This is the next best thing to an official Games Workshop base size guide for Warhammer 40k models to know exactly what bases to use.
Are you tired of searching for the correct base sizes for your Warhammer 40k miniatures? Look no further than this comprehensive reference guide that includes all the Games Workshop base sizes for different types of models, from small infantry to large monsters and vehicles.
Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Base Size Reference Guide: Updated For 10th Edition!
Here is a short list of different base sizes for Warhammer 40,000 miniatures that can be very helpful when painting or assembling. We have a more comprehensive list below by faction and unit name for you as well.
| 40k Base Size | 40k Model Type |
| 25mm Round | Small Infantry Size |
| 32mm Round | New “Standard” Infantry Size |
| 40mm Round | Mid-sized Infantry & Characters |
| 50mm Round | Large Infantry or Teams of Models |
| 60mm Round | Monster & Small Vehicle Base |
| 80-100mm Round | Bigger Monsters & Vehicles |
| 90x52mm Oval | Vehicles & Walkers |
| 120x92mm Oval | Flying Vehicles & Walkers |
| 170x 105mm Oval | Knight Walkers & Monsters |
| 30mm Clear Round | Small Flight Base |
| 55mm Clear Round | Large Flight Base |
A nice thing to point out is that so long as you discuss things with the opponents that you play with, you can usually use any base size you want in 40k. Unless you’re in a competitive tournament environment, base sizes don’t matter much, assuming you are reasonable with it, i.e., don’t go putting an Ork boy on a Primarch base.
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Here’s a link to each section of the Warhammer 40k bases reference guide so you can jump to what interests you the most!
Age of Sigmar Base Sizes Guide
Curiously, there isn’t an official Warhammer 40k reference for base sizing, even though there is one for Age of Sigmar:
Games workshop actually regularly updates the FAQ for base sizes in the Age of Sigmar. So, if there’s a change, you just need to check the FAQ, and you’re good to go! Warhammer 40,000 base sizes are, unfortunately, a little bit more of a guessing game.
Warhammer 40k Base Sizes Reference Guide
This Warhammer 40k Base Size Reference Guide is a comprehensive list of different Games Workshop base sizes for miniatures that can be very helpful. Most of the time, it’s nearly impossible to find the exact “official” base size for Warhammer 40k models!
While the correct bases are sent out with new Warhammer 40k models, if you ever buy anything second-hand, use third-party alternatives, or convert your models, you have to use online resources or GW’s own website if the items are still listed for sale to figure out the correct base size.
Here are all the current Warhammer 40k base sizes included in the most recent model kits purchased new from Games Workshop, organized by faction and model name.
Adepta Sororitas Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Agathae Dolan 25mm
- Death Cult Assassin, Preacher 25mm
- Arco‐Flagellants 25mm
- Missionary 32mm
- Novitiates 28.5mm
- Novitiate Superior 32mm
- Repentia 28.5mm
- Infantry 32mm
- Celestine 40mm
- Dialogus 40mm
- Hospitalier 50mm
- Penitent engine and Mortifiers 50mm
- Parangon Warsuit 50mm
- Junith Eruita 50mm
- Morvenn Vahl 60mm
- Triump of Saint Katherine Oval 120mm
Adeptus Custodes
- Custodes General Infantry 40mm
- Shield Captain on Foot (with/ Pyrithite Spear) 40mm
- Contemptor Dreadnought 60mm
- Dreadnought, Venerable 60mm
- Jetbike Oval 75x42mm
- Terminator Aquilon 50mm
- Sisters of Silence 32mm
Adeptus Mechanicus
- Bellisarius Cawl 105x70mm
- Ironstrider, Sydonian Dragoon 105x70mm
- Onager Dunecrawler 130mm
- Skitarii 25mm
- Cybernetica Datasmith 32mm
- Electro‐priests 32mm
- Tech Priest Enginseer and Skitarii Marshal 32mm
- Pteraxii Sterylizors, Skystalkers 40mm
- Sicarian 40mm
- Tech Priest Manipulus 40mm
- Tech Priest Dominus 50mm
- Kastellan Robot 60mm
- Kataphron 60mm
- Archaopter Fusilave, Stratoraptor, Transvector 170x109mm (Oval)
- Serberys Sulphurhound, Raiders 60x35mm (Oval)
- Skratros 40mm
Astra Militarum Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Heavy Weapon Squad 50mm
- Other infantry, Straken, Harker, Attaché 25mm
- Cadian Command Squad, Karskins, Gaunt Ghosts, Commissar, Castellan 28mm
- Ogryns, Bullgryns, Ogryn Bodyguard, Nork Deddog 40mm
- Valkyrie 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Rough Riders 60x35mm (Oval)
- Field ordnance Battery 100mm
- Sentinel, Leontus 80mm
- Sly Marbo, Creed, Psyker 32mm
- Techpriest Enginseer 32mm
- Priest 32mm
Chaos Space Marines Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Venom Crawler 100mm
- Helldrake 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Forgefiend, Maulerfiend 120x92mm
- Lord Discordant 120x92mm (Oval)
- Cultists 25mm
- Dark Disciples 25mm
- Berzerkers 32mm
- CSM infantry, Raptors, Noise Marines, etc, 32mm
- Possessed 40mm
- Other Power Armour Character 32mm
- Warpsmith Oval 60mm
- Chaos Havocs 40mm
- Chaos Lord, Master of Executions, Dark Apostle, Haarken, Sorcerer 40mm
- Kharn 40mm
- Master of Possession 40mm
- Terminator 40mm
- Terminator Character 40mm
- Chaos Spawn 50mm
- Obliterators 50mm
- Abaddon 60mm
- Daemon Prince 60mm
- Hellbrute 60mm
- Biker 75mm (Oval)
- Chaos Contemptor Dreadnought 60mm
- Dreadclaw 120x90mm (Oval)
Aeldari (Including Harlequins & Ynarri)
- Wraithknight 120x90mm (Oval)
- Flyer 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Farseer and other Phoenix lords 25mm
- Dire Avengers, Howling Banshees, Dark Reapers 28.5mm
- Fire Dragons, Swooping Hawks, Striking Scorpions, Warp Spiders 25mm
- Guardians, Servants, Rangers 28.5mm
- Autarch, Warlock 32mm
- Jetbike 32mm
- Skyrunner Character 32mm
- Heavy Weapon Platform 40mm
- Maugan Ra 40mm
- Vaul’s Wrath Battery 40mm
- Wraithguard 40mm
- Wave Serpent, Falcon, etc. 60mm
- War Walker 60mm
- Wraithlord 60mm
- Avatar of Khaine 80mm
- Jain Zar 40mm
- Shining Spears, Shroud runner 60mm
- Yvraine 75 X 42mm (oval)
- Visarch 32mm
- Yncarne 80mm
- Harlequins Charactesr 25mm
- Troupe 25mm
- Skyweaver 60mm
- Voidweaver, Starweaver 60mm
Daemons of Chaos
- Keeper of Secrets, Shalaxi 100mm
- Lord of Change 100mm
- Skarbrand 100mm
- Horticulous Slimux 105x70mm
- Blood Thirster 120x92mm
- Bloodthrone, Skull Cannon 120x92mm
- Burning Chariot of Tzeentch 120x92mm
- Seeker Chariot, Hellflayer 120x92mm
- Great Unclean One 130mm
- Brimstone, Blue Horrors 25mm
- Daemonettes of Slaanesh 25mm
- Changecaster 32mm
- Herald of Slaanesh 25mm
- Seekers 25x50mm
- Bloodletters 32mm
- Flamers of Tzeentch 32mm
- Herald of Nurgle 32mm
- Epidemius 60mm
- Pink Horrors 32mm
- Plaguebearers 32mm
- Screamers of Tzeentch 32mm
- The Masque 32mm
- Changeling 40mm
- Herald of Khorne 40mm
- Nurglings 40mm
- Skulltaker 40mm
- Spoilpox Scrivener 40mm
- Chaos Spawn 50mm
- Syll’Eske 50mm
- Beast of Nurgle 60mm
- Blue Scribes 60mm
- Daemon Prince 60mm
- Herald of Khorne on Juggernaut 60mm
- Herald of Tzeentch on Disc 60mm
- Exalted Flamer 75x41mm
- Bloodcrushers 90x52mm
- Flesh Hounds Oval 60mm
- Infernal Enrapturess Oval 60mm
- Contorted Epitome Oval 75mm
- Karanak Oval 75mm
- Soulgrinder 160mm Round
- Slaanesh Fiend Oval 75mm
Death Guard Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Mortarion 100mm
- Poxwalkers 25mm
- Plague Marines 32mm
- Malignant Plaguecaster 32mm
- Blightlord, Deathshroud Terminators 40mm
- DG Elite Character 40mm
- Chaos Spawn 50mm
- Lord of Contagion 50mm
- Typhus 50mm
- Daemon Prince 60mm
- Foetid Bloatdrone 60mm
- Myphitic Blight‐hauler 80mm
Drukhari
- Flyer 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Characters 25mm
- Ur‐Ghul, Lhamaean, Medusae 25mm
- Wrack, Kabalite, Wych 25mm
- Incubi 28.5mm
- Lelith Hesperax 32mm
- Reaver, Hellions 32mm
- Clawed Fiend 40mm
- Drazhar 40mm
- Grotesques 40mm
- Khymera 40mm
- Razorwing Flock 40mm
- Sslyth 40mm
- Antigrav Vehicle 60mm
- Talos, Cronos 60mm
Genestealer Cults Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Neophyte Hybrids 25mm
- Neophyte Hybrid Heavy Weapon 32mm
- Purestrain Genestealers 25mm
- Abherrants 32mm
- Acolyte Hybrids 32mm
- Hybrid Metamorphs 32mm
- Primus, Magus, Iconward, Reductus 32mm
- Abominant 40mm
- Patriarch 50mm
- Nexos 40mm
- Atalan Jackals Oval 60mm
- Wolfquad 60mm
- Achilles Ridgerunners Oval 120mm
Grey Knights
- Nemesis Dreadknight 120x92mm
- Servitor 25mm
- Power Armour Character 32mm
- Strike, Purifier, Interceptor, Purgation 32mm
- Castellan Crowe 40mm
- Terminator Armour Character 40mm
- Terminator, Paladin, Ancient 40mm
- Dreadnought, Venerable 60mm
Imperial & Chaos Knights
- Imperial, Renegade Knights Armiger Class Knight 100mm
- Imperial, Renegade Knights Dominus Class Knight Oval 170mm
- Imperial, Renegade Knights Questoris Class Knight Oval 170mm
Agents of the Imperium
- Coteaz 25mm
- Inquisitor 25mm
- Servitor, Jokaero, Crusader, etc. 25mm
- Eisenhorn 32mm
- Greyfax 32mm
- Karamazov 60mm
- Officio Assassinorum Assassins 32mm
- Imperial Agents infantry 25mm
Leagues of Votann Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Brôkhyr E‐COG 25mm
- Brôkhyr Iron‐master 32mm
- Brôkhyr Ironkin Assistant 28.5mm
- Brôkhyr Thunderkyn 40mm
- Cthonian Beserks 28.5mm
- Cthonian Beserks mole grenade 25mm
- Cthonian Beserks with mole grenade launcher 50mm
- Einhyr Champion 40mm
- Einhyr Hearthguard 32mm
- Grimnyr 40mm
- Grimnyr CORV 25mm
- Hearthkyn Warriors 28.5mm
- Hekaton Land Fortress No Base
- Hernkyn Pioneers 90×52,5mm Oval
- Kâhl 40mm
- Sagitaur No Base
- Ûthar the Destined 40mm
Necrons
- Flyer 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Imotekh, Orikan, New Overlords 40mm
- Tesseract Vault, Obelisk 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Flayed Ones 28mm
- Necron Infantry 32mm
- Plasmancer 32mm
- Necron Lord 32mm
- Tomb Blades 32mm
- Technomancer with Canoptek Control Node 32, 40mm
- Canoptek Scarab 40mm
- Chronomancien, Psychomancien 40mm
- Necron Overlord 40mm
- Nightbringer, Deceiver 40mm
- Canoptek Wraith 50mm
- Destroyer Skorpekh, Ophydiens 50mm
- Technomancer with Canoptek Cloak 50mm
- Barge, Canoptek Spyder 60mm
- C’tan Shard 60mm
- All Destroyer Lokhust 60mm
- Illuminor Szeras 80mm
- Void Dragon 80mm
- Obyron, Zahndrekh, 32mm
- Trazynn 25mm
Orks
- Warboss on Bike Oval 40 x 95mm
- Dakkajet, Blitza-Bommer, Burna-Bommer Flyer Oval 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Defkilla Wartrike 150mm (oval)
- Megatrakk Scrapjet 150mm (oval)
- Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy 150mm (oval)
- Boomdakka Snazzwagon 170mm (oval)
- Gorkanaut, Morkanaut 170mm (oval)
- Gretchin infantry 25mm
- Ork infantry 32mm
- Pain Boy, Ork Nob with banner, Mek, Big Mek 32mm
- Mega Armour Character (other than warboss) 40mm
- Mega Armour Warboss 50mm
- Meganobz 40mm
- Shokk Attack Gun 40mm
- Snikrot, Badrukk 40mm
- Warboss, Beastboss 40mm
- Weirdboy 40mm
- Deff Dread 60mm
- Killa Kan 60mm
- Kopter Oval 75x42mm
- Warbike Oval 75x42mm
- Squighog Boys Oval 75x42mm
- Kill Rig, Huntarig 170mm (oval)
- Ghazghkull Thraka 80mm
Space Marines (Including Chapter Kits)
- Lion El’Jonson 60mm
- Azrael, Belial, Asmodai 50mm
- Blood Angels Named Character 32mm
- Death Company 32mm
- Sanguinary Guard 32mm
- Sanguinary Priest 32mm
- Mephiston 40mm
- Pedro Kantor 32mm
- Ezekiel, Asmodai, Azrael 32mm
- Fallen 32mm
- Deathwing Knights 40mm
- Lazarus, Zakariah 40mm
- Samael on Corvex 60mm
- Ravenwing squad, Ravenwing Command squad, Black Knights Oval 75x42mm
- Contemptor Dreadnought 60mm
- Lysander 40mm
- Tor Garadon 40mm
- Feirros 40mm
- Shrike 40mm
- Vulkan He’stan 32mm
- Adrax Agatone 40mm
- Impulsor, Repulsor 100mm
- Flyer 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Scout 28.5mm
- Chaplain with Jump Pack 32mm
- Intercessor, Infiltrator, Incursor 32mm
- Power Armour Character 32mm
- Tactical Marine 32mm
- Agressor 40mm
- Eliminators 40mm
- Gravis Armour Character 40mm
- Inceptor, Suppressor 40mm
- Primaris Phobos Armour Character 40mm
- Primaris Power Armour Character 40mm
- Terminator Armour Character 40mm
- Terminator, Tartaros, Deathwing, Deathwing Knights, Cataphractii 40mm
- Centurion 50mm
- Contemptor Dreadnought 60mm
- Dreadnought, Venerable, Ironclad 60mm
- Land Speeder 60mm
- Assault Bike 60mm
- Invictor Warsuit 90mm
- Redemptor Dreadnought 90mm
- Biker, Scout Biker Oval 75x42mm
- Ulrik the Slayer, Iron Priest 32mm
- Wolf Priest with Jump Pack 32mm
- Fenrissian, Cyber Wolf 40mm
- Wolf Lord Krom 40mm
- Wulfen 40mm
- Thunderwolf 60mm
- Marneus Calgar 50mm
- Roboute Guilliman 60mm
- Chaplain Cassius 32mm
- Sicarius 32mm
- Victrix Guard 40mm
- Kor’sarro Khan 40mm
Tau & New Kroot
- Ghostkeel 105mm (oval)
- Riptide 120x90mm (oval)
- Flyer 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Stormsurge 170mm (oval)
- Infantry Character 25mm
- Infantry 25mm
- Drone 32mm
- Stealth suit 32mm
- Aun’Va 40mm
- Ethereal (on foot or on Hover Drone) 40mm
- Farsight 40mm
- Firesight Marksman 40mm
- Krootox 40mm
- Crisis suit 50mm
- Shadowsun 50mm
- Devilfish, Hammerhead, and equivalents 60mm
- Broadside 60mm
- Commander in Crisis Battlesuit 50mm
- Commander in Enforcer, Coldstar Battlesuit 60mm
- Kroot Carnivore Squad 28.5mm
- Kroot Infantry Characters 32mm
- Kroot Lone-spear 90x52mm oval
- Kroot Hound 28.5mm
- Krootox Rider 50mm
- Krootox Rampagers 50mm
Thousand Sons Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide
- Magnus the Red 100mm
- Mutalith Vortex Beast 120x90mm
- Helldrake 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Forgefiend, Maulerfiend 120x92mm
- Brimstone, Blue Horrors 25mm
- Cultists 25mm
- Ahriman on foot 32mm
- Exalted Sorcerers on foot 32mm
- Flamers of Tzeentch 32mm
- Pink Horrors 32mm
- Rubric Marines 32mm
- Screamers of Tzeentch 32mm
- Sorcerer 32mm
- Tzaangors 32mm
- Ahriman on Disc 40mm
- Exalted Sorcerers on Disc 40mm
- Infernal Master 40mm
- Scarab Occult Terminators 40mm
- Tzaangors Enlightened, Skyfires 40mm
- Tzaangors Shaman 40mm
- Chaos Spawn 50mm
- Daemon Prince 60mm
- Hellbrute 60mm
Tyranids
- Dimachaeron 120x92mm (oval)
- Harridan 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Scythed, Barbed Hierodule 130mm
- Malanthrope 60mm
- Tyrannocyte, Sporocyst 100mm
- Hive Crone, Harpy 120x90mm, height: 127mm
- Haruspex, Exocrine 120x92mm (oval)
- Toxicrene, Maleceptor 120x92mm (oval)
- Trygon, Mawloc 120x92mm (oval)
- Tyrannofex, Tervigon 120x92mm (oval)
- Hormagaunt, Termagaunt, Genestealers 25mm
- Spore Mine 25mm
- Gargoyles 32mm
- Lictor, Deathleaper 40mm
- Mucolid, Meiotic Spore 40mm
- Ripper Swarm, Sky Slasher Swarm 40mm
- Hive Guard, Tyrant Guard 50mm
- Tyranid Warriors, Prime, Zoanthropes, Venomthropes, Neurothrope 50mm
- Raveners 40mm
- Biovore, Pyrovore 60mm
- Hive Tyrant, Swarmlord 60mm
- Carnifex 105x70mm (oval)
- Broodlord 75x42mm (oval)
World Eaters
- Angron 100mm
- Invocatus, Lord on Juggernaut 90x52mm
- Berzerkers 32mm
- Jakhals 28mm
- Dishonoured (Big Jakhal) 40mm
- Eightbound, Exalted Eightbound, Terminators 40mm
- Kharn, Master of Executions 40mm
- Chaos Spawn 50mm
- Daemon Prince, Helbrute 60mm
- Forgefiend, Maulerfiend 120x90mm
- Helldrake 120x90mm height: 127mm
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So, while there is no official Games Workshop reference guide for tournaments, this guide covers all the current Warhammer 40k base sizes that come inside the most recent model kits purchased new from Games Workshop by faction and model name.
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