Here are two shots of Joan of Arc. Loved the concept and art behind this one.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Infinity - Joan of Arc
I have been working on an Infinity crew over the past few weeks, slowly building up miniatures to a paint standard I am satisfied with.
Here are two shots of Joan of Arc. Loved the concept and art behind this one.
Here are two shots of Joan of Arc. Loved the concept and art behind this one.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Time for some change?
While I thoroughly enjoy my sisters of battle, I've come to realize that my hobby habits are taking me all over the place.
I have plenty of Malifaux minis, some of which are now in the sidescroll to the right ---------->
but I also have a lot of Infinity Miniatures now, Corvus Beli makes beautiful Sci-Fi minis and I've found painting them very much enjoyable.
Never mind the fact that before I got into my sisters of battle, I was a fan of chaos space marines, particularly Slaanesh based cult marines...
I may just turn this blog into my personal painting gallery.
The next few days.. or months... will tell.
I have plenty of Malifaux minis, some of which are now in the sidescroll to the right ---------->
but I also have a lot of Infinity Miniatures now, Corvus Beli makes beautiful Sci-Fi minis and I've found painting them very much enjoyable.
Never mind the fact that before I got into my sisters of battle, I was a fan of chaos space marines, particularly Slaanesh based cult marines...
I may just turn this blog into my personal painting gallery.
The next few days.. or months... will tell.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
White dwarf codex - First thoughts and impressions
So... I've had plenty of time to read the white dwarf codex for the sister of battle that came out with the August issue.
Obviously it was only the first part and the second one is to be released in September. I was hoping for a more meaningful released considering my birthday is in September and I was planning on spoiling myself, but it will have to wait longer it appears.
I really enjoy the fluff on the order of the bloody rose. I especially like how they are an order focused on getting up close and personal, but was never able to really make this work with the current Witchhunter codex. Sure you could take Eviscerator on every squad leaders if you want, but they were grossly overpriced on top of the leader point cost so it always felt like you were crippling yourself.
With that in mind, I am hoping that the next part, with the armory, will have some adjusted combos and allow for some interesting close combat builds that don't necessarily involve the battle conclave (new unit in the August white dwarf).
I am so hoping that Celestians are no longer Elite, but a close combat oriented troop choice and that we can select for them more than a single eviscerator or power sword. With their current potential of stacking their act of faith (which grants +1 strength and fearless on a success), they could easily get to devastating levels.
I have been disappointed by what I've seen in a few other units, notably the Canonness who doesnt look like the inspiring battle figure that she was in her previous incarnation, but I will wait before I pass a full judgement. Her armory and point cost may yet redeem the loss of all the acts of faith she had access to and how easily she could use them
Obviously it was only the first part and the second one is to be released in September. I was hoping for a more meaningful released considering my birthday is in September and I was planning on spoiling myself, but it will have to wait longer it appears.
I really enjoy the fluff on the order of the bloody rose. I especially like how they are an order focused on getting up close and personal, but was never able to really make this work with the current Witchhunter codex. Sure you could take Eviscerator on every squad leaders if you want, but they were grossly overpriced on top of the leader point cost so it always felt like you were crippling yourself.
With that in mind, I am hoping that the next part, with the armory, will have some adjusted combos and allow for some interesting close combat builds that don't necessarily involve the battle conclave (new unit in the August white dwarf).
I am so hoping that Celestians are no longer Elite, but a close combat oriented troop choice and that we can select for them more than a single eviscerator or power sword. With their current potential of stacking their act of faith (which grants +1 strength and fearless on a success), they could easily get to devastating levels.
I have been disappointed by what I've seen in a few other units, notably the Canonness who doesnt look like the inspiring battle figure that she was in her previous incarnation, but I will wait before I pass a full judgement. Her armory and point cost may yet redeem the loss of all the acts of faith she had access to and how easily she could use them
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Leviathan - Ecclesiarchal Pattern
Here is a little project I've been working on lately. I've been playing a few apocalyptic battles with some friends and after looking at other people's work, I've finally decided to make something bigger than your average baneblade.
There are a few exceptionally beautiful Leviathans out there and they inspired me to create my own. I wanted something that would fit my sisters of battle army. To be constant with the army I've build so far, here's a little piece of fluff to match the creation of this beast:
It had been several weeks now since Canoness Amelia and her Sororitas had made planetfall on this world. What was supposed to be a simple mission had turned quickly to a nightmarish invasion by a relentless enemy. The first distress calls had been intercepted by the battle cruiser transporting them and they had come to assist. Little did they know that they would be facing a tyranid infestation upon landing.
How this had happened was still a mystery. The most plausible theory at this point was that an infested cargo ship must have landed enabling the tyranids advance force to begin multiplying on the ground. Being an agri-world, most of the planet's surface was used to grow food and house livestocks that would feed the untold billions of imperial citizan in the quadrant. A single fortress city was located on the world with distant outposts of workers that would man the installations as required.
The tyranid horde had not been vast enough at first to assault the city's protected walls and they had instead feasted on the unfortunate workers and ingesting as much of the planet's bio-mass as possible.
On their arrivals, the sisters affronted small packs of roaming invaders and quickly dispatched them. Their foe now know, Amelia had consulted with her second in command, Jacynth, and they had both decided that the best way to slow the monsters advance was to first cut off their food supply. After reaching the city they had instructed the planetary garrison to begin rationing food and water and to put the population to gathering everything edible from the outlying farms. The tyranids would be here soon and the best chance of survival for the population was to outlast the invaders.
Amelia's biggest concern was the lack of support for her troops. They had a few rhinos and immolators that they could depend on, but they had not been able to get as many as she would have liked. Now that what could be gathered had been taken from the outlying fields, she had also put those immolators to burning everything within a two miles radius of the city. What they could not have, the tyranids would not. The scorched landscape would also provide little cover for the invaders she reasoned. Time was of the essence however and she knew that they would not have the months required to get everything prepared before the horde set it's eyes on the city and it's inhabitants.
The Emperor provides for his faithful however and none are more believing than the Adepta Sororitas and as faith would have it, Amelia soon found out that the city's vaults house a revered Leviathan that had been kept in working condition by a small contingent of tech-priests. The vehicle had been cared for for almost two millenniums now after it had originally helped in liberating the planet from the xenos that were polluting it.
It was not time to bring the behemoth out of it's slumber. Amelia had instructed the tech-priests that she needed a few modifications made. The doomsday cannon was to be removed and the adepts were to conceive a flamer big enough in it's stead so that they could finish scouring the vegetation surrounding the city.
After three days and three nights of hard labor, a near miracle was achieved and the Leviathan was taken to the field to assist the Immolators. Amelia had big expectations for the war machine, but never had she ever witnessed such glory before. It was as if the hand of the Emperor was sweeping the landscape turning everything to ashes in it's wake. The Purgatus pattern cannon was a wonder to behold.
At that precise moment she knew that once the tyranids came, no matter how large the horde, they would break themselves against the walls and would turn to dust when faced with the now renamed "St.Mina's Vengeance".
Here are a few shots of my work in progress beginning with the structural design.
Here's one of the original concept for what would be replacing the Doomsday Cannon.
Some early shots on the landing pad:
Fast forward several days later.
Here's a nearly completed Purgatus pattern cannon.
and a size comparaison shot
Viewed from the left, size comparison once more. You can see the three heavy bolters on the side, the other side houses the same armament. I've also received the six twin-linked lascannon this week that will go on top of the shrines on the side.
Some close ups on the turret atop the leviathan. Still very much work in progress.
Some of the work done on the back door as well. I have decided in favor of practicality and opted to leave the door shut on the back. Allowing it to open as a ramp in the back would have been difficult to say the least with the two side doors and might made the structure weaker for it.
Armament:
1 x Purgatus Pattern Cannon
1 x Volcanno Cannon, shadowsword pattern turret mounted.
6 x twin-linked heavy bolters
6 x twin-linked lascannon
2 x quad mounted auto-cannons
The Purgatus cannon has two firing modes. In either mode it uses the Apocalyptic Flamestorm template.
1. Rg: 24" - S: 7 - AP: 3 - Template must be placed so that small side is closest to the tanks cannon
2. Rg 0" - S: D - AP: 2 - To be measured from cannon itself. All four cannons are fired at once scouring what would be standing in front of the tank.
Special rules:
Void shields: 3
Structure points: 5
Inspirational Vision:
St. Mina's Vengeance was such a blessing in a time of despair that all faithful units within 24" of the Leviathan gain the Relentless special rule as they keep up to guard the vehicle.
Command Vehicle:
All faithful units within 24" may re-roll failed morale checks. Should the Purgatus cannon be activated in it's second mode, this rule is lost for the rest of the turn as the Cannoness has to retreat from the balcony due to the intense heat generated by the cannon.
I am currently pricing this creation of mine at 1500-1600 points or so.
If anyone has any suggestions on either price or special rules. Im open to suggestions.
There are a few exceptionally beautiful Leviathans out there and they inspired me to create my own. I wanted something that would fit my sisters of battle army. To be constant with the army I've build so far, here's a little piece of fluff to match the creation of this beast:
It had been several weeks now since Canoness Amelia and her Sororitas had made planetfall on this world. What was supposed to be a simple mission had turned quickly to a nightmarish invasion by a relentless enemy. The first distress calls had been intercepted by the battle cruiser transporting them and they had come to assist. Little did they know that they would be facing a tyranid infestation upon landing.
How this had happened was still a mystery. The most plausible theory at this point was that an infested cargo ship must have landed enabling the tyranids advance force to begin multiplying on the ground. Being an agri-world, most of the planet's surface was used to grow food and house livestocks that would feed the untold billions of imperial citizan in the quadrant. A single fortress city was located on the world with distant outposts of workers that would man the installations as required.
The tyranid horde had not been vast enough at first to assault the city's protected walls and they had instead feasted on the unfortunate workers and ingesting as much of the planet's bio-mass as possible.
On their arrivals, the sisters affronted small packs of roaming invaders and quickly dispatched them. Their foe now know, Amelia had consulted with her second in command, Jacynth, and they had both decided that the best way to slow the monsters advance was to first cut off their food supply. After reaching the city they had instructed the planetary garrison to begin rationing food and water and to put the population to gathering everything edible from the outlying farms. The tyranids would be here soon and the best chance of survival for the population was to outlast the invaders.
Amelia's biggest concern was the lack of support for her troops. They had a few rhinos and immolators that they could depend on, but they had not been able to get as many as she would have liked. Now that what could be gathered had been taken from the outlying fields, she had also put those immolators to burning everything within a two miles radius of the city. What they could not have, the tyranids would not. The scorched landscape would also provide little cover for the invaders she reasoned. Time was of the essence however and she knew that they would not have the months required to get everything prepared before the horde set it's eyes on the city and it's inhabitants.
The Emperor provides for his faithful however and none are more believing than the Adepta Sororitas and as faith would have it, Amelia soon found out that the city's vaults house a revered Leviathan that had been kept in working condition by a small contingent of tech-priests. The vehicle had been cared for for almost two millenniums now after it had originally helped in liberating the planet from the xenos that were polluting it.
It was not time to bring the behemoth out of it's slumber. Amelia had instructed the tech-priests that she needed a few modifications made. The doomsday cannon was to be removed and the adepts were to conceive a flamer big enough in it's stead so that they could finish scouring the vegetation surrounding the city.
After three days and three nights of hard labor, a near miracle was achieved and the Leviathan was taken to the field to assist the Immolators. Amelia had big expectations for the war machine, but never had she ever witnessed such glory before. It was as if the hand of the Emperor was sweeping the landscape turning everything to ashes in it's wake. The Purgatus pattern cannon was a wonder to behold.
At that precise moment she knew that once the tyranids came, no matter how large the horde, they would break themselves against the walls and would turn to dust when faced with the now renamed "St.Mina's Vengeance".
Here are a few shots of my work in progress beginning with the structural design.
Here's one of the original concept for what would be replacing the Doomsday Cannon.
Some early shots on the landing pad:
Fast forward several days later.
Here's a nearly completed Purgatus pattern cannon.
and a size comparaison shot
Viewed from the left, size comparison once more. You can see the three heavy bolters on the side, the other side houses the same armament. I've also received the six twin-linked lascannon this week that will go on top of the shrines on the side.
Some close ups on the turret atop the leviathan. Still very much work in progress.
Some of the work done on the back door as well. I have decided in favor of practicality and opted to leave the door shut on the back. Allowing it to open as a ramp in the back would have been difficult to say the least with the two side doors and might made the structure weaker for it.
Armament:
1 x Purgatus Pattern Cannon
1 x Volcanno Cannon, shadowsword pattern turret mounted.
6 x twin-linked heavy bolters
6 x twin-linked lascannon
2 x quad mounted auto-cannons
The Purgatus cannon has two firing modes. In either mode it uses the Apocalyptic Flamestorm template.
1. Rg: 24" - S: 7 - AP: 3 - Template must be placed so that small side is closest to the tanks cannon
2. Rg 0" - S: D - AP: 2 - To be measured from cannon itself. All four cannons are fired at once scouring what would be standing in front of the tank.
Special rules:
Void shields: 3
Structure points: 5
Inspirational Vision:
St. Mina's Vengeance was such a blessing in a time of despair that all faithful units within 24" of the Leviathan gain the Relentless special rule as they keep up to guard the vehicle.
Command Vehicle:
All faithful units within 24" may re-roll failed morale checks. Should the Purgatus cannon be activated in it's second mode, this rule is lost for the rest of the turn as the Cannoness has to retreat from the balcony due to the intense heat generated by the cannon.
I am currently pricing this creation of mine at 1500-1600 points or so.
If anyone has any suggestions on either price or special rules. Im open to suggestions.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Some more material...
Figured I would add a few more of the work I have completed so far:
Father Cornelius:
Seraphim Arkadia:
Two Seraphims:
Inquisitor Sasha (count as Reaper model):
and her Calidus bodyguard:
Some random battle sisters:
and finally, Celestine, the living saint:
Father Cornelius:
Seraphim Arkadia:
Two Seraphims:
Inquisitor Sasha (count as Reaper model):
and her Calidus bodyguard:
Some random battle sisters:
and finally, Celestine, the living saint:
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Some of my current work...
I figured I would post some pictures of what I have been working on lately:
Canoness Jacynth
Custom crafted Eviscerator. I wanted something different for the jump pack as well.
The Exorcist, Judgement, that I finally completed:
Celestian Clare:
Sister Helena:
And lastly, a little something that I am currently working on for those "bigger games"
Canoness Jacynth
Custom crafted Eviscerator. I wanted something different for the jump pack as well.
The Exorcist, Judgement, that I finally completed:
Celestian Clare:
Sister Helena:
And lastly, a little something that I am currently working on for those "bigger games"
Time for an update... or two
It's been awhile since I have actually taken the time to sit down and just write. I have been busy with too many things, important and sometimes not so much, and have had my general lack of motivation to do so when I should have been writing.
Breaking my pattern, here is my sisters of battle list, in all it's glory. This is the one I have been using for awhile now in order to learn how to play them reliably.
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HQs:
Canoness Amelia:
Blessed Weapon, Inferno Pistol, Cloak of St. Aspira, Book of St. Lucius, Frag Grenades
Celestian Clare
Celestian superior, Celestian x 4, Eviscerator, Meltagun x 2, Immolator with extra armor and smoke launcher.
Canoness Jacynth
Jump pack, Cloak of St. Aspira, Book of St. Lucius, Mantle of Ophelia, Eviscerator
Elites:
Celestian Aurelia
Celestian superior, Celestian x 4, Meltagun x 2, Brazier of Holy Flames, Immolator with Extra armor and smoke launchers
Troops:
Sister Helena
Veteran sister superior, Sisters of battle x 9, Heavy Flamer, Flamer, Book of St. Lucius, Combi-Flamer, Rhino, EA and SL.
Seraphim Arkadia
Seraphim Superior, Seraphim x 7, Eviscerator, Book of St. Lucius, Hand Flamer x 2,
Heavy:
Exorcist Judgement
Exorcist Penance
Exorcist Retribution
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Breaking my pattern, here is my sisters of battle list, in all it's glory. This is the one I have been using for awhile now in order to learn how to play them reliably.
HQs:
Canoness Amelia:
Blessed Weapon, Inferno Pistol, Cloak of St. Aspira, Book of St. Lucius, Frag Grenades
Celestian Clare
Celestian superior, Celestian x 4, Eviscerator, Meltagun x 2, Immolator with extra armor and smoke launcher.
Canoness Jacynth
Jump pack, Cloak of St. Aspira, Book of St. Lucius, Mantle of Ophelia, Eviscerator
Elites:
Celestian Aurelia
Celestian superior, Celestian x 4, Meltagun x 2, Brazier of Holy Flames, Immolator with Extra armor and smoke launchers
Celestian Sylpheil
Celestian superior, Celestian x 4, Meltagun x 2, Brazier of Holy Flames, Immolator with Extra armor and smoke launchers
Troops:
Sister Helena
Veteran sister superior, Sisters of battle x 9, Heavy Flamer, Flamer, Book of St. Lucius, Combi-Flamer, Rhino, EA and SL.
Sister Elianne
Veteran sister superior, Sisters of battle x 9, Heavy Flamer, Flamer, Combi-Flamer, Rhino, EA and SL.
Sister Myria
Veteran sister superior, Sisters of battle x 9, Heavy Flamer, Flamer, Combi-Flamer, Rhino, EA and SL.
Sister Cynthia
Veteran sister superior, Sisters of battle x 9, Heavy Flamer, Meltagun, Book of St. Lucius, Combi-Melta, Rhino, EA and SL.
Sister Kate
Veteran sister superior, Sisters of battle x 9, Heavy Flamer, Meltagun, Book of St. Lucius, Combi-Melta, Repressor, HKM.
Fast:
Seraphim Superior, Seraphim x 7, Eviscerator, Book of St. Lucius, Hand Flamer x 2,
Heavy:
Exorcist Judgement
Exorcist Penance
Exorcist Retribution
This list currently adds up to 2497 points which is the bracket I usually like to play. For bigger games, I can probably reach up to 4000 points right now based on what I currently own.
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