Bottom line is that if you see Seraphon (lizardmen) models and like what you see, then buy them! I did the exact same--got Seraphon for my wife and have a good sized army painted. She's not a "wargamer" so we play pretty loose basic rules e.g. not worrying about subfactions and such.
Her army is painted all sorts of bright colors and Seraphon models are amazing for "painting how you feel today". Don't need to stick to a specific scheme. Lots of skin and scale textures so very forgiving to paint as well.
Do be warned, though, that some of the older plastic kits are crappy (like Saurus Knights) and they still have resin stuff. Of course you can always tell if it's resin by the description on the
GW website so there won't be surprises. All of the bigger stuff is semi-modern plastic, though, and it looks amazing when assembled and painted.
Also
FYI the
AoS app is free and contains the core rules. Every warscroll (what
AoS calls their datasheets) is free and in the app.
Automatically Appended Next Post: popisdead wrote:There are a couple ways to combine.
Eldar Exodites are a good way to get models that work in both ranges. Dinosaur riding elves work and you can magnetize weapons. I've even seen a couple people do eldar wraith armies iwth Sylvaneth. Alarielle works as a wraithknight, Treelords work as Wraithlords, Kurnoth Hunters work as Wraithguard and the infantry models can work as heroes.
Cities of Sigmar is another. I think Greywater Fastness is more artillery and shooting like? I've seen some conversions using models from both ranges.
The game evolves constantly (every book drop which is every 1-3 months). So if you want to mix and match you can always look into things without purchasing. It isn't a bad time though to just,.. watch and wait
I could see using Guard + AdMech to convert up a really sick
CoS army. In fact a somewhat famous
AoS painter named Vince Venturella converted and painted a tempest eye
CoS army, notably using the
GSC Jackal bikers as the base for Pistoliers, for example.