Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Adepta Sororitas (section)

===Getting Models (Outdated, but still linked elsewhere)===

Quite unfortunately, the Sisters have two major problems to anyone trying to create an army with them.

*Problem one: All their units are sold in three model packs, they're made of Emperor damned pewter and they all cost WAY too much. To build a single ten Sister squad you need to get at least four of those and that's almost 60 dollars right there, not counting any special or heavy weapons you want to add. You think you could proxy the sisters using other models, which leads to problem two:

*Problem two: The Sisters are unique. If you look around among other miniature manufacturers you'll find that the 'army of nuns in power armor' theme is, surprisingly, uncommon. Sure you can find one or two models but nothing you can replicate army wide. Your odds of finding a good model go up if you just look for 'girls in power armor' but even then your pickings are slim (for some reason miniature sculptors tend to make female models with very little clothing on, not so much full sets of armor, go figure) and again any option you do find will likely be hard to use army wide unless you really commit to kit bashing to deal with weapon and pose problems.

So what can an aspiring new player do? There's a few possible options:

*Hound the market for used Adepta Sororitas armies and pieces, they pop up every so often when a neckbeard doesn't love his Sisters anymore, which given the lack of GW support happens more then you might think. They do usually go for a bit higher price than your usual used warhammer figures, due to their status of being collectible and slightly more rare than their plastic brethren.

*Conversions! The running best option seems to be to combining body's from the Dark Eldars with Space Marine arms and weapons, which both look a bit oversized on Eldar bodies. If you're manly enough you can use DE bodies and legs and a mix of DE and DE heads to come up with some awesome looking models. Scratch some of the spikes and emblems off their armor, use empire rifles and arms to give them that steam punk look and you got yourself some cool fuckin' models. Think Sisters of Silence, but without the armour that covers half their face.

[[Image:ValkirStatuesque.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A nice looking conversion using a Dreamforge [http://dreamforge-games.com/products/eisenkern-valkir-heavy-trooper |"Eisenkern Valkir Heavy Trooper"] body and a Statuesque Models [http://statuesqueminiatures.shop033.com/p/8774376/sma012-heroic-scale-female-heads.html|"Heroic female"] head. Currently 47.20 for twenty bodies, ~14$ for 20 heads, yielding $3.06 per model. Compare to GW's who sell 10 sister models for $79.80, almost 8 dollars a model and you have less control over squad composition. Further special weapons sisters from GW are between 9 to 14 dollars ''per model''. Those Valkirs? They come with some nice looking flamers and 'heavy rifles' which can be counts as storm bolters at no add on price. Additionally if you don't mind the non-standard gear, you can dip into dream forge Support Valkir troopers range to make heavy weapon Sisters at similar price reduction. In total you can get a full 20 women squad of battle sisters for less then what game workshop sells for ten sisters. Assuming of course you don't go hunting Ebay for bolters to complete the look.. The Valkir heads might even work well for Celestians...]]

*Another option may be going 'screw it!' to the sisters aesthetic and use Space Marines with female heads on them. But this makes proper Sisters sad. You could find miniatures that while 'slimmer' than a space marine are still in full armor. Something you can point to and say 'looks like a girl can wear that'. Again, this only solves the 'army of girls in power armor theme' not the 'army of nuns in power armor' issue, which is truly what the Sisters are about.  For example, [http://dreamforge-games.com/ Dreamforge Games] offers marines that are decently priced and slimmer, which means they could pass for Sisters. Dream forge Games also now make a unit called Eisenkern Valkir, (I.e. girls in power armour) that make very good Sisters if you can find enough female heads to shove on the bodies. A word of warning: this is not a cheap option if you live outside the USA. What with postage and import tax...actually, it still comes in about twenty pounds cheaper than the equivalent number of GW models.
**Another third party options has recently appeared.  Statuesque Models heroic female heads can create a very good result when combined with power armor models, like the Dreamforge games ones above.

*Don't worry about Repentia though, you'll find PLENTY of models for them. Like we said, most sculptors like making scantily clad ladies

*If you're particularly desperate, the Chinese recasters have taken notice of the "re-release" Adepta Sororitas and are offering resin versions of Sisters. Unfortunately, they've also taken notice of the GW prices and while cheaper, they're still quite steep in price compared to other armies. You probably won't be able to take these to a tournament either, since any organizer worth their salt will know that Sisters should be metal (of course you could claim you recasted them/sculpted them yourself from Greenstuff but who does that?). Shipping will be a bitch, costing upwards of $20 and taking about a week usually. And of course, there's always a chance that the models you get can be of [[Finecast|questionable quality]].

* Raging Heroes' [https://www.ragingheroes.com/collections/types?q=Sisters%20SF%20%28SoEM%20-%20SF%29 Sisters of Eternal Mercy]. [https://www.ragingheroes.com/products/pilgrimage-fire-s-sf Current] [https://www.ragingheroes.com/products/pilgrimage-thunder-s-sf Army] [https://www.ragingheroes.com/products/pilgrimage-steel-s-sf Deals]
<s>You won't be able to play them at a tournament</s> ITC tournament rules allow for reasonable "counts as" models, so this should not be an issue, but who cares? All your friends will let you use them, and you are supporting a small business.

*For some of the oddities, like the Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave and the Priests, you could look at Warmachine models. Daughters of the Flame or Kayazy Eliminators work fairly well as Death Cult Assassins, while Thyra, Flame of Sorrow is a reasonably convincing dual-power-weapon Canoness. Holy Zealots could work as Ministorum Priests.

*[[Casting]] is always an option, though it's a skill that takes time.

*3D Printing's an option. Laugh all you want at a decent-quality 3D Printer going for over $1000: With the ability to duplicate models and a batch of 3D printer plastic material going for less than a squad of 10 Battle Sisters, GW's shitty practices and shittier pricing mean that any moron with a decent quality 3D imaging program and some time and effort can get their hands on a bottomless supply of miniatures and make a small fortune supplying his or her friends at the FLGS.

*Even if the rumors about plastic sisters of battle is hot air, we are getting sisters of silence for sure. You can use those models in place of sisters, after all what's ten thousand years between friends? Well except the fact that Sisters of Silence have better rules than their inferior non Emperor sanctioned knockoffs.

*[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637892615/daughters-of-the-burning-rose Daughters of the Burning Rose] by [http://anvilindustry.co.uk/ Anvil Industry]

*[https://wargameexclusive.com/product-category/battle-sisters/ Battle Sisters] by Wargame Exclusive - they also have great [https://wargameexclusive.com/product-category/heresy-hunters/ inquisitors]