Sisters of Battle - Squad Box

A review, sort of. I'm not doing a blow-by-blow take on all the bits included, this will be general impressions.

While all GW army models have options nowadays, the Sisters are at another level for customization. Although not truly multi-pose because the torsos and legs are inseparable units, a skilled modeler can make custom poses from them with judicious cuts and some green stuff sculpting. True of any model of course, except the new Sisters provide so many starting points. Add in the Seraphim kits, where legs are no longer in gravity bound poses, leaping warriors and fallen casualties can be made easily.

When I first became aware of these new Sisters, it brought back into my mind an idea for a diorama I dreamed of making during the early years of this blog. I am not going into specifics until this is ready to reveal, 'cos I don't want to spoil the surprise. It will have Sisters, of course. Beyond that, I'm keeping mum. But I will say, if I can fulfill my ambitions, the Warhammer hobby community will lose their shit.

Now a photo...

It's the helmet under the arm that really transforms the component set. Such a small detail but it opens the way to extraordinary things. No left arm, sorted when I get the Seraphim set. 

~J~

Games Workshop and Plastic Waste

This is an awareness raising post.

So before I started writing this I did a Google and this petition came up, and is still live.

http://chng.it/byjt24cWvx   (it's Change.org if it looks a bit suss to you)

Please sign and share.

Glad that other hobbyists are as concerned as I am about the shocking proportion of wasted plastic that results from buying plastic kits from GW. Indeed, any kit from makers like Airfix and Tamiya. But in my estimation, GW are particularly at fault.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a box of new Sisters of Battle. Now don't get me wrong about my waste complaint, because I think these new SoB are truly fantastic. My next post will be a review of them and my plans for a battle diorama like no other.

But on the subject at hand, it splits me in two. The models are great, but there is so much leftover plastic! I want to weigh them (but can't), but at least a third is just sprue, in clean condition it can be ground up and melted again for the injection molding process.

Recycling is an appalling state in the UK. Some areas can recycle waste sprues, others can't. It would be a great move if GW can make some arrangements for hobbyists to bring their sprues to Games Day or Warhammer World.

~J~