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Ok, I'm back with another army list. I want to try something a little different this time, not one packed full with Stegagons and Sarus cold-ones. It went a little something like this...
'K, I was looking through the gw website again (it get's a little boring) looking for a good army to start, and so i thought to do something fantasy, since my chaos dwarfs army commission (modeling only, and it was done before I knew about Dakka, sorry!) I've been getting a little interested into fantasy. I might still have a few photos, but... anyway, I got interested in the whole lizardmen thing. But as I browsed through byte after byte of internet, most of the armies i found were either three-to-five stegagons or 60-70 sarus warriors, and I just don't have the cash. S I decided to try an all skink army. Like the "similar" army on gw.com, I'll be using skirmishers alot to whittle the enemy down with poison darts, while using hunting beasts such as salamanders to get rid of stronger opponents. This is how it'll go.

Hero: skink priest, level two, Sacred stegagon helmet: 140pts
Hero: Skink Chief, light armor, shield, staff of the lost sun, bane head: 119 pts

Core: 12 skink skirmishers + brave: 77 pts
Core: 10 skink skirmishers + brave: 71 pts
Core: 10 skink skirmishers + brave: 71 pts

Special: 8 Chameleon skinks: 136 pts
Special: 3 terradon: 150 pts

Rare: 2x salamander hunting pack: 150 pts
Rare: 2x slamander hunting pack: 150 pts

total: 1050 pts

Well, what do you think? It's my first time making a fantasy army list, and I'm planning on using mainly against, Brettonians and high elves. I know high elves use war machines like bolt throwers and the such, so that's why I'm using skirmishers alot. Give them less a chance of hitting.

One more question for all you skilled Old Ones out there: can skink chiefs/priests join skink squads, like commanders in 40k space marine squads? Just want to know.


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Oh, and another thing: does anyone know any good ideas for plastic salamander substitutes? I don't know why but I just don't like metal, and I'm too cheap to buy metals anyways. And for Terradons I was thinking of using winged-skinks for count-as.

Looks good but you can't have more than one rare slot in the army at less than 2k

For any and all flying humanoid conversions I suggest tyranid gargoyle wings got arms... Also the list could use some tweaking... GW is known for making pisspoor sample armies, I wouldnt take much more than theme from any of them.
I would drop a rare (as mentioned), the terradons, and get a stegadon for some counter attacking oompf

All Skink lists are great at these low points but you should change some things to make it last a bit longer.

The Steg helm is a pretty useless item really. Scrap it for items that will help bolster your magic. Honestly, you might want to just take another Chief instead... just a thought.

The Chief could really use a mount of some sort. I personally like the Staff of the Lost Sun, Bane Head and Terradon combo. It is great at harassing the enemy and when with a smallish unit of Terradons can take small blocks rather well. Also, take more Terradons, they are great at helping the harassing nature of the army.

Keep Skink Skirmishers to units of ten without a Brave. Ten is the best size to take and the Brave won't do a damn thing to help you.

Check the organization thing for armies to make sure you are following the guild lines. On that note, since you can only take one rare at this point level, just take one unit of two Sallies (I would suggest adding another handler too).

Kiwidru wrote:get a stegadon for some counter attacking oompf

yea, but like I said previously, I don't have enough cash to get a stegagon... I wish I could...

plusARGON wrote: I personally like the Staff of the Lost Sun, Bane Head and Terradon combo

You can do that? I thought that the only mount you can give a chief is a stegagon... Or maybe my codex is old! (got it off ebay second hand, good price, mint condition, too!) But yea, i'll change that. and I'll get rid of one of the sallie squads then, and give the first one an extra handler. Might give the stegagons on more guy as well. So here's the updated list...

Hero: skink priest, level two, Diadem of Power, Bane head: 150pts
Hero: Skink Chief, light armor, shield, staff of the lost sun, terradon mount: 104 + ??? (how many points for a terradon?)pts

Core: 10 skink skirmishers: 66 pts
Core: 10 skink skirmishers: 66 pts
Core: 10 skink skirmishers: 66 pts

Special: 8 Chameleon skinks: 136 pts
Special: 4 terradon: 200 pts

Rare: 2x salamander hunting pack + x4 handler: 150 pts

total: 940 + ??? pts

A few more questions: can you have 2 bane heads? And what units (skink only, preferably plastic) can I add to bolster the army up to 1k points? Maybe another Chief?

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1020062&prodId=prod1770000

If your codex doesn't look like that, it is old.

A few more questions: can you have 2 bane heads? And what units (skink only, preferably plastic) can I add to bolster the army up to 1k points? Maybe another Chief?

Only one and seriously Kroxigors, yes they are metal but if you are doing an all skink army for either fluff or game purposes kroxigors are invaluble.

You can get cheap lizards on eBay, or via the dakkaswap forum ... It seems you have broadened your thought process of how much minis are worth, perhaps the next step would be why should you pay so much more than you have to...
To get you started: http://shop.ebay.com/items/lizardmen%20warhammer?_dmd=1&_sop=12&rvr_id=&keyword=lizardmen+warhammer&crlp=1462774782_1&MT_ID=70&tt_encode=raw&adgroup_id=590386422 -

This is probably a sure fire bet for the army you want, If you get back in the next 10 hours

http://iphone.ebay.com/Pages/ViewItemDesc.aspx?aid=260606910769&emvcc=0

although looking at that link it might only work with an iPhone...

It seems to me like your book is old. The most recent edition allows Chiefs to take Terradon mounts (whereas the last one did not).

Note: I'm only updating this so I have a soft copy of my final army list. Thread Necromancy is not intended.

Southland skinks

Lord: skink priest, level two, diadem of power, spawning of Hunachi, Forked Lighting, Comet of Casandora: 155 pts
Lord: skink priest, level two, diadem of power, spawning of Tepok, Portent of Far, Uranon's Thunderbolt: 155 pts

Hero: Skink Chief, light armor, shield, cloak of feathers, venom of the firefly frog, spawning of Chotek: 132pts
Hero: Skink Chief, light armor, shield, staff of the lost sun, spawning of Sotek: 139 pts

Core: 10 skink skirmishers + poisoned short bows: 76 pts
Core: 10 skink skirmishers + poisoned short bows: 76 pts
Core: 10 skink skirmishers + poisoned short bows: 76 pts

Special: 8 Chameleon skinks: 136 pts

Rare: 2x salamander hunting pack: 150 pts

total: 1095 pts
approx: 1100 pts