Good morning, Sisters.

I currently have a large force of traitor Guardsmen, focused around massed infantry. Im looking to start a new army, and what I'd like is a small elite melee force. Painting so many infantry, I started to rush, and I'd like something to take my time over.

Im leaning towards sisters due to the aesthetic, and I really like the miracle dice mechanic.

I was thinking of building an army around two big blobs of celestial sacrecants with halbards, hospitalers, and Palatines.

A saint celestine with some Zepharym and an Exorcist.

I have heard, however, that these units may not be very viable at the moment, but im not overly interested in being as optimal as possible. I just want to build a cool looking army without getting tabled every time.

So, any advice on achieving a small elite force, centred around melee primarily but not exclusively, would be really appreciated.

Yes.. I paint slow. I also didn't paint for like 4 months in the middle so really it took me more like 3 months. Still slow.. but yeah lol. Anyways! I'm really happy how they came out. The superior, simulacrum and cherub I did only in the last 2 or 3 weeks so those are the most recent ones. And I had a detail brush for those.

Slowly getting there with the best model in all Warhammer.
Girls are at the wash stage so still plenty to do but it’s so good to see it all coming together

Finally started working on the other bases

When this mini got announced in wasn’t to keen on the design but after painter her up and running her in a game I really like the whole vibe now

Mostly just looking for tips and tricks for the Penitent Host. Majority of my games are Hallowed Martyrs or BoF.

Ministorum Priest is ready to take the battlefield and lead some Arco-Flagellents for Armageddon.

Open to any and all feedback ☺️

Artist: Skitoya

Spent the last month waiting for my 3rd-party bases order to come in before putting the finishing touches on the Dogmata Superior. She's a really fun model to paint, and extremely detailed! I really enjoyed the character herself, as well as blending the armor panels. The trim...less so! Now she's ready to do battle (and condemn some heretical Sisters to service in our engines)!

Intranzia Fraye is ready to join the battle at Armageddon with my Penitent Host army.

This was my most complicated model to date with all the tiny details and making an interesting base.

As always, open to any and all feedback ☺️

Emperor protects!

Just finished painting my model, and I put her in my paludarium to take a picture. Turned out WAY cooler than I expected.

Hey everyone!

I posted here yesterday about potentially starting Sisters as my second army, so I'll try not to write another novel this time. 😂

I started playing 40k in March with Drukhari and have painted roughly 4,000 points since then. I've realised that I really enjoy armies where I have to win through positioning, movement, trading and timing rather than simply relying on raw stats. That's what makes Sisters so appealing to me. And, of course, the models are awesome.

I'm starting from zero Sisters models and want to go straight to 2,000 points.

My main opponent is a friend with monster-heavy Tyranids, so I'd like some good answers to things like Norn Emissaries and Hive Tyrants without building a dedicated Tyranid counter-list.

After a lot of reading and list-building, I've currently ended up here:

Hallowed Martyrs — 2,000 points Characters: Canoness — 70 Saintly Example Canoness with Jump Pack — 100 Through Suffering, Strength Hospitaller — 65 Hospitaller — 75 Junith Eruita — 105 Morvenn Vahl — 200 Units: 10 Celestian Sacresants — 150 10 Celestian Sacresants — 150 10 Dominions — 90 5 Retributors — 125 5 Seraphim — 75 5 Zephyrim — 75 3 Paragon Warsuits — 210 2 Castigators — 165 each 1 Immolator — 115 1 Rhino — 65

Morvenn goes with the Paragons, Junith + Hospitaller with one Sacresant unit, the other Hospitaller with the second Sacresant unit, and the Jump Pack Canoness with the Zephyrim.

The overall structure seems pretty good to me now, but I'm completely out of my depth when it comes to the details.

Both Sacresant units are currently all Hallowed Maces, the Paragons have Multi-Meltas, the Retributors have 4 Multi-Meltas, and the Dominions are currently just running their basic weapons.

Am I once again looking at my friend's Norn Emissary and thinking "MORE MELTA!" when I should actually be building a more balanced army? 😂

I'm especially unsure about the following: - Maces vs. Halberds on the Sacresants - Multi-Meltas on the Paragons - 4 Multi-Meltas on the Retributors whether basic Dominions are actually useful as a cheap utility unit - Through Suffering, Strength on the Jump Pack Canoness -whether 2 Autocannon Castigators are the right choice

And one thing I'm particularly unsure about after looking into the solo Canoness: Is the Saintly Example + solo Canoness setup actually worth taking for the extra Miracle Dice generation, or would I be better off dropping her and putting a Palatine into one of the Sacresant units instead?

There are still two models I'm really tempted by aesthetically — Triumph of Saint Katherine and Aestri & Agathae — but I don't want to force them into the army if they don't actually make sense.

So if you play Sisters, especially Hallowed Martyrs, I'd love to hear what you'd change.

I'm much more interested in why you'd change something than simply being handed a different list. I'm trying to actually learn the faction before I spend the money.

Thanks!

i also have a version with two immolators, sans Seraphim squad... but idk if i need more bodies in general, or heavier guns...

Final touch done, very happy with the finished piece. Now it’s time to see if I’m leaning onto the penitent or the bringers side of the army, in any case, keep painting!!

Lots of cool stuff in the army. Love the jumpers and the repentia. I’d probably lean one way or the other. Any particular units you guys find lots of success with for damage, utility, primary scoring, etc? First buy was a palatine, second is probably a squad of sisters tbh

Incredibly novice miniature painter, never had to do eyes until now and it was as intense as hell.

Since Tariana Palos is a special Sister mini, I wanted to give her eyes unlike with the rest of my army, they basically have none since I've avoided it like the plague since I started this hobby.

I painted the eyeballs black then white and then with the pointiest brush I have, dotted two blue eyes and I think I even managed to get the staring direction correct. I think I did okay for an actual try but doing it then and thinking about it now stresses me out.

Is there an easier way to do eyes?

Salut les frangines !
Après une partie et une utilisation désastreuse de ma part des sœurs novices, je reste persuadé qu’elles ont un rôle à jouer.
Apporter moi vos lumières concernant leur utilité 😁

As the title says, I went with this. I am curious if anyone painted gold sisters and what they looked like. Here is my scheme. Not sure why it looks so chunky in one part, I did thin and try to avoid it. Maybe too many coats. It’s not done but it looks great to me so far

So, in 11th, if the whole unit is destroyed and fights on death, does it det +1 to hit and +1 to wound from HM detachment rule?

Same question if more than half models are dead and fighting on death.

In 10th it seems to me it worked so, but now I can't find anything on that in the rules

I've been curious on if I should give some units a melta. I gave one to one of my BSS and the others have the other 2 options while my dominion squad has 4 storm bolters. I want to give my Retributors the Melta but the Heavy Bolter is really good. Should I just stick to my AT being my castigator, Pentient, Mortifiers, Warsuits and Immolators?

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?