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LIZARDMEN Key Features • February 2009 is Lizardmen month • A 104 page Warhammer Armies book: the complete guide to collecting, painting and gaming with the armies of the Lizardmen • 2 new plastic boxed sets • New Battalion • 4 new metal boxed sets • 4 new blister packs • A retained range, including three plastic boxed sets
Released February 2009
Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen Warhammer Armies Lizardmen is a 104-page standalone book detailing the most ancient army in the Warhammer game. This incarnation of Warhammer Armies Lizardmen is more aggressive than before: they are not just sitting in Lustria waiting to be invaded by treasure-hunters, but actively enacting the Great Plan of the Old Ones across the world! The Cold Blooded special rule allows all models in the army to take Leadership tests on 3D6 and use the two lowest scores. Combined with a high Leadership score on many units, this makes the Lizardmen resolute in defence and untroubled by many other armies’ psychological special rules. The army’s Core units are Saurus Warriors, with Toughness 4, 2 Attacks and a 3+ armour saving throw in combat, and cheaper units of Skinks. This allows for armies built around blocks of ferocious, well-protected fighters, or masses of Skinks with poisoned weapons supported by monstrous Kroxigor. One of the Lizardmen army’s distinctive features is the choice of dinosaur-like monstrous creatures, and there are plenty to choose from in the list. The new Stegadon plastic boxed set will likely form the centrepiece of many collections, but the Carnosaur and new Razordon will also find their place in many collections. Most boys loved dinosaurs in their youth - capture that excitement in your customers with this army release! The army list includes nine special characters, including models in the range such as Tehenhauin, Kroq-Gar and Venerable Lord Kroak, classic favourites like Lord Mazdamundi, and new releases including the Eternity Warden Chakax.
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FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF WARHAMMER ARMIES LIZARDMEN
• The two plastic boxed sets released this month brings the total number of Lizardmen plastic kits to five, making all-plastic Lizardmen armies possible for the first time. The Stegadon boxed set includes plastic components to build a Skink Priest and a Skink Chieftain, providing plastic Lizardmen Hero models for the first time • The Slann Mage-Priests of the Lizardmen army are the most powerful magic users in the Warhammer game. Any player who enjoys the Magic phase will be able to take their spellcasting to new levels with the updated Slann Mage-Priest rules! • Promoting the Lizardmen can also help to promote other recent Warhammer armies and, in turn, the Warhammer game system; they have fought the Daemons and Warriors of Chaos since the beginning of Time, and their realm of Lustria is situated close to the lands of the High Elves and Dark Elves. Running battles between any of these forces and the Lizardmen is perfectly supported by the background and helps to promote the entire Warhammer game system • As the oldest race in the Warhammer world, the Lizardmen army book contains a detailed timeline of their actions that involves most other races in the game • Games set in the jungle realms of Lustria deserve suitably atmospheric terrain, catered for by a number of products in Games Workshop’s scenery offer. The Warhammer 40,000 Trees provide easy plastic tropical trees, while the Warhammer Arcane Ruin can be used as the basis of an ancient Lizardmen monument. The Jungle Plants set is also being brought back on sale to accompany the Lizardmen release, allowing customers to pick up even more ready-to-use jungle scenery
Lizardmen Saurus Warriors
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Key Features: • 16 figure plastic boxed set • Includes options for standard bearer, musician and Champion • Now benefit from an improved scaly skin saving throw of 5+ (4+ with shield, 3+ in combat with hand weapon and shield) • 2 Attacks as standard • Cheaper in points than before to encourage blocks of Saurus Warriors as the core of an army • Includes hand weapon and spear weapon option
Lizardmen Skinks
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EXISTING RANGE
Key Features: • 24 figure plastic boxed set • Includes shields and javelin and blowpipe weapon options • Skink shooting attacks benefit from the Poisoned Attacks special rule • Skink can be bought either as skirmishers or as ranked-up units • Improved Leadership
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Lizardmen Saurus Cavalry
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Key Features: • 8 figure plastic boxed set • Now benefit from an improved scaly skin saving throw of 5+ (2+ with shield and mounted on Cold Ones) • Quicker-witted Saurus riders benefit from +1 Initiative • Sculpted by Aly Morrison
Lizardmen Saurus Temple Guard
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Key Features: • 10 figure plastic boxed set • Includes options for musician, standard bearer and Revered Guardian • 0-1 limitation removed (Special choice) • Stubborn and Immune to Psychology if acting as a bodyguard for a Slann MagePriest • Sculpted by Aly Morrison
Revered Guardian
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Lizardmen Slann Mage-Priest
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Key Features: • 1 figure metal boxed set • Shield of the Old Ones: 4+ ward save • Slann are Level 4 Wizards and use spells from any one of the lores in the Warhammer rulebook • Must choose from one to four Disciplines of the Ancients, which confer special rules including Terror, regenerate and magic resistance (3). • Can channel magic missile spells through Skink Priests while remaining protected within a unit of Temple Guard
Ancient Scar Leader Kroq-Gar
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Key Features: • 1 figure metal boxed set • Armed with the Revered Spear of Tlanxla which causes double wounds for calculating combat resolution • Hand of the Gods: casts a bound spell at every visible enemy unit with a range of 12”, causing D6 Strength 4 hits • An army led by Kroq-Gar may include a single unit of Saurus Cavalry as a Core choice • Can also be used to represent an Oldblood on Carnosaur • Wounds inflicted by a Carnosaur’s bite are muliplied into D3 wounds
Chakax, Eternity Warden Key Features:
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Lizardmen Skink Priest Key Features:
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• 1 figure blister
• 1 figure blister
• When leading a unit of Temple Guard including a Slann MagePriest, Chakax and the unit are Unbreakable
• Lesser Wizards with access to the Lore of Heavens
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• Slann Mage-Priests can measure range and line of sight for their spells from Skink Priests using the Channelling special rule
• The Star-Stone Mace is a great weapon, and enemies fighting him with magical weapons count them as mundane weapons of the same type • In challenges, Chakax may reroll all failed rolls to hit, has a 5+ ward save and his opponents strike last
EXISTING RANGE Lizardmen Kroxigor
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• 1 figure blister pack • 4+ scaly skin armour save • Kroxigor are a Special unit, but Core units of Skinks can include 1 Kroxigor for every 8 Skinks • Can fight in units with Skinks, fighting in the second rank and reaching over to engage the enemy • 3 different designs, sculpted by Martin Footitt
Lizardmen Razordon Hunting Pack Key Features:
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Lizardmen Salamander Hunting Pack Key Features:
• 4 figure blister
• 1 figure blister
• Living Lizardmen artillery: fire spines inflicting Strength 4 hits
• Living Lizardmen artillery: template weapon attack which inflicts Strength 3 hits at -3 armour save
• Two variant head and tail designs • Sculpted by Mark Harrison
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Lizardmen Scar Veteran with Army Standard Key Features:
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Lizardmen Oldblood on Cold One Key Features:
ON SALE FEBRUARY 7th
• 1 figure blister
• 1 figure blister
• Saurus Scar-Veteran with Battle Standard is the only way to add a magic banner to a unit of Saurus Warriors
• Can ride a Horned One with higher Movement and not subject to Stupidity
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• 4+ scaly skin, Cold One and shield provides a 1+ armour saving throw
• Available Magic Standards include Totem of Prophecy, which makes the unit cause Fear, and Huanchi’s Blessed Totem which adds +D6” to its charge move once per game • Sculpted by Aly Morrison
Lizardmen Terradon Rider Key Features:
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Tiktaq’to, Master of Skies Key Features:
• 1 figure blister
• 1 figure blister
• May use the Feigned Flight special rule as if they were Fast Cavalry
• More powerful Terradon mount with Killing Blow special rule
• Can drop rocks as they fly over enemy formations, inflicting D3 Strength 4 hits each • May be led by a Skink Chief mounted on a Terradon • Sculpted by Trish Carden and Matt Holland • Two variant head and tail designs
• May lead his unit of Terradon Riders from any table edge • Mask of Heavens: confers magic resistance (1), 6+ ward save and protection against enemy shooting • Sculpted by Trish Carden and Aly Morrison
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Lizardmen Stegadon
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ON SALE FEBRUARY 7th
Key Features: • 1 figure plastic boxed set • Includes five Skink crew, plus a complete plastic Skink Chief and Skink Priest • Stegadons are now a Special choice, allowing armies to field more of these incredible models • Ancient Stegadons are a Rare choice, and mount two giant blowpipes in place of the giant bow • Skink Chiefs and Priests can take Stegadons and Ancient Stegadons as mounts, and Skink Priests can mount the powerful Engine of the Gods upon an Ancient Stegadon in place of its howdah weapons • Bigger and cheaper than the metal boxed set it replaces! • Sculpted by Dave Thomas and Martin Footitt
Ancient Stegadon with giant blowpipes
Ancient Stegadon with Skink Priest and Engine of the Gods
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Lizardmen Battalion
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The Lizardmen Battalion will form a perfect starting point for any new collector, and also allow existing gamers to bolster their armies with new miniatures at better value.
Product Support WHITE DWARF & WEB February is Lizardmen month in White Dwarf. The usual support articles will include: • Lizardmen Designer’s notes • Lizardmen new releases • Lizardmen battle report
The contents are:
• 20 Saurus Warriors • 12 Skinks
• Lizardmen scenery
February is Lizardmen month on the Web. Articles will include:
• 10 Temple Guard • 8 Saurus Cavalry
• Character focus on Chakax the Eternity Warden • Jungle scenarios • Assembly and painting guides for plastic boxed sets • Lizardmen Tactica and sample armies
ON SALE FEBRUARY 21st
• Converting character models from the plastic kits
Know Your Foe The drums of war resound throughout the jungles of Lustria, signalling that the Lizardmen are marching to war again. The younger races of the world would do well to learn of their special rules, ancient blessings and monstrous cohorts before it is too late. Full of new artwork, hobby ideas and background, Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen is an invaluable resource for any Warhammer player. The combination of tough, well-armoured warriors and masses of light skirmishers - commanded by the best Wizards in the game - makes the Lizardmen versatile and difficult to fight. The best fighters in the army are wellarmoured and tough, but not very fast - they can be picked off before the armies close with shooting weapons that modify or even ignore armour saving throws, and in close combat by high Strength attacks that can cut Saurus Warriors down before they strike back. Just don’t try to blast them away with magic or rely on Fear and Terror to drive them back to the jungle!
The ensorcelled weapons and lances of the Chaos Knights are perfect to rip through scaly skin, and their Chaos armour will protect them from even the most savage return attacks
Ranged weapons such as crossbows and handguns, with the advantages of range, Strength and armour piercing, can whittle down the Lizardmen ranks at a distance
War machines are great for wiping out whole ranks of resilient Lizardmen at a time - scaly skin counts for nothing when no armour save throws may be taken!
Lizardmen Product February is Lizardmen month, so all new and retained Lizardmen product should be brought forward and promoted. * Products marked with an asterisk (*) will be available in-store on weekend of launch
BOXED SETS Description
Contents
LIZARDMEN SAURUS WARRIORS* LIZARDMEN SKINKS* LIZARDMEN SAURUS CAVALRY* LIZARDMEN SLANN MAGE-PRIEST* ANCIENT SCAR LEADER KROQ-GAR* LIZARDMEN BATTALION VENERABLE LORD KROAK
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16 Figure Plastic Boxed Set 24 Figure Plastic Boxed Set 8 Figure Plastic Boxed Set 1 Figure Metal Boxed Set 1 Figure Metal Boxed Set 50 Figure Plastic Boxed Set 1 Figure Metal Boxed Set
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BLISTER PACKS Description
Contents
LIZARDMEN SCAR-VETERAN WITH ARMY STANDARD 1 CHAKAX, ETERNITY WARDEN 1 LIZARDMEN KROXIGOR* 1 TIKTAQ’TO, MASTER OF SKIES 1 LIZARDMEN TERRADON RIDER 1 LIZARDMEN RAZORDON HUNTING PACK* 4 LIZARDMEN OLDBLOOD ON COLD ONE* 1 LIZARDMEN SKINK CHIEFS* 2 LIZARDMEN SALAMANDER HUNTING PACK* 4 LIZARDMEN JUNGLE SWARMS* 2 LIZARDMEN SKINK PRIEST* 1 LIZARDMEN CHAMELEON SKINKS* 3 LIZARDMEN SAURUS OLDBLOOD* 1 LIZARDMEN SKINK CHIEF WITH SWORD AND SHIELD1 LIZARDMEN SKINK CHIEF WITH BLOWPIPE 1 LIZARDMEN SKINK CHIEF WITH SCYTHE AND SHIELD 1 LIZARDMEN SKINK CHIEF WITH FEATHERED CLOAK 1 LIZARDMEN CHAMELEON STALKER 1 TEHENHAUIN, PROPHET OF SOTEK 1 LIZARDMEN GLYPHS BITZ PACK 7 LIZARDMEN SHIELDS BITZ PACK 8
Tehenhauin, Prophet of Sotek
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Lizardmen Glyphs Bitz Pack
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Focus On: ARMIES OF THE OLD ONES! With a selection of Special and Rare multiple purchase choices now available in plastic, there is more reason than ever before for Lizardmen armies to keep expanding beyond 2,000 points. • Saurus Warriors are now cheaper than before, better-armoured and more powerful in close combat (with their additional bite attack replaced by 2 Attacks as standard on their profile). These units are the backbone of the army, providing a solid, dependable core of ferocious warriors supplemented by monstrous creatures and poweful sorcery • Skink units are also cheaper, meaning that more of these skirmishing units can be bought to support the flanks of the Lizardman advance. Skinks can also now be bought as ranked-up units with command groups, allowing players to build their armies around units of Skinks and replicate the Red Host of Tehenhauin army list from Warhammer Realms Lustria • Players who prefer brute animal strength in close combat may still want to purchase units of Skinks, as Kroxigor can be included in them as a Core choice - leaving Special slots vacant for Temple Guard and Stegadons • Even with the benefits of the Cold Blooded special rule, Saurus Cavalry’s Stupidity might fail you at a crucial moment. Two units of these ferocious shock cavalry double the chances of your charge hitting home! • With Stegadons now a Special choice and Ancient Stegadons both a Rare unit and available to Skink Heroes as mounts, a Lizardmen army of any size can include a number of these massive monsters, assembled in different ways
WHY DON’T YOU... Use the excitement surrounding the Lizardmen release to invigorate activity and sales across the Warhammer range Run a campaign set in the New World, focusing on all the recently-released Warhammer armies - the Lizardmen of Lustria, the Dark Elves of Naggaroth and the Warriors of Chaos of the far north - with other armies included as raiders and treasure-hunters Hold activities in your stores based on the Web articles showing customers how to build Heroes for their armies from the components in their plastic boxed sets - and how to build special characters like Lord Mazdamundi from a Slann Mage-Priest and a Stegadon boxed set, for example Demonstrate the power of the Slann Mage-Priest in a Wizards’ Duel game - invite customers to bring their army’s best wizard for a magical showdown with the greatest spellcasters in the game!
