8th Ed. Advice Please :)

[redcoatofthe33rd]

I have recently started collecting lizardmen after building up a decent sized empire army and am looking for advice on how to build up a force. When I say 'started collecting' i mean I have 16 saurus spearmen so I would really appreciate some advice on what to buy next and where to go from there in terms of bulking up my force

Your friendly neighbourhood lizzie noob

Redcoat

 

[n810]

Got some Skinks to go with your Saurus...
And when you can afford it get a battalion box,
It's a pretty good deal, and that ought to take you a while to
assemble and paint...

You should be able to convert some skink and saurus hero's from all that.
this should get you a 1000 point army to start off with.

 

[Caneghem]

A box of skinks is a always a good buy. You get 24 of them so it's pretty good value. I tend to have a skrox unit and some skirmishers in my lists, so you will always have a use for them.

 

[BEEGfrog]

Slann
20xTemple Guard
20xBlowpipe skinks
2, 3 or 4x sallies

These are almost mandatory, other things are dependent on personal preferences., get all of these.

More saurus, probably with HW, Sh
Chameleon skinks
More skinks with pea shooters in multiples of 10
10 to 20 Javelin, Sh skinks to act as either cohort or skirmishers
3 to 6 Kroxigor either in pure krox units or as upgrades to skink cohorts
3 Teradon
Stegadon (preferably in flexible configuration of either ancient or EotG, ancient with or without chief)
Scarvet/old blood models, possibly on cold ones. OBs only used when too few points for 1st slann or enough points to have already bought slann.


Are useful add ons which are reasonably cost effective but not as cost effective as first set of figures. Get these as and when you feel ike trying them out. They will be useful but are unlikely to be in every list.

Old blood Carnosaur
Cold one riders
Skink Priests

Only worthwhile if you love the fluff or the model

Razordons
Swarms
Skink chiefs (not on ancient steggie)
All lizardmen special characters (except when used as ordinary characters

Are not cost effective and should be avoided.

These recommendations are assuming you are heading for a 2000 to 2500 list quickly. If you are planning to build slowly then saurus, skinks, scar vet/OB models and a skink priest or 2 are the first stage.

 

[redcoatofthe33rd]

Thanks very much for the feedback, really appreciate it There seems to be a consensus that skinks should be the next item on my to-do list, so that's sorted out my next addition thanks again!