honestly guys have some skinks lying around and the top Seraphon players close to me use skinks but I don't know how to use them effectively any help would be great thanks
I use mine in units of 10 as screens and to force a charge, block off a unit and get them to charge then when it's your turn to pile in wary fighter your skinks out and your opponent has a wasted charge. Use them in large units and they become very effective at shooting and they are fast only monsters and cavalry/flyers will catch them.
They are one of the cheapest battleline unit, I've not used a mixed order army yet so depends what role you have in mind for them.
Of course you can, I'm not the most experienced but putting a list up will enable others to help you tweak it.
Good base for the list, yeah the skinks are just chaff to block his charge, and get your own in, or hold them up for your heavy shooters to shoot into the combat. Maybe something like this, Leaders Skink Starseer (160) - Artefact: Phoenix Stone Skink Starpriest (100) Skink Chief (60) - Golden Sickle Lord-Castellant (100) - Artefact: Sigmarite Pendant - Mystic Light: Shriving Light Lord-Celestant (100) - General - Trait: Consummate Commander - Artefact: Seed of Rebirth Battleline 10 x Skinks (80) - Boltspitters & Star Bucklers 10 x Skinks (80) - Boltspitters & Star Bucklers 5 x Liberators (100) - Warhammers - 1x Grandhammers 5 x Judicators (160) - Skybolt Bows - 1x Shockbolt Bows - Stormcast Eternals Battleline 5 x Liberators (100) - Warhammers - 1x Grandhammers 5 x Liberators (100) - Warhammers - 1x Grandhammers 5 x Judicators (160) - Skybolt Bows - 1x Shockbolt Bows - Stormcast Eternals Battleline Units 3 x Ripperdactyl Riders (140) 1 x Gryph-Hound (40) Behemoths Bastiladon (300) Battalions Shadowstrike Starhost (120) Thunderhead Brotherhood (80) Total: 1980/2000 the consumate commander ability allows the skink chief to use his command ability, making your bastiladon or skinks more effective. You can dump the chief for more skinks, if you want a different command ability as well.
It is regarded here as one of the best Order units for synergy with our army. I personally don't use it because I want to play pure Seraphon and I don't like its look.