I'm about to jump from 1k to 1500 with some friends. This is my list, let me know what you think. General/Lord Slaan w/ Cupped Hands, BSB, Focused of Rumination 21 TG w/ Full Command Scar Vet - Enchanted Shield, Light Armor 25 x Saurus Warriors w/ BS & Musician 10 x Skink Skirmishers 10 x Skink Skirmishers 8 x Chameleon Skinks 1 x Salamander w/ 1 Extra Handler 1 x Salamander w/ 1 Extra Handler Removed VotFF and added 2 extra handlers. I'm also considering creating 1 group of 16 Skirmishers and adding Spears to the Saurus block, any opinions?
i would get the extra handlers instead. Since the saurus hero has pretty high S he don't really need the poison.
I'd say separate, you are more flexible that way. You can still deploy them together if you want but you don't need to keep them together, you can wonder of with one of them to support elsewhere.