Inspirations: Lizardmen & Fimir

Apologies for the delay in updating the blog, I have had a busy xmas period (and the weeks afterwards) and very little time to spare on little figures, I have dabble a little bit here and there and based a few minis ready to undercoat, however the snow means I can't do that yet...

So i've been thinking about my lizardmen for a while now, I was pretty much going to use some Helldorado lost for the large ones and GW Skinks for the small ones. I'm probably still going to use GW Skinks but i've come across a couple of ideas that have made me look at other GW kits for the bigger lizardmen, specifically the Savage Orc kit.

This idea here from Matal over on DeviantArt is a brilliant use of the new Savage orcs to create Saurus models which I much prefer to the existing GW kit.
Check out the original on DeviantArt

The below conversion from Khar however grabs my attention more at the moment, this time Kroxigor sized but again using the savage orc kit as a basis (Amazing how flexible it can be with a legs swap). I'm really liking this conversion though I think I will reduce the neck length (a little) should I undertake it.
Check out the original thread on Warseer

 

While i'm posting conversions using Savage orcs as a basis have you seen Mr Saturday's Fimir? A brilliant revitalisation of an old GW race.

Check out the original thread on Lead Adventure Forum

Necromunda: Sci-Fi lizardman (archive conversion)

A few years back I was working on a sci-fi project called "Fringe Wars", the intention being to create a modified version of Necromunda where you could use other races than just humans (and the few Genestealer or Ork lists out there). The below conversion was a race I had called the "Ichar", I was going to mix lizardmen with another race, much like snakes but that were implanted into a mechanical suit (converted from Necron parts).

Much like a lot of my projects  the Fringe Wars project came to an end when the players at the club went off the idea of Necromunda. I'm appear to be driven by the desire to play games with races un-seen in the usual canons, but i'm stiffled by a lack of players with any desire to do the same :P. I wish I lived in a town, city where there were people with a passion to create random crap like me basically :( lol.

Anyway, incase you are curious the weapon was made out of sprue bits and a glass bead, the rest is just a lizardman skink and a bit of plastic shaving for his shoulder armour.