Lamenters Tactical Squad Visiroth

Veteran Sergeant Visiroth was promoted from squad leader after the previous Sergeant, Athelas, was killed on the surface of Optera. A strict adherant to the Codex Astartes, Visiroth often goes to battle sans helmet as to, "...feel the air of the battle."
Squad Visiroth is often equipped with tank-hunting weapons, which they have found great success with.

More Lamenters...

Captain Janus Roderic of Strike Force Iltempus

Janus Roderic was inducted into the fleet-based Lamenters chapter from their recruiting center on the planet New Iberia, located deep on the Eastern Fringe. He flew through the ranks of his chapter. Roderic was a Scout during the Lamenters participation in the Corinthian Crusade, fighting alongside the Ultramarines against the Orks of Charadon, by the time the chapter fought alongside the Astral Claws in the Serpentine Straights Wars Roderic had risen to the rank of Sergent, and by the time of the Badab War he was a member of the Command Squad of 3rd company Captain Orosius.
During the brutal boarding actions against the Minotaurs chapter Roderic slew no less than half a dozen Brother Marines with wide swings of his power fist. The Minotaurs were even fiercer opponents though. Despite Roderic doing everything he could to prevent it, Captain Orosius was eventually put down, killed by a Chaplain of the Minotaurs. In the aftermath of the Lamenters defeat Roderic was almost unanimously chosen to take Orosius' place at the head of the Company. So, at the head of the 3rd, Captain Janus Roderic headed into an unknown shadow to the East.
Another cruel twist of fate, the Lamenters could not have guessed what horrors their crusade would show them. They fought bravely against the jaws of Hive Fleet Kraken, but their chapter was doomed the moment it was created. On Malvolion Roderic fought bravely and thought quickly, and it's because of his actions that their remain any Lamenters alive in the galaxy. The timely escape of Roderic and nearly 300 of his brothers remains one of the few bright spots in the chapter's dark history.
After Malvolion the remaining marines split into five Strike Forces; Iltempus, Calima, Ostro, Vendavel, and Helios. Captain Roderic took command of Strike Force Iltempus, a force of hardened veterans, and does what he can to battle against the Kraken.

Oh the lamentations of fate...

Well first off I currently don't have a camera, so any articles will have to be displayed with found artwork, such as the fine piece above. This guy happens to be a Lamenters Space Marine, which is my newest current project.

For those of you who don't know about the Lamenters, they are a cursed founding chapter who use the gene-seed of Sanguinius with the Black Rage bred out. The downside being they have genetically bad luck. Examples of this include them accidentally siding with Huron during the Badab Uprising, and then for penance being sent into the mouth of Hivefleet Kraken. Barely three companies of Lamenters live in the galaxy now. I'm using the new foundations and washes to create the yellow for my armour. I'm going for more of a mustard, dark tone than the picture above. The recipe is this;

1.White spray undercoat
2.Tau Sept Ochre
3.Devlan Mud Wash
4. Iyanden Darksun
5.Highlight Golden Yellow
6.Highlight Sunburst Yellow

So far the checkers have been really fun to paint and I've also added them on place like kneepads and jump pack jets.

Here is the list I am making-

HQ
Captain Roderic w/ Bolter, Power Fist, Hellfire Rounds 135
Librarian Jordanes w/ Gate of Infinity, Plasma Pistol
Force Dome, Epistolary 165

Elites
8*Sternguard w/ 2*Combi-plasmas 210

Troops
10*Marines w/ Meltagun, Multimelta, Combi-melta 185
in Droppod 35

10*Marines w/ Meltagun, Multimelta, Combi-melta, Power Fist 210

5*Scouts w/ Heavy Bolter, Combi-melta 95

Fast Attack
10*Assault Marines w/ Power Weapon 205
5*Vanguard w/ Jump Packs, 2*Power Weapons 190

Heavy Support
Land Raider Redeemer w/ Extra Armour, Multimelta 265
6*Devastators w/ 2*Missle Launchers, Lacannon 171
Vindicator w/ Extra Armour 130

=1996

So what does everyone think?

UPDATE: Daemons

First a shot of what I have done so far...


And a battle shot v. Jwolfs IG

Bloodfeeder, Bloodletter Champion

More Khorne than Orville Redenbacher...

Got some more stuff coming off the table...







I also have the Skarbrand commission rolling, so the army is really coming together. I've gotten four games in with a 1000 point version of the army, resulting in 3 wins and 1 tie. These deamons are really fun to play with!

Current Projects

Here are the Bloodcrushers I've been working on. I have two more on the bench about half way through, probably do them tonight. I'm waiting on that to come out to do my Heralds. So bad ass.





And here is the Stormlord I am working on as the last of the Methalor army. They really needed something big and scary for when those Macharian campaign Apocalypse battle come around. I picked it because it is the super-heavy most like a prison bus :). I pretty much discarded the version GW has, as it doesn't match the rules they wrote at all...