The Emperor Protects ~ Adepta Sororitas ~ A Sisters of Battle Project

SKULLS SKULLS & MORE SKULLS

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After my last post showing the beginnings of my Seraphim flying base alternatives I’ve now finished assembling & undercoated the first part of my Sisters army. Yay! I’ll show you guys the completed Seraphim first & how I went about the extra base detailing.

BRINGING THE WORLD TO LIFE

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After attaching all my Seraphim using brass rod which I detailed in my previous post it was all about adding some extra texture & life to the bases. Where the normal sisters of battle units are within the temple with candles & temple floors I wanted the Seraphim to give the appearance of leaping out of the gates & into the fray. I wanted a mix of ruins & death & with death comes skulls. This is 40k after all!

CROUCHING SERAPHIM HIDDEN SKULL

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The first part of my basing involved using the awesome citadel skull set. I wanted a mixture of both Daemon & human noggins that have taken a flogging & hid them amidst different sections of the bases. I’ve got to say my favourite is the one lodged in the Seraphim Superiors turbine base. OUCH!

GET YOUR ROCKS OFF

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After my girlfriend got a terrarium for her birthday she had a few little pebbles left over which of course like any true war gamer does I stashed away for future use. I smothered the base in more glue than a council estates street party then applied a mixture of these stones here & there to add some texture. From there I filled in the gaps by applying some Citadel Astrogranite texture paint to really complete the scene. I’m chuffed with how they came out & after a primer of Wraithbone everything was tied together.

THE CANDLES ARRIVE

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YES! The candles finally arrived from Kromlech & boy oh frickin boy have they just brought these bases to life. With the temple bases from unreal wargaming combined with these tiny flaming bad boys of awesomeness, I’m chuffed with how they are going to complement my original painted sister of battle.

WHAT COMES NEXT

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It’s not quite painting time yet. I’m going to build the next part of my army first. I have the Repentia, The Penitent Engine, The Repentia Mistress, The Arco Flagellants & finally the Canoness herself left to build. There’s a reason I’ve saved her for last & it’s mainly to see what head I have left in bits that I may use for conversion work. I’ve kept everything else equipped pretty much how the box intends but with the canoness herself I may go in a different direction. Stay tuned for the next one.

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A DOWN & DIRTY ASSEMBLY POST

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I’m going to post some more detailed pics of how assembly is going very soon but I’m still waiting for my candles from Kromlech. At that point I’ll show you guys the full army before priming when it’s based & fully assembled. In the meantime though I thought I would give you a guys a little update on how it’s going including my (I’M WAY TOO DAMN PLEASED WITH MYSELF) alternative flying stands for the seraphim & how I put them together.

MY LIFE IS IN RUINS

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Jeez these project blogs don’t like portrait format pictures so I”ll have to ask you guys to turn your screens over & I’ll only take landscape photos in future haha. So I began by taking some of the Ryza ruins I had spare kicking around from the conquest magazine. I then took a saw to them to get a section that would cover a 32mm base.

BRASS MONKEY

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I then used a 0.5 mm drill bit to drill a hole in the ruin & a hole in the Seraphim’s foot. The using a 0.5 mm piece of brass rod cut to size I dry fit the sister to the ruin. I then glued the brass rod into the foot of the sister which will allow me to remove her for storage ready for the burning of heretics. YES! I tried the flying stands once & then realised HOLY HELL I am not using those things so I’m pretty pleased with this method.

A SNEAK PEAK AT WHAT’S TO COME

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That’s what I’ve assembled so far illustrated with this terrible photo. Like I said I’m waiting for my candles to arrive before I show you guys the full army built which will no doubt be my next post before I start painting. The bases I mentioned in my previous post look frickin great & now I’m using normal 32mm bases for my Seraphim I’ve got a couple spare to base those sisters I picked up at the Warhammer World open day. BONUS!

See you on the slip side

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***** SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES *****

Help! I’m running out of Sister related jokes & I need assistance! Yes I was one of the lucky few who managed to pre order the brand spanking new Sisters of Battle Box Set & holy Emperor is this thing beautiful. I set my alarm for the pre order on the GW website & was driving at the time so got my girlfriend who was sat in the passenger seat to order it for me. I remember shouting “You know those babies you want us to have one day? Well that only happens if you GET THIS ORDER”

& now she is pregnant… KIDDING! Instead I have a new child of the bestest kind. ONE MADE OF PLASTIC! YES!

***** IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT BASE *****

Initially I was going to go for a simple effective desert scheme for the basing on my Sisters army but after painting up my test model (See previous post) I just couldn’t get away from the idea of doing an entire army of candle lit temple goodness. So I made a couple of orders from the awesome Unreal Wargaming Studios & Kromlech for these bad boys! Yes I’ve collected more 28mm candles together than there would be to light an Elton John Stadium tour. CANDLES IN THE WIND BABY!

***** WARHAMMER WORLD OPEN DAY *****

I also made the trip up to Nottingham on Saturday for a celebration of all things sisters at Warhammer World. I’ve got say it was an awesome day. My highlight was getting to talk to the designers behind some of the amazing models on show & even touch them in the reals. Holy Emperor that multi part plastic kit that’s coming for the sisters is chock block full with amazing bits & bobs. Can’t wait for them to hit the shelves in January.

There was even a paint & take station set up in the hall giving people a chance to take away one of the new sisters of battle models. A special thanks must go to my friend for parting with his own Sororitas for the benefit of my holy ranks. YES! I’m also going to be honest & say these are both getting resprayed & rebased with the new resin bases too haha. CHEEKY!

Finally did mention I got the Horn…

I’ve been absolutely absorbed with listening to the Isenhorn novels on Audible recently & even got the chance to meet Dan Abnett outside the toilets at the Open Day. I remember saying “I’M NOT SURE WHAT I CAN WHIP OUT & GET YOU TO SIGN RIGHT NOW” like some obnoxious fan boy before he went & did the Emperors tinkle.

To celebrate such a meeting I thought I’d get the amazing model of the man himself (Yes it needs some gaps filling) Who knows he might even join my sisters in the future to cleanse the heretic.

So that’s another update wrapped up. I’m still waiting for my resin bases & candles to arrive before I start covering myself, the house & the dogs with glue. WOOF! In the meantime I’ll be reading this Codex from front to back. Stay tuned for the next one where assembly begins…

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***** HUMBLE BEGINNINGS *****

As the project description says, when it comes to the Adeptus Sororitas this is indeed my first rodeo. I’ve been a Space Wolves collector up until now but I have to be honest I got a bit tired of:

1. Painting an army pretty much the same colour as it comes out the box. (I always said to my opponents when faced with my unpainted sea of grey models, if you look from really far away & squint it could be pro painted)
2. The ever changing & wildly confusing space marine updates & rules changes. Seriously I was starting to yearn for a HR assistant to play my wolves. JANICE COULD YOU HAND ME THE SHEET ON TOUGHNESS FOR WOLFY MC WOLF FACE…

I decided on the Order of Our Martyred Lady because for once I adored the Games Workshop stock scheme. BLACK & RED BABY! DANGER!

I’d also read the Faith & Fire series by James Swallow & really enjoyed it. I had used the black Templar contrast paint & literally fell in love.

All the blacks & reds here were painted with a contrast base then highlighted up but I’m going to try & create a little step by step. In some ways for you guys but mostly for me so I don’t forget it like I do my loved ones birthdays…

Yes this post is a half arsed beginnings but keep your eyes peeled for when the box gets in my hands.

There will be more plastic in my house than Kylie Jenner in a Lilo shop.

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