Looking at your work you do a fantastic job at having vibrant pseudo synth like colours while also making it look gritty.
How do you do the scales? Does it take a lot of time?
Thanks, I somehow always end up making stuff synthy :D I base with Dark Sea Blue, then add overall volume with Ocean Blue on the more raised areas, then highlight with Aquatic Turquoise, and lastly with a mix of Aquatic Turquoise and Snow Blue (all AK 3rd gen). I edge highlight almost every scale but try to do irregular shapes sometimes to make it look more organic and natural :)
Lizardmen on the whole are more primal and isolated in the jungles of the world-that-was as they’re just a fragment of their once great power and can only use pieces of Old One tech left behind as they try to keep the world in a strict unchanging order(if certain races get out of line and go where they don’t belong they’ll intervene).
Seraphon are their concept cranked up to 12 going from that fragment “once a world shaper sci-fi power” feel to full on Stargate & Star Trek as they now have vast star fleets in AoS and heavily use, maintain and even repair Old One tech(even one void sphere [that looks like a space station](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/709175152511811644/1102245251609002055/IMG_3891.png) ) as now they police the cosmos and try to keep multiple realities from unraveling by Chaos’ efforts which they’ll do by everything from realigning stars, redirecting chaos-held realmgates to blender dimensions and lighting up the aether above with laser fire as their [temple-ships](https://ageofsigmar.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/1/1c/Temple-Ship.jpg) get into space battles with Tzeentch’s silver towers that also journey through the void.
Seraphon also [come in two flavors](https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WLtkaCk5bTCRKLxC.jpg), the phantasmal glowing Starborne which are the main Seraphon up in the ships as most are born in Azyr where their space magic filled spawning pools cause them to be born as pseudo star-daemons with chaos banishing starlight for “blood” and then Coalesced for the earthier Seraphon that are actually flesh & blood and closer to lizardmen of old by landing in the lower realms and after several decades they gained physicality(daemon term for becoming real) as the magic of that realm slowly replaced their star magic blood for something solid(along with elemental perks like Realm of Fire coalesced being fire immune and some straight up swimming in magma)
Thanks for the explanation, but wow. I hate this. I thought Sigmar was supposed to be the fantasy alternative to 40K, but it seems more like the Egyptian Space Alien fantasies of Alex Jones.
It’s a little of everything from Norse Mythology blendered with Planescape, Spelljammer and Deathgate then sprinkled with fantasy elements ranging from [Soulsborne](https://cubicle7games.com/blog/soulbound-ulfenkarn-city-at-the-edge-of-death-scenes-from-the-cursed-city) & [God of War](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/age-of-sigmar/images/c/c0/Grimnir_vs_Vulcatrix.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160905110156) to [Spyro](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/07/26/dragons-are-back-and-theyre-going-to-change-the-mortal-realms-forever/) & [Final Fantasy](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/04/27/who-is-worthy-of-the-godsbane-find-out-in-dale-lucas-new-black-library-novel/).
So you can do whatever you want in the setting from live in the Realm of Beasts in humble thatch villages built on the back of a sleeping mountain-sized god-beast to be in the far more technologically places like the magically hot forges of the Realm of Fire can provide with their [metropolis cities](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/758918230487597116/1104988988261015572/image0.jpg).
Also AoS has easily my favorite interpretation of a afterlife.
> “ One thing that this edition of their battletome does more than the last is spend quite a bit of time talking about the nature of ghosts and afterlives in the Mortal Realms in general. Some of this is stuff we would have read before in places like the main rulebook, but it dives a lot more into the minutia of it. In the Mortal Realms there are many afterlives. Essentially, if a culture believed in a specific afterlife enough, it would manifest within Shyish and once they died their souls would go there. After awhile, if that culture died off, or the living stopped believing in that afterlife, it would fade away in Shyish and all of the souls would disappear into oblivion. It also mentions how there are aelf afterlives there, that hover above the rest in the sky, and duardin afterlives that exist beneath the ground. The underworlds also weren't gated communities. It was possible for souls to wander from one to another, creating a blended culture.
>
> All of this first started to change during the Age of Myth, when the living first started to settle in Shyish. They made their homes amongst the underworlds, some of them are direct descendants of the souls who lived there already. This caused a lot of resentment amongst some of the souls, who were offended by the vibrancy of the living, but at the same time a lot of the underworlds lived in harmony with them, as long as they helped protect the lands. This was especially true during the Age of Chaos, when the living and the dead often had to fight together to survive.”
> -NightHaunt tome 2022 review
I'm not a fan. I'm glad they'll be bringing back Warhammer Fantasy, soon. As far as I know, Warhammer fantasy was much less advanced, though they did have tanks and such.
This afterlife sounds very similar to Elder Scroll's interpretation of the afterlife, where every being is sorted according to their faith.
Lizardmen were the name in Warhammer Fantasy, while Seraphon is the Age of Sigmar name. Kind of like High Elves/Lumineth Realm-lords, Wood Elves/Sylvaneth or Dark Elves/Umbraneth etc. :)
Looks amazing. I do always wonder, is this a one off, or are you painting an entire army with this much detail? Whatever the answer, amazing work so far!
Thanks! I will do it on an entire army:) I will start with the boxed set, then buy more Saurus Warriors and then Aggradon Lancers later. Gives GW time to update some of the larger monster models :) I did already paint Kroak but sold him.
I will base them on not too vibrant jungle bases, have a lot of plants off Gamersgrass for basing. Hopefully it will look cool
I believe I spent 4h on each, but atm I paint like 10h a day, and when I am warmed up, it should take less. I do love painting more than playing, so not an issue for me :)
Of all the factions I want brought to 40k... You do beautiful work.
Thanks, means a lot! Space lizzies is a possibility, fingers crossed:)
Your work is phenomenal! All the thumbs up! But yea hit them spikes hehe
Gotcha! Thanks a bunch :)
Looking at your work you do a fantastic job at having vibrant pseudo synth like colours while also making it look gritty. How do you do the scales? Does it take a lot of time?
Thanks, I somehow always end up making stuff synthy :D I base with Dark Sea Blue, then add overall volume with Ocean Blue on the more raised areas, then highlight with Aquatic Turquoise, and lastly with a mix of Aquatic Turquoise and Snow Blue (all AK 3rd gen). I edge highlight almost every scale but try to do irregular shapes sometimes to make it look more organic and natural :)
think I'll do a secondary color for some of the horns/spikes
What is the difference between Seraphon and Lizardmen?
Lizardmen on the whole are more primal and isolated in the jungles of the world-that-was as they’re just a fragment of their once great power and can only use pieces of Old One tech left behind as they try to keep the world in a strict unchanging order(if certain races get out of line and go where they don’t belong they’ll intervene). Seraphon are their concept cranked up to 12 going from that fragment “once a world shaper sci-fi power” feel to full on Stargate & Star Trek as they now have vast star fleets in AoS and heavily use, maintain and even repair Old One tech(even one void sphere [that looks like a space station](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/709175152511811644/1102245251609002055/IMG_3891.png) ) as now they police the cosmos and try to keep multiple realities from unraveling by Chaos’ efforts which they’ll do by everything from realigning stars, redirecting chaos-held realmgates to blender dimensions and lighting up the aether above with laser fire as their [temple-ships](https://ageofsigmar.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/1/1c/Temple-Ship.jpg) get into space battles with Tzeentch’s silver towers that also journey through the void. Seraphon also [come in two flavors](https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WLtkaCk5bTCRKLxC.jpg), the phantasmal glowing Starborne which are the main Seraphon up in the ships as most are born in Azyr where their space magic filled spawning pools cause them to be born as pseudo star-daemons with chaos banishing starlight for “blood” and then Coalesced for the earthier Seraphon that are actually flesh & blood and closer to lizardmen of old by landing in the lower realms and after several decades they gained physicality(daemon term for becoming real) as the magic of that realm slowly replaced their star magic blood for something solid(along with elemental perks like Realm of Fire coalesced being fire immune and some straight up swimming in magma)
Okay this answer ^ :D
Haha, your answer worked too on the basics. xD
Thanks for the explanation, but wow. I hate this. I thought Sigmar was supposed to be the fantasy alternative to 40K, but it seems more like the Egyptian Space Alien fantasies of Alex Jones.
It’s a little of everything from Norse Mythology blendered with Planescape, Spelljammer and Deathgate then sprinkled with fantasy elements ranging from [Soulsborne](https://cubicle7games.com/blog/soulbound-ulfenkarn-city-at-the-edge-of-death-scenes-from-the-cursed-city) & [God of War](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/age-of-sigmar/images/c/c0/Grimnir_vs_Vulcatrix.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160905110156) to [Spyro](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/07/26/dragons-are-back-and-theyre-going-to-change-the-mortal-realms-forever/) & [Final Fantasy](https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/04/27/who-is-worthy-of-the-godsbane-find-out-in-dale-lucas-new-black-library-novel/). So you can do whatever you want in the setting from live in the Realm of Beasts in humble thatch villages built on the back of a sleeping mountain-sized god-beast to be in the far more technologically places like the magically hot forges of the Realm of Fire can provide with their [metropolis cities](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/758918230487597116/1104988988261015572/image0.jpg). Also AoS has easily my favorite interpretation of a afterlife. > “ One thing that this edition of their battletome does more than the last is spend quite a bit of time talking about the nature of ghosts and afterlives in the Mortal Realms in general. Some of this is stuff we would have read before in places like the main rulebook, but it dives a lot more into the minutia of it. In the Mortal Realms there are many afterlives. Essentially, if a culture believed in a specific afterlife enough, it would manifest within Shyish and once they died their souls would go there. After awhile, if that culture died off, or the living stopped believing in that afterlife, it would fade away in Shyish and all of the souls would disappear into oblivion. It also mentions how there are aelf afterlives there, that hover above the rest in the sky, and duardin afterlives that exist beneath the ground. The underworlds also weren't gated communities. It was possible for souls to wander from one to another, creating a blended culture. > > All of this first started to change during the Age of Myth, when the living first started to settle in Shyish. They made their homes amongst the underworlds, some of them are direct descendants of the souls who lived there already. This caused a lot of resentment amongst some of the souls, who were offended by the vibrancy of the living, but at the same time a lot of the underworlds lived in harmony with them, as long as they helped protect the lands. This was especially true during the Age of Chaos, when the living and the dead often had to fight together to survive.” > -NightHaunt tome 2022 review
I'm not a fan. I'm glad they'll be bringing back Warhammer Fantasy, soon. As far as I know, Warhammer fantasy was much less advanced, though they did have tanks and such. This afterlife sounds very similar to Elder Scroll's interpretation of the afterlife, where every being is sorted according to their faith.
Lizardmen were the name in Warhammer Fantasy, while Seraphon is the Age of Sigmar name. Kind of like High Elves/Lumineth Realm-lords, Wood Elves/Sylvaneth or Dark Elves/Umbraneth etc. :)
Nice work, love the scales
Thank you! I enjoy turquoise tones vastly better than regular blue tones :)
Lizard people for the win!
Looks amazing. I do always wonder, is this a one off, or are you painting an entire army with this much detail? Whatever the answer, amazing work so far!
Thanks! I will do it on an entire army:) I will start with the boxed set, then buy more Saurus Warriors and then Aggradon Lancers later. Gives GW time to update some of the larger monster models :) I did already paint Kroak but sold him. I will base them on not too vibrant jungle bases, have a lot of plants off Gamersgrass for basing. Hopefully it will look cool
BOK!
How long did it take ? Field a whole army in those colors would be nice, but how time spent on painting would be an issue
I believe I spent 4h on each, but atm I paint like 10h a day, and when I am warmed up, it should take less. I do love painting more than playing, so not an issue for me :)
That color palette is really sweeeeet : O The triad teal/violetpink/yellow is a Superb work well executed!!
Thanks a ton, means a lot! They are beginning to look nice, will post a photo when they are done. Family photo 8)