So I'm thinking in 8th edition of taking Kroxigor units, or skrox even. Bearing in mind that krox cost £13.50 each, I've got half a mind to convert my own (the other half is shouting eBay, which hasn't worked so far). I'd appreciate if anyone could forward ideas on models to use to convert kroxigor. I'll probably be playing in a GW store in a few months so as much as I love alternative miniatures, I might have to decline them.
idk the comparison in size, but i might find some of my extra tyranid warrior bits, and work from there
river trolls are a good alternative ive used temple guard head with the plastic troll models for my krox and if you do use them in skrox unit one model has a hand that looks like its reaching over the skinks head to get to the enemy. head swap was a problem as the trolls heads are put on like cold one heads so you gotta cut back the plastic which leaves a hole but the temple guard head mostly fills it i only had trouble with on emodel where i made the hole to big but i placed a glyph bit from the steg box over it all in all not bad and it makes the slaan feel better about himself he now feels slimmer
Lizardmen Tyrants from Reaper miniatures work really well without a need to convert at all(unless you really want to). They do not come with bases, but on ebay you can get 20 40mm bases for about 6 bucks. http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/lizard/latest/06049 With the 4 pack they come to $3.25 US each, so they are tons cheaper.
They're nice, but like I said I'm going to be spending my time playing in a GW store soon and they don't allow non-GW miniatures. So it has to be conversions or nothing.
I think I might end up going with those reaper minis for now as I have a tournament coming up soon and I need kroxigor for it I think. It's a 1999 tournament and I'm thinking of not taking a steg at all. What kind of size are those Tyrants?
About Kroxigor size... On reapers page. If you look real close on the right side of some of the preview pics you will see some small lines... these are 1" apart for reference. http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/tyrant/latest/02404
Cheers mate, I assume then those ones will be the same size as these ones? http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/lizard/a-z/06049
Probaly... http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Lizardman/a-z They didn't start using that scale untill recently. the other Tyrant models seem to be about the same size.
I have them(from the 4 pack), just not at home and able to measure. 2 are the same model as http://www.reapermini.com/figurefinder#detail/02351 (here you can see the triangles for sizing )and the other 2 are the same size just a different pose.
Ya I have them as well I have 8, including the one with the cloak . The shortest is just under 2" to the top of is spine horns.