Civs 5th Ed Trip Down Nostalgia Lane
Lets get painting - Old models, new tricks
Beady eyes are watchingSo i had my “new” Lizardman army, plemty of skinks and Saurus and some old metal models from various ebay finds. I pulled together my starter army based on the army book and then at down to decide a general colour scheme for them.
At the same time a few of my friends had picked up the new GW contrast paints and had been saying how good most of them were, so on a whim i picked a few up from our very own OTT store to give them a go. One of the pots was called Terradon Turquoise and noting the obvious nod towards the Lizardmen i added it to my basket and thought to give it a go.
After trying some colour schemes out (by the way red and black, as cool as it sounds, makes Saurus look like angry ladybirds) i slapped some of this on and fell in love with it. Its not particualrly imaginative as this is the rough colour saurus were in 5th ed but for ease of use its 10/10.
So using the skinks as my test for contrast i have to say i am very pleased with the outcome. The only part of the skinks in the picture that isnt contrast paint is the eyes. Ive managed to paint a unit of 20 in about 4 hours which is really fast (compared to my usual times anyhow).
Next steps is the basing. I am going swampy as befitting of any self respecting Lizardman army andwant to try out some water effect, reeds, and generally way more vegetation than usual. Then its onto the Saurus.
The command are spawned
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