The book was pretty good, too, firmly pushing itself into the top tier in late 8th and early 9th edition. It didn’t get much better from there, with a long drought punctuated by White Dwarf and digital-only rules, and absolutely no changes to their model range even as other armies neared the 100% plastic mark.Īfter 22 years of hurt, though, the Sisters came back in a big way in 2019 with the Sisters of Battle Army Set, a limited-edition box containing a proper new 8th edition codex and a sampler of a new plastic miniatures range, followed up in January and February 2020 by a complete new plastics release covering every option in the book and adding several new units to the army.
Their first codex lasting barely months before being replaced didn’t bode well for the Sisters they were the very last army to get a 3rd edition codex, appearing in the Witch Hunters book in April 2004, once again just a few months before a new edition arrived, and after multiple other factions had a second codex of the edition. First released in 1997, right at the end of 2nd edition, they got a complete and all-metal range right before Games Workshop changed direction to place an ever-increasing focus on plastic.
The Adepta Sororitas, or Sisters of Battle, have had a rocky road through Warhammer 40,000.
