Bukimimaru

Hey guys, I've been going to 40k events for 6-7 years now (never doing particularly well, but always having fun), and now my FLGS is hosting a Covid-Safe event in 5 weeks time. I've been super exited to take my Sisters of Battle out to an event since they were released but since 2020 has been an absolute nightmare, I've not had the chance to take them anywhere so far. The event is 3 games at 1,000 points, using the first 3 Incursion missions from the core rulebook (not the CA:2020 book). Its only 1000 points and I'm really looking to go fluffy and fun rather than super competitive, so I'm thinking: OoOML: HQ: 1x Basic Canonness (babysitting the Exorcist) 1x Witch-Killer Canonness (Brazer of Holy Flame and Condemner Bolter) Troops: 5x Battlesisters (Flamers) 5x Battlesisters (Storm Bolters) 5x Battlesisters (Storm Bolters) Fast: 5x Melta Dominions (in a Rhino) 5x Serephim (with Inferno Pistols) Elite: 9x Repentia (In reserves with a Mistress) HeavY: 1x Exorcist. Any tips / ideas on how to tweak my list?

Thanks. :) The bases will all be light grey temple themed bases with snow. I've found about 8 different companies who do temple themed bases, so I'm ordering a few from each to see which ones I like best.

I'm very proud of my Celestine. :)

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a starter box so I've been hard at work getting it all prepped for the full release next year. WIP of my Caonness: WIP Repentia: Finished Penitent Engine: I also managed to finish up my Pre-release characters:

My twitter poll came out with a solid "silly fluff is more fun to read" result, so thats what I went for in the end. Here's a little of what I have so far: A Brief History: The Order of the Glass Rose is a subsidiary convent of the Order of Our Martyred Lady. Established on the arctic-planet of Chinchilla XII, The Priory of St. Rumpole is a small convent overseen by Prioress Agnea Plopps. The Priory’s original construction and purpose remains a mystery and its historic records have been marked top secret by the Ministorum, but judging by its remote location, the priory seems unlikely to have ever had any particular tactical or historical significance. Aside from being a sanctified place of worship and home to a number of minor Imperial relics, (such as The Crown of St. Ogenya, The Glaive of Scoliosis, and of course the infamous Fishnets of Lesser Healing.) the Priory is a training ground for the Orphans taken from the Schola Progenium to be raised for the Order Millitant department of the Adepta Sororitas. The young women who are raised here and instilled with the Imperial doctrines of the Ecclesiarchy, trained in the art of war and (assuming all their chores are done) on the last Friday of the month, are given permission to stay up late and listen to 1 episode of the hit Imperial Vox-cast sitcom series “How I Met Your Mortarion”. The only other noteworthy Imperial presence on Chinchilla XII is a small reserve regiment of the Astra Militarum, although it has been rumoured that Inquisitor *redacted* has a base of operations hidden deep within the planets icey mountains. ------------------------------------------ I'm still noodling ideas, I probably wont set anything in stone until I actually have the models in front of me. Its hard to get a feel for the army before I own any actual units.

Well, I've sold a load of my Blood Angel stuff and I've got my FLGS to swear that he'll stash me one of the new Sisters sets when it releases. I have no interest in the arcos that come with the set, and I don't like the ugly dude that comes with the penitent engine, but it will tide me over until the full release in February. In the meantime, I'm getting what little plastic I have ready before the new box arrives. I've got some gold spray coming in the post so I can finally start on St. Celestine (shes been on my shelf for well over a year). Now I just need to decide if I'm going to write some silly fluff like I did for my Redeemers, or if I'll be more serious like I did with my Black Templars. What do you guys prefer, funny Prattchett-esqe fluff, or serious lore-abiding fluff?

I'm not sure what to do for the gun casings, specifically for the bolters. I've always traditionally gone with red for by BA and my BT, but I really like the Blanche-style yellow I used for Virydian and the big old multi-melta. Is there anything anywhere that specifies what colour the gun casings should be? Pic of my Sisters with red cases before I switched to snowy bases.

I am loath to drop any money on any Sororitas stuff this close to the new release, but I'll need a copy for this escalation league to tide me over. Looks like I'm dropping £15 for a digital book that will be redundant in 6 weeks. ^_^* I'm lucky that I at least have the rules for the Repressor in the imperial armoury. lol.

That's fine, I've always chosen a colour scheme first and then used the rules that they reflect. I knew the colour scheme I chose was one of the major orders, but I've no idea what their rules or fluff are. Where can I get a hold of the beta codex? I can't keep up with all the GW book keeping these days. Was it released as an index, part of a campaign book, an FAQ or was it released as a PDF?

The theme for my Sisters army will be that they are protecting an ancient and mostly forgotten on cathedral on a snowy planet, so all the bases will have temple ruins and stone tiles with snow on them. When I saw the pillar bases was the exact height for Virydian I just went with it. She fits in with the others more this way. The last model for my escalation list arrived yesterday and I painted her up last night. I used Contrast paints for the first time, and despite myself I am impressed. This was a quick and dirty 30 minute job and she looks tabletop ready, if not a little sloppy. I'll tidy her up and add the snow before the event, but its nice to know I could get an entire army to this standard in an afternoon. :)

I've joined a monthly escalation league at my FLGS start next month at 500points and going up by a few 100 each month. Unfortunately this starts just before the new Sisters drop, but lucky for me I have exactly 500 points of metal Sisters that can stand in for now. Here's what I'm taking for month #1 (500 points, must have 1 HQ and 2 troops min). HQ - Celestine Troop - 5x Battle Sisters, Flamer, Heavy Flamer combi-flamer and a Power Maul in a Rhino. Troops - 5x Battle Sisters, Melta, Multi-melta, Combi-melta and Power Maul in a Repressor. I've never used them before, so I need to dig out the beta codex from somewhere and have a read about how the acts of faith and stuff work. Anyone got any tips or anything I need to know before I start running practise games in preparation for the tourney? Pic of my Scheme for interest:

We were playing Narrative rules, so the 50% > reserves rule didn't apply. Admittedly it was a d*ck move to keep his army in reserves but he did keep playing after the game "ended" to see how long it would have taken me, so it was all in a friendly spirit. I'm only running Leviathan Hive Fleet rules as that's my colourscheme.

Yeah, I went with the twin Scytals on the Flyrant. I'm struggeling to choose which Warlord traits and Relics to go for, none of them really jump out to me as being super useful. Not that I think we have a lack of viable choices or anything, but they all seems pretty OK, so I never know which ones to go with. As I'm a stickler for tradition, I will always have my Flyrant as my Warlord unless I'm taking my Swarmlord (Bad Larry) who will always get priority. I know they arn't optimal choices as they are easily shot down for an easy Warlord kill, but it feels right in my head that the biggest boy should be the boss. lol. The games went well, the first was against the Howling Griffons as I expected. It was a narrative game and my objective was to wipe my opponent out completely by turn 4, if he had even one model left at the end of the game he wins. He also got a free round of orbital bombardment at the start of the first round, but any of my troops got to respawn for free at the start of my turns. Unfortunately for me, my opponent had his entire army equipped with jump packs or teleport homers, so on turn one he didn't deploy anything. My entire first turn was a bust as there were no targets for me to smite/shoot/eat. At the end of turn 4 he had a single Terminator left hiding behind some ruins, so he won the narrative, but we kept playing for funsies and a well placed spore mine exploded the sneaky git at the start of turn 5. lol. The second game was against a Speed Freaks list, and my dice were hot as hell. The mission was for his Orks to escape off the board by breaking through my lines and getting withing 3" of my board edge. Turn 1 I had blown up 2 Trukks, a Battlewagon and all of his bikers. By turn 2 his army had been entirely devoured. I felt pretty bad about laying such a beat down, but we had a great laugh as the game went on so I don't think there were any hard feelings. I think my next game will be against the Howling Griffon player again, but we'll be back to Matched pay rules, so no more null-deployment shenanigans. lol. What do you guys think about the relics / Warlord traits. Do you have any "go to" choices?

She's done! (At least until I decide on how to base my army) Now to get to work on that Haruspex I pledged to complete by the end of the month. >_< On Saturday I have a Narrative event down at my FLGS and I'll be playing against mostly Orks and Marines. I know for sure my first match is against my friend Sam's amazingly painted Howling Griffons (I'll try and get some pics of the game because his models look sweet). It'll be a few 75PL narrative games with customer scenarios followed by pizza and beer, so pretty much my idea of a perfect night. Here's my list for the day: Flyrant - Scytals + Norncrown Broodlord 15x Genestealers 20x Horms 3x warriors - Deathspiters, Talons and a Strangler 3x Hiveguard 3x Spore Mines 1x Exocrine 2x Screamer Killers It's not the most bad ass or OP list, but its got everything I associate with classic nids: Genestealers, Hormagaunts, Hive Guard, Carnifexes and then a couple of gunbeasts for dakka. :) I'm trying to get them all 3 color minimum by Saturday, but that leaves me with 13 Genestealers to paint up in 2 days. T_T

Nearly finished Broodhilda, just some work to do on her claws and tongue then I can shelf her. I'm still stumped as to how I'm going to base these guys. My Black Templars have martian red bases, my Necrons and Blood Angles have rocky grey bases so I'd like to avoid those colors. I'm worried that a pale sandy color would blend in with their skin-tones too much. Anyone got any suggestions?