One of the great things about eBay (or flea markets, second-hand shops…) are those surprise deals you can get… you know, things you did not expect or hope for and you suddenly do get hold of them. Mind you, I dislike unpleasant surprises, like all people do… and I have loads of unpleasant surprises nowadays, at home, at work… and apart from that, everything is boring, mindless routine… getting up, going to work, working like hell, going home, grocery shopping, chaperoning the child, getting too little sleep… I could go for drugs, but then, some little pewters coming by are probably more healthy for my little fat body…
Now my big wonderful purchase of this week: two shiny boxes of Sisters of Battle! Still wrapped in plastic, a wonderful thing… normally if some sisters turn up on eBay (painted or unpainted) they sell for prices that are close to those you have to pay when ordering directly from Games Workshop. Too high for me… but this time I was lucky: somebody put up those two boxes (and some more I wasn’t interested in) for prices that were around half of what you usually have to pay… I saw, I bought and here they are…
The more important box is, of course, the basic Battle Sisters squad. I am still making plans for my “interim” battleforce – interim meaning: until they finally reboot the army with plastic kits – but there’s no way I couldn’t go without two of those and if I have to pay 25 € for ten sisters instead of almost 60 € – all the better!
The second box is a small squad of five Seraphim. That one will come in handy for my interim force… originally I had no plans for including those in my interim force, as I thought the models were weak. But when I look at them now, holding them in my hands… yeah, those are great ones, too.
All in all a great start for my collection. The seller also had a penitent engine for sale, but well, my budget wasn’t that big… but who knows, there might be surprises in the months to come… I’ll keep my eyes open on that!
