Saurus Cohort
Lets talk colour schemes. When I started Lizardmen, I knew straight away that I didn't to use the GW scheme or any other bright variety. I wanted my Saurus to look both neutral and intimidating. They might be coming to help you out - but by the same token, the Old One's plan might say that today they need to attack you. I hope that by using black and grey I've achieved that. The tan shields and the bronze just add a bit of colour to the unit.
I've also got a few guys with spears, using spares from the Saurus Cavalry sprue, in case I ever decide to run with that.
All in all, I was getting through about 5-6 Saurus a day, so managed to have the whole unit up and ready to go in a week, which I was satisfied with.
Favoured of Sotek, Skink-Kroxigor Cohort
Compared to the Saurus Warriors, the skinks are a much lighter shade of grey (its not so easy to see in these pictures). I really like the idea that in the thousands of years since the Old Ones left, the Lizardmen have begun to regress and turn a bit tribal, and I wanted a banner that captures this. It comes from the Orc Boar Boyz, I think, along with the horn, and the Champion is converted from the Stegadon kit. I think the rubble was a bit of the giant bow that I trimmed off. Still need to come back and give this guy another go other as the base doesn't look quite right yet.
I went for red scales on these guys, firstly to differentiate them from my skirmishers who are in green, and secondly because my Skrox units tend to be so ferocious, it was only right that they were blessed by Sotek!
Some close ups of the Kroxigor and their scales. I love these models and actually enjoyed painting them (I usually hate painting metal). I spent hours meticulously picking out their scales in Scab Red, then drybrushed them in Blood Red as a highlight. It turned out really well, and the whole unit looks pretty fearsome (As they should!).
The Immortals
The Temple Guard are probably my favourite models in the range. So many parts and customisation options. They also look so big and bulky compared to the Saurus. Going in to this unit I hadn't ever really painted bone on such a scale before, so it was a real learning experience but I think it turned out well.
The shields use the same colour as the Saurus Warriors, but its been darkened down with a big of chaos black. I figure that the Saurus go out and kill whatever creature is used to make the shields from as their rite of passage after spawning - the Temple Guard go and kill its bigger, meaner cousins to demonstrate their superiority!
Whereas I was painting 5-6 Saurus a day, the Temple Guard slowed right down to about 3.
Skink Skirmishers
Lastly, the trusty Skink. I actually have two units identical, but I've only pictured one as the other unit still has some goblin green bases in it (you can see one of them has snuck into the back). They've got green scales so as to appear more passive than their red-scaled cousins. I always imagine that the Skink was never meant to wage war in the Old One's plan, and their current role as skirmishers is one of desperation and need rather than design - as if the common skink scribes and stewards from the Temple-Citys have been conscripted.
After painting some 50 skinks in two weeks, including the Stegadon crew and Salamander handlers, I never want to paint another skink for the rest of my life!
