I have not played 40k since the mid 00's, but a couple of
months ago I really enjoyed a game of Combat Patrol (40k light with
fixed forces). It would have been easy to go Nids (which I have played
in campaigns) or Marines, or revert to Tau or Grey Knights, my two
previous forces, but I decided to try something different. Very
different. Which has been tempting me for a while and always fascinated
me as a design concept.
Sisters of Battle or Adeptus Soritas. Nuns with guns. Utter loony loyalists with religous fervour, armour, guns, iconography and fanatical devotion toThe Pope The Emperor!
So, over the next (insert indeterminate) period of time, I will be building, painting and posting about the Adeptus Soritas Combat Patrol.
Starting unit - Th'Arcoflagelents. Sorry, arcoflagelents, but from the North - "Lots of Planets have a North!"
Various heratics, criminals and others who are subjected to punishment by mind alteration, limb removal and then made charge the enemy and whip them to death. One of them only forgot to renew their library book!
The rest of the time they are mentally force fed fluffy pacifying imagery to sedate them.
Not a hard paint job, but a right pain to build! Lots of fiddly bits that dropped off at random moments and unclear attachment points for limbs etc. Honestly, I can see why so many people give up on them. A lot of the parts did not need to be there, like the faces as seperate pieces. At one point, I dropped them and spent a day trying to work out which arm went where (at least one has two left arms).
I decided to sculpt all the bases as flagged or cobbled, as most games seem to be an ruined urban environment. Even 38000 years into the future, the Empire is still plauged by dodgy pavers!
Definitely mad ideas for figures, very animated poses though.
Storage is going to be interesting too, going to be lots of tangled whips, and I have no idea whether they will fit the figure foam I bought for them.
Sisters next.
Sisters of Battle or Adeptus Soritas. Nuns with guns. Utter loony loyalists with religous fervour, armour, guns, iconography and fanatical devotion to
So, over the next (insert indeterminate) period of time, I will be building, painting and posting about the Adeptus Soritas Combat Patrol.
Starting unit - Th'Arcoflagelents. Sorry, arcoflagelents, but from the North - "Lots of Planets have a North!"
Research 6/10, Build 2/10, Paint 6/10, Fun 7/10
Various heratics, criminals and others who are subjected to punishment by mind alteration, limb removal and then made charge the enemy and whip them to death. One of them only forgot to renew their library book!
The rest of the time they are mentally force fed fluffy pacifying imagery to sedate them.
Not a hard paint job, but a right pain to build! Lots of fiddly bits that dropped off at random moments and unclear attachment points for limbs etc. Honestly, I can see why so many people give up on them. A lot of the parts did not need to be there, like the faces as seperate pieces. At one point, I dropped them and spent a day trying to work out which arm went where (at least one has two left arms).
I decided to sculpt all the bases as flagged or cobbled, as most games seem to be an ruined urban environment. Even 38000 years into the future, the Empire is still plauged by dodgy pavers!
Definitely mad ideas for figures, very animated poses though.
Storage is going to be interesting too, going to be lots of tangled whips, and I have no idea whether they will fit the figure foam I bought for them.
Sisters next.
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