Blog The Jade Host: Mayan Lizardmen

Thank you, I really like how the units looked ranked up. Loved WH fantasy too much.

And there is no way I am ever going to go back and rebase them all.

 

Stay strong my scaly brother, stay strong!

 

Red Saurus are complete.

Spoiler: Red Saurus pics

They are much tighter on the base now, didn't realize how much the paint would do that. But they turned out great, first Lizardmen regiment that I have completely based!





One saurus unit down, 3 to go!

 

Also a shot of the completed saurus unit fillers:



The tower is a bit large, so I may make a new one to replace it and relegate this one to scenery.

Other ideas I had for saurus unit fillers (ideas from the Lustrian campaign book):

- Carniverous plants
- Curse Marker (some skulls mounted on sticks)
- Native traps (like a bear trap, but made by lizardmen)
- Quicksand
- Another one that looks like a pile of lizardmen treasure
- Jungle Swarm on a larger base?

 

They look great all based and ready to go. A lot of unit fillers I have seen were mostly jungle plants. The totems look great, but you could put a supply cart with a Skink clerk handing out weapons and shields. Tied up or caged captives if you have a few other models from other armies. Or even just a cage for the eventuality of capturing treasure hunters.

 

There was a suspicious package placed on my doorstep today... but it turned out to be my prize for tying for 3rd place in the Golden Serpent contest last year!

Took a picture in front of my troglodon entry:



Thank you @The Red Devil for putting on such a fantastic competition!

 

AWESOME!! And very well deserved!

Indeed! We're all grateful for all the time and effort that was put forth by @The Red Devil and the many others who contributed.

 

Work has commenced on basing my next two units of saurus warriors (the two with spears). Here is the pre-shot to show you what I am working with.



To fill in the gaps I created two more unit fillers, both based on ideas from the Lustrian Campaign book.

Spoiler: unit filler inspiration

Lots of great ideas here. I decided to go with the "curse marker" with the severed heads option, along with the "native traps."

Very simple to do, with extra pieces I had lying around, plus a few cast skulls and a cast orc head (the white resin pieces)

Spoiler: unit filler close ups

Curse Marker, complete with skulls and shrunken heads:



"native" trap, made from a Lizardman medallion and two extra saurus weapons:

 

Those markers are superb. Would be great objective markers or even condition markers.

 

Exactly what I was thinking they could double as in some games, that is why I eventually hope to make several more of them.

More updates: bases have been sanded and painted brown.

Spoiler: individual units WIP shots

Black Saurus of Quetzl:






Yellow Saurus of Tlazcotl:

Spoiler: unit fillers WIP

Did an experiment based on the way the trap was painted in the book, really tried to make the metal look "bronzed" with a blue-green wash that I have never attempted before. Looks successful!




And started painting the skulls. The ork is missing most of his teeth, but that's fine because its head is on a stick anyway. Makes the teeth look rotted out.



You can see the Wood Elf head on the back of this one now:

 

those traps/spikes are inspired!!

 

Awesome stuff! Really like the native trap! Such a great idea!

 

Ah yes, the underwater Trog... I like the resourcefulness of that conversion.

 

These are truly amazing !

 

New set of pictures for the next part of the process- adding more color to the brown bases. All that is left at this point is adding jungle leaves (which is done) I just need to upload those pictures.

Spoiler: WIP saurus bases

Unit fillers:






Here are some WIP pics with moss added to the bases of the saurus:





Final picture of the first unit filler, complete with jungle plants:

 

Really nice unitfillers/markers... looking good with those plants added... have the say that I thought the one with the trap was a little empty... but now I think it's the one I like best!

By the way... healthy thing to use the burger king vouchers the way you do... don't know if I could do it without taking one or two to the restaurant...

 

Ah the traps from the Lustrian campaign book, nicely done.

 

Both the black and yellow saurus are now completely based.




Black Saurus of the Tazamul Caves:

Spoiler

Added a small medallion to the base of this one. Back when I first made this unit, this model was a test model, so he is painted slightly differently from all the others (black painted scales, while the rest are actually just a black wash).

Yellow Saurus of the Xibalba Falls:

Spoiler

Standard bearer also has a clay snake on his base. I may start adding more of these on future unit bases.

Got three units of saurus complete now; only one last unit of saurus infantry and the temple guard to do before moving on to the rest of the army.

 

And here are the completed unit filler pictures.

Spoiler

Native Trap:


Curse Marker:


Look much better with the cheap jungle plants.

Group shot of all four completed unit fillers:

 

Looks really good! You unitfillers are really amazing and inspiring...
Will have to start making some mini terrain pieces, too.