Citadel 5th Edition Kroxigor (conversion).

Citadel 5th edition Kroxigor

This model is an old citadel Kroxigor from 5th edition Lizardmen army. It's probably my favourite ever Kroxigor model. 

Citadel 5th edition Kroxigor

I've done a little conversion, adding a crest from an old chaos hound model, and an horn from a plastid dwarf warrior. 

Citadel 5th edition Kroxigor

This Kroxigor will be added to a skink unit, that I'll paint in future. Ciao!

Citadel 5° Edition stegadon WIP.

Converted 5° edition Stegadon - WIP

After I start working on the new stegadon, I decided to resurrect my old 5th edition metal model.

Converted 5° edition stegadon - WIP

So I made some conversions to make it in line with the new plastic stegadon, using part of bits from the latter.

Converted 5° edition stegadon - WIP

The howda is the original one, while the crew is in part made from new plastic models, as well as the giant bow. 

I hope to soon dedicate to finish both of these monsters. Ciao!

Citadel - 5° edition Lizardmen Salamander.

Lizardmen 5° edition salamander

Some days ago I had few hours available to paint, and I've chosen this miniatures, a 5° edition Lizardmen salamander,  for a complete restyling.
I've tried many times to paint her, but I was never satisfied by the results, 'cause I wasn't happy of the colour scheme.

Lizardmen 5° edition salamander.

This time I think that I've found what I was searching for: a colour scheme inspired by a real lizard genus, the Calotes, with many nuances of brown and a reddish head.
Soon I'll paint also her handlers.
Ciao!

Lizardmen 5° edition salamander

WIP Ancient Stegadon - The crew.

The crew - click to enlarge.

I've recentely received the beautiful stegadon kit, and I've choosed to utilize the main model to build an ancient stegadon, while some pieces will be utilized for a more interesting conversion.

The whole model converted, befor any painting job. Click to enlarge

I've just finished to paint the howda crew: 5 skinks, choosed from a wide range of models. 2 of them come from the stegadon kit, a plastic archer and a metal standard bearer from 5° edition are been converted and joined to the team.

5° edition skinks converted for the crew.

A 7° edition skink champion is now the leader of the group - also this model is a conversion, with an head swap.

The champion.

Now I will work on the stegadon himself, and on the howda. Hope to finish this beauty soon. ciao!

More Lizardmen WIP - Skinks and jungle swarms (more oldhammer here).

Young forest dragon and other oddities in my jungle swarms! Click to enlarge.

I'm always working on my Lizardmen. 

More work on Skinks unit - I've add another rank, so now they're 18 models total. They're almost all new skink models, with some conversions and 2 models from 5° edition. 

All models has been based, they've all received first layers of colours on skin, the champion has a more complete painting scheme.  

First Skinks unit - Click to enlarge.

I've also started to work on Jungle swarms. I've utilized a whole range of model for my swarms - "classic" lizards, snakes and plastic spiders models but also very little and interesting citadel oddities like Citadel C29 Creepy Crawlies (Tick 2, Beetle 2), Citadel FF50 giant scorpion body (with a tail from a plastic miniature set) and Citadel DS5 young forest (this one, without wings, it's now a great giant lizard). 

Alternative models for my jungle swarms! Click to enlarge.

More work soon!

Lizardmen Oldblood on Cold One - WIP

Saurus Oldblood on Cold one - WIP

One of more strong character in a Lizardmen army it's the general, and a Saurus Oldblood on Cold One it's a fearsome general. But the Cold One now adopted by GW for Saurus it's... really almost ridicolous. Why the Dark Elves should have good looking Cold Ones, and Lizarmen don't? 

Saurus Oldblood on Cold One - WIP

So, I've tried to make a good conversion utilizing a Cold One from Dark Elves range and the body of Croq-Gar. The armour of this Cold One has been a little bit modified, and the right arm of the Oldblood become from another saurus model. The result is good enough for me... what do you think?

Lizardmen WIP

Lizardmen Skink and Kroxigor, WIP.

I'm actually working on a Lizardmen army. Lizardmen were my "first sight love" in the miniatures world, due to their strong background. 

SouthernLand Skinks unit, WIP.

So now I'm converting and painting a litle army of SouthernLand Lizardmen. The first unit that I'm developing is a little unit of Skinks with shield and hand weapon. They will be the bodyguard of my Skink Priest. The unit it's a mix of new and classic plastic Skinks, with many conversions and metal drummer and standard bearer from the old Citadel range. 

Skinks Command group, WIP.

With the Skinks I'm preparing also a Kroxigor, slightly converted but with the same colour scheme of the skinks: black and green. 

Kroxigor, WIP.

Soon I'll post many other miniatures of this project. Ciao!

Lizardmen WIP - Kroxigor and Skinks. 

Citadel Slann lieutenant 1 - Magnificent Svenn scenario

Slann lieutenant from Magnificent Sven Scenario - Click to enlarge. 

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Il modello di oggi non è decisamente comune, e anche all'asta su e-bay l'ho visto poche volte. Si tratta di un modelo di Slann, un Lieutenant, dal Magnificent Sven Scenario. 

Ho optato per uno schema di colore che si amalgamasse bene col mio esercito di Lizardmen, dando alla lama dell'arma l'aspetto di un artefatto in giada, come per le armi ti tutti i miei campioni e personaggi dell'esercito.  

Alla prossima!

Lizardmen Skink Shaman (GW 2000)

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Lizardmen Skink Shaman, from Citadel 2000 Catalogue

La miniatura di oggi è uno scinco shamano della Citadel/Games Workshop, uscito nel 2000. Faceva parte del gruppo di personaggi allora prodotti per l'esercito dei Lizardmen, gruppo che comprendeva anche lo scinco camaleonte Oxayotl e Tenehuini, profeta di Sotek. Se nel mio esercito di Lizarmen sono nero e verde, in varie declinazioni, ho deciso di dare al modello una livrea da albino, per farlo risaltare maggiormente tra le truppe.

Lizardmen - Saurus Hero (conversione).

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Cominciamo col presentare il signorino che campeggia anche nell'header del blog.

Si tratta di un Eroe Saurus dell'esercito degli Uomini Lucertola di Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
E' stato ottenuto utilizzando il corpo di una guardia del tempo dell'ultima edizione, il braccio destro del vecchio campione delle guardie del tempio, la testa di un Sauro Veterano Sfregiato, ed il totem dello stendardo da battaglia edizione limitata usato come scudo. Lo schema di colore ricalca quello del mio esercito - sauri e scinchi neri e verdi, con qualche area grigia e bianca e le armi in bronzo e giada. Una conversione ed una pittura senza eccessive pretese, ma che hanno permesso secondo me di dar vita ad un Eroe Saurus che sembra davvero... "predatorio" ed imponente, pur restando snello.