Officers in Lyubov units are expected to be more than effective war leaders,
they are also expected to be Talmidim (scholars) as well. The martial
ideal of Lyubov is a warrior-philosopher; wise and learned in many subjects but
especially in the Holy Texts, leaders who are as generous and chivalrous as they
are fearsome in battle.
These officers are also expected to be ardent defenders of the ancient Lyubov
traditions and to quote directly from the Holy Texts.
Special Characters
There are several special characters in the Codex that are interesting.
Captain Chenkov has returned as well as some new Sergeants (Sgt. Bastonne is
particularly interesting.) Special rules for Col. Schaefer and Commissar-Colonel
Gaunt have gone the way of the Labrador Duck but if you have the last Codex you
will still have those rules (until GW, in its infinite wisdom, re-releases the
rules for them on its website or in an issue of White Dwarf).
Original Special Characters
Although people have been doing it for years, the new codex specifically
encourages you to rename and create new fluff for the existing special
characters. I simply translated the names (more or less) into Russian
So Creed and Kell (Creed is an English word, and Jarran means 'rejoicing'
while a Kell is a kiln in Irish) becomes Colonel Oskar Kredo and his
banner-bearer Color Sgt. Radu Pech
Colonel "Iron Hand" Stracken becomes Colonel Zhelezny Nalrizhnik
Captain Al'Rahem (Al'Rahem means 'the Merciful' in Arabic) becomes Capt.
Alexi Miloserdny
Captain Kubrik Chenkov remains Captain Kubrik Chenkov
Sgt. Lucas Bastonne (Bastonne means 'little bastion' in French) becomes Sgt. Lukas
Oplotski
GSgt. Stonetooth Harker becomes GSgt. Kamen Pluship
Adding fluff to any special miniature makes them a 'Special' character that
you don't need anyone's permission to use. Good figures for this treatment at
the Colonel-Commissar Gaunt (treat him as a Commissar-Lord), Colonel Schaeffer,
and the female commissar figure.
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