Panzerkopf Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Okay, here's the deal. I got a female figure to use in a headswap with a battle sister. However I ordered it online so I didn't realize that it was wearing glasses. By my logic, a Sister with poor vision would have her eyes augmented in some other way or be disqualified from the orders militant entirely. Likewise, a battle sister would just put her helmet on when it got sunny out so she wouldn't need sunglasses either. The shades this figure is wearing are really screwing up my scene but it's a nice head otherwise. Could anyone here think of a good fluff reason for Sister Elissa to be wearing glasses or do I have to risk screwing up the head by chopping the glasses off? Here's a pic of the figure. It's the one on the right. Which is a girl. In case you didn't already guess. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle captain corpus Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 By gum thoughs are some badly sculpted models...... :rolleyes: Anywho, it will look veeeeerrry weird having her wearign glasses. In fact very few models have them full stop I think. If you really like the head swap just do it, but carve those eyes off and sculpt something else for the love of terra. Man those minis are bad........eeeeuughgh! ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinnerBeta Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Leave it. Worth the Lulz and :cuss factor the enemy will have to go against. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Perhaps you could sculpt just a bit of green stuff around the glasses and turn 'em into tech-goggles of some kind? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerkopf Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 By gum thoughs are some badly sculpted models...... :rolleyes: Anywho, it will look veeeeerrry weird having her wearign glasses. In fact very few models have them full stop I think. If you really like the head swap just do it, but carve those eyes off and sculpt something else for the love of terra. Man those minis are bad........eeeeuughgh! ;) Â Â Dude, is it really that bad? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feor Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It's not really that bad, though you may not want to take my word for it, I still like the old "Gimme-a-hug" carnifex model. :P Â As to your dillema, one word: Psyocculum. Semi-useless piece of wargear, but it makes your model worrk. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charred Heretic Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Retributor or Celestian with Heavy Weapon might have the shades., but you don't have power armor. Â Maybe those models could somehow join the ranks of the Inquisitorial flunkies and weirdos. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerkopf Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Just so that everyone knows what I'm doing here, I'm not using either one of those models whole. I'm just cutting the head off of the female and grafting it onto a Seraphim's body. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Skaav Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It's not really that bad, though you may not want to take my word for it, I still like the old "Gimme-a-hug" carnifex model. :PÂ As to your dillema, one word: Psyocculum. Semi-useless piece of wargear, but it makes your model worrk. Â "Gimme-a-hug" carnifex? You mean those huge hulking Tyranids that can tear a Space Marines head of with their claws, and have a shell as tough as the armour of a Land raider? Â And they're huggable? :D :) :) B). Â But no, I think it would be an interesting head swap, but either be prepared to be asked for a very good backstory if you need one, or as some one else has said, add to them to make them into some form of tech-goggles. Â Although I don't actually have a problem with the concept myself, I could actually imagine some of the older inquisitors wearing such items, and some preachers who can't afford augmentations. I think I've even seen some art work with some people of the Inquisition with these items, might have been in the 3rd edition rules, but don't quote me on that. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptomancer Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Thinking of where I've seen such a thing, remember the science teacher from the movie Starship Troopers? Well, even though those were technically goggles, maybe the sister has sensitive eyes from a burn or something she sufferd from an alien weapon? Â -Crypto Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
panbient Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 call it a fungal infection that increased the risk involved in augmentative surgery or something. eyeball infections suck (which is why i can't wear contact lenses anymore) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feor Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 The "gimme-a-hug" carnifex: http://www.solegends.com/citcat94/cat1994154-01.htm  Back on topic, if you're putting it on a Seraphim, they'd look perfect on a Sister with Twin hand flamers, "the better to watch the heretics burn for their crimes" or something like that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charred Heretic Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I'm just cutting the head off of the female and grafting it onto a Seraphim's body. OK 80s hair. ;) :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredWing Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Mate, leave the glasses and do the headswap. The glasses would look pretty cool on a sister and I bet there aren't many people out there who have got a battle sister with sunnies. Â A bit of variety is a good thing, even in a SoB army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenlar Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Give it to the Seraphim with the Inferno pistols. "I need these to keep the splattering organs out of my eyes when they explode." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerkopf Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Come to think of it, eyeshields are perfectly viable for a sister. In the modern day, troops in Iraq are required to wear ballistic eyewear to protect their peepers from tiny bits of shrapnel. None of them really like to wear them (unless they get the designer ones). But an SOB has the same eyes that a US Marine has. Â I'm just not sure if bitchin' shades fits in with their whole persona. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1532926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor =D= Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Oh they fit just fine. <_< Â Actually I was doing some thinking on it while I was reading and I cant think of a cooler mini than a SoB with a multi-melta and shades. ;) Â =D= Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1533179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerkopf Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Actually, doesn't the Immolator gunner come with shades? At least the FW one does. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1533745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooney Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd leave 'em, and just make sure the Sister that got that head stuck on her PA was toting a flamer/heavy flamer. I can just imagine her grinning righteously as the melting heretics are reflected in the polished surface of her shades! Â Rooney Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1535682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBMAKENZIE Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Reminds me kinda of Neromancer with the grafted Shades....Note to self.... Â But yeah I think they could work out pretty decently. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1536637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuchinawa Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 For what it's worth, In Eisenhorn, Alizabith (sp?) is said to wear glasses. So I suppose you could get away with it. And in 40k Glasses are appearently still around Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1946437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissia Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sisters are normal human beings, so sure. Most of the time they'd wear helmets anyway, where the visors can make up for any biological shortcoming. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1948385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castus Xanthis Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 The glasses are perfectly acceptable. If you absolutely have to get rid of them, you can take GS and sculpt an augmetic optical unit. Think Cyclops from the X-Men. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1948397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Seraphim? Pilot goggles ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1948422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Of Malfeasance X Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 you should give her a cigarette, too Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/132942-is-there-a-justifiable-reason-for-an-sob-to-wear-glasses/#findComment-1948680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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