Scratch Built Adepta Sororitas! Now with Paint!

Hello all,

It has been a while I must confess but work is as work does. I have been crawling along with my sisters of battle at a leisurely pace and now I can confidently claim...with evidence, that I have finished painting all the sisters I currently have converted. That's 5 :p

Sisters of Battle flamer and Canoness conversions!

Progress on this project has not been slow but I must admit that progress updates have been! Never fear, I have the solution right here in the form of......a progress update!

Battle Sister flamer

I now have 4 fully painted sisters with one more to go. Then I'll need to convert and paint 4 more so that I can have my full squad of 9 (I'll be adding a priest into the mix too and mounting them all in a repressor). Come the end of April, this project will seriously pick up pace!

The Canoness

Converting and sculpting the Canoness has been a lot of fun! I began by butchering a warmachine caster for the flowing cloak and the 'armoured high heels' and an official Canoness model. The rest of the model came together naturally from various DE bits and a mountain of greenstuff! She's armed modestly, with a plasma pistol, chainsword, rosarius and the mantle of Ophelia. Still.....I'm pleased :)

Scratch Built Sisters group shot!

Hello all!

Here's a monthly update on my sisters of battle project. I now have three of five sisters painted and once my order of sanctuary bases from dragonforge arrives they will truly be complete! Anyway, here are a few snaps. I'm sorry for the poor lighting, the colours are much nicer in life I promise.

Work Begins on the Sister Superior

Well, well, Christmas is over and we've finished ushering in another New Year so lets cut to the chase and get on with it shall we?

Sister Superior:

I've gotten to work on making the sister superior for the squad. When I was thinking about how to define her from the regular sisters I came up with the idea that veteran sisters would have longer hair because they are forbidden from cutting it once they reach a certain rank. This opens up all sorts of crazy hair styles with bows, bands and bobbles for added decoration! For instance, see if you can spot the bows keeping my superior's ponytail in place.

The combi-plasma was built by shortening a normal space marine plasma pistol and adding it to the underside of the umbra pattern bolter.....simple as that!

A painted Sister: Order of the Turquoise Lily

Like many of us on a Sunday, I sat down and did some painting. On my painting table there just so happened to be a completed sister, fresh from her sculpting work. Rather than leave here there in naked plastic and greenstuff, I thought I'd try out the colour scheme that my fiance aproved.

So, may I present Sister Katherine of the Order of the Turquoise Lily:

The scheme is a simple one but very bright and cheery I think :) After all, women like to beautify themselves so I don't see why sisters should be any different. Hence, turquiose robes over shiny bright silver armour with golden accessories!

Overall I'm really pleased with the way all the parts go together. It can be quite difficult to picture the finished models when they're covered in green stuff and I've often worried about what they will look like when painted. I'm also quite impressed with how well the robes came out. Again, before paint was applied I worried that the robes wouldn't be very smooth and were sculpted badly. In reality I'm quite pleased with myself...that's a rare feeling!

Nuns with Guns!

How yow all doin'??

Progress continues with my sisters of battle project with the main development being my decision to abandon the casting of pieces. I have tried many many times now to get this to work and it just doesn't! At least it doesn't with the equipment I have access too. Sadly I don't have the money for a vacuum chamber etc...in the end it's just as quick to sculpt each and every one! This isn't a bad thing either as it means I can devote individual attention to each sister and get a truly unique army...I just need to work on my own individual imagination now :p

Anyway, as the nuns with guns title would suggest, I have armed a couple of my sisters with weapons I think look really cool! All come from the Forgeworld Spacemarine Legions range, which seem to be smaller than their plastic alternatives, hence ideal for sisters. Take a look and let me know what you think...

Sister with 'Umbra' pattern bolter:

I'm planning on using the sanctuary range of bases from dragonforge for this army. Therefore, I've made my own base for this squad that won't look too out of place when I get the shipment.

I'm happy with the proportions and I'm especially chuffed with the robe sleeves. They are a great way of creating movement and direction, which suggests that she's sweeping her bolter around to engage a new target. 

 

 Sister with heavy flamer:

Seriously cool!! I think I'll create a more appropriate backpack for her but I absolutely love the look of this heavy flamer! Just ever so slightly large but hey, she's in power armour!

Progress on the Plastic Sisters of Battle

Hello all!

I thought you might appreciate a mini-update on my sisters of battle project :) I was initially struggling with the bolter as all the space marine versions are far too big! Getting a thin, sleek bolter was proving to be a nightmare. Then I was advised to try the forgeworld Umbra patter bolters, which I did! They're perfect!

They're still big and beefy, like a bolter should be, but without overwhelming the model. Now I just need to find some suitable flamers and melta guns!