Alternative Modeling Ideas

[IK Viper]

I am looking to include a sisters of battle allied contingent to my Blood Angels force and I am in wanting to tyr to convert theses ladies, I wonder if the community has any ideas on this, I am looking at kit bashing together a DE Wytches Squad box and a DE Kabilite Warrior Squad, mixing in Hvy Bolters and Bolt guns in there to create my Sisters squads, but would be very excited to hear any ideas the community has on alternative modelling ideas for the Daughters of the Emperor

[carnosaur93]

hmm. yes, i would defenitly say that this seems to be the way to go. it would take quite a deal of hard work though, and the bolters will likely seem quite oversized on DE models... but yeah, i think its the best way to make plastic SoB using GW stuff (there might be better ways with models from other companies, but nothing springs to mind)

[*Furyou Miko]

Unless you want to shell out fethloads on Immolators (And I mean insane amounts of money) to get plastic SoB torsos (each Immolator box comes with exactly 1 torso, front half only, in Sororitas power armour, and 2 heads - 1 with a headset, 1 with a helmet), it's pretty much your best bet... however, it will take so much modelling work that you may as well just sculpt your own.

[greatcrusade08]

Unless you want to shell out fethloads on Immolators (And I mean insane amounts of money) to get plastic SoB torsos (each Immolator box comes with exactly 1 torso, front half only, in Sororitas power armour, and 2 heads - 1 with a headset, 1 with a helmet), it's pretty much your best bet... however, it will take so much modelling work that you may as well just sculpt your own.

 

can you not buy the bits from bits sites?

[*Furyou Miko]

In theory, you can.

 

Good luck finding any.

[IK Viper]

so i gather you guys pay the $15 per model that GW sells the stuff for?

[Naminé]

so i gather you guys pay the $15 per model that GW sells the stuff for?

 

Here is my personal buying habit for Sisters:

 

1. Look for non-GW models that are suitable for the unit in mind. This is out of principle on my part that I want to support rival companies to GW, plus there are some really nice models out there. This is not good if you play at Official events and the like.

 

2. Check ebay and other sites for Second hand sisters. Only buy what you need for your army, and be prepared to let some lots go. More will always appear. This is still way more expensive then any other army, but at least it's cheaper then new.

 

3. Ask around with friends, put the word out that I want sister's models of any condition. This is difficult but many people in the hobby have the odd random mini here, and another one there, that they will never use. I recently acquired some badly painted battle sisters which had been covered in green stuff chaos tentacles... Those were easily pulled off, and now I have a full squad of sisters ready for painting. Final cost: free.

 

 

That's about all I can do in the current climate. Nearly everything else is more expensive then simply buying the models new, or ridiculously time consuming. Either way you're going to be paying a decent amount for a sister's army :D

[IK Viper]

can anyone suggest some of the retailers / alternate model websites they use? I have looked around and thought about using Infinity models but I am pretty sure they are alot bigger then 40k scale is that correct?

[greatcrusade08]

i just made my own army using converted scout models.

they are ultramarines using SOB rules..

 

best of both worlds

[Fredegar Kadere]

Infinity is a different scale. They are not heroic in proportions so appear 'dainty' next to a GW model. The models from Infinity will be slightly taller, but the appearance of the 1mm - 2mm difference will come down to the pose. A full army/detachment in the same scale works nice, but mixing and matching different scales within a squad can be noticable and jaring. I will second Namine suggestion on sources for buying actual GW models. My Sororitas army was purchased second-hand from locals, with the more esoteric pieces coming direct from GW or fee-Bay.

 

Hasslefree Miniatures and Reaper Miniatures have some sci-fi female powered armor figures, but they better fit the Carapace Imperial Guard look than Adepta Sororitas. Keep in mind that unless you go the modified Dark Eldar Wyches, Kabalites, and Eldar Guardians with green/brown/grey stuff modification you will be working with metal.

[Naminé]

I agree Reaper minis are always good and I've used some in my army. Rather then looking directly for Sisters try some creative thinking, and a bit of modding. This helps you get your models easier, but also lets you field something unique! ;)

 

Even among GW products you can make some savings. Deff dreads and Dread Knights can turn into Penitant engines, whirlwinds can be exorcists, etc.

 

Stay away from Infinity models as others have said. They're great minis but have different proportions to 40k.

[*Furyou Miko]

I get mine of Ebay when I buy new Sisters infantry... but for vehicles, it's Forge World all the way, and then just scavenge unused bits off old sprues I've begged, borrowed and you know how the phrase goes from other people. My brother's unused Black Templar and Blood Angel sprues are a good source, and my mother's Brettonians are occasionally a good source of iconography, although she hasn't bought anything in years. ^^;

 

Forge World Exorcist is about £8 cheaper than the GW Exorcist, and Repressor full kits are better than Rhinos from GW in every way. The only GW Sisters' model I'd actually consider buying is the Immolator, and that's because for every Immolator kit, you get enough icons and shiny bits to not only make the Immolator, but to decorate 3-4 other vehicles/models as Sororitas as well!

[Hymirl]

Which reaper models did you find work? I know of the Female Nova Corp Officer but there is only one pose of her...

[Azekai]

My brother's unused Black Templar and Blood Angel sprues are a good source, and my mother's Brettonians are occasionally a good source of iconography, although she hasn't bought anything in years. ^^;

Dang, Miko, I want to have your family. :devil:

 

In lieu of somehow getting the old and rare metal models, kitbashing DE and scout bits seems like the best approach, but that isn't saying a whole lot.

[Sume]

Sister models do not have a lot of variety of posses. Expect ya does look like you will be working with mostly metal, or the kit bashing idea. Good luck in your search.

[IK Viper]

After much "sprue scouting" on dakka and bit sites I think what I am going to try is a Wytch squad with power armor backpacks and bolter toting arms (no shoulder pad b/c its to big) I will have to shave alot of spikes and stuff and I need a way to model the robes or atleast load them down with talbards, I am also looking at getting a DA bitz and the plate things that Terminators have beside their head to shave down to use as shuolder pads

 

I got the wytches coming in this weekend and it will be a few weeks before I can probably amass all the pieces in order to actually make a finished model but Ill upload what I come up with, unless it's crap lol

[*Furyou Miko]

Only thing I can suggest for making robes is milliput (grey stuff). Much easier to work than green stuff. Just make strips the right length and press them together on the model to make the robes.

[IK Viper]

no experience with green stuff but I plan to try it at some point, I mostly just kit bash and file stuff, any experience with actual cloth? is this a crazy idea?

[*Furyou Miko]

Actual cloth is an absolute :censored: to work with in 28mm. It can be made to hang right, but it requires specialist paints to colour and attaching it to the model is a nightmare, since standard super glue makes it go manky and horrible.

[Runepriest2007]

You could use an empty, cleaned out toothpaste tube for the tabards and cloth.

 

Simply cut the tube to size, prime, and paint. The nature of the material allows for some flexibility of movement.

 

 

Runepriest

[IK Viper]

I kit bashed the wytch squad together and it comes out pretty nice, need to take a pictuere but I am very happy with how they came out, SM arms without shoulder pads look pretty good actually, specially if they are holding bolters since the hand size is somewhat obscured. I find that the hands are the one thing that looks oversized, I also used alot of pouches and granades around the waists to beef up the body a little, ill try and get pictures up soon,

 

I used them last night and they were pretty nice as a complement to my BA army, my opponent forgot about how flamers destroy swarms and I ended up doing 14 wounds with just 2 flamers last night, I read him the Swarm special rule and his face dropped ... lol I killed 6 bases of scarrabs with that one turn of shooting, not bad for their first day out

[IK Viper]

Ok this is sad but I can't figure out how to add pictures :-( but I have managed to create and album of them in the Gallary titled "Sisters of Battle Conversion" can anyone help me with me technical deficiency :-( how do I upload images to a post

[greatcrusade08]

alot of people use www.photobucket.com to host thier pics.

you upload them straight from your desktop.

once on there you simply copy and paste the image location (URL code)

[*Furyou Miko]

Not bad (viewed them in the gallery), but you might want to take a knife/file to the pointy bits on their ears and smooth out some of the sillier DEldar hairstyles.

[miteyheroes]

From the gallery:

It's a nice idea, and I think it's worked ok. I think kabalite warrior arms (with spikes shaved off) would have looked more like classic sisters of battle, but also you'd be looking too much like just plain dark eldar - and replacing all the guns would have been a task... So this is a nice compromise.