40K Sisters of Battle: Cherubim

I love 40K Cherubs. They perfectly encapsulate the grimdark bonkersness of it all.

They are vat-grown bio-constructs designed to look like babies. No truth to the rumour they are lobotomised infants, no. These cherubim are carrying ammunition canisters and a censer. At some point I may add more details to their scrolls.

I have an idea for a bitter AdMech aspirant who discovers how cherubs are 'made'- the true horror is that he could do it 1.4% more efficiently! Cue conflicts and shenanigans.

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40K Sisters of Battle: Seraphim

 I painted these flying nuns almost three years ago, but realised that I haven't posted them to this blog.

The Seraph Superior has a rose for her wax purity seal... marvellous detail.

I really like these figures, but the flight stands are a delicate pain. They have the tiniest connection to the jump-pack and are very fragile.

I've added a washer beneath each base to drop the centre of gravity.

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40K Sisters of Battle vehicles and Combat Patrol

I pulled my finger out and finished off the last miniatures to make a Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol- a Rhino and a Penitent Engine. I used some of the new-ish Army Painter metallic speedpaints, which were like using a watery metallic. They'll do better with a busy textured surface, and you could get some interesting effects with different undercoats. I used AP Dark Tone to add more contrasts to the silver.

The Penitent Engine has a lot of detail behind its tortured pilot- I just left it black and hope the shadows hide the omissions. I do like the overkill of combined circular saws and quad flamethrowers on a top-heavy mech. I like the subtly buried skellie on the base.

Penitent Engine

The Rhino is a GW classic shape, and I've never had a 28mm one. There were a few gaps in assembly which I could have done a better job of rectifying. I tried a bit of a wash, but it turned into a horrible grey mess. I think I was able to salvage it with drybrushing and edge highlights. I used a bristle to make an antenna- it is subtle, but adds a satisying something.

Sisters of Battle Rhino

The rare white Rhino

These two vehicles give me a bona fide Combat Patrol, ready to burn out heresy!

Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol

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The Canoness- I tried to get an aged appearance to her face. You can't really see, but her leg is bionic- she's seen some action.

Canoness

The Repentia Superior dual-wields neural whips.

She leads the Sisters Repentia and their famous two-handed eviscerators. They are Sisters who seek absolution in battle or their transgressions. They're on these new 28.5mm bases.

The Arco-flagellants are citizens who have been punished by being turned into close-combat cyborgs.

I'm not a huge fan of the sado-masochism and mortification aspects of the Sisters, but here we are.

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40K Sisters of Battle

Sisters of Battle, Adepta Sororitas, nuns with guns… I had the 1997 second edition codex many moons ago, and got some of the new plastics when they were re-released in 2019. I chose to punish myself with a white scheme. I painted the heads and backpacks separately.

Sister Superior

Battle Sister with Storm Bolter

Battle Sister with Ministorum Flamer

Battle Sister with Simulacrum Imperialis

Battle Sisters

Battle Sisters

Heads on sticks

Backpacks

I really liked this limited edition figure and shelled out for her. I converted what she was holding.

She’s based on this art:

Battle Sisters. Anna Steinbauer (2013)

I painted these a few years ago, and there will be a few more SoB posts coming very soon.

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