Could use some advice

[spenser48]

Hey all,

I'm new to painting lizardmen and have a quick question I'm painting my lizards scaly green with scorpian green scales and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what color to paint my cold ones I realy stuck on them.

Thanks,

 

[Khaldun]

I'm pretty new to the Lizards, but I would suggest googling for some pictures - the internet is a limitless source of ideas...

 

[LuckyNumbrXIII]

Indeed. What I did was I looked up all sorts of lizards. In fact, I looked up skinks and found out they had blue tongues... so I painted all my skinks' exposed tongues blue.

I try to make every lizard in my army based on real lizards.

My general is based on my gecko, Otto.

Check it out:

Otto the Gecko


Otto the Slann Mage Priest

 

[stu]

i paint my lizardmen green too. Haven't painted cold ones yet, but i am thinking of doing them a dark blue/grey colour with a pale under belly. Probably by mixing shadow grey with regal blue. Then adding a touch of codex grey to build up highlights, and space wolves grey for the belly. I'm hoping it comes out how it looks in my head!

 

[Chosen of Sotek]

Well if your lizards are green, then the ideal cold blood color would be something that look good with green. In my opinion any of these colors would look good - orange, purple, brown, and light blue. Black will look good as well but it may be to bland. A darker gray my suit it better if you wish to do something like black.

Hope this helps.

Chosen of Sotek

 

[asrodrig]

I also paint my Lizardmen green, and I was thinking of copying this raptor's color scheme:

 

[biggreen]

I think you paint should use Hormagaunt Purple as basecoat, Badab Black was top than 1:1 Warlock Purple,Liche Purple,for the shadow in the scales use Leviathan Purple in the cracks only. and highlights use 1:1 Scab Red, Warlock Purple.

 

[Aparach]

I think you paint should use Hormagaunt Purple as basecoat, Badab Black was top than 1:1 Warlock Purple,Liche Purple,for the shadow in the scales use Leviathan Purple in the cracks only. and highlights use 1:1 Scab Red, Warlock Purple.

Well, that doesn't give you much of a green model, but otherwise it sounds like it should work.

I also paint my Lizardmen green, and I was thinking of copying this raptor's color scheme

Love the ide of stripes down the spine. That could turn out to be quit sweet!
Did see a carnosaur elswere on this site who had stripes, and it was a killer! (by all means )