8th Ed. new player 2000pt army ideas?

[dmje]

okay i am thinking 2 blocks of 30 saurus warriors one w/ spears both with full command
2-3 stegadons
2 salimanders
one scar vet
one skink preist
one slann
one skink cheif
2x 10 skink skirmishers
finish off w/ skink throw away units

 

[Carny]

The list above seems very unfinished

You have a grand total of 1990 points(presuming two ordinary stegadons, no upgrades whatsoever on units and no "throw away units". Thus 10 points to equip your four characters. Your slann is lvl 4 with one discipline (they get one free). You skink chief has a hand weapon, your skink priest is lvl 1 and has no items, but a hand weapon, your scarvet is likewise naked apart from a hand weapon.
My immediate suggestion:
get rid of the skink chief, he doesn't do much without any gear. This will allow you to upgrade either the scar vet or the slann to bsb status. Then spend the rest of the points upgrading the scar vet a bit: if you give him Light armor, halberd and shield, then you can still afford a dispel scroll on your priest.

That will end up with 1997 pts, Its not the best of lists by any means, but I think you could easily improve it by spending some time on it.

 

[dmje]

thanks i was just working on it for a little while