Lamenters Project Background Story

The Lamenters have always interested me as a Marine Chapter since I saw the picture of the yellow marine in my Warhammer 40k Compendium sometime in the late 80's. I read the story of the Badab Rebellion and loved the story and background. At that time in the fluff they were on a crusade to repent their crime of rebellion. I was fascinated and I loved the chapter symbol itself.

I honestly didn't think much more about them for years. My first army was Ultramarines, ye olde 8 man terminator box set, and the Lamenters idea was forgotten. As time went on, I stayed with the smurfs as I could not go past them. But whenever I would have a need to open the compendium I would see them and think wow.... yeah that would be cool to paint.

Fast Forward to 2010 and as a slightly older and less wise man, I need a new army to paint. ( My guard army which I will detail at another time is fun, but I still love the marines) Searching for some ideas I went in search of a rare Marine Chapter that I could love but also maintain my adherence to the Codex. (I have a hatred for the SW and BA that goes back ages... its always been a codex chapter I stick with). I then remembered the Lamenters....

I did some digging, there is really very little around on them. Its a shame, as they are such an interesting chapter. For those of you who haven't read the Fall of Malvolion short story I suggest you do. It describes the destruction of the Lamenters quite well. I keep coming back to the line 39 minutes... which after you have read it, will make some sense to you. I also loved the fact that it was a cursed chapter with some interesting things happening in the background.

So there I am, thinking how do I go about building this force.

I decided as I usually do, to go with something that I can compete with, but also is thematic. I read a lot of posts out there and lists with things about what people describe as a theme without it being really thematic at all.

So I did some work and decided to base a SM army (Lamenters) on the forces present at the Fall of Malvolion or forces that could have survived the destruction of the chapter itself.

I came up with the following 2k odd points of stuff I liked.

HQ

Captain
Librarian
Chaplain with a Jump Pack

Elites
Sternguard with a Razorback (I love the Razorback I think its one of the best SM type vehicles out there)
Terminators

Troops
Tactical Squads with Rhino's

Fast Attack
Assault Marines

Heavy Support
Devastators
Predators

The above is what I like myself from the Space Marine Codex. It might not all be the best stuff or even great for the metagame, but I liked it. I have a hatred for Vindicators as well.... so I don't use them and I really don't like SM bikes.

So my challenge now is to get it all and get it painted. I have started, but as I noted earlier I wanted a thematic list. So I decided to add some Ordo Xenos to the mix, as who else but the Ordo Xenos would be present defending the planet or helping against the Nids. I wanted something different, so I went digging about and found a unit of Karskins! perfect... Inq storm troopers! and with some more digging managed to find even some old Adeptus Arbites! Great! I now have the remains of a PDF force or judges for the planet too... with a nice Inq and some retinue figures, my Ordo Xenos component is now complete....

Blog Intro and Hello

I have never really wanted to do a blog before, but as I find myself more and more becoming embroiled in the 40k and Warhammer Fantasy scene again, I have decided to map my progress and its various projects as they come to pass.

At the moment I am working on four different projects.

A Lamenters/Lamentors Space Marine Army with Inq allies f0r 40k. This is my showcase army.

An Imperial Guard Army, based off the Egypt campaigns of the British Empire circa 1880-1889.

Terrain and features for a game board, both Fantasy and 40k.

Empire Army for Warhammer Fantasy, based off the old Elector region of Sylvannia before its fall into darkness at the hands of the Vampire Counts.

I hope to write as many reviews as possible as well on the project and bits and parts that I use and the various websites and things that I pick up along the way. I am a regular poster under the name Alexious on Heresy Online too. :) I will also make comments about codexes and other armies that I come across or any tournament level play that I get into.

Please feel free to comment and leave a note if you play and your in Sydney or NSW. Always looking for new opponents!