Wargames Atlantic- Lizardmen, for all your tabletop needs!

Yet another inevitable review. It was bound to happen.
Wargames Atlantic recently put out a lizardmen kit. As with all Wargames Atlantic kits, there's all sorts of fun options to be had! A variety of head choices, weapon options to cover a variety of engagements and time periods, and a few extra bits to round things out.
Head choices are all great- the gas masked Death Fields versions were quite the surprise as well, and I'm sure I'll be putting a variety of these heads on bodies that don't need them.
The fantasy weapons are a bit lacking in variety, as there's only the spears and a sword. This is relatively easy to fix at least. With the variety of guns at least they can be used for all sorts of other conversion fodder beyond just the lizards.
The tails are a bit of a miss. They don't line up very nicely with the body and they're a bit limited. Plus a few extras would have been nice for conversion fodder.
Speaking of conversion fodder, I'm going to have to make some Roman lizards at some point. Maybe with machine guns too. It's going to have to happen. First spiders with hats, then lizard legions...
You can start building your lizards of the republic by ordering straight from Wargames Atlantic, as they're often running specials and flash sales on their sites making it quite a lucrative way to acquire even more plastic goodies!
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[@brynstarre]

That Rango is brilliant, I'll have to steal that idea for a Stargrave figure.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Do it!

[@peacekorpofkrieg5755]

I love the gasmask head on these.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Already popped one on a Stargrave merc to make a tiny Caiman from Dorohedoro!

[@namechange4137]

I was considering picking these minis up to kitbash for a sci-fi game ( Five Parsecs from Home). That lizard with the admech bits has convinced me. This kit has so much potential and versatility. Looking forward to those gun fighting legionnaire lizards.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I've gotta get a copy of 5 Parsecs once it hits the US shop.

[@namechange4137]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature Yeah it's such a fun game. And it's obscure so you could do a video on it :P

[@richmcgee434]

@@namechange4137 With Modiphius publishing the new edition it's left relative obscurity far behind. It's already getting almost as much YT coverage as Stargrave is and most folks still can't even buy the book in their FLGS.

[@namechange4137]

@@richmcgee434 That's great to hear it's getting coverage. I love the game and wish more ppl heard of it. Shame it's not in stores yet. I bought mine online and ended up paying the same amount for shipping as the book itself. I played Five leagues from the Borderlands and couldn't wait for Parsecs.

[@bkt41tx]

This episode is a hoot, the black rubber gas mask look provides so many kit bashing options.

[@steffanisorensen7133]

with the new tau codex having kroot only army options. these would make excellent kroot kits. 3 units for under £30 and if you're super attached to the kroot heads, you could print some :D

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I'd definitely thought of using them as auxiliaries of some sort, but a full on Kroot replacement would work as well!

[@j453]

I think the thing in the lizards hand was a "lizard flute".

[@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308]

Gun wise you have a matchlock or flintlock jezzal (a long musket) which is perfect for black powder/pirate fantasy, a martini Henry breach loader rifle (from the Victorian era) and an AK 47. Good mix!

[@salomonchrister9774]

Been looking at this kit for a while, I like their look, but I would have liked to see a bit more medieval/tribal weapon options since I would use them for a early medieval fantasy setting. Love your kitbashing shenanigans, it's the main reason I come to your channel, I'm very excited to see how the Lizard legion comes out!

[@timothyyoung2962]

Late to the party here, but I was thinking of purchasing these so I wanted to watch a review. The conversions are great. The tricked-out cyber-lizardman could have only gotten better if you would have given him the gas mask head and worked in some tubes connecting to the back. I plan on modding these for Stargrave, This Is Not A Test, and Space Weirdos.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I like the idea of sticking some tubing in there. Any suggestions on types to use?

[@timberry4709]

If you aren't a stickler for exactness you could use these as stand-ins for the four-armed saurian natives in the H. Beam Piper novel "Uller Uprising". It's basically a sci-fi version of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. Use the AK weapons for the loyal company troops and all the rest for the rebelling natives.

[@richmcgee434]

Looks like you get enough arms to stick four on each body if you used a bit of putty to blend in the join points and build the medial "pseudo-pelvis" the extra set attach to. Still not quite right (too few digits, and ironically too much clothing, and did they even have tails?) but close enough for gaming I'd think. Interesting book, albeit not my favorite of Piper's work. Nice to see the Project Gutenberg folks have preserved it, given the decaying state of traditional publishing these days.

[@brianalice]

Rango got me. I love all the conversions, but that one made me laugh.

[@richmcgee434]

Those holsters fit better on that model than they did on the cowboys. So, do you have a set of Ghost Archipelago snake-men handy? Curious to see how compatible the parts are between the two kits. Same goes for the Stargrave kits - those heads look like they'd work fine and having some arms with alien hands would be nice.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I thought I had some snake parts laying around but can't seem to find them now. I'll keep hunting (or buying more)... The heads will need some tinkering to get a good angle on the Stargrave bodies, or they end up poking their snouts up into the air.

[@richmcgee434]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature Won't be the first time I've had to fill in a neck hole on the Northstar figs to get someone else's heads to fit, and probably not the last.

[@craigstephenson1050]

Nice! Throw some wings on these bad boys and you have makeshift Swift for Five Parsecs from Home!

[@TheHeater2121]

Use these to bash together stargrave minis

[@nerdfatha]

These look fantastic! Your Rango about killed me, lol. I want to get a box for Stargrave. I kind of want to get the RGD fauns for the same reason, though I would have to source some sci-fi arms. And please make the lizard legion of Rome!

[@brayanfisk8769]

Perfect to youse as tau auxiliaries

[@forrestwentworthii1321]

How have I not found this sooner? Those are awesome!

[@owaissaeed5935]

Obscurities in kitbashing miniatures continue

[@dannielsen348]

I interpreted the odd handheld item as a wierd flute 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308]

Gotta have a squad musician

[@rodolfomaravillasduran8793]

Whatcha talking about evryone knows that the term thunder lizard came from them lizardfolk with guns. They just moved on to find harder prey to hunt.

[@richmcgee434]

Evacuated to the Hollow Earth just before that iridium megameteor impacted way back when. They'll pop back out of the Kola borehole about two days after NASA spots the next worldkiller inbound and blow it to pieces with that planetary defense cannon they've built. "Harder prey" indeed. :)

[@JohnR1298]

These were my first WA figures and I was very disappointed with the lack of weapons/extra equipment. I've put some aside to go with some of those very same ollld GW saurus warriors as chameleon headed blow pipe scouts. I'll keep the rest of them though, they are good figures.

[@ItsMeMattCarter]

I'm thinking about putting a lizard head on one of the deadmans hands minis and the tail and making him a bounty hunter for my stargrave campaign.

[@elgrifolorian]

💯

[@ZeonAndOnly]

It NEEEDSSS to Happen!

[@Gumlass1]

Legionaire Lizards please!

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Found the bodies... now I can't find where I put the heads. It'll happen though!

[@speedandstyletony]

Love the lizard gunfighter!

[@pitifulpotato]

Really dig these guys, but I would have liked a larger selection of melee weapons have you tried kitbashing them with hands from the Frostgrave snakemen kit?

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Not yet- I've tucked away all my northstar bits... somewhere, and have yet to realize where I put them. About halfway tempted to just order another box of snakes and see what happens!

[@pitifulpotato]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature Haha if you do you'll be my hero!

[@Mr281560]

Im using this set to Kitbash some more Kroot!

[@kingwiku9735]

the gasmasks seem like an odd choice for a lizardman kit to me, but hey, I'll take'em.

[@popburnsy3207]

I wish they were just a hair closer to Sleestaks

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Now THIS is something that needs to happen. As long as I get the Zarn and his buddy Fred too...

[@richmcgee434]

You might want to take a look at Interloper Miniatures' "lizards" figs for that bit of wish fulfillment. Their site's small but chock full of unlikely and severely nostalgic minis.

[@varisware]

They should make more lizardmen kits. For some reason there are not many scifi-themed lizardmen kits out there. I am currently trying to build a Grimdark Future Saurian Starhost army and these would be perfect for it.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

There really aren't many scifi reptiles, I agree. It's such a standard trope too! The OPR Saurian Starhost are pretty nice figuers so far as well. I wish their armor was more enclosed, but outside of that I like what they're doing with them.

[@GazghoulThraka471]

I want these

[@rustedbeetle]

These need some Flash Gordon style ray guns!

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Then they'd need helmets to match as well, and I'm not sure of where I can find lizard- sized retro helmets. Rayguns do sound like a good idea though!

[@anealpilot6957]

Hey! We're one step closer to make Caiman from Dorohedoro.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Already did, and already started painting him!

[@jefferymartens6303]

Yes, lizard auxiliaries does need to happen

[@eliberdinner4808]

Where did the mech arm come from?

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Something admech related. I think it came off of the Tech Priest Dominus.

[@martig1000]

6.45 Ha ha ha. Great !!!

[@breandan3280]

As someone who vastly prefers fantasy to sci fi, I would have wanted bows/arrows, blow pipes and clubs/axes as weapons as well as shields, instead of muskets and laser guns. That said, you kit bashed some fun and unique minis from this kit, thanks for posting!

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Blowpipes! That's what they need! The Shieldwolf forest goblins had a bunch on their sprues. I wonder if I have any bits left...

[@rustedbeetle]

Did someone ask you what you wanted an punch it out in plastic? Aside from having 3+ arms?

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Certainly getting closer...

[@samuelmoffat2874]

Sold,!!!! ill go get some, any good frogmen or catmen similar scale miniatures?🙃

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

3D printed or in plastic? I can recommend quite a few if you've got a printer. Artisan Guild did some cats and frog sets for fantasy. Lion Tower Minis is making some 3d printable lion people in the near future. SciFi is going to be a bit harder- there's a few animal heads on the various Stargrave sprues. I know there's been a few sets of metal/ resin heads of animal folks for doing Albedo- style wargaming. Any other suggestions?

[@damomabb9321]

Kroot arms would work

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I'd have to find me some spare kroot arms then, as they're getting rare around my parts!

[@colinmack8655]

Work for kings of war

[@TheLordUrban]

Unfortunately the kit is pretty much unusable out of the box if you are looking to make classic fantasy lizardmen. No bows, few hand weapons, no shields. Great for sci fi not so much for fantasy.