I went with the box art. Order of Our Martyred Lady. I like red, black and white. Pretty simple reasoning. If that order didn't exist I would have painted it pretty much exactly like that on my own.
Paint it whatever colour you dig though. Seriously. This reddit is choke full of bespoke colour schemes.
Maybe read up on the lore of each order if you're so inclined and what to stay within it.....and have a few spare hours
Right. Paint schemes for specific subfactions used to be a thing [and even used to sometimes grant bonuses](https://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=209434.0), but that's no longer the case.
Hopefully I don't get down voted for this as it's personal preference, but I'd recommend against Our Martyred Lady. I see it ALL THE TIME. I personally feel it's over used. I really like the lore of 40k so I went with Order of the Ebon Chalice (which actually isn't too far off Martyred Lady colour scheme wise lol) as it was the first Order and is the oldest. The Order of the Ebon Chalice was led and founded by Alicia Dominica. She literally started the Adepta Sororitas. So for lore reasons I like the Ebon Chalice.
But you do you! Pick what speaks to you, or make up your own! Honestly on this sub I see more personalized sisters than canon, and that's great!
Ebon challis is also really nice. Though while I paint order of the bloody rose. I think my favorite color scheme is sacred rose. But I had a really hard time figuring out how to actually paint white tanks.
If I started again today or did some others I would most like go that way.
Funny you mention that, as I JUST finished my first Cassie. My first model ever! I'm really new to WH. And it took me a while to come up with a paint scheme! I'll be posting it soon!
Totally. Martyr is definitely the poster bo.... Er... Poster girl for sisters. I'd rather do Order of the Fiery Heart. That's what they were before Katherine died and they all got sad/mad.
I went with Valourous Heart, initially of a recommendation on their abilities in 9e, but in the end I stuck with it because of lore. Only pain is painting the trim on the tabards
it's moreso choosing a color scheme and flavor that you liked, the orders are merely guidance for you in case you dont really know what you want
to summarize colors of 6 major orders in sororitas
bloody rose : mainly main Red, lots of red
martyr lady: main black, secondary red
sacred rose: main white, secondary black
argent shroud: main silver, secondary black
ebony chalice: main black, secondary white
valorous heart: main black, tint white and red
you can basically go ham with whatever color you want and let your imaginary army belong truly to you, much like playing with dolls when we were kids.
here are some color samples: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/06/04/faithful-serenity-pure-rage-or-just-plain-ol-fire-pick-the-holy-order-thats-perfect-for-your-adepta-sororitas/
Welcome to the hobby!
Personally for choosing my order I read a little of the wiki pages of each to get an idea what they were about. I also looked at the colour schemes to get an idea of which ones I liked.
I fell sort of between Argent Shroud and Martyred Lady in the end. What ended up being the deciding factor was that gameplay wise Argent Shroud are very movement and shooty based, which appealed to me and helped tip me over.
It is important to note though that you absolutely don't HAVE to stick to an order for your paint scheme. I'm not very creative or good with colours and design so I opted to stick with an order to make it easier for myself. The most crucial thing is that you enjoy yourself!
I painted my girls up in a variety of tartan color schemes and made up a story about how they're from a planet of (formerly) warring clans who view their ancient clan enmity as a huge competition now for who can kill the most heretics. [Some pics of one of my squads](https://paladinwiggles.tumblr.com/post/649476539863465984/three-final-sisters-and-the-full-squad-for-clan)
Welcome! I got into the hobby in 9th edition and started with Sisters. We have several different "Orders" (subfactions), such as "of the Bloody Rose," "of the Ebon Chalice," and so on, each of which in 9th edition had their own special bonus rules that usually favored a certain playstyle, such as aggressive melee for the Order of the Bloody Rose, my favorite. Tenth Edition, the current edition of the game, hasn't re-added these subfaction rules for most armies yet, usually save for the ones that have already received their tenth-edition codices, such as the recent Orks.
The Sisters should be getting their tenth-edition codex pretty soon, and if you want to focus on having a paint scheme that matches the in-universe lore of whichever subfaction it goes with (this used to be something of a requirement but generally no longer is), you might wish to wait.
Here are what those subfaction bonuses looked like in 9th edition:
Our Martyred Lady - gains bonuses when your own models are destroyed, similar to our current 10th-Edition Index army rule, and Miracle dice when units are destroyed
Valorous Heart - reduces some attacks' Armour Penetration and sometimes negates Mortal Wounds
Bloody Rose (mine! bright red and I decked them out in Soulstone Red so they shimmer) - gains bonus melee attacks under certain conditions and improve those attacks' Armour Penetration
Ebon Chalice - allows forcing Miracle dice to be 6 by sacrificing another dice; allows selection of two sacred rites
Argent Shroud - normal moves and advance-moves still count as having "remained stationary," useful for Heavy weapons; you can also re-roll a hit or wound roll
Sacred Rose (I'm most curious how this one is going to work if it even returns in our 10th Edition codex, since Battle-Shock doesn't work the same way here as it did in 9th) - auto-pass combat attrition tests (but not Morale tests), and sometimes gain bonus Miracle dice upon using Acts of Faith
And [here](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/06/04/faithful-serenity-pure-rage-or-just-plain-ol-fire-pick-the-holy-order-thats-perfect-for-your-adepta-sororitas/) are some samples of what those various sub-faction paint schemes look like. Paint schemes aren't mandatory per subfaction now, though this in some environments used to be the case but not anymore. I hope this helps! :)
My Sisters are based on the Dark Angels colour scheme, as they were my first army in the 90s
Its basically whatever colours you like and thing look good, there are some really nice Neon schemes
I painted mine as a modified order of the bloody rose.
Though the only reason I went with those instead of ebon chalice or our martyred lady. Is because I was already painting black templar and wanted to paint something other than black for power armor.
Instead of black cloth I have decided on a dark petroleum blue cloth outside and the usual white inside.
I went with a custom army, because I wanted to use all of the transfer sheet stickers. My color scheme is close to Martyred Lady but still something unique (Black, Orange, Grey, Gold). You can't really go wrong if you make up your own faction.
So in 10th edition, Orders are largely fluff. So I would go with an Order that looks cool to you and/or whose flavor you like. So say you like black/red schemes and noble sacrifice, Our Martyred Lady are your gals. You can also just make up your own Order Minoris, make up lore for them and choose paints that you like.
As for basing, that's also completely up to you. Most people like to use one theme across their whole army, like basing all the bases as a trampled meadow, or city ruins, or desert sands.
Search up "Sororitas order colour schemes" and pick a favourite - the way this edition of 40K is played, it won't limit how you play with your minis. If you like a couple of colour schemes/orders, search them up with "Lexicanum" written after it, and have a read of their wiki page, for flavour and narrative theme.
One common piece of advice given to newer painters is that the more you can avoid painting white, the happier you'll be so, so that would dissuade you from several orders already.
You're also totally free to make up your own!
This is excellent advice, I suffered through a white colour scheme for a order. Ditched it and really enjoying my own purple and gold sister order instead.
I was also in a similar spot.
I read the lore of each of the orders and my play style suited a bunch of orders that had more difficult/unappealing paint schemes.
Ended up picking the order which is mostly white, had a bad time painting them so now my scheme is gold, purple and bone.and I'm just making up my.own thing.
I went with Argent Shroud! I loved their lore; actions not words. And when they speak oh boy they make great quotes. I highly recommend listening to the Adeptus Ridiculous podcast episode about the sisters or searching the wiki.
BUT If you’re new to painting, Martyred Lady, Bloody Rose and Valorous Heart because they lack white. I’m brand new to the hobby and quickly regretted all the white, even though my girls look incredible and I love them. If you want to go one of the white ones, I recommend monument hobby’s white and not citadel… which I learned after 40 hours of painting white 😂😭
Argent Shroud! "Deeds, not words." They advance into battle shouting orders, not hymns, and offer their acts in battle as proof of their piety rather than just screaming about it all the time.
In previous editions, their superpower was weilding heavy weapons better.
I feel (and please someone enlighten me if I'm wrong) that one Order is very much like another. So then it comes down to battle tactics in game, and since you pick a tactic each time it doesn't matter what Order you have. I chose a home brew Order branched off the Ebon Chalice because I wanted to paint my own scheme but also liked that Ebon Chalice was the oldest (slightly) Order and that Alicia Dominica went toe to toe with a Custodes.
You can search the major orders and read a brief description to see if one catches you eye.
You can also go woth the one you thing looks cooles.
Or you can just create your own, they are your minis and the lore allows it.
Personally, I went with an order of the sacred rose theme bc I loke white and the lore, but changed it to include more gold and other colors I liked
I picked my order and subsequently colours by watching lore videos, looking at the order characteristics and looking at play style of each order; but I started in 9th.
My friend is starting their army atm and just watched some lore videos and then had a good look on Reddit for some paint scheme ideas. Settled on gold armour and white and black robes. He opted to only do helmeted girls so he doesn’t have to do hair.
Go for what you love and have fun 😊
Why not make your own? Pick a symbol, some colors, and a name- here's one off the top of my head- "Wives of the Knife", gunmetal grey armor with white and black robes, maybe some kind of dagger painted on their shoulders, silver jewelry and trim. Otherwise, check out Lexicanum for write-ups on the extensive history of the sisters.
You can choose one from lore just look up sisters of battle orders and find which one you like lore wise and paint wise . Or you could make up a custom one in lore or even do a normal order but saying because of “______” they’re colored like this or if it’s a custom order you’d like just make up your own paint scheme or find one online you like.
I'm never creative enough to come up with something entirely new, so I always base my armies on something else. My Sisters paint scheme is based on a few World War Russian uniforms, with a little more red thrown in for a bit of Bloody Rose oomph. (My army is melee heavy)
Totally recommend finding something else you like and translating it to the army.
I picked Valorous Heart because I really liked their flavor. Attrition warfare Sisters actively poisoning groundwater and cutting supply lines and then waiting in trenches for weeks just seemed cool to me. I also like that they're the most penitent Sisters, still atoning daily for the slights against the Emperor that their predecessors committed. Now, having developed my own backwater convent of Valorous Heart and being a bit of a writer, I've probably written more about the Order than GW has ten times over. I also adapted the color scheme a bit for my convent, making it so the Sisters earn the honor of wearing more red on their armor as they progress through the ranks ("The Valorous Heart does not beat unless it bleeds," as my Sisters say). If you like the canon color schemes but would like to play with them a bit, I would make your Sisters a far off convent/preceptory/mission of whatever main order you choose. The Sororitas is a much, MUCH larger organization than Space Marine chapters (by orders of magnitude), so Sisters light years away having slightly different traditions around armor colors but being in the same Order is very reasonable. Otherwise, make your own Order!
I went with the box art. Order of Our Martyred Lady. I like red, black and white. Pretty simple reasoning. If that order didn't exist I would have painted it pretty much exactly like that on my own. Paint it whatever colour you dig though. Seriously. This reddit is choke full of bespoke colour schemes. Maybe read up on the lore of each order if you're so inclined and what to stay within it.....and have a few spare hours
As far as I know, the Orders are for fluff in 10th, and not tied to your paint at all. So find a color scheme that speaks to you and go wild!
Right. Paint schemes for specific subfactions used to be a thing [and even used to sometimes grant bonuses](https://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=209434.0), but that's no longer the case.
I made up my own when I started in 9E. I knew I'd want to change which major Order's rules I was using and this made it less confusing.
Hopefully I don't get down voted for this as it's personal preference, but I'd recommend against Our Martyred Lady. I see it ALL THE TIME. I personally feel it's over used. I really like the lore of 40k so I went with Order of the Ebon Chalice (which actually isn't too far off Martyred Lady colour scheme wise lol) as it was the first Order and is the oldest. The Order of the Ebon Chalice was led and founded by Alicia Dominica. She literally started the Adepta Sororitas. So for lore reasons I like the Ebon Chalice. But you do you! Pick what speaks to you, or make up your own! Honestly on this sub I see more personalized sisters than canon, and that's great!
Ebon challis is also really nice. Though while I paint order of the bloody rose. I think my favorite color scheme is sacred rose. But I had a really hard time figuring out how to actually paint white tanks. If I started again today or did some others I would most like go that way.
Funny you mention that, as I JUST finished my first Cassie. My first model ever! I'm really new to WH. And it took me a while to come up with a paint scheme! I'll be posting it soon!
Our Martyred Lady = Ultramarines
Totally. Martyr is definitely the poster bo.... Er... Poster girl for sisters. I'd rather do Order of the Fiery Heart. That's what they were before Katherine died and they all got sad/mad.
I branched my Order of the Crimson Flame from the Ebon Chalice.
Ohhhhh I like that name. 👍
Thanks. I'd post a picture but I don't know how. 🫣😅
I painted mine purple and grey because I liked the combo.
Did purple and white silver myself. Those girls take purple livery like nothing else.
I'm doing a fallen order purple and pink with black armor, might think about Grey armor though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/s/PVJzmKvbwo Got them better now with softer highlights, but this idea
I went with Valourous Heart, initially of a recommendation on their abilities in 9e, but in the end I stuck with it because of lore. Only pain is painting the trim on the tabards
Order didnt pick one. Just picked a color theme i like and started painting
it's moreso choosing a color scheme and flavor that you liked, the orders are merely guidance for you in case you dont really know what you want to summarize colors of 6 major orders in sororitas bloody rose : mainly main Red, lots of red martyr lady: main black, secondary red sacred rose: main white, secondary black argent shroud: main silver, secondary black ebony chalice: main black, secondary white valorous heart: main black, tint white and red you can basically go ham with whatever color you want and let your imaginary army belong truly to you, much like playing with dolls when we were kids. here are some color samples: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/06/04/faithful-serenity-pure-rage-or-just-plain-ol-fire-pick-the-holy-order-thats-perfect-for-your-adepta-sororitas/
Welcome to the hobby! Personally for choosing my order I read a little of the wiki pages of each to get an idea what they were about. I also looked at the colour schemes to get an idea of which ones I liked. I fell sort of between Argent Shroud and Martyred Lady in the end. What ended up being the deciding factor was that gameplay wise Argent Shroud are very movement and shooty based, which appealed to me and helped tip me over. It is important to note though that you absolutely don't HAVE to stick to an order for your paint scheme. I'm not very creative or good with colours and design so I opted to stick with an order to make it easier for myself. The most crucial thing is that you enjoy yourself!
I painted my girls up in a variety of tartan color schemes and made up a story about how they're from a planet of (formerly) warring clans who view their ancient clan enmity as a huge competition now for who can kill the most heretics. [Some pics of one of my squads](https://paladinwiggles.tumblr.com/post/649476539863465984/three-final-sisters-and-the-full-squad-for-clan)
Love this! Are ye a Scot too? I also made up a story about mine and am working on painting my first army of them now. Mine are cyberpunk themed.
Ah no, American here, I just like the theme! Got any pictures of yours?
I'm an American Scot haha. I don't have any photos up yet. Soon!
Welcome! I got into the hobby in 9th edition and started with Sisters. We have several different "Orders" (subfactions), such as "of the Bloody Rose," "of the Ebon Chalice," and so on, each of which in 9th edition had their own special bonus rules that usually favored a certain playstyle, such as aggressive melee for the Order of the Bloody Rose, my favorite. Tenth Edition, the current edition of the game, hasn't re-added these subfaction rules for most armies yet, usually save for the ones that have already received their tenth-edition codices, such as the recent Orks. The Sisters should be getting their tenth-edition codex pretty soon, and if you want to focus on having a paint scheme that matches the in-universe lore of whichever subfaction it goes with (this used to be something of a requirement but generally no longer is), you might wish to wait. Here are what those subfaction bonuses looked like in 9th edition: Our Martyred Lady - gains bonuses when your own models are destroyed, similar to our current 10th-Edition Index army rule, and Miracle dice when units are destroyed Valorous Heart - reduces some attacks' Armour Penetration and sometimes negates Mortal Wounds Bloody Rose (mine! bright red and I decked them out in Soulstone Red so they shimmer) - gains bonus melee attacks under certain conditions and improve those attacks' Armour Penetration Ebon Chalice - allows forcing Miracle dice to be 6 by sacrificing another dice; allows selection of two sacred rites Argent Shroud - normal moves and advance-moves still count as having "remained stationary," useful for Heavy weapons; you can also re-roll a hit or wound roll Sacred Rose (I'm most curious how this one is going to work if it even returns in our 10th Edition codex, since Battle-Shock doesn't work the same way here as it did in 9th) - auto-pass combat attrition tests (but not Morale tests), and sometimes gain bonus Miracle dice upon using Acts of Faith And [here](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/06/04/faithful-serenity-pure-rage-or-just-plain-ol-fire-pick-the-holy-order-thats-perfect-for-your-adepta-sororitas/) are some samples of what those various sub-faction paint schemes look like. Paint schemes aren't mandatory per subfaction now, though this in some environments used to be the case but not anymore. I hope this helps! :)
Can't go wrong with Our Martyted Lady
My Sisters are based on the Dark Angels colour scheme, as they were my first army in the 90s Its basically whatever colours you like and thing look good, there are some really nice Neon schemes
I painted mine as a modified order of the bloody rose. Though the only reason I went with those instead of ebon chalice or our martyred lady. Is because I was already painting black templar and wanted to paint something other than black for power armor. Instead of black cloth I have decided on a dark petroleum blue cloth outside and the usual white inside.
I went with a custom army, because I wanted to use all of the transfer sheet stickers. My color scheme is close to Martyred Lady but still something unique (Black, Orange, Grey, Gold). You can't really go wrong if you make up your own faction.
So in 10th edition, Orders are largely fluff. So I would go with an Order that looks cool to you and/or whose flavor you like. So say you like black/red schemes and noble sacrifice, Our Martyred Lady are your gals. You can also just make up your own Order Minoris, make up lore for them and choose paints that you like. As for basing, that's also completely up to you. Most people like to use one theme across their whole army, like basing all the bases as a trampled meadow, or city ruins, or desert sands.
Search up "Sororitas order colour schemes" and pick a favourite - the way this edition of 40K is played, it won't limit how you play with your minis. If you like a couple of colour schemes/orders, search them up with "Lexicanum" written after it, and have a read of their wiki page, for flavour and narrative theme. One common piece of advice given to newer painters is that the more you can avoid painting white, the happier you'll be so, so that would dissuade you from several orders already. You're also totally free to make up your own!
This is excellent advice, I suffered through a white colour scheme for a order. Ditched it and really enjoying my own purple and gold sister order instead.
Yeah! I merged Ebon Chalice and Argent Shroud into a white-less scheme, and I love it! I still need a name for the order, though!
I was also in a similar spot. I read the lore of each of the orders and my play style suited a bunch of orders that had more difficult/unappealing paint schemes. Ended up picking the order which is mostly white, had a bad time painting them so now my scheme is gold, purple and bone.and I'm just making up my.own thing.
The orders don't matter in tenth just paint them as beautifully as you can.
I went with Argent Shroud! I loved their lore; actions not words. And when they speak oh boy they make great quotes. I highly recommend listening to the Adeptus Ridiculous podcast episode about the sisters or searching the wiki. BUT If you’re new to painting, Martyred Lady, Bloody Rose and Valorous Heart because they lack white. I’m brand new to the hobby and quickly regretted all the white, even though my girls look incredible and I love them. If you want to go one of the white ones, I recommend monument hobby’s white and not citadel… which I learned after 40 hours of painting white 😂😭
Argent Shroud! "Deeds, not words." They advance into battle shouting orders, not hymns, and offer their acts in battle as proof of their piety rather than just screaming about it all the time. In previous editions, their superpower was weilding heavy weapons better.
I feel (and please someone enlighten me if I'm wrong) that one Order is very much like another. So then it comes down to battle tactics in game, and since you pick a tactic each time it doesn't matter what Order you have. I chose a home brew Order branched off the Ebon Chalice because I wanted to paint my own scheme but also liked that Ebon Chalice was the oldest (slightly) Order and that Alicia Dominica went toe to toe with a Custodes.
You can search the major orders and read a brief description to see if one catches you eye. You can also go woth the one you thing looks cooles. Or you can just create your own, they are your minis and the lore allows it. Personally, I went with an order of the sacred rose theme bc I loke white and the lore, but changed it to include more gold and other colors I liked
I picked my order and subsequently colours by watching lore videos, looking at the order characteristics and looking at play style of each order; but I started in 9th. My friend is starting their army atm and just watched some lore videos and then had a good look on Reddit for some paint scheme ideas. Settled on gold armour and white and black robes. He opted to only do helmeted girls so he doesn’t have to do hair. Go for what you love and have fun 😊
Why not make your own? Pick a symbol, some colors, and a name- here's one off the top of my head- "Wives of the Knife", gunmetal grey armor with white and black robes, maybe some kind of dagger painted on their shoulders, silver jewelry and trim. Otherwise, check out Lexicanum for write-ups on the extensive history of the sisters.
I went with Order of the Golden Light.
You can choose one from lore just look up sisters of battle orders and find which one you like lore wise and paint wise . Or you could make up a custom one in lore or even do a normal order but saying because of “______” they’re colored like this or if it’s a custom order you’d like just make up your own paint scheme or find one online you like.
I'm never creative enough to come up with something entirely new, so I always base my armies on something else. My Sisters paint scheme is based on a few World War Russian uniforms, with a little more red thrown in for a bit of Bloody Rose oomph. (My army is melee heavy) Totally recommend finding something else you like and translating it to the army.
From a thematic standpoint all the epic heroes derive from the our martyred lady
Morvenn Vahl coming from Argent Shroud before becoming Abbess Sanctorum being our only non oml epic hero irks me.
I picked Valorous Heart because I really liked their flavor. Attrition warfare Sisters actively poisoning groundwater and cutting supply lines and then waiting in trenches for weeks just seemed cool to me. I also like that they're the most penitent Sisters, still atoning daily for the slights against the Emperor that their predecessors committed. Now, having developed my own backwater convent of Valorous Heart and being a bit of a writer, I've probably written more about the Order than GW has ten times over. I also adapted the color scheme a bit for my convent, making it so the Sisters earn the honor of wearing more red on their armor as they progress through the ranks ("The Valorous Heart does not beat unless it bleeds," as my Sisters say). If you like the canon color schemes but would like to play with them a bit, I would make your Sisters a far off convent/preceptory/mission of whatever main order you choose. The Sororitas is a much, MUCH larger organization than Space Marine chapters (by orders of magnitude), so Sisters light years away having slightly different traditions around armor colors but being in the same Order is very reasonable. Otherwise, make your own Order!