8th Ed. Inherited some Lizardmen- Help!

[Dashel]

Hey guys, my best friend has just given me all his lizardmen as his wife made him get rid of it (long story).
I'm a vampire counts/undead legions player currently but would like to give these lizards a go too, but I have no idea where to start when it comes to making a list. Here's what I've acquired, help in making a list from what I've got would be great!

2 x Batallions (40 saurus warriors, 20 temple guard, 16 cold one riders, 24 skink skirmishers)

1 x Slann

1 x Old blood

1 x Skink Priest

1 x Bastiladon (unbuilt, was thinking of making solar engine?)

 

[n810]

Looks like you are off to a good start.
(solar engine is definitely the better choice)

 

[Agrem]

You need more skinks.

On more serious note then I suggest just trying different things out and finding out that way what works for you best. Generally saurus warriors and cavalry is seen quite suboptimal choises in our book. Some might even go far enough to say that regardless of what it states in the book we have just 2 core choises.

From those models though what you have I think you could do a big block of saurus warriors (30ish) then run the skinks either 2x10 or 2x12 groups. I would suggest using hw+shield on saurus and javelin+shield on skinks. But I guess those choises are more of what people prefer themselves. Temple guard is quite good option to run alongside with the slann. Maybe use some of those leftover saurus warriors to beef up the unit until you get more. Or then convert some from the warriors.

I would also suggest to convert one or two saurus scar-veterans on cold ones from TG parts and cold one riders. These guys are the ones that win you games. Sometimes even just by themselves. Saurus cavalry can be played but I think the 16 is way too many and about 10 should do since they are rather expensive.

Solar engine is better than ark as stated so I would go with that one too.

I think you should get about 2000 points quite easily from those models you have at hand. Just don't forget to get more skinks.

BR
Agrem

 

[Ixt]

I'd prioritize Terradons/Ripperdactyls over Skinks for now... Skinks are a dime a dozen (and on the cheap, at that) with eBay.

You'll need war machine hunters in most lists since our army lacks long range stuff, and the setup that you've got probably won't need a ton of redirection. Cold One Cavalry can do it, but they're better off elsewhere.