Khorne Hounds + Karanak: A love story

I don't like Karanak or Hounds. So, I lied about the love story part. I just want to do a bunch of comparisons to make you not like them or at least take something else. Here we go:

Bloodthirster will eat your face.

Your whole face in fact.

I'm enthralled with the Bloodthirster but I was at a loss on how to deck him out. I keep looking back at the previous codex with a forlorn look and a hopeless attitude. No S8 titan slapping plebs in face anymore. But then I got thinking, you're getting Deathstrike, you're getting Greater rewards and potentially awesome Exalted rewards. I'm also looking at Lesser Rewards with a small smile and it makes me think that there's hope for the Bloodthirster still.

But how to equip him? That's what I'll be looking into today.

MAGIC! (CSM Sorcerers)

Today I wanna talk about the sleeker, sexier, sorcerer(ier) HQ in the CSM codex: The Sorcerer. A very good, cheap HQ that really requires no upgrades to still be effective. 60 points for a mandatory HQ in a Space Marine equivalent codex is really good. You can spend the extra points on your troops and vehicles and such. Honestly a Captain costs 40 points more, meaning you can take a Rhino and a Sorcerer for the cost of a basic MEQ HQ. And have 5 points left over (get something nice for your mother).  Let's analyze each mark first and how they benefit the sorcerer and then mathhammer the powers.

Oh 'Lord'y!

Time to talk CSM. The next most recent codex...or whatever. The penultimate Codex. Chaos Space Marines. So far, their codex is doing awesome, what with cheap meat in the form of Cultists and excellent flyers, the Heldrake, as well as the ability to field cheap sorcerers, monster HQs and tons of heavy weapons in the form of Havocs they have become a force to reckon with. The army is excellent as primary or allied but today, I'm here to talk about Lords. Oh yes.

Pretty much every Chaos Lord's dream outfit

Specific Questions:
How do I make the most Killy Lord?
What CC weapons does he get? (Hint: He always gets CC weapons. Always)
Should he take a mount?
What about Marks?