The Lizards march to war

This has been a busy week for my Lepidosaurians and the army is coming along nicely. Just thought I'd post some pictures on the painted part of the army. I also have some Saurians to paint as well as some skink crew and another shaman.

The Saurus are massing!

Slowly but surely my Lepidosaurians are taking form. This force which I plan to use as Orks in 30K as a potential Xenos-species with which to fight. That is one of the fun things with 30K that there were loads of more Xenos in the galaxy (before they were eliminated by the Imperial forces). I have already finished 1-2 unit(s) of Skinks and 1 Skink Shaman and now my 10 Saurians are on their way as well as a Stegadon, 3 ripperdactyls and another Shaman. I have also considered adding the following:

• Cold one riders: Works as ork bikers, looks cool but I might use the Cold ones from the Dark elves kit instead since they don't look like Goofy.
• Artillery units: From the Stegadon kit I got ballistas and other large weapons which I plan on using as Gretchin with Artillery.
• Dragonborn: Might add wings (from the gargoyle kit) to some Saurians to get Stormboyz. Not sure how to fit the wings but I bet the conversion would look cool.
• Chosen: Using some temple guard as Nobz would add the needed commanders to my Saurians.
• XXX: Check tomorrow for yet another unit...

So what do you think? I like the color and it is very easy to apply to large units in little time, check out the painting guide. See ya!

Saurus infantry WIP

Lots of shady stuff going on here (hahah) coming along nicely. Click here for painting scheme.

Dragon scales...

I previously said that I wasn't happy with the paint scheme of my Saurus infantry, especially their back scales and armoured parts. Instead of keeping them armored I tired hiding them with a pattern on the scales using Doombull Brown. What do you think?

It blends in well with the other colors. Not sure how it would look using black or a similar scheme as on the shields.

The armored pikes are difficult to notice now and I like it much better.

Choosing a color scheme for the Saurus

I have a problem finding the right color scheme for some newly bought Saurus Warriors. These models will be perfect to play as Ork boyz and they look cool but how to color them? My initial idea was to paint them red with dark scales, lava meets ash. However, the results weren't what I had in mind. They need to tie in with the rest of the army, particularly the skinks, and at the same time be different enough so that they stand out on the board.

My initial idea on the right was too dark. I practised painting red with some nice highlights (middle model) but the overall feel is still too dark.

These were painted using the exact same technique as for the skinks (paint guide) and they look good but now they are almost too similar to the skinks.

Perhaps I will try to make the scales on the back a bit darker, brown for example and maybe with a pattern. I don't like the metal spikes on the back but perhaps I can simply paint them as the rest of the scales and make them dissappear.