Sisters of the Old Blood: 3D Printable Wargaming Miniatures

THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN IS HERE!

Thankyou for sticking with us through the campaign and getting us as far as we've come - We are SO close to unlocking the Art stretch goal, which would be a tremendous long term goal to hit for developing the sisters further and creating something special.

We have made our final video on the Sisters (before the campaign finishes) where we paint 3 alternate schemes of the Old Blood - Check it out:




NEXT UP - Painted Sisters

Right before our campaign launched, Murray gave some Sisters out at Arcfest - and Ashley Robson took the time to paint one up and send us some photos! Its great to see a purple scheme for the Sisters, i've been keen to try some Imperial Blues and Purples myself!

As well as this - The hectic wild ride of having a baby, having leave and learning to edit is slowly calming - and Murray and I have finally had some time (After painting a giant Kindred Landsub) to paint some Sisters -
Here are our painted sisters from our latest video to give some inspiration





All three of these paint schemes have been designed to be easily replicated and painted across whole armies, and are great examples of what you could paint at home! Hope this leaves you with some inspiration!

Please consider sharing the campaign far and wide - If we get extremely lucky, we might just unlock some more stretch goals, perhaps some minis in the form of the Courtiers??

Thanks - Dave

Early in our Campaign, fellow Aussie and legend miniature creator and painter Victoria Lamb shared and supported the Sisters of the Old Blood - And right now her campaign, Grimdark Empire - Is LIVE on kickstarter

It is a collection of truly stunning Minis evocative of the early glory days of mortals fighting in grimdark universes, and we love it and wanted to share the word with you all!      Check it out: HERE


I've included just one image of some units in the campaign to get a taste:


Absolutely fantastic stuff Vic!

BEASTMASTERS UPDATE

We briefly touched on these in an earlier update, but with the campaign in full swing, Alysha has already started working on concept art for this unit, attempting to establish a flavour and a design language for them.

While the beasts themselves, the horrific 'foxhounds' of the hunt will have to be shown off another day, we can start to see the riders coming into shape.






These Sisters are inspired by a blend of the tradition of Victorian fox hunting and also cavalry units from the era. With the nobility being represented by sisters in hats riding side saddle with horns and hunting rifles, while the "Whips" wear helms and pauldron, wielding vicious cavalry sabres into battle. 

Thanks to all of your support another selection of models will be included in the core pledge - The Sisters Midwives!

These are an extra special unit for us for a number of reasons - But we placed relatively high up the priority list strictly because they are a 'hard sell' ... So who or what are Sisters Midwives and Handmaidens, and WHY are we so keen to make them?



So core to the original inspirations for the Sisters of the Old blood were a few sources. Jenn hand picked her favourites, and while Bloodborne rose high and was an easily shorthand, in reality we feel many of the units feel closer to the Belle Epoque style of Lies of P - However amongst this Jenn kept coming back to the idea of having a "Bene Gesserit" inspired unit from Dune. The midwives combine this inspiration with the twin prongs of the Lore aspects of the sisters revolving around religious orders, caregiving and childbirth - as well as the gameplay need of support and specialist units. 

So who are they? The Midwives are a steeped in the secrets of the Order, each privy to knowledge held secret from most of the Sisters. They conduct the rites of the old blood, and oversee the birth of the children that mark the transition from Sister aspirant to full fledged Sister. In universe, the Sisters powers and traits can loosely be 'Vampire Coded' and one of the great core abilities not explored elsewhere is vampiric magic. Blood Magic, overt and subtle, can include shape shifting, mesmerising, teleporting and controlling the blood can empower and heal. The midwives are steeped in the Old Blood and its magic, and as such on the battlefield play the roles of healers, support buffers, and even powerful 'spellcasters'. 

We are now on the path to unlocking the campaign art goal - This is extremely exciting for us, as having the budget to realise the world and establish the art direction for the sisters is a goal that will support the worldbuilding and promotion of the game into the future!

Thanks everyone!

The Coercitrices Sancti Sanguines, the first of two variants of Power Armour wearing Sisters included as part of the base pledge!  
 


So who are the Coercitrices?
Amongst the greatest relics of the Sisters of the Old Blood are the ancient power armour frames left behind by those that came before. In the initial decades after the cataclysm, powerful technology was salvaged and often concentrated in burgeoning factions fighting in the wastes. Most surviving pre fall technology was subsequently destroyed in the conflicts to claim land and resources, but not all.
As the religion of the old blood slowly laid its groundwork, the small villas that crowded around shrines and stone churches evolved into sprawling cities clinging to the sides of towering cathedrals, and amongst these immense concentrations of people relics of a bygone age turned up. Perhaps a mercenary who wanted to settle down, or a town sheriff who defended his people with his suit of armour until he fell of old age and his hamlet was absorbed into the Old Blood, there are hundreds of stories of how these relics came to be in the possession of the Sisterhood. Over these years, the armour and systems that clad the frames of these suits was bit by bit destroyed, replaced with artisan wrought plates of steel forged by blacksmiths as their technology slid slowly backwards.

With each great Cathedral City of the Sisters claiming to possess a few dozen suits at most, they assign them to their most battle hardened and talented Sisters of the Order. If the Venatrices are sent to hunt down foes of the Order, and Correctrices are dispatched on religious crusade - The Coercitrices are what the Sisters send to War.

They load their revolving crossbows in sacred and ancient brass, strange relic 'stakes' that pass through the flesh of soft targets like a spear, yet explode after penetrating armour. With these crossbows they carefully pick their targets, firing at short range and trying to ensure each precious shot counts.



If they face foes without armour, the Hand Mortars are the preferred weapon. Each turn of the crank primes another explosive charge to be lobbed in a flash of blackpowder and smoke, devastating hapless victims as it lands and detonates.



We adore the blend of strange Victorian "Contraption" and lost technology, with Crossbows so highly tensioned that mortals cannot draw them back, and black powder mortars that would be too unreliable and dangerous for one not wearing a suit of power armour to wield. They're weird, they're cool, and they're ours.

These are no the only power armoured sisters to come in the campaign - With their Melee focused Cathedral Guard counterpart still being sculpted. But here is a prototype example anyway:


If you haven't already backed the campaign - Now is your reminder to - We're close to our 40k stretch goal - The handmaidens and midwife - And are looking forward to sharing more with you!
Thanks everyone!