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I never really liked the power armour the Sisters of Battle had. Power armoured bra and corset. I just never saw it deflecting bolter shells. So I went about designing my own Battle Sister Power Armour, basing it closely off the current Space Marine power armour, to produce this.EDIT: New Shoulder Pads
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hey, i absolutely love the conversion, i like the feel of it more than their current GW armor. what did you use for the pauldrons if you don't mind me asking?
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Chaos Marauder Shoulder Pads.
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She looks awesome, what did you use for her head?
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The head came off the Sister of Battle Vehicle Sprue. Here is the part; [link]
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Another awesome conversion to add to the many more, is that...A bowl cut? A well green stuffed bowl cut, green stuffing hair is quite fun. A bowl cut like...Joan of Arc by chance?
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Quite an interesting conversion!
Can't say I agree about the Angel-pattern armour supposedly not befitting the Sisters (there are a number of fluff reasons for why they look like they do, and wouldn't steeper angles actually provide more deflection than a flat surface?), but as you already pointed out, it's a matter of preferences.
However, very neat job you did here; wish I'd have comparable skills. I especially like the utility belt with its additional equipment (ammo pouches, knife, etc) which the Sisters also had in DoW. This is something I'm actually missing from the official minis.
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The breast cups are actually more of a risk because a they have a larger chance of deflecting impacts into the centre chest and corset, and multiple hits on a single cup will result in it shattering into the chest cavity.
The Sister of Battle uniform cannot be taken seriously. The armour style and hair style is heavily themed off the corsets and wigs used in bondage, discipline and sado-masochism sexual activities (BSDM).
Anyways, I am working on another Version of the Mk II Sister Power Armour. This time I will be adding a more Ecclesiarchy flare to it and it will mostly be scratch sculpted.
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Wouldn't a shot be deflected -away- from the body, regardless on how the armour is formed? I mean, a bolt wouldn't be going to play flipper there. The only difference would be that a shot will exert *slightly* less physical force onto the surface if it is rounder, hopefully enough to not have it penetrate the plate.
I've took a few seconds in MSpaint to draw what I mean.
[link]
As for the SoB armour style - this goes back to Ecclesiarch Vandire, who specifically ordered them to be built this way. The fluff surrounding the Angel-pattern suits addresses this quite straightforwardly:
"[...] In practical terms this means that a suit of Angel armour can be worn by an unmodified human, though some amount of calibration is required to customise each suit to its wearer's body. It also means that the Sisterhood is not reliant on Mechanicus-supplied bio-engineering systems, the only possible replacement for the Space Marine 'Black Carapace' implant, though it is rumoured that Ecclesiarch Vandire's reasons for rejecting this option were more to do with aesthetics than practicality."
So, in short: Vandire had them designed this way because he wanted eyecandy. You might also say that the in-universe explanation equals the real-world one, but at least this is perfectly viable; I'm glad that GW chose this "honest" variant instead of attempting to explain it with some strange technobabble no-one would've taken seriously.
Oh, and of course, the Sisters are supposed to fulfill a representative role of "angels" for the Ecclesiarchy, meaning they've got to look somewhat fitting for that, too.
I won't attempt to argue those BDSM influences away, however. But they, too, are ironically quite fitting. The Sisterhood is a penitent organization that practices flagellation and promotes ecclesiarchal sayings like "prayers cleanse the soul, but pain cleanses the body". The existence of whip-carrying mistresses is just one more sign of this.
In short: this is all a part of what the Adepta Sororitas simply are. If one would attempt to take away these aspects, he would have to re-invent the whole organization.
Looking forward to your 2nd version, however. You certainly have talent for this.
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Great conversion, I just think that's not enough "feminine" for a >SISTER of Battle.
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They are soldiers in power armour, which is what I wanted to show in this model. And besides, they are indeed Sisters of Battle, but not the Sisters of BSDM, which is what I feel the Sisters of Battle range ended up looking like after they were redesigned when things moved on from the times of Rouge Trader. I just prefer the older imagery of the Battle Sister. Battle Sisters wore more conventional armour whilst still looking like warriors of the Imperial Church. They even showed the Sister Repenta in a better light, having them as lone warriors, trekking the galaxy in such of battle carrying a variety of weapons, equipment and armour.
But your opinions yours, and mine is mine.
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Additionally - Would be great to see entire squads like this ha ha ha.
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I am revisiting my Mk II Battle Sister Power armour concept later for my next army. Plan is to combine this design with some more 'Sister of Battle' stuff and then sculpt and cast the result. I have a basic idea of what I want to do here: [link] Of course a lot will need to be modded for a final model and I have more ideas for the chest plate design, such as a Inquisition 'I' with the cabling connecting into it.
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Seems very appropriate. Iād be stoked to see such an army.
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Yip. Tis a filed down Scout Torso.
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The robes are Bretonnian Man at Arms legs that have been extended and had random Cadian feet stuck on the bottom.
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Interesting thanks I'm making a human mek for my feral human army and I'm pretty much going for the same look.
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Man, you mean you don't love power-armoured corsets?
But seriously, nice work!
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Hey now, I *liked* that power armor bra and corset. 
But seriously, this is way more realistic.
Since you were kind enough to point it out, I can see the influence here, but it strikes me that it worked rather in the reverse. I was feminizing armor -albeit, not sexualizing it- and here you are swiping the breasts off the armor! That said, desexualizing the armor fits much better with their role as celibate nuns-with-guns. The SM armor swamps her, though! It's adorable.
Love the skirt. Or would it be part of the habit?
My only suggestion would be to replace the skull with the Inquisitorial -=I=- , or the fleur de lys of the Sororitas. The skull works, being the symbol of the Emperor, but I think you'd expect one of the other two.
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Thanks for the comment. I intent to use the fleur de lys along with the Order symbol as shoulder pad iconography.
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Awesome TT. Someone needs to show this to Doc Thunder whilst bitch slapping him.
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