After twelve units and twelve days later, my Ascalabotean (climbers) Army is finally finished. The numbers of units grew over that time but I am happy both with how they have turned out and how quickly I have been able to get them done, especially considering that a Watchtower, a 20mm Arab Army for “Men Who Would be Kings” and a 28mm Stuart tank have also been finished during that time!

The large planet of Tonitrua Lacertis has the largest but also the most primitive population. Living in small tribes the primitives are protected from the many predators by the “Alveare Domini”, a large-like predator that roams the surface in search of prey, but seems to also have a psychic link and almost a mother-like instinct to protect the Tonitrua.

The war-like Tonitura are only more than happy to assist the other species in defending the planet and moons of Ascalabotes, but will not travel “off system” as they hold their land and the “Alveare Domini” in such reverence they will not leave them. Those that have been forced to do so have died as a result of severe psychotic episodes, often taking many of their own countrymen with them.

Primitive infantry are numerous, cheap and are extremely difficult to stop.

With the army now finished (we all say that don’t we), here is how they look altogether:

This gives plenty of variety with everything from monsters to “modern” heavy infantry in full battle armour.

There is enough units to run both an army from the Military Elite with “modern” troops lead by a Psycher from the Military Elite, and a native army lead by the battle hardened “Tuthruck”.

I really like how the Wargames Atlantic Lizardmen have come out and will probably get two more boxes to field another three more native units. Not that useful in games terms, but at just four of the twenty-four points of the army, sixty of them will be difficult to deal with.