Zarrgon42
Serf
Hello, one of the armies I have collected has been lizardmen for which I had a eclectic selection of models. I decided a little while ago to finally build all of it and convert it into the backbone of a slann army after I had a themed army idea that was too good not to make a reality. My idea is based on the premise of how some amphibians have been observed to be able survive for prolonged period frozen soild, this got me wondering if Slann had this ablity given its thought to have happened throughout prehistory.
I imagined a Slann mage king (otzi?) from the zenith of their civilization with slightly ludite tendencies favouring his exstenively studied vocations of flesh mechanics, bio sourcery and psionics (genetics and magic) over his people's high technology, sensing changes in soceity he figured things were on a down turn and projected the decline and fall of his people's star empire into an age of barbarisim so figured a mathmatically derived plan to provide a foundation for kickstarting a "Neo-Slann Star Empire" as fast as possible. He froze himself and in a shallow island chain in the far north figuring it would be a good start point for a globe spanning empire later down the line, having brought with him a libary of tablets, a small array of devices for his craft and storage vault for its materials, he then waited to thaw... and waited and waited. When he finally did thaw and was still in the torper of his long surspension he discovered through clairvoyance he'd stayed frozen far longer than his spell intented due to ice ages brought on via cosmic collisions, the star empire collapsed far earlier than he believed it would and his people's fall far spectacular than he ever dare dread, now reduced to a loose pre-feudal empire that operated like a cargo cult on a single continent they didn't even fully rule. Furious with his own people and feeling vindicated beyond measure he began preparations, he engineered facsimiles of servant races of the slann from the blood essense of local lizard and frogs, sent visions to the warriors and secondary priests and mages of the local premative hairless apes of the region (albie's one or something in a place called either Charr's mouth or Lion Rubus) of power and glory in exchange for service, and took the unfertilized spawn he'd brought and modified them into his new "High", "Master" or "Imperial" Slann (to explain why the slann proxies look so different). Now the self declared "New God of Neo-SLann Star Empire" he seeks dominion of the south west of the land that would be the seat of his new civilization, granting clemancy and riches to those that submit and serve and death to those that resist his on coming great exstinction war.
basically think a blue posion dart frogman Davros pulling a cross between Saruman and John Hammond, leading a army of jurassic park lizardmen/skinks, celtic fantasy themed humans (think if the pre-roman head cult venerating Bran The Blessed was subverted by a mesoamerican counterpart) and various deranged frogmen warriors with delusions of galactic grandure.
I have skink archers and sarus warriors from 4th to make up the first two regiments along with a more modern set of sarus warriors and cold one riders plus a hero on a caronsaurus to act as the cavalry and vanguard.
Sourcing most of the humans is easy (I'll use alternative armies celtic fantasy minis), however I have a few points I'm having difficulties with/not sure about:
I'm aware of the slann proxies from The Little Solider Company, Diehard minis and Stayr studio but I wanted to know if there are any other options? I need enough to mirror a regiment of humans.
I'm considering getting some tekumel reproduction minis from Ral Partha Legacy as command or otzi's elite guard but I've never imported before or used the company so wanted to know of people's experiances and if there's any UK sellers I'm not finding?
I want to put the leader and his attendents on a great war throne/battle palanquin and wanted to know how to kitbash a good one?
I'm in need of tips when it comes to kitbashing/modding metal minis, I'm wanting turn the sort of "celtic coin mail" armour one mini I'm eyeing into something more slann like by stamping tiny frog reliefs on some of it, is this something people have been know to do or am I just being weird?
total ruff army plan for sense of idea of what I'm trying to achive (3e):
1 slann wizard on throne
15 skink archers with one skinks priest (sorted)
about 10-15ish sarus warriors (sorted)
10 sarus cold one riders with hero on carnosarus (sorted)
10-15 human warriors-enchanced warrior proxies/counts as
10-15 slann warriors
1 Slann war altar
Well I hope this isn't too delusional/heretic or out of the ordinary, like to hear your thoughts
I imagined a Slann mage king (otzi?) from the zenith of their civilization with slightly ludite tendencies favouring his exstenively studied vocations of flesh mechanics, bio sourcery and psionics (genetics and magic) over his people's high technology, sensing changes in soceity he figured things were on a down turn and projected the decline and fall of his people's star empire into an age of barbarisim so figured a mathmatically derived plan to provide a foundation for kickstarting a "Neo-Slann Star Empire" as fast as possible. He froze himself and in a shallow island chain in the far north figuring it would be a good start point for a globe spanning empire later down the line, having brought with him a libary of tablets, a small array of devices for his craft and storage vault for its materials, he then waited to thaw... and waited and waited. When he finally did thaw and was still in the torper of his long surspension he discovered through clairvoyance he'd stayed frozen far longer than his spell intented due to ice ages brought on via cosmic collisions, the star empire collapsed far earlier than he believed it would and his people's fall far spectacular than he ever dare dread, now reduced to a loose pre-feudal empire that operated like a cargo cult on a single continent they didn't even fully rule. Furious with his own people and feeling vindicated beyond measure he began preparations, he engineered facsimiles of servant races of the slann from the blood essense of local lizard and frogs, sent visions to the warriors and secondary priests and mages of the local premative hairless apes of the region (albie's one or something in a place called either Charr's mouth or Lion Rubus) of power and glory in exchange for service, and took the unfertilized spawn he'd brought and modified them into his new "High", "Master" or "Imperial" Slann (to explain why the slann proxies look so different). Now the self declared "New God of Neo-SLann Star Empire" he seeks dominion of the south west of the land that would be the seat of his new civilization, granting clemancy and riches to those that submit and serve and death to those that resist his on coming great exstinction war.
basically think a blue posion dart frogman Davros pulling a cross between Saruman and John Hammond, leading a army of jurassic park lizardmen/skinks, celtic fantasy themed humans (think if the pre-roman head cult venerating Bran The Blessed was subverted by a mesoamerican counterpart) and various deranged frogmen warriors with delusions of galactic grandure.
I have skink archers and sarus warriors from 4th to make up the first two regiments along with a more modern set of sarus warriors and cold one riders plus a hero on a caronsaurus to act as the cavalry and vanguard.
Sourcing most of the humans is easy (I'll use alternative armies celtic fantasy minis), however I have a few points I'm having difficulties with/not sure about:
I'm aware of the slann proxies from The Little Solider Company, Diehard minis and Stayr studio but I wanted to know if there are any other options? I need enough to mirror a regiment of humans.
I'm considering getting some tekumel reproduction minis from Ral Partha Legacy as command or otzi's elite guard but I've never imported before or used the company so wanted to know of people's experiances and if there's any UK sellers I'm not finding?
I want to put the leader and his attendents on a great war throne/battle palanquin and wanted to know how to kitbash a good one?
I'm in need of tips when it comes to kitbashing/modding metal minis, I'm wanting turn the sort of "celtic coin mail" armour one mini I'm eyeing into something more slann like by stamping tiny frog reliefs on some of it, is this something people have been know to do or am I just being weird?
total ruff army plan for sense of idea of what I'm trying to achive (3e):
1 slann wizard on throne
15 skink archers with one skinks priest (sorted)
about 10-15ish sarus warriors (sorted)
10 sarus cold one riders with hero on carnosarus (sorted)
10-15 human warriors-enchanced warrior proxies/counts as
10-15 slann warriors
1 Slann war altar
Well I hope this isn't too delusional/heretic or out of the ordinary, like to hear your thoughts
