Blog The Jade Host: Mayan Lizardmen

[Warden]

Look at those beautiful square bases!! Great work @Warden

Thank you, I really like how the units looked ranked up. Loved WH fantasy too much.

And there is no way I am ever going to go back and rebase them all.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

And there is no way I am ever going to go back and rebase them all.

Stay strong my scaly brother, stay strong!

 

[Warden]

Red Saurus are complete.

Spoiler: Red Saurus pics

They are much tighter on the base now, didn't realize how much the paint would do that. But they turned out great, first Lizardmen regiment that I have completely based!





One saurus unit down, 3 to go!

 

[Warden]

Also a shot of the completed saurus unit fillers:



The tower is a bit large, so I may make a new one to replace it and relegate this one to scenery.

Other ideas I had for saurus unit fillers (ideas from the Lustrian campaign book):

- Carniverous plants
- Curse Marker (some skulls mounted on sticks)
- Native traps (like a bear trap, but made by lizardmen)
- Quicksand
- Another one that looks like a pile of lizardmen treasure
- Jungle Swarm on a larger base?

 

[Bowser]

They look great all based and ready to go. A lot of unit fillers I have seen were mostly jungle plants. The totems look great, but you could put a supply cart with a Skink clerk handing out weapons and shields. Tied up or caged captives if you have a few other models from other armies. Or even just a cage for the eventuality of capturing treasure hunters.

 

[Warden]

There was a suspicious package placed on my doorstep today... but it turned out to be my prize for tying for 3rd place in the Golden Serpent contest last year!

Took a picture in front of my troglodon entry:



Thank you @The Red Devil for putting on such a fantastic competition!

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

There was a suspicious package placed on my doorstep today... but it turned out to be my prize for tying for 3rd place in the Golden Serpent contest last year!

Took a picture in front of my troglodon entry:

AWESOME!! And very well deserved!

Thank you @The Red Devil for putting on such a fantastic competition!

Indeed! We're all grateful for all the time and effort that was put forth by @The Red Devil and the many others who contributed.

 

[Warden]

Work has commenced on basing my next two units of saurus warriors (the two with spears). Here is the pre-shot to show you what I am working with.



To fill in the gaps I created two more unit fillers, both based on ideas from the Lustrian Campaign book.

Spoiler: unit filler inspiration

Lots of great ideas here. I decided to go with the "curse marker" with the severed heads option, along with the "native traps."

Very simple to do, with extra pieces I had lying around, plus a few cast skulls and a cast orc head (the white resin pieces)

Spoiler: unit filler close ups

Curse Marker, complete with skulls and shrunken heads:



"native" trap, made from a Lizardman medallion and two extra saurus weapons:

 

[Bowser]

Those markers are superb. Would be great objective markers or even condition markers.

 

[Warden]

Those markers are superb. Would be great objective markers or even condition markers.

Exactly what I was thinking they could double as in some games, that is why I eventually hope to make several more of them.

More updates: bases have been sanded and painted brown.

Spoiler: individual units WIP shots

Black Saurus of Quetzl:






Yellow Saurus of Tlazcotl:

Spoiler: unit fillers WIP

Did an experiment based on the way the trap was painted in the book, really tried to make the metal look "bronzed" with a blue-green wash that I have never attempted before. Looks successful!




And started painting the skulls. The ork is missing most of his teeth, but that's fine because its head is on a stick anyway. Makes the teeth look rotted out.



You can see the Wood Elf head on the back of this one now:

 

[SlanntaClause]

those traps/spikes are inspired!!

 

[Jorgik]

Awesome stuff! Really like the native trap! Such a great idea!

 

[Ritual]

Ah yes, the underwater Trog... I like the resourcefulness of that conversion.

 

[Seraphage]

Yes they normally come in a set of 10.

I was originally thinking a dwarf pirate force consisting of a unit of Long Drong Slayers, some piratey thunderers and warriors, and a unit of counts-as miners that look like deep sea divers from a jules verne book. Also would have added a unit of regular slayers to be dressed up like islander cannibals, and of course cannons. Lots of pirate cannons. Maybe a gyrocopter dressed up to look like a pirate lifeboat.

I never really developed the chaos dwarf pirate angle, but I figured they would have deal with the slave trade to Lustria, and be supplemented by some orc slave regiments and some Lustrian ogres. Lots of big beards and big hats. I was partially inspired by these chaos dwarfs:

Spoiler: Chaos Dwarf Pirates!

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I can't find the original link, but here is a link to the guy who made them, Tjub from Chaos Dwarfs Online.

Also for bases I wanted to use a similar concept by wonkobaggins at DakkaDakka; have a bunch of dwarfs coming up along the beach, with palm trees and barrels lining the coastline.

Spoiler: Undead Pirates

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Lots of good stuff here. So many projects still to do!

These are truly amazing !

 

[Warden]

New set of pictures for the next part of the process- adding more color to the brown bases. All that is left at this point is adding jungle leaves (which is done) I just need to upload those pictures.

Spoiler: WIP saurus bases

Unit fillers:






Here are some WIP pics with moss added to the bases of the saurus:





Final picture of the first unit filler, complete with jungle plants:

 

[tom ndege]

Really nice unitfillers/markers... looking good with those plants added... have the say that I thought the one with the trap was a little empty... but now I think it's the one I like best!

By the way... healthy thing to use the burger king vouchers the way you do... don't know if I could do it without taking one or two to the restaurant...

 

[n810]

Ah the traps from the Lustrian campaign book, nicely done.

 

[Warden]

Both the black and yellow saurus are now completely based.




Black Saurus of the Tazamul Caves:

Spoiler

Added a small medallion to the base of this one. Back when I first made this unit, this model was a test model, so he is painted slightly differently from all the others (black painted scales, while the rest are actually just a black wash).

Yellow Saurus of the Xibalba Falls:

Spoiler

Standard bearer also has a clay snake on his base. I may start adding more of these on future unit bases.

Got three units of saurus complete now; only one last unit of saurus infantry and the temple guard to do before moving on to the rest of the army.

 

[Warden]

And here are the completed unit filler pictures.

Spoiler

Native Trap:


Curse Marker:


Look much better with the cheap jungle plants.

Group shot of all four completed unit fillers:

 

[tom ndege]

Looks really good! You unitfillers are really amazing and inspiring...
Will have to start making some mini terrain pieces, too.