noobie skink here

Welcome. My name is Scalenex and I only play about one game a month, but I spend a lot of time reading books and forum threads and playing Theoryhammer.


The forum people here are very helpful. The painting modeling forum is filled with stuff that shames my models. The Tactics forum has a lot of good stuff. I tried to make a useful index of specific Tacticas which is linked in my signature. It may or may not help you.


LM are HE are similar because they both have few artillery, move fairly fast (HEs are a little faster), and have powerful magic. HEs are an elite army and LM are straddling the line between elite and horde. I don't know what playing style you favor, but overall LM are pretty versatile. While there is a prevailance of lists with Life Slann and Salamanders the are multiple ways to make competitive fun lists.


Me, I chose LM because I like dinosaurs. I don't know if this will effect your decision making process but LM are rumored to be getting a new book next Summer. I am not sure I'm convinced that rumor is true but if you buy a rulebook now you potentially risk it going obsolete in less than a year.