I made mine a necromancer for my "horroritas" army. Replaced the sister on the grounds head with a skull and made some osl magic effects etc. Managed to win a Halloween painting competition with it against a horde of zombies, skellies, vampires...
I love the idea of blending the Bloodborne aesthetic with the Sisters! Maybe sculpting little tri-pointed hats might give some of that flavour? Lore-wise, I know you mentioned the Sisters fighting a Greater Demon of Khorne in the video, what if this covenant specifically hunted Khornate forces? They could be "Hunters of the Blood-born" 😛
Yay! More Jen Sister's Content! Love the concept for the custom Army! Also like the idea of them searching for lost relics in abandoned cities where you never know what may be lurking in the shadows....
Loving the paint scheme for your Sisters. Seeing your Knight conversion and overall aesthetic inspired me to start collecting an army of my own. I look forward to seeing your dark Gothic paint scheme for the battle-line troops, because I decided that my army would show rank based on how much white was present in their model. Celestine has been painted in white armor and as the ranks go downward, the troops become more focused on black armor with white cloth. Battle Sisters have almost all black armor with white tabards and I found some conversion STLS for Sister Superiors, Palatines, and Canonesses that adds flowing Tunics/Kirtles to the armor to show more of the pure white, accented by the red of the purity seals that covers more of the black armor as they gain ranks. I would love to see some reveals of the army as a whole to get a vibe of your aesthetic so far.
They should hunt monstrosities being a bloodborne theme, hunting orcs creatures of the warp ect... Or you could make somee members of the crowfeather or the hunter of hunters and have them hunt corrupted space marines
I love the idea of your Covenant and look forward to seeing how it progresses. As far as leaning into the bloodborne grimdark themes, I have some ideas. First, Cursed city buts seem 100% helpful for kitbashing. Second, maybe could try a torch lit osl project, and really make the areas not in the light quite dark. Finally, in blood borne one of the coolest bosses to me is Vicar Amelia. If you had a unit inspired by her, either with sisters who are mixed with werewolves (Maybe arcoflagellents) or having those torn white shawls and bandages I think would be awesome. Just some ideas take what you like and continue showing us your creative journey. Great stuff Jenn!
Looks great! The final colour scheme kinda reminded me how the Order of Our Martyred Lady originally looked like in the 2nd edition. They had black armour and black robes with red lining. Seems kinda fitting if your Covenant is a sub-faction of the order :) Can't wait to see more!
I recently got into war hammer and have only recently built my first few models but I’m really excited to try customizing and kit bashing. Excited to see what you’ve come up with for this conversion
This is one of my favourite TTT videos. Love the customisation and work you’ve done on these, and where they’re going. I think penitent engine on an amazing cathedral base in a dramatic pose could be great!
*B L O O D B O R N E!* Edit: WTF IS THIS MUSIC?! It’s a BLOODBORNE conversion, not a Ultramarine conversion! (I still love this video!) Edit 2: THERE IT IS!! Also, “A Hunter must hunt.”
As someone who also enjoys medieval times and incorporating that fantasy/sci-fi fusion, I’ve begun a custom Space Marine Chapter that is based on Anglo-Saxon Varangian Guards. I absolutely love your sisters concept and bringing that into fruition! phenomenal work!!
If you are modding and struggling with Green Stuff, look up Aves Apoxie Sculpt. It's another 2 part epoxy clay, but many people who try it find it easier to work than green stuff, and it comes in much larger tubs and is cheaper as well. Nice work, quite inspiring for me.
Wait wait wait Isn't Bloodborn all about the blood from some old eldritch creatures that the character even inject himself with? This sub faction must reek of heresy Sounds like some kind genestealer shenanigans
Would be really funny to have all tabletop time cast members to have a 1v1v1v1. So bloodborne sisters vs spacebears vs weird king arthur space marines.. and what army does Murray have?
Fantasy meeting Scifi is one of my favorite things about this hobby. Really like the vibes of these ladies, whether they're hunting monsters, relics, or both. Very dope.
tbh as a woman myself i would really like to see more female miniature kits, i want to get into painting but the kits im finding are all male or creature/monster types and any of the female based models i do find look too alien-ish, i know it probably sounds weird or that im being picky but i want to find some feminine models that still look badass without being butchy or alien in apperance also, what paints can i use for model painting if i cant get hold of the paints that are usually sold near the models? can i just use regular acrylic paints?
I cant really help with the Miniature/Model situation, but I do have some experiences with paints. I dont exactly know what you mean with "near the models" but theres tons of online stores selling them if you dont have a Hobby Store in reach of where you live. Most Modelling paints are acrylic based. That doesnt mean you should use the paints from the hardware store tho (iirc modelling paints are higher pigmented/smoother). Vallejo, Army Painter and Citadel Paints (Games Workshop paints) and AK paints are the most prevalent brands in the hobby. Ive also seen Tamiya paints used, but Tamiyas lineup is based on White Spirits so you need a special thinner.
I've had my Escher Gang for a few year now but yet to put them together as I can't settle on a colour scheme let alone names. The creativity of this idea is nuts.
I am in that spot. For just about all these models. The only models I find I can paint are gifts for others, or models that don't matter, like a DnD tortle shaman, for example was painted before I can even make one decision one my sylvaneth or custom primarch chapter
You know what these are missing right? ......................................BLOOD BLADES, You need a SAINT MARIA with BLOOD WINGS and BLOOD BLADES!!!!
Love this! Hope to see more soon. Lore wise, I imagine a force rooting out a GSC trying to save a hive city afflicted by a "curse" could fit the bloodborne esthetic. I think the arival of "The Old Ones" would be pretty evocative.
Yes! Low-tech medieval Sisters are great. My own Sisters come from a shrine world far away from Imperial supply routes, so they don’t often get to use bolters and flamers. Instead, they heavily favor glorious melee combat, as the Emperor intended! The Bloodborn inspiration should be fun, can’t wait to see how gothic they get!
Amazing work, Jen! Your sisters look fantastic! I absolutely love the use of the mood board and sketches you do. It is a great example of how to go into a kitbash or theme for a build the right way!
Salamanders enjoy flame, have a medieval aesthetic, and can technically have families. Sisters enjoy flame, have a medieval aesthetic, and can technically have families... idk, something about "Medieval Families of Holy Knights" really speaks to me, especially if going on a crusade is your "Coming-of-Age" ceremony. "Order of the Sanguine Flame" could hint at blood-and-fire magic, just like BloodBorne. Oh, and anyone else can be recruited into the Order, it IS almost valentine's day...
You can make all your custom Sororitas veterans/survivors of Battle of Ophelia VII during the 13th Black Crusade. Order of Our Martyred Lady lost 50% of their forces at the time defending their homeworld. I personally have my OooML Veterans/Celestians painted in the old 2nd Edition color scheme which is all black with a white trim on their cloaks and tabards with a red inner lining. It would make sense that survivors of the Battle of Ophelia VII have more trinkets and custom armor among other things. Also all of Blanche’s art are from the 2nd edition codex. I mean it’s my excuse why my Order of Our Martyred Lady army has their own custom Imperial Knights House.
Love it. To do good wax seals with greenstuff that are small, roll a small ball, then take a small nail or needle with a head, and press down the head in the middle, coat the tools and needle with lip balm, water, food oil and the green stuff won't stick. I'm trying to get the same "grim dark feel" to my inquisition, and have to use so many different sprues from different armies and tons of greenstuff to get the feel. Love how you get the sisters armor to be black with definition without making it look dusty, hope to see more of it, think this style is what made me like warhammer, and its sad that not more of imperial faction has more of this gothic stylisation, though it makes our hobby so much more then just painting miniatures.
Way I see it you can have the following as their main themes if you want to follow medieval knightly orders you can have: Hospitalliers- warriors of the faith that bring healing to his faithful. (Hospitaliers) An order that protects pilgrims- maybe more geared towards naval warfare and boarding actions in 40k.(Templar) An order designed to help hold a certain region.(Santiago) A super aggressive crusader order.(Teutonics) A cursed order- all of its members have a horrific affliction but they are stalwart in their faith (Saint Lazarus(which was made up of lepers, although they did know how to treat and deal with it, but it was apparently terrifying for their enemies) Alternatively you could have demon hunters, witch hunters, Monster slayers. - protecting his faithful. Hell you could even have a ravenguard like equivelent. Those that infiltrate fallen worlds to recover holy relics.
I have a question. I recently saw 3 Warhammer roleplay books - Wrath and glory, Soulbound and Fantasy. I have little to no idea about the lore and sometimes for me it's little overwhelming when I encounter something different than Warhammer 40k 😅. I like different settings between sci-fi and fantasy - age of sigmar battle report minis, as far as I rememer, looked for me as such a mix. Those sisters also look cool. Maybe you have some suggestions which part of Warhammer focus on at the beginning and where to start familiarizng myself step by step with its lore?
i love the theme you are going for, i like to call it over-gothic bloodborne, darksouls, diablo anything else grim dark that takes it to 11 , why have 1 candle when you can have 1000 candles i recommend the beowulf movie from 1999 for some inspiration, its got the over-gothic flare AND that mix of tech that would fit perfectly in 40k (is it from magic or old recovered science idk, but solid plate helmets with vision modes are awesome) ive been trying to find what to do with my handful of sisters and you've just shown me my path
For Lore I'd personally love the idea of them specializing in hunting of a very specific type of heretic. They're Inspired by Bloodborne so Gothic beast hunters is where my head goes. Maybe they specialize in hunting extremely powerful demon possessed or chaos warped human factions. So maybe they're a group that's always near the great rift.
I was wondering about a Sisters army recently...Good timing! How well would the Sisters of Silence kits mix with the Adepta Sororitas, just for a bit of variety?
Brentonian great helms with Teutonic style wings and horns on the celestial, plain helms on the regular sisters. Sister Grimhilda says: Im namen des GOTTKAISER!'
I would say there's a lot of lore potential for this Covenant, especially if you're willing to mix in some Bloodborne lore. Imagine: a planet orbiting a white dwarf star. The pale light of its former sun bleach the blackened surface of volcanic rocks and dead vegetation. Amid the dust storms and howling gales, an imposing iron shrine church stands defiant amid a rusting former colony. The windows glow with bright candlelight and illuminate a giant golden Imperial Aquilla along its face. Silently, figures dressed in black and blue, carrying black candelabras, glide through the remains of the colony, to and fro from the shrine, and without a sound, step onto several Stormhawks that have landed nearby. The pack grox are restless, and the Guardsmen are quiet. This planet is cursed, but its wardens have been called to action. Whispers among the Guardsmen scurry by in hushed tones, carrying with them speculation and rumor. Some tell of these Sisters being bound by blood or soul to this place, like the planet holds them here. Others speak of a race of xenos that survive on this blasted rock so terrifying, they can drive you insane by the mere sight of them, and they are attracted to noise. Yet another claims that there is a vault the shrine was built over; one that stretches deep into the heart of this world and filled with creatures of unimaginable power that spill forth from the Warp, leaving the Sisters here the only line of defense to purify and keep the corruption at bay. In the shadow of the lone orbiting moon, the Stormhawks take flight to the Dauntless class cruiser in orbit. Wherever these Sisters go, they face a mighty challenge only they are truly prepared for. The blackest horrors of the Warp seek to worm their way into the Imperium's worlds, using black magicks and deceit any way they can. They twist reality at will, cleave even the mighty Astartes in two with a single swipe of their fetid claws and speak the gentlest, most cunning of lies. In silence, they stand watch. By flame, bolter and steel, they strike them back. The Covenant's vigil stands eternal, a hidden dagger of the Inquisition. The darkest of daemons gather, and the Sisters will suffer them not.
This is super cool! I love the choice of nmm - I think that very painterly, wet blended look suits the sisters of battle minis perhaps more than any others in the 40k range, giving them that stained glass window appearance. One thing I was thinking with the second mini/future additions was maybe sanding off the power cabling on the sword blade? I think the medieval-looking weapons are a great part of the mixed aesthetic so minimising the more overtly scifi parts might help with that! Overall, very excited to see more, and I think you did a great job with the narration, your excitement for this project really shone through 😊
I am making my own order of Sisters of battle. They are a hospitallic order, heavily inspired by the knights of Saint John, and a real life Medieval German Saint, Hildegard Von Bigenden (who was a healer). And like that historical order they are full of crusader vigor, ready to rip and tear the enemies of the emperor(or as they are more than a little inspired by medieval Germany; de Gottkaiser), but also to bring hospitals and the miracle of healing to his faithful. So they'll say, show up on a world where there is a nurgle blight. Tear the abominations apart and bring their holy healing and miracles to heal the people and clean the land itself of taint. Like the Knights of Saint John they also make exstebsive use of auxiliaries.
Really nice. I love the idea of mixing Sisters with the Bloodborne theme. I'd love to see you getting more ambitious with it. Maybe look to some female inqusitors for more cloth pieces. Also getting some Eileen / crow motifs would be cool. Also if you've yet to think of a name for this order. Might I suggest Sisters of the Sanctus Moon?
I've been doing mine as cyber samurai valkyries with a sisters of silence color scheme, And they play like either The sacred Rose or the bloody Rose order I haven't decided which one is better for me in the long run. But I most definitely will say Cutting out mechanical angel wings Out of 0.5 plastic card For every single member That isn't inside one of the giant power suits Or lacking Any armor Gets kind of annoying But this is a specific order that venerates Saint Celestine And they all want to be like her
It could be cool if there were like, enslaved beasts, or whatever they're called, the priests that doo too much blood and turn into the giant wolves, it could be cool converting something like those battle suits to fit the style of those beasts.
So what if we take Sister of Battle and Silence, along with some vampire things from fantasy and make a Cainhurts themed army? I guess I'm always going to be a heretic but they'll look great against some Tzeench abominations.
Beautiful work!!!! Sororitas are the best!! My favourite army by far! And you gave me a good idea on how to make crusaders, as I have a lot of sacresants (they are so cool) and I really don't like their official model.
These are so COOOL! The sisters are already kind of like the Hunters, seeking out the mutant and the faithless. What if these were the Hunter of Hunters equivalent, those who seek out members of the Echlesiarchy and the Soroitas who have fallen from the Emeprors light?
i’m a big fan of the old codex witch hunters, i think you could draw inspiration from that and say that the Covenant is a specialist group with greater ties to the inquisition. Acting perhaps as pseudo acolytes or just a more independent band, they could work outside the usual sororitas hierarchy with a focus on tracking down relics, investigating so called “miracle makers” and yes, good old fashioned witch hunting
These could be a coven of our martyred lady that is located on a knight world. The Knight worlds are mostly medieval from a technology PoV which would explain the different ascetic. There's no reason they couldn't join forces with other covens in a war so the different schemes could easily be played together. Then you could also add Titans in the new theme 😊
If they’re Bloodborne themed then surely the lore has to be they specialise in combating chaos forces? With how Lovecraftian Bloodborne is and same for Chaos, seems like an easy pick. Trained and hardened against the terrors of the warp.
I think this is so wicked, Bloodborne is my favourite souls game and i have always wanted to try a sister team, so im super keen to see more videos. You guys should also make a bloodborne inspired table top. Gothic buildings, cobble stone roads, iron looking balustrading and then pools of blood everywhere. In fact how bloodborne looks in fase two could work with a tyranids style like the city has been over run.
Given that they're inspired by bloodborne, and therefore a lot of blood is involved, giving them form of rivalry with Khorne worshippers would be appropriate I think.
They were sent on a mission to Yarnham Prime where they happened upon the old blood...of the Emperor! Praise be! A true miracle! Surely they must take it for his glory!!
I know this may be a bit of a stretch, but the idea of the small group of elite zealots in Halo: Reach has always been very attractive to me. They were a hyper-elite group of zealot relic-seekers and infiltrators.
With all the ripped cloth on your conversion I would imagine your sisters to be on a mourning crusade or something like that. Maybe they were part of our martyred lady and weren’t able to fulfill their duties. Nothing big that would’ve made them penitents but some small opsie like being late to a ceremony 😅
I definitely think BloodBorn is a great merge with the Sisters. I think some custome weapons will help out a lot something like the Hunter's in Bloodborn As for lore I think then being hunters of relics would be cool they venture to chaos tainted worlds and search for relics while purging it of heretics as they go Great start Jen can't wait to see more
They look awesome. If you want another idea for a more bloodborn look, since the game is set in a Victorian-industrial setting, maybe adding buttons or cloths surrounding the legs. There are many other options but those are the one I could come up with.
For the lore, given the Bloodborne inspiration you could say they're a group that was loaned out to the Ordo Hereticus to hunt down horrible monsters and since returning have become the first in line to take on any monstrosity your main force is tasked to deal with or something like that. They look really good, I look forward to seeing the full force when it's done.
Lore wise, if you really want to lean into the Bloodborne inspiration you could make your sisters hunters of beastmen. Really love the theming. It fits so well
The theming of bloodborne is based of the horror of the body, specifically the horror of autonomy and child birth. The whole game is about the blood that the (all seemingly) female named old ones that the humans consume. There is a good series on this subject. Use the deep theming of this.
Maybe a group of sisters that are experienced with hunting Tzeentch and their influence? The mutations and change are a similar vibe to the bloodborne game
Using one of the penitent engines or paragon war suits for a lightly cleric beast themed unit would look incredible although using Vicar Amelia as an inspiration might make a bit more sense.
I would certainly lean into the relic hunters idea when it comes to lore, so many great ideas you could use there. And lots of inspiration from movies and TV shows!
