With the new Codex: Emperor's Children, I've had to massively reorganize my old Emperor's Children force - that was organized using the rules in the previous edition's Chaos Space Marines Codexes... Really, it was a bit disappointing how much things changed.
In previous editions, Noise Marines, if taken in a force with the Emperor's Children key words, they were considered Troops or Battleline - your basic troops that you can take as many as you want of (or six units, instead of just three, in the most recent edition) and they could be in units of five to ten...
In the current edition Noise Marines are fielded in units of six (no more, no less - which makes sense, being the magic number of Slaanesh!) but are NOT BATTLELINE!! Meaning I can only take a MAXIMUM of THREE units of these - a grand total of eighteen Noise Marines!?
While they weren't all painted, I already had THIRTY Noise Marines!? Then I got twelve more in the Champions of Slaanesh box set!?
What am I to do with all these Noise Marines!?
I haven't decided ultimately what will happen to ALL of them... but for the time being, I've decided to rebase the ones I've painted (as they are now fielded on 40mm bases!?) and painted up any of the older ones I need to fill out three units of six of the older models as fast as I can and use those...
What will I do with the dozen other old ones I have...?! I don't know....
What will I do with the dozen NEW ones I have...? I don't know... I could just sell them while the Noise Marines are still popular..? Or just keep them around and paint them for funsies... or paint them to replace the old ones (eventually)
For now, however, I've painted two of the older ones to add to the Soroibus Tortus...
The two new ones...
Soroibus Tortus Noise Marines
The unit was inspired by the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister and the costumes they wore on the cover of The Best of the Atlantic Years album...
Sometimes when coming up with names for 40K, I just latinize them, sort of... I'm not sure how I got to Sororibus Tortas... I'm guessing it was based on Torta (Twisted?) and Soror (Sister)...?
I could have gone with Perversa Sorore... or Fraternitas Torta... or Fraternitas Perversa!? Alas... Sticking with the original name I came up with for them!
I have three or four more of the older Noise Marines to finish up to complete the three units...
When they're done, I could potentially field 740 points of stuff...
- Daemon Prince of Slaanesh (1) 195 pts
- Lord Exultant (1) 80 pts
- Sorcerer (1) 60 pts
- Noise Marines (6) 135 pts
- Noise Marines (6) 135 pts
- Noise Marines (6) 135 pts
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