Hi everybody I'm totally new to lizardmen and have only got the army book and i have no idea what is good so id like to know what i should buy to create a strong but fun force and aslo what magic items are the ones to use
Welcome! You chose the best army in the game! As far as units go you def need some Saurus warriors, Skinks and Temple guard. I dont have my book with me atm so I cant tell you every magic item from the top of my head but I will post more once I remember to bring my book home with me!
Depends on the size of the game you're playing. Saurus warriors and skink skirmishers are both solid core choices, that fill different roles. The saurus are good solid centre point for your army, with skink skirmishers great at harassing larger tough targets. I tend to run a couple of large blocks of saurus with one or two lots of 10 skirmishers in larger games. Salamanders are just unmissable. Even at 500pts there's room for 1. I take 3-4 in 2-3k games and they are just immense. If you're playing larger games, then a Slann + 20 Temple Guard is a pretty popular setup. The Slann is just brilliant at what he does. A Scar-Vet on foot is a very nice general at smaller points (i.e. without a Slann) games. He's tougher and stronger and has more attacks than most army heroes, and is very reasonably priced (Great Weapon + some extra armour is quite a common setup) Stegadons are quite useful. I tend to run an Engine of the Gods and an Ancient at larger points games. The Engine almost gives you a lvl3 caster (Plaque of Tepok completes it), but it does leave your priest very open to cannon balls, challenges, and just being hit in general. Ancient Stegadons are very nice tho. With D6 Strength 6 impact hits, and D6 S6 thunderstomp hits. Quite nice. The rest of the army is a bit meh really. I'd avoid Skink + Krox mixed units (shame, as they look really nice). The skinks are just easy combat res for the opponent and you'll likely flee after the first round of fighting. If you want to take Krox, then just take them on their own imo. Cavalry are nice to have in larger games, but very expensive and i've never found a place for them below about 3k. It always means dropping something much better. In larger games chameleon skinks and terradon riders are nice additions. They add some nice war machine hunting abilities to the army, and I find it hard to choose between the two sometimes.