I'm planning on picking up the Retributor kit at the same time and seeing if that helps to give more options.Yes, I took a glance at the assembly instruction and saw that basically each sister body has about two options of assembly and that's it.
They have so much character though, can't be mad about it.
I'm planning on picking up the Retributor kit at the same time and seeing if that helps to give more options.
I'm planning on picking up the Retributor kit at the same time and seeing if that helps to give more options.
Ooh I didn't think of that, yeah.I have the Retributor kit too and it seems like there are enough bits to build two of each heavy weapon, so you can equip a mini from the Battle Sisters box with a heavy, but I haven't tested how well they fit.
If it was available I'd grab the canoness too, as that's bound to have a stack of extras! :-) Am hopefully going to pick up the kits and the book tomorrow.
Eek!While on the topic, the Sister with Heavy Bolter was major paint to assemble. At one point you have to clue in nine(!) different spots at the same time and take care for everything to line up.
That looks great!
One suggestion though, and this is something I see overlooked quite often. The pistons the machine uses for moving around should be quite shiny and greasy while everything else should be worn and dusty. Othervise it looks like the machine has not moved for ages.
Oh god yeah, this is just the base layer for the frame, if it was a knight or dreadnought this stage would be the equivalent of leadbelcher - nuln oil. All the pistons will be nice and shiny silver, I'll be picking out pipes and cabling, brass for certain pieces etc.
This looks like such a good basis for the project! How have you achieved that effect so far?With those dreads and kans done I'm back to my main project now. Have been trying out a technique to make metal look ancient/stressed/worn and 'bruised' for my Warbringer's body, really happy with the results. There's a few spots which need a top up or which I missed but they're going to have to wait for a paint run.
That's really interesting, thanks for that!So far it's 100% airbrush. I primed in leadbelcher, then large random patches of a cold purple and large, occasionally overlapping patches of a kind of fleshy/ochre colour. Then overlapping/focused patches of red, blue and purple washes. Washes behave completely differently through an airbrush, more like a filter than a wash and it won't settle into recesses etc.
Finally a generous layer of Seraphim Sepia (literally an entire pot) airbrushed over the whole thing to give it that brassy look. The guy whose technique this is described it as the metal being 'bruised' which I think is a perfect description - this thing is meant to be thousands of years old - some areas are exposed to more pressure than others, some areas twist or are heated or take more strain than others, those underlying blues and purples etc. really convey that.
Yes, as they generally contain the most 'current' lore for that faction, laid out well in terms of typography as well as often hints for the future, the most recent art and of course the pics of the model range. They are expensive, but I've just picked up the Adepta Sorioritas one when I've got no intention of playing 40k any time soon, as the guide to how the faction is organised and the recap of the lore is useful even as someone more interested in the lore and painting the minis. I wanted to know how an Order Minoris works and see some alternate paint schemes that aren't the main scheme they use, and the book has that. Inevitably it's pretty much all online if you want to search through the various forums, but considering the book is less than the price of a squad, I'd always recommend picking up the ones for the factions you like even if you only like to read the stories and look at the minis and art.Are Codexs worth buying if you don't actually play, just for the lore and images?
Are Codexs worth buying if you don't actually play, just for the lore and images?
This is a really good point, as often codexes rehash, for example, the timeline detailing the history of a faction, key events etc. They might rewrite them, or make past 'current' events more concise to focus on 'new' major flashpoints instead, but the history still comprises a large chunk of the lore after 30+ years.If you don't find the very latest lore developments and pictures of the latest miniatures of high value and rather enjoy the general setting of 40k, I suggest getting some older edition books as they can be found for cheap. The current edition is 8th, so older than that. I'd say from 3rd to 7th Codexii and rulebooks.
Thanks! I was going to enter him in a local gaming store contest but I think they aren't holding it anymore. He will have to settle for killing loyalists on my kitchen table.
I'm sure he'd be happier doing that, he's not one of Fulgrim's lapdogs :DThanks! I was going to enter him in a local gaming store contest but I think they aren't holding it anymore. He will have to settle for killing loyalists on my kitchen table.
"CAN I TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE WORD OF LORGAR SIR!"I'm sure he'd be happier doing that, he's not one of Fulgrim's lapdogs :D
I'm assuming the lovely gore effect on the hammer head and the skull on the ground implies what happens if you say 'sorry, I don't have time for heretic falsehoods'!
How is this bundle for an intro to the series??Hey guys this might interest some in here. Humble bundle have multi language warhammer and 40k books on a bundle. Includes some like the Carrion Throne and Dark Imperium
Link to HumbleBundle
Excellent.
Very good!
Asmodai is great.
Usually the paperbacks follow and are 6-12 months behind.Question about the Black Library for you guys : how do their releases work? I'm interested in the Farsight books but I see Empire of Lies is available in paperback and the new Crisis of Faith is hardback.
Are they going to print Crisis in paperback too? I don't really want to mix the book types and I don't really like e-books.
Ah, perfect. I'll get the forst and wait for the paperback 2nd.
The Cain book?Also decided against getting the Greater Good collector's edition. It's way too expensive (more than twice the price of regular hardcover!) just for 16 pages of short stories and some extra art. I'll just grab the regular hardcover one.
Book V of the Psychic Awakening series.
Oh, right!