Sisters of Battle Backlog Motivation

After a rather lackluster week when it came to painting (but not playing) I buckled down and went a bit mad with construction.

I put together a Dominion Squad and a second Retributor squad. I also decided to be a bit brave and do some kitbashing and even a more extensive conversion. Pete the Wargamer inspired me on that one.

On the painting side, I also tried something different with my airbrush that may or may not have panned out. Normally I’m lazy. I prime my sisters in Panzer Grey which serves as both the prime layer and the base color for the armor.

I wanted to attempt to add more depth so I primed the models in black and then did panzer grey over it. I think they turned out darker but the finish is quite smooth and is taking paint better. I’ve included some pictures of that too.

Here are some comparisons of black prime with panzer grey over it.

For the sister superior of the dominions I pulled out a spare repentia superior I had from the combat patrol. I knew I’d never use her and had one painted up already. In all honesty I was quite afraid I’d ‘ruin’ the model. That felt doubly true as I started to clip the whip off her left hand and sand it off her robe.

I pulled a suitably impressive sword out from my canoness kit and clipped off the extra robe bits there. It fit perfectly and without much issue.

On the whip hand I had to saw everything off at the wrist. I wanted to give her a combo bolter/flamer but I didn’t have one so I pulled a flamer pistol out of the seraphim kit and called it ‘close enough.’ Even with sawing and sanding, I had a little gap to fill.

She’s probably a bit ‘wider’ than I’d like but I think it came out alright and with her giant, flaming backpack things will look right at home in a squad full of flamers.