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Post by emptyhat on Jun 30, 2016 17:34:24 GMT -5
Ok, so now that the pledge manager is open and people here who happened to pledge are making there orders we must all face the reality of actually getting stuff done with our sweet drop of resin and/or white metal.
So this is the place to post what you decided to get, what you're planning on doing with it and then once it comes progress reports.
Although I had originally planned to mostly get regular battle sister troops and Icariates I've been a little put off by some of the final results and rather impressed by some of the other boxes I didn't expect to like. So in the end I settled for:
1x Daughters of the Crucible troops and 1 command.
1x Davidians troops and 1 command.
1x Icariates troops and 1 command.
1x Knights of the Chalice troops and 1 command. (these models look like the're going to be fantastic)
1x Regular Sisters troops and 1 command.
1x Arthenya VI The Archpapes.
1x Ascended Sister Erzebel, Great Seraphim.
1x Sister Reyallia, Sanctifier of the First Legion.
1x Sister Trematta, Field Resurectrix.
1x The Huntress.
I'm planning on painting these up with a different colour scheme to my GW sisters and using them to both supplement my SoB forces and to fight against them, since I haven't seen much Sisters vs Sisters stuff. So I need to work out how to field the Daughters of the Crucible and the Knights of the Chalice (I suspect I'll be trawling through the fanmade units on Dakka for that). I also need to work out what to use for their motorpool. I have been thinking about using one of the Tamiya M113 1:35 Plastic Kits.
I'm open to suggestions and interested in hearing what the other IGMB backers are going to do with their stuff.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jun 30, 2016 18:10:46 GMT -5
My order was a bit different, but I also think I may have thrown more money at them.
x6 Sisters regular troop boxes (to make three squads of 10)
x2 Sisters troop HQ boxes (for a Sororitas command squad and a Dominion squad)
1 each of the Davidian boxes (for a full Repentia squad)
1 each of the Icariates boxes, plus wings to replace the jump packs (1 squad of 10 seraphim or two of 5, haven't decided)
1 each of the Knights of the Chalice boxes (to run as Deathwing Knights if the allies matrix lets me)
I also grabbed Altarii, Erzebel, Reyallia, Trematta, and the Huntress, plus that Templar mini.
I'll need to see the wargear on the sprue before I decide what exactly I'm doing, but I'll most likely need a hell of a lot of rhinos
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Post by treadiculous on Jul 1, 2016 7:12:18 GMT -5
dammit those jailbird trikes look cool... thinking to proxy as tauros venators from the elysian list
not available to purchase individually as far as i can see though.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jul 1, 2016 16:15:53 GMT -5
I've now come to the terrible realization that, if I run these wtih Dark Angels allies to use the Knights of the Chalice as Deathwing terminators, that means I can use DA flyers too.
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Post by treadiculous on Jul 1, 2016 18:15:22 GMT -5
please bear in mind this is optional, the consequences of your decision may be harmful so chose carefully.
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Post by emptyhat on Jul 1, 2016 19:18:29 GMT -5
I've now come to the terrible realization that, if I run these wtih Dark Angels allies to use the Knights of the Chalice as Deathwing terminators, that means I can use DA flyers too. I was thinking about using the DA flyer for Avengers, assuming FW put out some updated rules for their flyers. |
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jul 1, 2016 19:38:00 GMT -5
That's a really good idea. If you replaced the bolters with the lascannons the kit comes with, and run the Avenger with a pair of missile launchers, all your wargear would be right on the model.
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Post by Paimon on Jul 3, 2016 16:13:41 GMT -5
I am getting Cosmic to paint my stuff because I've managed to paint only one of the original TGG models that I got. My list is below:
1 x Ascended Sister Erzebel, Great Seraphim (Sisters - F/SF)
(Material: Spin-Cast Resin)
1 x 5 Angels - Command Group (Sisters - F)
1 x 5 Icariates - Command Group (Sisters - SF)
1 x 5 Icariates - Troopers (Sisters - SF)
1 x 5 Sisters Regular Troopers - Command Group (Sisters - SF)
3 x 5 Sisters Regular Troopers - Troopers (Sisters - SF)
1 x Freebies
2 x Angel wings for Icariates x5
4 x 1 Sister Regular with Fusion Gun
The goal is to have enough fusion guns to have two dom squads with four 'melta' guns each. Two regular BSS's with flamers, Celestine and Icarites with wings for Seraphim. Also Angels because I really like angels.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jul 3, 2016 21:35:30 GMT -5
The goal is to have enough fusion guns to have two dom squads with four 'melta' guns each. Two regular BSS's with flamers, Celestine and Icarites with wings for Seraphim. Also Angels because I really like angels. If you need fusion guns, I'll have a look at what's left after I build mine and send you the spares. I also have lots of proper meltas so I could use those instead. |
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Post by Paimon on Jul 4, 2016 13:33:05 GMT -5
I should have enough. Because I got four additional Fusion gun wielding sisters, I'll have four of those, plus one from each of the squads that I got, for 8 total. This should be sufficient unless basic arithmetic is proven false and the curtain of reality comes falling down.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jul 4, 2016 14:32:50 GMT -5
It's been known to do that.
I have this horrible thought in the back of my mind that GW is going to see this and decide to kill off Sisters as an army rather than try to launch a competing line. They did something similar with some special characters after the Chapterhouse Studios lawsuit.
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Post by emptyhat on Jul 4, 2016 19:42:42 GMT -5
What GW should really do instead is build upon their rather nice recent standard of plastic mono-poses, and board game releases and give us a tower defence game in which plastic Sisters attempt to hold a cardboard monastery from an endlessly re-spawning wave of either Necrons or Tyranids. And use that as an indicator for a proper range of multi-part Sisters.
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Post by emptyhat on Jul 5, 2016 18:30:00 GMT -5
So given that I'm going to be both allying my GW ad TGG sisters and pitting them against one another I'm going to need a colour scheme that stands out enough to distinguish them but also is reasonably complimentary. I was thinking of something along these lines for the TGG ones:  The GW ones are following this scheme:   Painting that sort of pink washed over white might be a little troublesome but I think it could look good. And the Imperial factions they might be buddying up with are my Imperial Guard, as seen above, or my currently very dated, Black Templar  |
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Post by emptyhat on Aug 6, 2016 19:15:32 GMT -5
Oooh, package from France. Looks like the first part of my order is here.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Aug 6, 2016 22:48:34 GMT -5
What did you get?
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Post by emptyhat on Aug 7, 2016 2:30:44 GMT -5
The daughters of the crucible. Both my troops and command are listed as Sci Fi but the command looks suspiciously like it might be a fantasy pack. I'll have to re-check vs their pictures but I'm not too broken up if it is. Arthenya VI The Archpapess (her coat and backpack look amazing) Sister Trematta (the medic/hospitaler. Also looks really good) The Huntress (witch hunter looking inquisitor type) All the freebies. So it's a nice start, I'm a bit lost on what to do with most of the freebies but having them first will give me a chance to experiment on cleaning, priming and painting this resin. I haven't seen any real casting issues yet, I've only seen one extremely minor issue on the surface of one of the dresses which should be a breeze to fix. Some of the models in the freebie selection look so incredibly fragile though, some of the swords for the Crucible sisters too. I feel like I might have well have already broken Shaliah she looks so breakable that I've just accepted that it will happen at some point (cool concept though). The cleaning instructions include leaving them to air for 5-7 days to evaporate some of the medium, then cleaning in a 50/50 mix of water and simple green, then cleaning in warm water and drying. And a suggestion that step 2-4 can be repeated until they seem un-greasy. So it will be a week or so before I can prime the first four I've got out to practice on. Bright side for that is that will give me a week to paint some Wyches and Talos to get my DE to 500 points of painted stuff. Oh! And I have some TGG1 bits I got from their shop that I've already cleaned, that can fill in the where patience fails  Looking at the new models and the older ones they seem to have got more ambitious more heavily detailed and more fragile, and perhaps even more cheesecakey since some of the Crucible sister could just as easily be painted as only wearing those amazing boots they have as they can be painted with a very skin tight swimming suit habit. I'm just going to charger my camera battery and then I can upload some photos. Any requests? |
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Aug 9, 2016 17:29:52 GMT -5
My freebies, and three hero models (the huntress, Tematta, and the Seraphim hero) just got shipped. Looking forward to seeing their quality in person.
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Post by emptyhat on Aug 10, 2016 19:23:40 GMT -5
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