Ripper.McGuirl Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 So, I was at the US Gamesday when they first had the preview minis of the Sisters of Battle. I bought the box the day it came out, and then, later, I bought the codex the second it came out of the box at the store I went to at the time. I never really had the money to sink into an all metal army, so I never really got them off the ground, though I always, ALWAYS wanted to run a Sister's army. This spring, a friend of mine actually had one laying around and just gave it to me, so now I have 3000 pts of Sisters to paint, on top of all my other armies. I'm trying a new "techinque" where I try to actually get through an army in a reasonable amount of time, and this squad is the first batch of models with this new army painting philosophy...Let me know how you feel. I have spent the bare minimum amount of time on each one and have left quite a few mistakes in there for the stake of time. I want them to look done and considered, but I don't want to labor over them. I think I have a good balance. I'm struggling a bit with my photo-rig, so hopefully the pictures don't look too awful. http://ripper.everettconsulting.com/Miniatures/SoB/Sister.jpg http://ripper.everettconsulting.com/Miniatures/SoB/Sister_Squad1.jpg http://ripper.everettconsulting.com/Miniatures/SoB/Sister_Squad1A.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Furious Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 wow very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Cohen Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Yeah when you said you left a lot of mistakes in there I was expecting some pretty bad models. Those look very nice, and could be fielded without problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxx Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 First, I love your work. However, the first pick looks like the Sister has a beard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 AWESOME! Really love the bone coloured armour. Here are some suggestions for errors I have noticed though: -on the first gal I would wash the metal Badab Black (mainly on the bolter) and Highlight the bolter casing, -I would also paint the grenades and purity seal wax a different colour from the armour, -You also need a bit of alteration in the hair colour on the squad, -The armour could also do with a bit of contrast on it, the red robes look could but there's something missing, can I suggest you paint any symbols/aquilas/trims etc a dark colour. Black could work really well. Sorry if I seem to be nagging and picky but I only hop to help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripper.McGuirl Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 Thanks guys! I'm glad you all like them, I've never done a "speed-painted" army, so I was nervous. Bloodhowl, your points are all totally valid. I should go back and paint the seal a different color, I just forgot. The grenades are actually camo green, maybe they came across weird. I'm probably going to leave the bolters the way they are... I know they could use highlighting and washing, but I really, truly want to avoid that as much as possible. The hair I was going to have dyed black on all the models, but vary the skin tones quite a bit instead. I may go back and add some streaks of a diff. color for some of the Sister Superiors and characters. I was actually going for a low contrast look with the trims/symbols, so I went with the bronze and bone colors. Again, your points are all totally valid and I don't disagree on any of it, really, I'm just going for a specific goal: Paint this things as fast as possible. I've got them down to 20 mins a model. Spray bone, blood red, brazen brass, chainmail, bestial brown for pouches (and some faces), camo for the grenades, a dab of turqouise for the sights, black on the bolters, and varying browns for faces. Then I used army painter strong-tone on the whole model, applied with a brush, and let it sit over night. Matte spray, base, done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainForge Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I like them very much. I used the same paint colors on my SOBs. I found painting the metal Sisters was very enjoyable. Always enjoy seeing Sisters painted up. Post more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripper.McGuirl Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 I'll try and get more done soon...I have one more squad primed. Then I have about 1500 more points worth of gold spray paint to strip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain belisarius Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 nice...i wish gw did plastic sob...:evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Very nice! I too recommend getting some Badab Black on the gun metal - it's really quick and easy but works wonders as pure metallic paints tend to "shine" a bit too much otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogus Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I think these look real good! Aside from the previous suggestions, I wouldn't add anything else. Amazing work for 20 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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