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Hello all, With 9E in and the supplement to be released next month, I'll be joining the sons of Sanguinius as well going forward, working on the Lamenters chapter. I have the base coat of yellow done on some reivers, which will be the first models for the force. I haven't done yellow before, so these will end up where I do a bit of the experimentation with them. I have some models that I haven't yet assembled from a dark imperium box, as well as some others that are unassembled that I'll end up putting to this and some other projects.

I would like a place to put my musings about the Lamenters chapter, and the works-in-progress of my Lamenters army. Without further introductory remarks: First Lamentations on Blood Angels Codex, 8th Edition Only last night (January 29, 2018) did I purchase and read a copy of the “new” Blood Angels codex. I immediately skipped to “Successor Chapters” and was happily surprised to see that the Lamenters had re-entered the Blood Angels textbook as more than a throw-away sentence (E.g. Blood Angels Codex, 7th Edition). The Lamenters again enjoy the same short-shrift as the other ‘famous’ successor sons of Sanguinius: the Flesh Tearers (duh), Angels Encarmine, Angels Sanguine, Carmine Blades, Angels Vermillion, and Blood Drinkers. The Knights of the Chalice, a “purely Primaris” chapter are now listed for marketing reasons, surely. The Knights of Blood have again been omitted, which is unfortunate. What is NOTABLE with all capital letters is the tone of the two paragraph description of the Lamenters chapter. The blurb: That is some optimistic stuff! I’ve never personally read anything about the Lamenters that isn’t tinged with A) Boo-Hoo Sadness; and B) Ominous Foreboding. As I own a physical copy of everything previously published mentioning the Lamenters, I believe this to be a first. In the past, Lamenters fluff has always spoken about the future as either non-existent or EVEN WORSE than the present trashy circumstances. So, we’re definitely seeing a shift in outlook for the chapter. Could this be sloppy continuity or rushed space filling? Possibly! It is also perhaps, a possible ending of one thing that made Lamenters unique: their over-the-top pathos. It was hard to be the MOST SAD in a fictional universe comprised chiefly of suffering, but our Boys in Mustard did it. N.B.: I will say for the record that I have offered Games Workshop the exclusive opportunity to hire me to write all of their Lamenters-related material and have (shockingly) been rebuffed; if the tonal change is accidental, fault lays squarely on their shoulders. The blurb is also technically inaccurate - the best kind of inaccurate. Imperial Armour Vol. 9 states that the Lamenters were reduced to approximately 200 brothers during the Siege of Corillia in M38, as a defender against the Ninth Black Crusade. The ill-conceived participation in the Badab War cost the chapter over 500 battle brothers, and the resulting Penitence Crusade cost them an undisclosed additional number of casualties. So, it is true that the chapter has nearly been wiped out twice, but wrong to state that the Hive Fleet Kraken imbroglio was a separate cause of near-extinction. They were almost dead already, thank you very much! The Chapter has also suffered a decimation (10% or greater total casualties) on at least one other occasion, when over 200 battle brothers were killed liberating the human slave population of Slaughterhouse III from WAAAGH! Skargor as a part of the Corinthian Crusade in 701.M41 (see: IA9.1).

Hey everyone, I've been putting off getting Dark Imperium for the last month or so, in order to finish getting my long neglected Tyranids back in action for 8th, but now thats done (Well, lots of Gaunts still to do) for now, I'm getting started on some nice new Primaris Marines. I've gone for one of those chapters that are either wiped out or were nearly so by the time the timeline has reached now; the ever not so lucky Lamenters. I've had a lot of fun painting yellow on my tyranids and blood bowl humans, so I figured I'd do a yellow scheme for these, but wanted something different from Fists. The Lamenters have a very interesting history and this pretty much convinced me to give them a go. Also their chapter symbol is fun to paint. Anyway, here is the first Intercessor I've painted for them: I'm gonna start getting the Dark Imperium models done for them first, then we'll see what shiny new stuff GW brings out for these guys. Anyways Enjoy. Ra

Good evening everyone. I have worked with the incredibly talented author Tod Townsend to create an unofficial Warhammer narration centred around a conversation between a Lamenter and a Marines Errant. I would really appreciate your time if you follow the link below https://youtu.be/upMLtc25-WQ Hope you stick around, plenty more unofficial stories in the pipeline A Vox in the Void