MasterSlowPoke
11-27-2010, 01:39 PM
Hey guys! A few months back I saw a concept for an army that immediately appealed to me - a Blood Angels rapid strike list consisting of units solely using Jump Packs or Bikes. I didn't really want to do Blood Angels exactly - I'd be far from the first person in town with red dudes, so I looked to the Badab War for inspiration, and remembered one of my favorite chapters, the Lamenters.
The Lamenters are decedents of the Blood Angels, who have a similar but more subtle curse. While cases the Black Rage are fairly rare (but growing in frequency), bad luck and extreme misfortune plague the chapter at every turn. Rather than becoming overcome with Sanguinius's rage from the Heresy, the Lamenters acquired an aura of Sanguinius's despair at having to fight against his brothers. At no battle is this curse more evident than at the Fall of Malvolion.
Malvolion was a jungle planet hosting a regiment of Mordian Iron Guard that came under attack from a tendril of Hive Fleet Kraken. The planetary forces were woefully unprepared for an invasion of that scale, and were being easily consumed by the Tyranids. All hope seemed to be lost until three dozen Drop Pods belonging to the Lamenters came from the sky, and the disembarked marines immediately began pushing back the Tyranids. Initially, it seemed the Lamenters were unstoppable, but casualties quickly mounted and the Lamenters became overwhelmed. The precision strike was little more than a speedbump for Kraken - the last Lamenter died less than 40 minutes after the first Drop Pod landed.
This is the army I want to field.
So far, I've completed this test model of a "Sanguinary Priest". It was for a contest where you had to convert and paint a model that exaggerated a theme - something like an Ork with an obscene amount of guns or a Space Marine covered in purity seals. I felt the Catachan head expressed enough sorrow to qualify.
http://imgur.com/97Odf.jpg
http://imgur.com/4IKQC.jpg
http://imgur.com/bE3mn.jpg
I felt like the highlights were far too harsh to really look good, so I've changed my technique a bit. I'm going to be using an airbrush to do all the highlights on the marines. It should end up looking better and will be quicker to boot. My first real squad for this army is going to be a full bike squad with two meltaguns and a multimelta:
http://imgur.com/1iTfG.jpg
As a side note, the "Fall of Malvolion" comes from a short story written by Dan Abnett a few years back. It used to be hosted on GW's site but it doesn't seem like they've reuploaded it. I'm not sure if it's be reprinted in any of the Black Library books but I've never seen it there. A few people have it hosted on their personal websites, though, if you just do a search.
The Lamenters are decedents of the Blood Angels, who have a similar but more subtle curse. While cases the Black Rage are fairly rare (but growing in frequency), bad luck and extreme misfortune plague the chapter at every turn. Rather than becoming overcome with Sanguinius's rage from the Heresy, the Lamenters acquired an aura of Sanguinius's despair at having to fight against his brothers. At no battle is this curse more evident than at the Fall of Malvolion.
Malvolion was a jungle planet hosting a regiment of Mordian Iron Guard that came under attack from a tendril of Hive Fleet Kraken. The planetary forces were woefully unprepared for an invasion of that scale, and were being easily consumed by the Tyranids. All hope seemed to be lost until three dozen Drop Pods belonging to the Lamenters came from the sky, and the disembarked marines immediately began pushing back the Tyranids. Initially, it seemed the Lamenters were unstoppable, but casualties quickly mounted and the Lamenters became overwhelmed. The precision strike was little more than a speedbump for Kraken - the last Lamenter died less than 40 minutes after the first Drop Pod landed.
This is the army I want to field.
So far, I've completed this test model of a "Sanguinary Priest". It was for a contest where you had to convert and paint a model that exaggerated a theme - something like an Ork with an obscene amount of guns or a Space Marine covered in purity seals. I felt the Catachan head expressed enough sorrow to qualify.
http://imgur.com/97Odf.jpg
http://imgur.com/4IKQC.jpg
http://imgur.com/bE3mn.jpg
I felt like the highlights were far too harsh to really look good, so I've changed my technique a bit. I'm going to be using an airbrush to do all the highlights on the marines. It should end up looking better and will be quicker to boot. My first real squad for this army is going to be a full bike squad with two meltaguns and a multimelta:
http://imgur.com/1iTfG.jpg
As a side note, the "Fall of Malvolion" comes from a short story written by Dan Abnett a few years back. It used to be hosted on GW's site but it doesn't seem like they've reuploaded it. I'm not sure if it's be reprinted in any of the Black Library books but I've never seen it there. A few people have it hosted on their personal websites, though, if you just do a search.