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Greetings all. And now for the introduction. I've been in this Hobby a long...long time. Indeed, I remember my very first White Dwarf being 206 and the thing that caught my very, very young self's attention being the Lizardmen. Dinosaurs and Aztec/Incan influences? Consider me sold!
But of course, like all young 'uns I didn't have much a budget beyond birthdays and Christmas, so sadly made do with large amounts of plastic skinks and saurus while staring forlornly at the metal Saurus and Skinks in the catalogues.
Of course, the first army wasn't...the most organised. It was a riot of colour, with paired units being matching colours... red and green, blue and red, green and red.... eventually they went into storage, to come out once or twice in early 6th ed after heading to University....and then the new Lizardmen book came out. And being a Uni student with a bit more funds...I splashed out more and the old Lizards went the way of bits and being sold off.
The new Lizards...were a bit more organised. Less a riot of colour, more consistency, with green skin and blue scales. Some lessons learned in painting gold and a lot of fun with inks....perhaps too much it would seem.
Eventually, the 6th edition army went into storage as well. After a good few years of getting roundly pasted and beat about by certain Elf armies my dreams of Saurus became rather depressive and the era of cannons lol at monsters did not make me happy at all. The 6th ed book...seemed lacklustre.
It was with 7th edition that I was pulled back in. The retired 6th ed army went into their dips and got stripped, some new metals were brought in and I happily went all in with 7th and 8th edition.
Once again the colours changed, this time to a more natural, subterranean inspired lizard scheme. Browns, black scales, the odd flash of red. Softer, warmer golds and shields that weren't as roughly done. An overall improvement. Even better, the playstyle became perfect for me.
You see, I loathed skink spam. I hated it. I wanted ranks of Saurus. A wall of angry beatstick lizards with skinks being resigned to specialist situations. And over 7th and 8th I refined this playstyle. The books even encouraged me to do so.
What you see was my final Lizardmen army until the death of 8th. It went to a number of local events. It went to the Student Nationals as part of the Vague Veteran group. And it just barely missed placing top 3 there fighting the overall winner of the weekend to his only draw (the rest were massacres in his favour!).
2 big blocks of Saurus that could reform into hordes if need be with 2 supporting blocks of Saurus. A very big block of Temple Guard with a Lore of Life Slann that meant they literally would NEVER die. A brick wall that literally ground everything that came at it to a standstill including dreaded things like bloodthirsters and chosen chaos knights. Saurus heroes scattered in the units, Salamanders and a small unit of Skirmishers for screening and harassment purposes, Terradons to pick off lone characters and that was that.
All fun...til the death of 8th edition and AoS. I sold the army off and my others in disgust. And I didn't touch AoS or Fantasy for nearly a decade.
Now to get where we are today....
In March 2020 I came down with a nasty, non-Covid related chest infection that took me off my feet for months. It was not good. I was burning up, hyperventilating and exhausted. I couldn't sleep due to breathing issues. It physically broke me....and the fatigue, exhaustion and mobility issues persisted. So much that in November that year I applied for PIP....then fought for that for about 8 months, failed (too vague) and reapplied with lessons learned, just scraping through.
Then, this month just been I get awarded PIP for the new application, my mobility issues acknowledged and the backpay...whew. So I did something...stupid. I decided I needed to relive my Hobby roots and get the army I wanted. All metal. All 5th ed era.
No plastics. So off to ebay, FB and general trade groups I went. And boy did I spend money. HOO BOY. But I was getting what I wanted. A few lucky lots on Ebay, a few good negotiated trades...
And I just keep getting bits in. I've had to order new bases. I've planned what I can out. And it's all turning out quite organic...
Much stripping, much sorting and there's still more being stripped or in the post at the moment. But the army has ended up as follows...
2 Slann Mage Priests
Oxayotl
Skink Shaman
Tenehuini (Skink Shaman)
Inxi Huinzi (Skink Hero on Cold One)
4 Saurus Heroes (Halberd, Sword and Shield, Two Axes, Great Weapon & Shield)
Saurus Warriors - 20 Spears inc. Command, 20 Hand weapons inc. Command.
Skinks - 10 Skink Archers inc. Command, 15 Skinks w/ Javelins inc. Command w/ 1 Kroxigor, 22 Skinks w/ Javelins inc. Command w/ 2 Kroxigor
Temple Guard - 19 Temple Guard inc. Command, 10 Temple Guard inc. Command
6 Skink Cold Ones inc. Command
5 Terradons
4 Kroxigor
2 Salamanders
2 Stegadons
Swarms - 3 Lizard Swarms (14), 3 Snake Swarms (15)
Gigantic Spider
I of course have spares. And even better, local scene has decided to dabble in 6th and 8th again...
So the army will grow...organically. I am not going to completely replace it, just maybe add an additional unit or two, trying to keep them matching the era they're from....everything else works just fine.
So for 6th I would need to add an Oldblood on Carnosaur, see about sourcing a Slann for a spare metal Throne I have and maybe eventually look at the first incarnation of Saurus Cold One Riders... and some Chameleon Skinks...
Well, it seems the ebay bits gods are nice after all....
So Chameleon Skinks in time then...
And eventually when I expand I will add new units according to their era.
But the scheme I am thinking is David Gallagher's classic artwork from the 5th ed Lizardmen cover... vivid blue, darker scales, yellow underbellies. Yellow mottle crests for the skinks, green stegadons, reddish brown terradons and a nice green/yellow slann....
Just gotta let the test Saurus dry....
And then dive back into my childhood to do wee small me justice with the army he wanted.
But of course, like all young 'uns I didn't have much a budget beyond birthdays and Christmas, so sadly made do with large amounts of plastic skinks and saurus while staring forlornly at the metal Saurus and Skinks in the catalogues.
Of course, the first army wasn't...the most organised. It was a riot of colour, with paired units being matching colours... red and green, blue and red, green and red.... eventually they went into storage, to come out once or twice in early 6th ed after heading to University....and then the new Lizardmen book came out. And being a Uni student with a bit more funds...I splashed out more and the old Lizards went the way of bits and being sold off.
The new Lizards...were a bit more organised. Less a riot of colour, more consistency, with green skin and blue scales. Some lessons learned in painting gold and a lot of fun with inks....perhaps too much it would seem.
Eventually, the 6th edition army went into storage as well. After a good few years of getting roundly pasted and beat about by certain Elf armies my dreams of Saurus became rather depressive and the era of cannons lol at monsters did not make me happy at all. The 6th ed book...seemed lacklustre.
It was with 7th edition that I was pulled back in. The retired 6th ed army went into their dips and got stripped, some new metals were brought in and I happily went all in with 7th and 8th edition.
Once again the colours changed, this time to a more natural, subterranean inspired lizard scheme. Browns, black scales, the odd flash of red. Softer, warmer golds and shields that weren't as roughly done. An overall improvement. Even better, the playstyle became perfect for me.
You see, I loathed skink spam. I hated it. I wanted ranks of Saurus. A wall of angry beatstick lizards with skinks being resigned to specialist situations. And over 7th and 8th I refined this playstyle. The books even encouraged me to do so.
What you see was my final Lizardmen army until the death of 8th. It went to a number of local events. It went to the Student Nationals as part of the Vague Veteran group. And it just barely missed placing top 3 there fighting the overall winner of the weekend to his only draw (the rest were massacres in his favour!).
2 big blocks of Saurus that could reform into hordes if need be with 2 supporting blocks of Saurus. A very big block of Temple Guard with a Lore of Life Slann that meant they literally would NEVER die. A brick wall that literally ground everything that came at it to a standstill including dreaded things like bloodthirsters and chosen chaos knights. Saurus heroes scattered in the units, Salamanders and a small unit of Skirmishers for screening and harassment purposes, Terradons to pick off lone characters and that was that.
All fun...til the death of 8th edition and AoS. I sold the army off and my others in disgust. And I didn't touch AoS or Fantasy for nearly a decade.
Now to get where we are today....
In March 2020 I came down with a nasty, non-Covid related chest infection that took me off my feet for months. It was not good. I was burning up, hyperventilating and exhausted. I couldn't sleep due to breathing issues. It physically broke me....and the fatigue, exhaustion and mobility issues persisted. So much that in November that year I applied for PIP....then fought for that for about 8 months, failed (too vague) and reapplied with lessons learned, just scraping through.
Then, this month just been I get awarded PIP for the new application, my mobility issues acknowledged and the backpay...whew. So I did something...stupid. I decided I needed to relive my Hobby roots and get the army I wanted. All metal. All 5th ed era.
No plastics. So off to ebay, FB and general trade groups I went. And boy did I spend money. HOO BOY. But I was getting what I wanted. A few lucky lots on Ebay, a few good negotiated trades...
And I just keep getting bits in. I've had to order new bases. I've planned what I can out. And it's all turning out quite organic...
Much stripping, much sorting and there's still more being stripped or in the post at the moment. But the army has ended up as follows...
2 Slann Mage Priests
Oxayotl
Skink Shaman
Tenehuini (Skink Shaman)
Inxi Huinzi (Skink Hero on Cold One)
4 Saurus Heroes (Halberd, Sword and Shield, Two Axes, Great Weapon & Shield)
Saurus Warriors - 20 Spears inc. Command, 20 Hand weapons inc. Command.
Skinks - 10 Skink Archers inc. Command, 15 Skinks w/ Javelins inc. Command w/ 1 Kroxigor, 22 Skinks w/ Javelins inc. Command w/ 2 Kroxigor
Temple Guard - 19 Temple Guard inc. Command, 10 Temple Guard inc. Command
6 Skink Cold Ones inc. Command
5 Terradons
4 Kroxigor
2 Salamanders
2 Stegadons
Swarms - 3 Lizard Swarms (14), 3 Snake Swarms (15)
Gigantic Spider
I of course have spares. And even better, local scene has decided to dabble in 6th and 8th again...
So the army will grow...organically. I am not going to completely replace it, just maybe add an additional unit or two, trying to keep them matching the era they're from....everything else works just fine.
So for 6th I would need to add an Oldblood on Carnosaur, see about sourcing a Slann for a spare metal Throne I have and maybe eventually look at the first incarnation of Saurus Cold One Riders... and some Chameleon Skinks...
Well, it seems the ebay bits gods are nice after all....
So Chameleon Skinks in time then...
And eventually when I expand I will add new units according to their era.
But the scheme I am thinking is David Gallagher's classic artwork from the 5th ed Lizardmen cover... vivid blue, darker scales, yellow underbellies. Yellow mottle crests for the skinks, green stegadons, reddish brown terradons and a nice green/yellow slann....
Just gotta let the test Saurus dry....
And then dive back into my childhood to do wee small me justice with the army he wanted.
