You know you're a Sister of Battle player when...

[Aqui]

You know you're a Sisters player (or working towards playing) when you get to about 2K worth (albeit not all painted yet) and then think "Hmmm. Do I carry on with the Mission's worth of Sisters and go for a Commandery, or do I start another Order altogether..?"

 

Or do I aim for both...?

[Naminé]

 

 

when you foolishly read BoLS's codex rankings and think, "My Sisters army can beat every one of those with an all comers list."

Bleargh.

These armies either NEED to have allies or some kind of combo formation.

You know you're a Sisters of Battle player when you can spot the BS.

 

I started out using allies with Sisters because the army is so expensive I couldn't collect them fast enough to field pure lists. Then I kept using allies because GW made it official and it was the new hotness. Then I started playing pure Sisters lists because I finally could and realized that more Sisters is usually better than wedging in point-hogging allies.

 

Also what are these "formations" I keep hear people talking about?

Interesting considering my last tournament experience involved Sisters coming 2nd and Orks winning it.

[MrFlutterPie]

How many orks were in the winning list?  Was it a full army? 

[Naminé]

Standard CAD list. No allies or shenanigans outside of their codex. But this is getting off-topic and so:

 

You know you're a Sisters player when you respect the outflank special rule.

 

When it's unclear as to how big your factions forces are, even in the official fluff.

 

When you forget the psychic phase is a thing.

 

When you take a command squad for the heavy bolter option!

[taikishi]

Or for the multi-melta option!

 

First time I took the five multi-meltas I snap fired at an Ork Trukk from their Repressor first turn and scored four hits! May not seem like much at the time, but popping that trukk let my teammate (wolves) and I hold that flank while the Death Star in the Battlewagon tried to march down the flank where my Exorcists were. Never managed to even do a single hull point to the Battlewagon due to cover saves, but the two Exorcists and my HB Retributors made mince meat of the Death Star once they disembarked to go after the Immolators camping an objective with BSS inside.

 

Also...

 

You know you're a Sisters player when you see your opponent's Tervigon and know you can take it down on turn 1.

You know you're a Sisters player when you take down your opponent's Tervigon on turn 1 and have only fired one Dominion Squad and one Exorcist.

[Interrogator-Chaplain Ezra]

...when you voice your disagreement by shouting HERESY!

 

...when the thought of napalm makes you shiver instead of shudder.

 

...when being accused of heresy is the worst insult anyone can ever level at you.

[Ironheaded]

So many good memories from reading this thread.. will post my own shortly.

 

Here's a few...

 

• When players doubt you've always been a Sister's Player .... and you can prove it by the copyright year stamp on the bottom of the slotta-bases.
• When you purchased Sisters miniatures before starting playing WH40K
• Enjoying the envy that your jump pack Seraphim models were for maaaaaaany years, the only jump pack models sculpted in "flying" poses
• When you rub it in more by doing coversions to extend how high the model is off the base with brass wire (it's how i tell my two Seraphim squads apart.. by height)
• When you change painting method of eyes, cause you getting tired of painting them, and tired of them looking like they staring.   All my sisters, pose dependant, look out the corners of eyes.
• When you get so good at above painting method, and envious player wonders HOW you painted eye-liner on every freaking model.

Edited September 18, 2015 by Ironheaded

[sedibear]

I remember when I started getting interested in 40k, the very first model I saw that grabbed me was the Penitent Engine.

 

On that note, you're a Sisters player when you hear about people complaining how hard a model is to assemble as you look at your nine Penitent Engines and three Exorcists and you're all, "Sure."

Edited September 18, 2015 by sedibear

[Sororita Katya]

Any plastic/metal kit was a pain, my broadsides were a nightmare as well.

But I agree with penitent engines, you feel like you are forgiven of your heretical thoughts and actions by just putting the effort in to build these contraptions.

 

- You know your a sisters player when the opponent asks where your plasma is and you respond with "flamer?"

 

- When your opponent asks what's in your special weapons teams and you respond with "flamer?"

 

- When your opponent has his entire horde wiped out by template rolls and overwatch and he says you're playing a cheesey army...

 

- You know you're a sisters player when your opponent asks if you're running any formations and you look at him with a blank expression

 

- You know you're a sisters player when we're one of the few armies that can get away with being covered in skulls and still looking holy.

 

- You know you're a sisters player when you have a tin that's been sitting there for 8 years with the words "new sisters minis" on it...and you think to yourself that you should have put it in a bank account and made eight years of Interest off of it instead.

 

And finally

 

- You know you're a sisters player when you hear a clunk over in the corner of the tournament gaming floor and give them a knowing nod that you both have armies of pure metal and are heavy as all heck.

 

^_^

[Ironheaded]

+  When you are delayed at the airport for sending your minis thru the X-ray machine, and the TSA wants to look and gawk at the kewl painted army.  (true story... 2004 .. TSA was still kinda new ))   Now the same TSA would call out different inquisitional branch on ya.

[Interrogator-Chaplain Ezra]

...when you can use a small squad to Dreadsock.

[BitsHammer]

...when you can use a small squad to Dreadsock.

I've always thought Penitent Socking would be the more destructive one.

[*Furyou Miko]

Yes, but then you'd have to put the penitent engine back together...

[Chaplain Erasmus]

You know you're a Sisters player when you're mad that you're "only" shooting one strength 8 AP1 missile.

[Tyrius_Of_Baal]

You know your a sisters player when you have more assault weapons than bolters in your army

[Servant of Dante]

...when you look at a Black Templar's faith (zeal) and say "meh"

 

a side note, this isn't threadomancy right? I checked the calendar and it has been less than 90 days since the last post.

Edited November 28, 2015 by Servant of Dante

[Aqui]

You know you're a Sisters player when you're seriously considering a 108 mile round trip to WHW tomorrow, just to get some more resin goodies to bling up Rhinos

 

Stupid as it sounds - it'll be cheaper to drive up there and get it from them than it is to get it through the post. Waiting was never my strong suit in any case...

[*Furyou Miko]

... when something goes out of stock and you sigh instead of getting excited for potential new releases.

 

...when you look at a Black Templar's faith (zeal) and say "meh"

 

a side note, this isn't threadomancy right? I checked the calendar and it has been less than 90 days since the last post.

We'll forgive it... this time.

 

Mostly because the thread should stay alive, it's funny.

[Servant of Dante]

Thanks. I wasn't sure if there was some "unwritten rule" that is more restrictive than the 90 day limit in the forum rules (there was only 60 some days between my post and the one before it).

 

And I figured no one would mind seeing this thread come back to the top.

 

And I was a little jealous of all the zeal on the BT forum, so I figured I could just drown them in praise to the Almighty Light of Mankind, may he reign eternal in glory and majesty

 

*queue hallelujah chorus*

[Knight of the Raven]

You know you play sisters of battle when you break a mugger's skull with your models case.

 

And I was a little jealous of all the zeal on the BT forum

Quality over quantity, my dear.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

...you rock full body armor to a swimsuit contest.

...and you win.

 

You know you're a Sister of Battle player when your "swimsuit" is a full set of power armor... and you're physically strong enough to SWIM IN IT. (Read 'Beowulf' for multiple references to someone strong enough to swim while fully armed and armored.)

 

When you watch Oreimo and think, "Isn't that cute? Big Brother the Black Templar feels stuck in the shadow of Little Sister the Adepta Sororitas member!"

[Blackarmor_redtruth]

You know your a Sisters of Battle player when you see a new gloss black car with black rims, all with red trim and white interior and think, yeah, that fits my color scheme. This happens a lot for me for many things in all black, red/white trim.

 

You know your a Sisters of Battle player when you have to remind your opponent that yes, even our tanks have Faith and no, we weren't just rolling for fun to see if we could get a six.

[Naminé]

You know you're a Sisters of Battle player when you want to charge a Wraithknight.

 

When you have to explain a codex's worth of rules to each opponent before you play.

 

When an Avatar of Khaine player wants to hug you.

[CaptainHelion]

Oh, the Avatar of Khaine, the bane of my existence. I've a friend who's played his Avatar a grand total of four times. All of them against me. I've managed to kill it once.

[Aqui]

You know you're a Sisters player, when you've downloaded Battlescribe to your phone so you can ponder what purchases you need to get your Order to 2.5k (yes, I'm not that far off!) at work on breaks!

 

And that's without taking into consideration a planned Legion of the Damned and Imperial Knight allies units as well! :blink: :lol: