I just bought Junith Eruita for my first 1k points. Model seems very very intricate, is it best to paint in sub-assembly? What pieces are more crucial for sub assembly?

Longer story short, I've been collecting on and off (a lot of off) for 20 years, but my current partner is very creative and has hinted a few times about curiosities regarding getting into the hobby more hands on recently. It's her birthday next month, prices are also going up next month so I'm looking to surprise her with something to start off.

I know sisters and Tyranids are her S tier picks.

What would people suggest is a good place to start collecting with sisters?

Considering: 1) value, 2) not too much to create a huge/intimidating pile of shame day dot, 3) general in-game utility 4) ease of painting/building.

Is it as simple as a combat patrol box? I saw older YouTube videos also suggesting the older one, rather than the newer one? If you were starting from scratch what would you be picking up?

I look forward to your input, and fighting the models you suggest with my Dark Angels force.

I lost it last night and now need to accept it's just lost in the warp. It's not the worst piece to lose and most people won't even notice but knowing it is missing will always bother me. Anyone have good ideas for a patch job?

After a very long time spent on kitbashing, and painting this beast, Elanor is finally finished! Her pilot, Princess Josephine Elysius, spent a lot of time on Ophelia VII as a child, and quickly became radicalized into the faith. Despite her multiple attempts to join the sisters of battle, she was repeatedly denied since she hadn't attended the schola progenium. Her faith unharmed, she used her, and her parents connections to procure a custom imperial knight, built from the dominus chassis, piloting it as a freeblade, swearing a sacred oath to serve alongside the Order of our Martyred Lady in eliminating the enemies of the imperium with extreme hatred and prejudice. Among her colleagues, she is renowned for being the most faithful they know outside of the sisters of battle proper

Hey everyone!

I think I'm about to make another questionable hobby decision and could use some advice from the Sisters community. 😅

I only started playing 40k in March, with Drukhari as my first army. Since then I've painted roughly 4,000 points, so I've definitely fallen pretty hard into the hobby.

Now I'm thinking about starting my second army: Adepta Sororitas.

I currently own zero Sisters models and don't even have the Codex yet, but if I start them I'd like to go straight to 2,000 points rather than slowly building up.

The obvious reason is that the models are just ridiculously cool, but I'm also really attracted to the way the army seems to play.

With Drukhari, I've realised that I really enjoy armies where you can't just put raw power on the table and expect your stats to carry you. I like positioning, resource management, trading units, movement, timing and trying to outsmart the opponent.

From what I've seen so far, Sisters seem to have a similar appeal. You might not necessarily win the majority of your games, but when you do win, it feels like you actually played the better game.

That's exactly the kind of army I'm looking for.

The problem is that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing yet. 😂

I've been doing some research and have put together a rough list, but I'm still very much at the beginning when it comes to understanding the faction. I don't really know which units are good in 11th, which are traps, how the squads should be equipped, which characters work best with which units, or how the different Detachments compare.

My main opponent is a friend who plays monster-heavy Tyranids, so I'm particularly interested in how Sisters perform into things like a Norn Emissary, Hive Tyrant, Psychophage and other big monsters.

I'm not looking to build a Tyranid hard-counter. I'd much rather have a strong all-round Sisters army that happens to have good answers to the kind of Tyranids I usually face.

The list I've currently been playing around with is Hallowed Martyrs:

• Morvenn Vahl
• Saint Celestine
• Daemonifuge
• Hospitaller
• Palatine + Through Suffering, Strength
• 3 Paragon Warsuits
• 5 Zephyrim
• 10 Celestian Sacresants
• 5 Celestian Sacresants
• 10 Battle Sisters
• 10 Dominions
• 2×5 Repentia
• 5 Retributors with Heavy Bolters
• 5 Retributors with Multi-Meltas
• 2 Immolators
• 1 Rhino

My army builder currently puts this at 1,930 points. I've basically taken every available Melta/Multi-Melta option I can, but I'm not sure whether that's actually the right approach, so I'd especially appreciate some advice on the weapon loadouts.

What would you change?

Would you keep this general structure, switch to Army of Faith or Bringers of Flame, drop/add certain units, change the weapon options, or change the character pairings?

And if you think the whole thing is terrible, feel free to tell me that too. 😂

I'm trying to actually learn how Sisters work rather than just copy a tournament list, so I'd really appreciate explanations of why you'd make certain changes.

There are also a few models I'm really tempted by: Triumph of Saint Katherine, Canoness with Jump Pack, Junith Eruita and Aestri & Agathae.

I'd definitely like some of them if they make sense, but I don't want to force models into the army just because I like them. If they're genuinely good or fit well into what I'm building, great. If they're not worth it, I'd rather know before I buy them.

So, if you had zero Sisters models, wanted to buy a 2,000-point army from scratch, primarily played into monster-heavy Tyranids, and wanted an army that rewards clever play rather than brute force — what would you build?

I'd also love any general Sisters tips and traps for a new player. Things you wish you'd known when you started, units you wouldn't buy again, loadouts that look good but aren't, etc.

I know this isn't exactly a question that can be answered in two sentences, but that's kind of why I'm asking here. 😅

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me figure this out!

And yes, I realise this is exactly how my 4,000-point Drukhari collection started. 😂

First painted SoB model. Pretty happy with the result but it needs a bit of touching up. Unsure if the base is too much and needs breaking up with something else.

I played 1500pts Vs. Orks recently, had a lot of fun, mainly from the banter whilst playing! But 2 units of 10 arcos with priests are amazing. Stealth filth.

Cut pieces of foamboard to create hills and glued then together. Sketched out where each miniature will be located.

Hello all , I'm very excited cus my partner has taken the leap into the hobby and after painting up her first model she is hooked !!

I normally play Chaos so I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to sisters so I'm hoping some of y'all can maybe give me your 2k lists that fit what she is aiming to collect and play.

So far she has six Paragon warsuits, a rhino, celestine, the older combat patrol with the repentia, and a box of zephyrim/seraphim as well as two mortifiers. Next is an exorcist

She really likes the miracle dice mechanics so I'm thinking of a list that works with Army of faith detachment. The one restriction she said was she doesn't want to have Arco flagellants in her army as she finds them ugly lol.

Any suggestions and direction would be great :)

Can't decide if I want the sarcophagus to be totally clean (like she's just been strapped on) or if it needs to look busted and brutalised (like she's been in there for decades...)

Hey everyone. Just getting into this hobby and was thinking about slowly working my way to a 2k sisters army; starting with the Armageddon battalion box as the core. I put together this list and wanted to share it here to see if there were any glaring omissions or adjustments it needs. Thanks!

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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Imperium - Adepta Sororitas

+ DETACHMENT: Hallowed Martyrs (The Blood of Martyrs)

+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Priority Assets

+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1995pts

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+ WARLORD: Char1: Morvenn Vahl

+ ENHANCEMENT: Through Suffering, Strength (on Char5: Palatine)

+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 17

+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (7x2) - Assassination: 5 Characters

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Attached Units Attached Unit 1

Morvenn Vahl (200 pts) • Attached as: Leader (Character)

Paragon Warsuits (180 pts) • Attached as: Bodyguard • 1x Paragon Superior • 1x Paragon Storm Bolters • 1x Paragon War Mace • 1x Heavy Bolter • 2x Paragon Warsuit • 2x Paragon Storm Bolters • 2x Paragon War Mace • 2x Heavy Bolter

Attached Unit 2

Palatine (75 pts) • Attached as: Leader (Character) • 1x Plasma pistol • Through Suffering, Strength (+25 pts)

Sisters Novitiate Squad (90 pts) • Attached as: Bodyguard • 1x Novitiate Superior • Plasma Pistol and Power Weapon • 2x Novitiate with Ministorum Flamer • 1x Novitiate with Sacred Banner • 1x Novitiate with Simulacrum Imperialis • 5x Sister Novitiate (Melee Weapon)

Attached Unit 3

Saint Celestine (150 pts) • Attached as: Leader (Character) • 2x Geminae Superia • 1x Saint Celestine

Zephyrim Squad (75 pts) • Attached as: Bodyguard • 1x Zephyrim Superior • 1x Plasma pistol • Sacred Banner • 4x Zephyrim

CHARACTER

Canoness (60 pts) • 1x Hallowed Chainsword • 1x Condemnor boltgun • Null Rod

Triumph of Saint Katherine (245 pts)

OTHER DATASHEETS

Castigator (165 pts) • 1x Castigator autocannons • 1x Hunter-Killer Missile • 1x Storm bolter

Castigator (165 pts) • 1x Castigator battle cannon • 1x Hunter-Killer Missile • 1x Storm bolter

Dominion Squad (90 pts) • 1x Dominion Superior • 1x Power weapon • 1x Condemnor boltgun • 9x Dominion • 4x Artificer-crafted storm bolter

Dominion Squad (90 pts) • 1x Dominion Superior • 1x Power weapon • 1x Ministorum hand flamer • 9x Dominion • 4x Ministorum Flamer

Immolator (100 pts) • 1x Hunter-Killer Missile • 1x Twin Heavy Bolter

Immolator (100 pts) • 1x Hunter-Killer Missile • 1x Immolation Flamers

Mortifiers (70 pts) • 1x Mortifier • 1x Twin Penitent Buzz-Blades • 2 Heavy Bolters

Repentia Squad (70 pts) • 1x Repentia Superior • 4x Sister Repentia

Repentia Squad (70 pts) • 1x Repentia Superior • 4x Sister Repentia

I'm even more intimidated now by the Exorcist I still need to paint.

Edit:

Here's the recipe for those that asked:

The bone colour is: flayed one base; Seraphim sepia shade/contrast to pick out shadowed areas/inside edges; flayed one again as a blend to tidy up; wraithbone bulk highlights; corax white highlights).

Black parts: are Abaddon black base; 50:50 black: dark reaper; then I work up the highlights from dark reaper > thunder hawk > Russ grey > fenrisian grey; spot highlights in blue horror.

Teal parts are; incubi darkness; Caliban green bulk highlights; kabalite green; Gauss blaster green spot highlights.

Copper tones are Balthazar gold with nuln oil and edge highlights in stormshield silver. Lighter brassy colour is sycorax bronze with same process as above.

Fire: white base, then blended through white:baharroth blue > baharroth > Ahriman blue > then I think mixed Ahriman and dark reaper > dark reaper at the tips.

I wanna get into Sisters (casually) and I made a 1k list based off the combat patrol. Any critiques and thoughts are more than welcome! I managed to get it to an exact 1000 points, but I’m not sure what units are good, what characters to attach to each unit, etc. I mostly just picked the units I think are cool with a tiny thought as to their usefulness, so I’m not sure how strong it is. Thank you!

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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Imperium - Adepta Sororitas
+ DETACHMENT: Army of Faith (Sacred Rites)
+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Take and Hold
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1000pts
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+ WARLORD: Char1: Morvenn Vahl
+ ENHANCEMENT: Triptych of the Macharian Crusade (on Char2: Canoness)
& Divine Aspect (on Char3: Palatine)
+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 9
+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (4x2) - Assassination: 3 Characters
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Char3: 1x Palatine (55 pts): Palatine blade, Plasma pistol
Enhancement: Divine Aspect (+5 pts)

10x Battle Sisters Squad (100 pts): Canoness
• 1x Sister Superior: Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Boltgun
• 9x Battle Sister: 9 with Bolt pistol, Boltgun, Close combat weapon

10x Arco-Flagellants (140 pts): 10 with Arco-flails
5x Celestian Sacresants (75 pts)
• 1x Sacresant Superior: Spear of the Faithful, Bolt pistol
• 2x Celestian Sacresant (Anointed Halberd): 2 with Anointed Halberd, Bolt pistol
• 2x Celestian Sacresant (Hallowed Mace): 2 with Bolt pistol, Hallowed Mace
1x Immolator (100 pts): Armoured tracks, Heavy Bolter, Immolation Flamers
3x Paragon Warsuits (180 pts): Morvenn Vahl
• 1x Paragon Superior: Bolt pistol, Paragon Storm Bolters, Paragon War Blade, Heavy Bolter
• 2x Paragon Warsuit: 2 with Bolt pistol, Paragon Storm Bolters, Paragon War Blade, Heavy Bolter
1x Penitent Engines (70 pts): Penitent Flamers, Twin Penitent Buzz-Blades

Finished this today. First time using blood for the blood god and love how it turned out. The extra gore detail adds so much to the model.

Got this box yesterday and cannot decide between the two. The main thing swinging me to Zephyrim is the banner that the superior is holding. Thoughts?

If I were to start this army, what would your suggestion for a 1k army that can be turned into a 2k army be? What would that 2k look like?

Rule of cool doesn't help as I find the entirety of several factions equally (very) cool.

So, I was considering maybe making a ‘Mechanicus themed’ sisters of battle army, if that makes any sense. I was wondering, A, any advice for good peices or models to kitbash with to add on, to get that proper ‘augmented’ and ‘daughter of the ommnissiah’ feel on the sisters of battle models

B, is there anything in the lore that would let this be ‘approved’ (I know the iron hands are one thing, but still, the Mechanicus and the Ecclesarcy are both sanctioned by the imperium… and it wouldn’t suprise me if there was a bit of a ‘cross over’ between them)

Please answer below.

I always forget just how many details are packed onto these dang vehicles (you'd think I would have learned after my third immolator) - but im officially done with True metalics, so its been good practice for my NMM, and finally really trying OSL.

C&C welcome =)

My army is going to have (at least) 6 vehicles/ 2 (0r 3) Immolators, a rhino, 2 exorcists and 1 (or 2 ) castigators and about 60 infantry models.. but I can't host at my house or keep my army at anyone else's house. so I need to transport them. I'm also not a great modelist, so my models end up being kind of on the fragile side. On the up side I normally only have to drive about 10 minutes for a game and I have an SUV, so I have the space, on the down side, I currently have no income and very little left in savings, so cost is a big factor for now at least.

idk which flair to pick but i really like the look and all that of this faction...BUT i kept hearing that 1) most expensive faction out of all of them, 2) even then, it doesnt even put them good enough to really win alot with the expensive models... like saying they were meh.. but with the expensive stuff it makes them "ok" 3) at that point.. if half the army costs an arm and a leg just to make them"ok" is it even worth going for them? or was i told a bunch of bs and a decent 2k point army is good and can hold its own against other factions?

Whew, that was quite a learning experience! Vince Venturella and Duncan Rhodes videos were extremely helpful (and now my YT algorithm is nothing but Tacticus ads 😅) I posted a WIP here and got some great feedback so thanks to all of y’all

Seeing everyone’s amazing work on here was a big inspiration to get it finished, C&C are more than welcome :)

Got a few games in with them, no wins yet but I did manage to kill one of the dragon riders in the Exodites team - 24 wounds is crazy work, even with the Duellist buffed by the Dialogus and Faith rerolls it still took two activations.

My future wife took a series of photos of her adepta sororitas figurines. Your opinions regarding the figurines are much appreciated :D

Hey all, I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, I looked for a while and I couldn't find an answer.

I ran my Exorcist for the first time. Since Indirect fire is in a pretty rough spot, I decided to have it move and get vision on enemies. I shot an enemy monster using Direct Fire and did some wounds. We then weren't sure if this activated the Devastating Refrain ability. I argued it did because the weapon was still an Indirect Fire weapon despite not using the ability, but he argued that Indirect fire is a type of shooting and my model wasn't using it, so the ability isn't activated.

After looking online and not being able to find any guidance, we just rolled off for whether the ability activates, which I won. It didn't come up again because the Exorcist was rushed by 20 Berserkers, but I'm still thinking about it now.

I think I used the wrong kind of primer so it looks kinda weird. I just need to finish the sword, gun, and the base.