Planning, buying and painting an army for lizardmen.

My main hero for lizard men is skink priest on engine of the gods. The bonuses it provides are quite useful especially burning alignment and portent of warding though not sure about the new 8th ed FAQ changing the rules so that instead of getting +1PD and DD it now gives +1bonus to all of his casting and dispelling attempts. Is expensive though 355pts basic so should only show up in 2000pt+ games as thats a fair chunk of your hero pts gone. Also nothing wrong with skink chief on steggy with stegadon war spear but do need to get that charge.

Also with how nasty miscasts are now a Slann with cupped hand of the old ones could be quite deadly by throwing the miscast on a wizard in a enemy unit could cause a lot of damage.

Also when not playing pure skinks like taking a Scar Veteran with Scimitar of Sun Resplendant as those 6 str5 attacks can really put a dent in most enemy units and not to shabby against heroes either though would be careful now your striking at I order even if you get a charge.

Cool thanks for the feedback – getting my head around the magic and balancing the slann vs skink priests. Thinking of getting one of each to start with and see how they play.

No of points for a starter army? I don’t want to invest too much time or money in a huge army only to find I don’t like some of the units. So thinking of getting a good solid core [saurus, temple, and skinks] and then a little of everything to see how they play. What is a good point size for starters? 1000 or 1500 or does it need to be 2000 to include the fun heroes?

@tinracer said:
Cool thanks for the feedback – getting my head around the magic and balancing the slann vs skink priests. Thinking of getting one of each to start with and see how they play.

No of points for a starter army? I don’t want to invest too much time or money in a huge army only to find I don’t like some of the units. So thinking of getting a good solid core [saurus, temple, and skinks] and then a little of everything to see how they play. What is a good point size for starters? 1000 or 1500 or does it need to be 2000 to include the fun heroes?

i just bought a battalion box and i you should too.
The 20 Saurusw. are very usefull , especially since there are only 16 in a normal box.
The Templeguard is great and usefull as are the 12 skinks and the Riders.

In my opinion you can save a lot of money by building your Saurusvets etc out of templeguard and Rider /Warrior bits.
No metall models and much cooler look

The basis for any Lizardman army should be a unit of temple guard with a slann, and a scar vet for preference. The unit itself is pretty immovable, the slann can be a battle standard and with his magical prowess this unit can form a solid base for the rest of the army.

Thanks for the great ideas – so I’ve ordered a battalion box, slann, a stegadon, skink priest and chakax cos the model looks so cool. I’ve got some mixed bits from ebay coming, about 20 odd skinks and another 10 saurus. Phase 2 will be a battle standard, Kroq-gar, possibly another batt box. Later some kroxigors and chameleons. Not sure about the hunting packs or terradons, will play want I’ve got first and see where I need to expand or fill gaps.

Think I’ve decided on how to paint the bulk of the army.

Solid use of washed to define scales and the simple highlighting to pick out important elements.

That skink looks awesome mate!

Definitely think about Sallies, they’re pretty nice now with no partials.
Also terradons and chameleon skinks if you’re up against alot of warmachines.

And I agree, the Chakax model looks excellent.

Yeh I’ve been looking at a Lizzie army for WHFB as well, I have a warband in Necromunda and the Skink blowpipes are just truly evil! throw in a Slann and an Engine and you will have a pretty awesome Magic phase too.