This next miniature comes from the Sisters of the Burning Rose Kickstarter from Anvil Industries. The theme of the range is essentially futuristic warrior nuns (a fine and original idea – I can’t imagine why Games Workshop haven’t tried something similar…). Smart arse remarks aside there is of course a distinct thematic cross over between these and the Sisters of Battle which GW – after abandoning them for so long that they have become almost synonymous with neglected miniatures – have announced they will be revamping and re-releasing by the end of the year. Speaking personally although I’m pleased to see them finally getting the attention they deserve I’m not particularly fired up about the Sisters of Battle – although I’m hopeful that they will be accompanied by plenty of gothic accoutrements which can be put to use in creating weird and wonderful Inq28 conversions. Likewise the Sisters of the Burning Rose themselves weren’t the thing that grabbed my attention, rather it was all the crazy characters that appeared alongside them.
In this case we have a nun with a more “real-world” aesthetic than many of the other models in either range of Sisters. She’s clearly some kind of healer and I can envision her either following my Imperial Guard around to patch up wounded soldiers or running some kind of chapel/surgery in the Underhive. That said she strikes me as being more like a “Doc” (as in Visiting the Doc in the post-battle phase of Necromunda) than a Rogue Doc (a gang’s hanger-on who seems to me less like a fully qualified healer and more like an alcoholic with a large collection of knives and a can-do attitude). She’d also tie in well with all kinds of Inq28 ideas, from joining a warband to being a handy NPC.
Speaking of religion I’ve got another model with a keen interest in the teachings of the God-Emperor, specifically those which relate to immolating anyone who might be deviating from His vision for humanity – I’ll try to get her finished and uploaded by the end of the week.
May 22nd, 2019 at 7:36 am
Love it but it has got me worrying about how my mind works sometimes. I’m now thinking about some sort of “Sound of Music” spoof diorama featuring that little Hasslefree Kickass girl again and a few nuns!
May 22nd, 2019 at 9:36 pm
That would be a thing of wonder! Make it happen – you know you want to! 😀
May 23rd, 2019 at 6:29 am
You’ve called it right, it is something I want to do. It’s on the lust! 🤗
May 22nd, 2019 at 7:50 am
Oh what a cool model. Anvil industries you say hmm? Great company. I’ve bought bits and bobs from them on several occasions. Will this kickstarter release be a part of their normal tang eventually do you know? I think I’d definitely pick this model up some time. You’ve done really well with the painting. The beaker is cool.
May 22nd, 2019 at 9:44 pm
Thanks man 🙂 Yeah, I really like Anvil’s stuff, I must get around to doing some more Imperial Guard using some of the heads from the Anvil range. According to the kickstarter blurb everything released as part of the kickstarter will become available in the main range eventually. As I understand it they’re in the middle of moving their offices so everything is held back, and understandably they want to get everything sent out to the kickstarter backers before anything goes up for sale in the main shop, but it’ll come in time. If you want a nose at some of the stuff they’re planning the kickstarter page is still online here; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637892615/daughters-of-the-burning-rose/description
May 23rd, 2019 at 12:56 am
Thanks man I’ll have a look now.
May 23rd, 2019 at 12:59 am
I like a lot of it. That plague doctor is Sweet👌🏼
May 23rd, 2019 at 7:46 am
Agreed – was the plague doctor that got me to back the Kickstarter in the first place.
May 22nd, 2019 at 8:30 am
Very cool mini mate, and I love what you’ve done with her – that flask is excellent!
May 22nd, 2019 at 9:47 pm
Cheers! I must confess I surprised myself with the beaker. I ended up painting everything else before I plucked up the courage to even touch it and I had no idea what I was going to do until I started. In the end it was just a base of light grey, a few layers of washes, a gloss varnish and a couple of highlights.
May 22nd, 2019 at 11:31 am
Nice work especially the flask
May 22nd, 2019 at 9:48 pm
Cheers! Yeah I surprised myself with that flask, all that time I’ve spent hanging around science labs finally paying off I guess 🙂
May 22nd, 2019 at 7:31 pm
She came out great! I particularly like the leather effect you got there. The secondary characters were def the best part of that KS to me as well. Couldn’t afford to get in on it myself, tho.
I could also see her as not so much a healer as some sort of mad scientist or something. Maybe do a double-check on your number of limbs after any procedures involving substantial anaesthetic or something 😉
May 22nd, 2019 at 9:59 pm
Yeah, she’d definitely work as a mad scientist type as well. Or just a quirky genius too busy pottering around their lab working on their next great breakthrough to pay any attention whilst the zombies rampage through the rest of the facility 😀
For me the secondary characters were always going to be useful as Inq28 characters in some form or another, whereas I wanted to wait and see how the Sisters themselves compare to the new Sisters of Battle. I’m not that interested in the Sisters of Battle really (although I’m glad to hear they’re getting a new kit for the Penitent Engine – that will certainly be finding a home in my collection!) but the relentless GW hype machine might wear me down sufficiently that I do a kill team or something.
May 22nd, 2019 at 11:14 pm
Wonderful work- would be great asa Rogue Doc.
Cheers,
Pete.
May 23rd, 2019 at 7:47 am
Thank you – she’ll definitely be pottering around Necromunda doing something 🙂
May 24th, 2019 at 7:09 am
Very nice. I considered that KS, but found that the savings were minimal compared to just waiting until they hit regular release. After seeing this one, I think I may need to check them out!
May 26th, 2019 at 12:40 pm
Yeah, I don’t go in for many Kickstarters so I’m never sure how the savings compare from one Kickstarter to another, but with this one I was saving a couple of £ on each model as I recall and that was good enough for me. Still waiting for them to go on general release, in fact I’m not even sure if all of the backers have got their orders yet, but they’ve been good with their communication (regular updates and plenty of explanation for why things have been slow) so I’m happy enough (easy for me to say mind – I got my gear!).
May 27th, 2019 at 12:08 am
All good. I think the savings were something like 15%? (from memory) but then I’d have had to pay shipping (as opposed to free from the webstore for 50UKP+) and then wait. Out here in the antipodes, I was better off paying for the latest thing from GW that I wanted and letting the KS run its course to retail.
May 24th, 2019 at 3:48 pm
Cool!
May 25th, 2019 at 7:27 pm
😀