then would the Sisters accept them as a "Sister", I mean on one hand, another Sister to fight with, on the other hand... penis.
>>46145966
The schola progeneum forcibly rewrites the brains of people who refuse to conform, or (in some cases) sends them out into the wilds for use as target practice for the other cadets
No.
>>46145966
I'm going to say that the kind of training and rituals you'd go through at the schola progenia and possible induction would prevent that kind of deception.
>>46146095
>Live your life as best as you can with your new fiance
>Shes also trying her best to cope with her new living conditions
>You receive packed lunches that are horribly horribly burned, occasionally come back home to a wrecked apartment or go on a wild goose chase because of reasons.
>And when you think it cant get any worse.
>You and the Sororita go back home from grocery shopping
>The door is unlocked
>You feel an uncanny sense of dejavu
>You enter the apartment and walk to the living room.
>Theres an armored woman sitting on your sofa...
>Apparently due some clerical error, the imperium accidentally sent two sisters...
>The administatorium refuse to acknowledge this error and pretend it was intentional
>Now the two sisters compete for your affections
>Apparently they are from rival chapters or whatever
>Your battle sister cant be this cute. avi
>>46146095
the order famulous?
>>46146101
Probably not. The Schola is rather strict and very well regulated to keep that sort of thing out.
How do you think Sisters with DD-sized tits manage with that boob armor? I don't think those are made with different sizes in mind.
>>46121048
Looks like Black Library is detailing the ultimate fate of the Sisters of Silence in the new The Beast Arises series. At least according to advertising blurbs leaked by Amazon.
Spoiler alert, things do not end well
>>46146095
>>46146095
I think the Order Famulous is more about arranging marriages between nobles, rather than sending sisters to marry people themselves.
That said, if no nobles were available and the need was dire, I could see it happening.
>>46146171
Pretty sure its a requirement.
>>46146171
The boobs on the armour are ornamental, not literal support cups.
>>46146171
I have a feeling the boob-plate is mostly for looks. It's probably just filled with extra padding dependent on the size of the sister in question.
>>46146095
>>46146117
heh, the writefag thread is still up.
get cracking
>>46145909
>>46145760
Do you think a marine would do pic related in the current fluff ? Beakies were a lot more chill than current marines between two outbursts of roid rage.
>>46145966
Sounds unlikely. You'd have to mystify the medicae, and probably your fellow sisters since I doubt they have individual showers or any concept of privacy inthe grim darkness of the far future.
Maybe a discordant could fool the nurse servitors, though.
Also, the opponets of the Ecclessiarchy would consider that a breach of the decree passive, so expect no mercy from your superiors. A trap is gonna be hunted like a rogue witch.
>>46146383
Daily Reminder that female Space Marines used to be a thing.
Man, Rogue Trader was fucking dank.
>>46146383
>communal sister showers
Gaaaay~
>>46139002
The fuck are you talking about? 40k is stuffed to the gills with anachronisms. The Imperium especially.
Its not like they have to be regular horses anyway. Hell, the church has money to spare. Cyber-familiar horses, cyber-familiar unicorns, power-armored cyber-familiar unicorns with power weapon horns. Maybe not even a horse at all. Go all Age of Sigmar and have them riding some implausible gene-sculpted mount-beasts of some kind.
>>46146383
>Do you think a marine would do pic related in the current fluff
Dependant on the chapter, it might happen so long as the suspect was immediately and absolutely compliant with all orders given to them. I imagine even the most human-friendly chapters would still meet disobedience with bolter rounds. I doubt they would be significantly more merciful than the Arbites, for example.
>>46146437
Daily reminder that dragon magazine had nothing to do with GW, and that's from the days of magazines being able to just print their own shit for other games.
>>46146383
>Beakies were a lot more chill than current marines
Beakies in RT were quite explicitly recruited from psychotic killers of hive gangs and feral worlds, and were in many ways even more steeped in religion than the ones we have now.
>>46146462
One of the Orders /tg/ tried making had tiger/squirrel things because they lived on a forest world
>>46146462
Having the ecclesiarchy's soldiers riding mutant monsters into battle seems like an awful idea.
Which means it's probably what GW would end up doing.
>>46146462
>>46146724
Take an unrepentant sinner. Reduce him down to a sack of still conscious organs. Cram him in the chassis of a cybernetic mount. Done.
>>46141535
>One big aspect of the SoB is that they go up close and personal. They're not a regular military. Their goal is not merely to achieve tactical objectives or follow directives from above. They're zealots, and to them every fight is personal. They go in and smite and purge whatever filthy heretics defy the Emperor. They do it eagerly, and thoroughly, and with their own two hands. Hence why the sniper in particular seems rather unfitting.
Depends on the Order. After all, there is an entire order famous for it's Retributors as the like to have a careful, logical focus.
>>46146828
By that logic the church shouldn't have cherubs because they are disgusting vat grown blobs of flesh vaguely given the shape of human infants with an antigrav unit shoved up their ass.
Face it, the church is full of hypocrites. Anyway, they aren't mutants if its done on purpose. On top of that, the church hates human mutants and believes that the human form is sacred. That's why they ban splicing non-human genes into the human genome. There's no protections in place for animals. The only kind of mutant animals that the church hates are chaos mutants.
Damn, this thread be dead. Post more cute Sisters.
>>46147299
I wish there were beastmen penitents or something
>>46147343
if they are penitent they should say "For the emprah" and blow themselves up. Preferably around other chaos worshippers
>>46147343
They'd be easy to kitbash, you'd just need an appropriate unit to counts as.
The issue with SOB melee is they just don't have the Stats for it.
They either need very, very potent gear to have a chance or some bigger stats.
They go after marines, at Str 3 and are only t3. Getting an Assault unit of them winning is hard and will require a lot of extra rules.
>>46147338
have some sweet heresy anon.
>>46148468
I get the feeling that the Eldar there wants it but has no fucking clue what she's doing because Eldar and the Sonata was kinda forced into it because she's the own said Eldar fancied the most of all the trustworthy options the Imperium could muster up for the Eldar to choose from for an alliance between the two races because both parties got sick of killing each other instead of teaming up to kill chaos, orks, and the even lesser races of the universe.
>>46148468
HERASY!more please
>>46148640
yes...sure.
Coherent sentences anon.
>>46148643
ok
>>46148711
Coherency loses out to speed. Why I want to type this shit out and get it posted so quickly without any proofreading is something I'm not sure I'll ever understand about myself.
>>46148116
GW will give any new models they want to sell retarded stats and special rules.
Reminder that 40k is purely a vehicle for selling models, not making a good game.
>>46148791
>yfw dumb faggots who are bad at the game complain about organizations like the ITC who actively try to make the game more playable based on player feedback
>most of their complaints aren't even based on reality and are just ignorant and inaccurate
>>46148836
>mfw
also post more lewd sisters and banshees.
>>46148836
Trying to turn 40k into a good game is basically that episode of Top Gear where they try to make boats out of cars.
>>46148913
>implying that episode wasn't fucking amazing
AND ONE OF THE CARS ACTUALLY MANAGED TO MAKE THE ENTIRE TRIP
SO FUCK YOU, SET SAIL FOR 40K
>>46146108
It's sometimes easy to forget the Imperium is still ultimately a theocratic/facsis oligarchy because of the cuhrayzee gothic sci-fi aesthetics, then you remember stuff like that.
>>46144802
Sisters technically do come in three varieties white resin grey plastic and silver pewter or at least they did until the immolator got removed so no plastic
