"The loud lament of the disconsolate chimera."

-T.S. Eliot, "Four Quarters: Burnt Norton"

But Chimeras are Imperial Guard vehicles, I hear you say. But Eliot didn't write anything about Rhinos (so far as I know), and this was the only time I could recall that he uses the word 'lament.'

Anyway. Thanks to insomnia, enjoy a few Lamenters Space Marine CP lists, built from the new Blood Angel Codex

No.1: Jump-pack Assault, 400pts ("Let us go then, you and I"))
Troops:
Assault Squad #1: 5-strong (155)
-1x flamer
-sgt has Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield

Assault Squad #2: 10-strong (245)
-1x meltagun, 1x Plasma Pistol
-Sgt has Power Weapon, Inferno Pistol

nb: can split squad #2 with 'Combat Squads' rule for 3 scoring units

No.2: Tacsquad/Jump-pack Assault combo, 400pts ("Grishkin is nice: her Russian eye")
Troops:
Assault Squad #1: 5-strong (155)
-1x flamer
-sgt has Thunder Hammer, Storm Shield

Tac Squad #1: 10-strong (245)
-1x flamer, 1x missile launcher
-sgt has Power Fist
-mounted in Rhino

nb: can split tacsquad with 'Combat Squad' rule for 3 scoring units also

No.3: Razorback Assault ("Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees")
HQ: Sanguinary Priests x2 (100)
-attach one to each Assault Squad

Troops:
Assault Squad Alpha: 5-strong (150)
-1x flamer
-sgt has Power Fist
-swap Jump Packs for Razorback with Twin-Linked Heavy Bolters

Assault Squad Beta: 5-strong (150)
-1x flamer
-sgt has Power Fist
-swap Jump Packs for Razorback with Twin-Linked Heavy Bolters

Lists #1 and #2 are actually kinda tempting, as they share one squad, and the tacsquad from list #2 can be built (almost) entirely out of the raft of starter set marines I have floating around the garage. List #3 would be fun to run, and I'd love to see if the Furious Charge and Feel No Pain from the Sanguinary Priests would make up for the tiny squad sizes. But it would be the most hassle to build, and while I think I could get plenty of use out of the other three component squads that make up lists #1 and #2 at higher point levels, I'm not as sure about any of the stuff for list #3.

Roxanne... you don't have to put on the Red Army

Soviet midwar lists at 1500; will be editing this post as I add new lists until I fall asleep....

Gvarrdeyski Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk list #1 (aka the Bad Idea Express), 1485pts
HQ: 1x KV-1s (165)

Combat Companies:
-CC#1: 4x KV-1s (660)
-CC#2: 4x KV-1s (660)


Gvarrdeyski Tyazhelyy Tankovy Polk list #2 (slightly less ludicrous), 1500pts
HQ: 1x KV-1s (165)

Combat Companies:
-CC#1: 3x KV-1s (495)
-CC#2: 3x KV-1s (495)

Corps Support Companies
-CSC#1: Sapper Company, w/ 3x Sapper Platoons, Pioneer Supply horse-drawn wagon (345)

NB: or replace Sappers with:
-Strelkovy Battalion w/ 1 Rifle Platoon, 1 SMG Platoon, Komissar team, 1x Maksim HMG team, 2x Light Mortar teams (345)

Guards Tankovy Batalon, 1495pts
HQ: 1x T-34 obr 1941/42, w/ Tankodesantniki SMG team (110)

Combat Companies:
-CC#1: 5x T-34 obr 1941/42, w/ Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all (560)
-CC#2: 10x M3A1 Stuart (400)

Weapons Companies:
-WC#1: Tank-Rider Company w/ 2 Rifle/MG Platoons, 1 SMG Platoon, Komissar Team, 1x Maksim HMG team (455)

nb: drop the Stuarts to 9 (so I'm not buying an extra bag to only use 1); can add a 2nd Maksim HMG team to the Tank-Riders, pts will be the same

Guards Strelkovy Batalon (Red God of War themed, cheesy), 1500pts
HQ: Battalion HQ, w/ Company Command Rifle Team, 2iC Rifle Team, Battalion Komissar team, Anti-aircraft platoon (3x DShK AA MG on trucks) (95)

Combat Companies:
CC#1: Strelkovy Company w/ 1 Rifle Platoon, Komissar team, 2x Maksim HMG teams (200)
CC#2: Strelkovy Company w/ 1 Rifle Platoon, Komissar team, 2x Maksim HMG teams (200)

Corps Support Companies:
-CSC#1: Strelkovy Artillery Battery w/ 8x 76mm ZIS-3 and 4x 122mm obr 1938, Komissar team, observer rifle team, 2x anti-tank rifle teams, wagons & limbers, tractors (455)
-CSC#2: Reserve Heavy Artillery Battery w/ 8x 152mm obr 1943 hwzrs, observer rifle team, wagon and tractors (550)

Batalon Opocheniya (Militia Battalion, aka how much room do we have on the table anyway), 1480 and just silly
HQ: Battalion HQ, w Company Command Rifle Team, 2iC Rifle Team, Battalion Komissar team (25)

Combat Companies:
CC#1: Opolcheniya Company w/ 3x Rifle platoons, 4x Light Mortars, 3x PTRD anti-tank rifle teams, Komissar team (335)
CC#2: Opolcheniya Company w/ 3x Rifle platoons, 4x Light Mortars, 3x PTRD anti-tank rifle teams, Komissar team (335)
CC#3: Opolcheniya Machine-gun Company w/ 3 MG platoons, extra HMG per platoon, Komissar team (175)
CC#4: Opolcheniya Mortar Company w/ 2 Mortar platoons, Komissar team, observer rifle team (85)

Weapons Companies:
WC#1: Opolcheniya Heavy Mortar Company w/ 2 Mortar platoons, Komissar team, observer rifle team (90)
WC#2: Opolcheniya Anti-Tank Company w/ 6x 45mm obr 1937, Komissar team (110)
WC#3: Opolcheniya Anti-Tank Rifle Company w/ 3x Anti-Tank Rifle Platoons, Komissar team (160)
WC#4: Opolcheniya Artillery Battalion w/ 4x 76mm ZIS-3, 4x 76mm obr 1927, Komissar team, Observer Rifle team, horse-drawn wagons/limbers (165)

Hypermind 40k League - not dead yet

Actually a tiny little flurry of activity and renewed player interest this week/weekend, which was nice. At the same time, I need to get off my ass and do a lot of wargaming-related stuff:

1) finish assembling and start on painting the Recusant 113th, or at least the first 1000pts or so of them. I've been coming up with all sorts of keen stuff to paint on the sides of their tanks, which would of course necessitate getting said tanks, you know, built and painted.

2) get some primer on Hashut's Hammers, my Chaos Dwarf Blood Bowl team for this year's Bloodlust Football League, as mentioned on my buddy Britt's blog.

3) paint up my Sorylians for Firestorm: Armada

4) ditto my Ork and Chaos fleets for BFG, since that's ever so slowly moving forward at Hypermind as well

So what did I spend my free time doing tonight? Making up lists for the army I'm wanting to field in the Hypermind league, of course. Hooray for the Angels of Ecstasy. Now I just need a good recipe for a nice creepy pink paintjob....