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Me and a friend are just learning how to play and I need to know how to make a good list from what I got. We figure around 1000-1200 is the best for just learning etc and I think I got that much in lizardmen. I got a battleforce, Two boxes of sauras extra and a box of skinks and some extra guys here and there. So here are the models that I do have so you guys can help me. I know little or nothing to what make lizardmen great and if someone can PLEASE gimme a guide to the codex or something. You know one of those things that talks about each unit in the codex and the stratagy for them and if they are any good etc.

I have

1. 30 squad of Saurus with a Champion, Musician and Banner guy. They all have spears because I beleive in spears and lizard people look and feel better when they are holding them which is why I am still angry at Bethesda for taking spears away from eldar scrolls because Argonians ruled with them!

2. 14 Saurus with spears and a banner guy but no music guy or champion.

3.Cold one Rider guys. I got 10 of them. One banner guy a leader and a Musician.

4. 27 Skinks with Javalins. I am not sure what was better. The blow pipes or Javalins but javalins looked better so I took my extra box of skinks and made them into them. One of the 27 is a leader guy with a hand weapon thingy.

5. 8 blowpipe skinks

6. 10 Royal guard guys with hand weapon things. One banner guy and no champions or music men.

So that is pretty much what I got so far. I know I should probably had made more music people but I will do so later whenever I can afford to buy more Lizards!

So for points around 1000-1200, What can I build?

Here's what i'd do.

1. take your saurus and do 2 squads of 20 with full command.

2. the skinks with javalins would be better if you just use them as normal skinks so you can ad a couple of kroxigors.

3. the skinks with blowpipes are find. use them to take out enemy warmachines or lightly armouered troops.

4. the temple guard are good if you put them with a slaan.

5. cold-ones are good if you add a vet to there ranks.

I need to now what general your going to use so i can give you some tactics and advice.

Well Right now I am borrowing one of the models I already have and calling it a general. I seriously played one practice match against a person while reading the rules how to play.
All models listed is all what I got so far. The first Game I played wasn't even with Lizardmen it was with Ogre Kingdoms and the guy I played wiped my whole army off the table without trying with chaos.
Both of us barely know what we were doing and I think somehow I messed up cuz they sucked lol.


I got a Cold one Rider I could count as a Old one or scar Vet riding a lizard as my general. At least until I know what I wanna do later on.
Maybe Buff him up to be super tough and hit hard etc. You know, Best freaken armor and add stuff to strength so he hits hard. Another Idea I had was making a army where lots of stuff makes terror checks on meh opponent but I think that may be a weak lame gimmick that may not even work very well.

A shameless self bump.

ok here is a list I wrote for you.

G - Scar vet, sword of swift slaying, glittering scales, shield, cold-one

H - skink priest, channeling staff

C - 20 Saurus, spear, full command

C - 20 Saurus, full command

C - 12 skink skirmisher

C - 12 skink skirmisher

S - 5 cold-one caverly, full command

Total: 1198

So just take the scar vet with the cavalry and set them up on either end and flank charge what ever comes along. set the saurus blocks in the middle and do the same as the cavalry( except mostly charging in the front). Use the skinks to attack as before; war machines, and light units. and just put the skink priest in one of the blocks of saurus.

sorry I couldn't add the temple guard. there just to many points to add. Let me now if you have any questions.

Happy Gaming

Thanks! I will see how well it goes when we start playing together. Maybe with this I can get a feel for how the lizards work a bit.

Your Welcome. Let me now how it goes