I see thanks.
But all your answers made me think If this was actually usefull to buy or not.
Forgetting those units I mentioned above. If I was just starting, is there any good 1k list without ripperdactyls (nobody has them second hand and in stores here are very expensive). And not horde.
I thought the Knights would be more elite while the skinks would be more horde but it seems I was wrong so I rather ask the pros from scratch .
I see.
At this point, you need to focus firstly on battlelines.
Saurus warriors. Passable fighters but need support and hordes. Given your idea i would say to skip them.
Skinks. Incompetent fighter, even with horde bonuses their performances are poor .
In small units they are good obj grabbers and have a nice ability that helps them.
First choice as battleline if you pick certain battalions (shadowstrike...)
Saurus knights. Good obj grabbers and can put up some fight. More durable than skinks and with almost the same cost they are a nice unit.
Firs choice as battleline if you pick firelance dracothion's tail .
When buying seraphon you need to remember that one of our main strenght is the ability to summon units ... so even if you don't want to collect sauri and go toward skinks is always a good idea to have those warriors and those knights.
Anyway, we need casters... so as a minimum buy a starpriest and then a Slann.
ATM, the cheapest and strongest list at 1000.pts, IF you don't want hordes and cannot afford ripperdactyls , is saurus knights and firelance.