Warhammer 40k Base Sizes Guide: Complete Reference

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Stay in the know with the official Games Workshop bases to use for Warhammer 40k with this complete basing size guide for miniatures.

Updated on June 5th, 2025, by Rob Baer with new information, base sizes (new Emperor’s Children, World Eaters, and Death Guard), and links to relevant content.

When it comes to Warhammer 40k, base sizes aren’t just a minor detail—they’re the foundation of your army’s battlefield presence. Knowing which base size your miniatures need can mean the difference between rule-savvy gameplay and awkward table mishaps.

With this guide, you’ll have all the official info on Games Workshop (GW) bases and magnets at your fingertips, keeping your Warhammer models tournament-ready and rules-compliant.

Base Size Reference Guides

From iconic units to the latest releases, we’ve got the sizing specs laid out so you can focus on what really matters: crushing your foes in style. Let’s get your army standing tall—literally.

If you’re looking for a comprehensive guide to GW’s other games, such as Age of Sigmar or The Old World, we have them available below as well.

• Warhammer: The Old World GW Bases Guide
• Warhammer Age of Sigmar GW Bases Guide

Click any of the links below to jump to the faction you need a reference for:

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General Warhammer 40k Base Sizes:

Here is a short list of different base sizes for Warhammer 40,000 miniatures that can be very helpful when painting, assembling, or using magnets.  We have a more comprehensive list below by faction and unit name for you as well. 

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.

Age of Sigmar Bases Sizes Guide

Curiously, there isn’t an official Warhammer 40k reference for base sizing, even though there is a guide for Age of Sigmar Warhammer Bases:

Games workshop actually regularly updates the FAQ for base sizes in the Age of Sigmar. So, if there’s a change, you 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 Bases Faction

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 Warhammer bases.

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

• Aestred Thurga – 32mm
• Agathae Dolan – 25mm
• Arco-flagellants – 25mm
• Battle Sisters Squad – 32mm
• Canoness – 32mm
• Canoness with Jump Pack – 32mm
• Castigator – Hull
• Celestian Sacresants – 32mm
• Daemonifuge – 32mm
• Dialogus – 40mm
• Dogmata – 32mm
• Dominion Squad – 32mm
• Exorcist – Hull
• Hospitaller – 50mm
• Imagifier – 32mm
• Immolator – Hull
• Junith Eruita – 50mm
• Ministorum Priest – 32mm
• Mortifiers – 50mm
• Morvenn Vahl – 60mm
• Palatine – 32mm
• Paragon Warsuits – 50mm
• Penitent Engines – 50mm
• Repentia Superior – 32mm
• Sister Repentia – 28.5mm
• Retributor Squad – 32mm
• Saint Celestine – 40mm
• Geminae Superia (Saint Celestine’s companions) – 32mm
• Sanctifiers – 25mm
• Seraphim Squad – 32mm
• Novitiate Superior – 32mm
• Sister Novitiate – 28.5mm
• Sororitas Rhino – Hull
• Triumph of Saint Katherine – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Zephyrim Squad – 32mm

Adeptus Custodes Warhammer Bases

Adeptus Custodes – Characters & Units:

• Aleya – 32mm
• Allarus Custodians – 40mm
• Anathema Psykana Rhino – Hull
• Blade Champion – 40mm
• Custodian Guard – 40mm
• Custodian Wardens – 40mm
• Knight-Centura – 32mm
• Prosecutors – 32mm
• Shield-Captain – 40mm
• Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Trajann Valoris – 40mm
• Valerian – 40mm
• Venerable Contemptor Dreadnought – 60mm
• Venerable Land Raider – Hull
• Vertus Praetors – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Vigilators – 32mm
• Witchseekers – 32mm

Adeptus Custodes – Imperial Armour Units

• Agamatus Custodians – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Aquilon Custodians – 50mm
• Ares Gunship – 160mm
• Caladius Grav-tank – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought – 60mm
• Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought – 60mm
• Coronus Grav-carrier – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Custodian Guard with Adrasite and Pyrithite Spears – 40mm
• Orion Assault Dropship – 160mm
• Pallas Grav-attack – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Sagittarum Custodians – 40mm
• Telemon Heavy Dreadnought – 100mm
• Venatari Custodians – 40mm

Adeptus Mechanicus

• Archaeopter Fusilave – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Archaeopter Stratoraptor – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Archaeopter Transvector – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Belisarius Cawl – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Corpuscarii Electro-Priests – 32mm
• Cybernetica Datasmith – 32mm
• Fulgurite Electro-Priests – 32mm
• Ironstrider Ballistarii – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Kastelan Robots – 60mm
• Kataphron Breachers – 60mm
• Kataphron Destroyers – 60mm
• Onager Dunecrawler – 130mm
• Pteraxii Skystalkers – 40mm
• Pteraxii Sterylizors – 40mm
• Serberys Raiders – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Serberys Sulphurhounds – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Sicarian Infiltrators – 40mm
• Sicarian Ruststalkers – 40mm
• Skitarii Marshal – 32mm
• Skitarii Rangers – 25mm
• Skitarii Rangers/Vanguard (Transuranic Arquebus) – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Skitarii Vanguard – 25mm
• Skorpius Disintegrator – Hull
• Skorpius Dunerider – Hull
• Sydonian Dragoons (Radium Jezzails) – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Sydonian Dragoons (Taser Lances) – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Sydonian Skatros – 40mm
• Tech-Priest Dominus – 50mm
• Tech-Priest Enginseer – 32mm
• Tech-Priest Manipulus – 50mm
• Technoarcheologist – 32mm

Adeptus Titanicus (Imperial Armor 40k Scale Models)

• Reaver Titan – Hull*
• Warbringer Nemesis Titan – Hull*
• Warhound Titan – Hull*
• Warlord Titan – Hull*

Aeldari (Including Harlequins & Ynarri)

Characters & Infantry

• Asurmen – 40mm
• Autarch – 32mm
• Autarch Wayleaper – 32mm
• Avatar of Khaine – 80mm
• Baharroth – 40mm
• Corsair Voidreavers – 28.5mm
• Corsair Voidscarred – 28.5mm
• Dark Reapers – 28.5mm
• Death Jester – 25mm
• Dire Avengers – 28.5mm
• Eldrad Ulthran – 32mm
• Farseer – 25mm
• Fuegan – 40mm
• Fire Dragons – 28.5mm
• Guardian Defenders – 28.5mm
• Heavy Weapon Platform (Guardian) – 40mm
• Howling Banshees – 28.5mm
• Jain Zar – 40mm
• Lhykhis – 40mm
• Maugan Ra – 40mm
• Rangers – 28.5mm
• Shadowseer – 25mm
• Solitaire – 25mm
• Spiritseer – 25mm
• Storm Guardians – 28.5mm
• Serpent’s Scale Platform (Storm Guardians) – 40mm
• Striking Scorpions – 28.5mm
• Swooping Hawks – 28.5mm
• The Visarch – 32mm
• The Yncarne – 80mm
• Troupe – 25mm
• Troupe Master – 25mm
• Vibro Cannon Platform – 40mm
• Warlock – 32mm
• Warlock Conclave – 32mm
• Warp Spiders – 28.5mm
• Wraithblades – 40mm
• Wraithguard – 40mm
• Wraithlord – 60mm

Jetbikes, Walkers & Flyers

• Crimson Hunter – 120x92mm Oval Base
• D-cannon Platform – 40mm
• Falcon – Large Flying Base
• Fire Prism – Large Flying Base
• Hemlock Wraithfighter – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Night Spinner – Large Flying Base
• Shadow Weaver Platform – 40mm
• Shining Spears – Large Flying Base
• Shroud Runners – Large Flying Base
• Skyweavers – Large Flying Base
• Starweaver – Large Flying Base
• Voidweaver – Large Flying Base
• Vyper – Large Flying Base
• War Walker – 60mm
• Warlock Skyrunners – Small Flying Base
• Wave Serpent – Large Flying Base
• Windriders – Small Flying Base
• Wraithknight / Wraithknight w/ Ghostglaive – 120x92mm Oval Base

Ynnari Units

• Ynnari Archon – 25mm
• Ynnari Incubi – 28.5mm
• Ynnari Kabalite Warriors – 25mm
• Ynnari Raider – Large Flying Base
• Ynnari Reavers – Small Flying Base
• Ynnari Succubus – 25mm
• Ynnari Venom – Large Flying Base
• Ynnari Wyches – 25mm
• Yvraine – 75x42mm Oval Base

Imperial Armour

• Phantom Titan – Hull*
• Revenant Titan – Hull*

Astra Militarum Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide

• Aegis Defence Line – Hull
• Armoured Sentinels – 80mm
• Artillery Team – 130mm
• Attilan Rough Riders – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Baneblade – Hull
• Banehammer – Hull
• Banesword – Hull
• Basilisk – Hull
• Bullgryn Squad – 40mm
• Cadian Castellan – 28.5mm
• Cadian Command Squad – 28.5mm
• Cadian Heavy Weapons Squad – 50mm
• Cadian Shock Troops – 25mm
• Catachan Command Squad – 25mm
• Catachan Heavy Weapons Squad – 60mm
• Catachan Jungle Fighters – 25mm
• Chimera – Hull
• Commissar – 28.5mm
• Death Korps of Krieg – 25mm
• Death Riders – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Deathstrike – Hull
• Doomhammer – Hull
• Field Ordnance Battery – 100mm
• Gaunt’s Ghosts – 28.5mm
• Hellhammer – Hull
• Hellhound – Hull
• Hydra – Hull
• Kasrkin – 28.5mm
• Krieg Combat Engineers – 25mm
• Krieg Command Squad – 25mm
• Lord Commissar (Krieg Command Squad) – 32mm
• Krieg Heavy Weapons Squad – 50mm
• Krieg Fire Coordinator (HWS) – 25mm
• Leman Russ Battle Tank – Hull
• Leman Russ Commander – Hull
• Leman Russ Demolisher – Hull
• Leman Russ Eradicator – Hull
• Leman Russ Executioner – Hull
• Leman Russ Exterminator – Hull
• Leman Russ Punisher – Hull
• Leman Russ Vanquisher – Hull
• Lord Marshal Dreir – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Lord Solar Leontus – 80mm
• Manticore – Hull
• Militarum Tempestus Command Squad – 25mm
• Ministorum Priest – 32mm
• Nork Deddog – 40mm
• Ogryn Bodyguard – 40mm
• Ogryn Squad – 40mm
• Primaris Psyker – 32mm
• Ratlings – 25mm
• Rogal Dorn Battle Tank – Hull
• Rogal Dorn Commander – Hull
• Scout Sentinels – 80mm
• Shadowsword – Hull
• Sly Marbo – 32mm
• Stormlord – Hull
• Stormsword – Hull
• Taurox – Hull
• Taurox Prime – Hull
• Tech-Priest Enginseer – 32mm
• Tempestus Aquilons – 28.5mm
• Tempestus Scions – 25mm
• Ursula Creed – 32mm
• Valkyrie – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Wyvern – Hull

Imperial Armour – Astra Militarum Units

• Avenger Strike Fighter – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Cyclops Demolition Vehicle – Hull

Black Templars Base Sizes 

• Black Templars Gladiator Lancer – 100mm
• Black Templars Gladiator Reaper – 100mm
• Black Templars Gladiator Valiant – 100mm
• Black Templars Impulsor – 100mm
• Black Templars Repulsor – 100mm
• Black Templars Repulsor Executioner – 100mm
• Castellan – 40mm
• Chaplain Grimaldus – 40mm
• Cenobyte Servitors (Grimaldus) – 28.5mm
• Crusader Squad: Neophytes – 28.5mm
• Crusader Squad: Sword Brother / Initiates – 32mm
• High Marshal Helbrecht – 60mm
• Marshal – 40mm
• Primaris Crusader Squad: Initiates – 32mm
• Primaris Crusader Squad: Neophytes – 28.5mm
• Primaris Crusader Squad: Sword Brother – 40mm
• Primaris Sword Brethren – 40mm
• The Emperor’s Champion – 40mm

Blood Angels Base Sizes 

• Astorath – 40mm
• Baal Predator – Hull
• Blood Angels Captain – 40mm
• Chief Librarian Mephiston – 40mm
• Commander Dante – 50mm
• Death Company Captain – 40mm
• Death Company Captain with Jump Pack – 40mm
• Death Company Dreadnought – 90mm
• Death Company Marines – 32mm
• Death Company Marines with Bolt Rifles – 32mm
• Death Company Marines with Jump Packs – 32mm
• Lemartes – 40mm
• Sanguinary Guard – 40mm
• Sanguinary Priest – 40mm
• The Sanguinor – 40mm

Daemons of Chaos

• Be’lakor – 100mm
• Beasts of Nurgle – 60mm
• Bloodcrushers – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Bloodletters – 32mm
• Bloodmaster – 40mm
• Bloodthirster – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Blue Horrors – 25mm
• Burning Chariot – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Changecaster – 32mm
• Contorted Epitome – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Daemon Prince of Chaos – 60mm
• Daemon Prince of Chaos with Wings – 60mm
• Daemonettes – 25mm
• Epidemius – 60mm
• Exalted Flamer – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Fateskimmer – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Feculent Gnarlmaw – Hull
• Fiends – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Flamers – 32mm
• Flesh Hounds – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Fluxmaster – Large Flying Base
• Great Unclean One – 130mm
• Hellflayers – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Horticulous Slimux – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Infernal Enrapturess – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Kairos Fateweaver – 100mm
• Karanak – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Keeper of Secrets – 100mm
• Lord of Change – 100mm
• Nurglings – 40mm
• Pink Horrors – 32mm
• Plague Drones – Large Flying Base
• Plaguebearers – 32mm
• Poxbringer – 32mm
• Rendmaster on Blood Throne – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Rotigus – 130mm
• Screamers – Small Flying Base
• Seekers – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Shalaxi Helbane – 100mm
• Skarbrand – 100mm
• Skull Altar – Hull
• Skull Cannon – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Skullmaster – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Skulltaker – 40mm
• Sloppity Bilepiper – 32mm
• Soul Grinder – 160mm
• Spoilpox Scrivener – 40mm
• Syll’esske – 50mm
• The Blue Scribes – Large Flying Base
• The Changeling – 40mm
• The Masque of Slaanesh – 32mm
• Tormentbringer – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Tranceweaver – 32mm

Chaos Knights Base Sizes

• Knight Abominant – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Desecrator – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Despoiler – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Rampager – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Tyrant – 170x109mm Oval Base
• War Dog Brigand – 100mm
• War Dog Executioner – 100mm
• War Dog Huntsman – 100mm
• War Dog Karnivore – 100mm
• War Dog Stalker – 100mm

Chaos Knights – Imperial Armour Units

• Chaos Acastus Knight Asterius – Hull*
• Chaos Acastus Knight Porphyrion – Hull*
• Chaos Cerastus Knight Acheron – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Chaos Cerastus Knight Atrapos – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Chaos Cerastus Knight Castigator – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Chaos Cerastus Knight Lancer – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Chaos Questoris Knight Magaera – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Chaos Questoris Knight Styrix – 170x109mm Oval Base
• War Dog Moirax – 100mm

Chaos Space Marines Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide

• Abaddon the Despoiler – 60mm
• Accursed Cultists: Mutant – 25mm
• Accursed Cultists: Torment – 40mm
• Chaos Bikers – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Chaos Land Raider – Hull
• Chaos Lord – 40mm
• Chaos Lord in Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Chaos Lord with Jump Pack – 40mm
• Chaos Predator Annihilator – Hull
• Chaos Predator Destructor – Hull
• Chaos Rhino – Hull
• Chaos Spawn – 50mm
• Chaos Terminator Squad – 40mm
• Chaos Vindicator – Hull
• Chosen – 32mm
• Cultist Firebrand – 32mm
• Cultist Mob – 25mm
• Cypher – 32mm
• Dark Apostle – 40mm
• Dark Disciple (Dark Apostle) – 25mm
• Dark Commune: Blessed Blade – 28.5mm
• Dark Commune: Cult Demagogue, Mindwitch, Iconarch – 32mm
• Defiler – 160mm
• Fabius Bile – 40mm
• Surgeon Acolyte (Fabius Bile) – 32mm
• Fellgor Beastmen – 32mm
• Forgefiend – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Haarken Worldclaimer – 40mm
• Havocs – 40mm
• Helbrute – 60mm
• Heldrake – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince – 60mm
• Heretic Astartes Daemon Prince with Wings – 60mm
• Huron Blackheart – 32mm
• Khorne Lord of Skulls – Hull
• Legionaries – 32mm
• Lord Discordant on Helstalker – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Master of Executions – 40mm
• Master of Possession – 40mm
• Maulerfiend – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Nemesis Claw – 32mm
• Noctilith Crown – Hull
• Obliterators – 50mm
• Possessed – 40mm
• Raptors – 32mm
• Sorcerer – 40mm
• Sorcerer in Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Traitor Enforcer – 32mm
• Traitor Ogryn (Enforcer companion) – 40mm
• Traitor Guardsmen Squad – 25mm
• Vashtorr the Arkifane – 80mm
• Venomcrawler – 100mm
• Warp Talons – 32mm
• Warpsmith – 60×35.5mm Oval Base

Dark Angels (Chapter Approved Tournament Companion)

• Asmodai – 50mm
• Azrael – 50mm
• Belial – 50mm
• Deathwing Knights – 40mm
• Deathwing Terminator Squad – 40mm
• Ezekiel – 25mm
• Inner Circle Companions – 40mm
• Land Speeder Vengeance – Large Flying Base
• Lazarus – 40mm
• Lion El’Jonson – 60mm
• Nephilim Jetfighter – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Ravenwing Black Knights – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Ravenwing Command Squad – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Ravenwing Dark Talon – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Ravenwing Darkshroud – Large Flying Base
• Sammael – Large Flying Base

Death Guard Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide

• Biologus Putrifier – 40mm
• Blightlord Terminators – 40mm
• Chaos Land Raider – Hull
• Chaos Predator Annihilator – Hull
• Chaos Predator Destructor – Hull
• Chaos Rhino – Hull
• Chaos Spawn – 50mm
• Daemon Prince of Nurgle – 60mm
• Daemon Prince of Nurgle with Wings – 60mm
• Deathshroud Terminators – 40mm
• Defiler – 160mm
• Foetid Bloat-Drone – 60mm
• Foetid Bloat-drone with Heavy Blight Launcher – 60mm
• Foul Blightspawn – 40mm
• Helbrute – 60mm
• Icon Bearer – 32mm
• Lord of Contagion – 50mm
• Lord of Poxes – 40mm
• Lord of Virulence – 50mm
• Malignant Plaguecaster – 32mm
• Miasmic Malignifier – Hull
• Mortarion – 100mm
• Myphitic Blight-Haulers – 80mm
• Noxious Blightbringer – 40mm
• Plague Marines – 32mm
• Plague Surgeon – 40mm
• Plagueburst Crawler – Hull
• Poxwalkers – 25mm
• Tallyman – 40mm
• Typhus – 50mm

Nurgle Daemons (Used with Death Guard)

• Beasts of Nurgle – 60mm
• Great Unclean One – 130mm
• Nurglings – 40mm
• Plague Drones – Large Flying Base
• Plaguebearers – 32mm
• Rotigus – 130mm

Deathwatch

• Corvus Blackstar – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Deathwatch Terminator Squad – 40mm
• Deathwatch Veterans – 32mm
• Fortis Kill Team – 32mm
• Indomitor Kill Team – 40mm
• Spectrus Kill Team – 32mm
• Spectrus Kill Team (Infiltrators with bolt sniper rifles) – 40mm
• Talonstrike Kill Team – 32mm
• Talonstrike Kill Team (Heavy Intercessors with Jump Packs) – 40mm
• Watch Captain Artemis – 32mm
• Watch Master – 32mm

Drukhari

• Archon – 25mm
• Beastmaster – Small Flying Base
• Clawed Fiends / Khymerae / Razorwing Flocks (Beastmaster units) – 40mm
• Court of the Archon: Sslyth – 40mm
• Court of the Archon: Ur-Ghul / Lhamaean / Medusae – 25mm
• Cronos – Large Flying Base
• Drazhar – 40mm
• Grotesques – 40mm
• Haemonculus – 25mm
• Hellions – Small Flying Base
• Incubi – 28.5mm
• Kabalite Warriors – 25mm
• Lelith Hesperax – 32mm
• Mandrakes – 28.5mm
• Raider – Large Flying Base
• Ravager – Large Flying Base
• Razorwing Jetfighter – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Reavers – Small Flying Base
• Scourges – 32mm
• Succubus – 25mm
• Talos – Large Flying Base
• Urien Rakarth – 25mm
• Venom – Large Flying Base
• Voidraven Bomber – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Wracks – 25mm
• Wyches – 25mm

Emperor’s Children

Emperor’s Children / Chaos Space Marines Units

• Chaos Land Raider – Hull
• Chaos Rhino – Hull
• Chaos Spawn – 50mm
• Chaos Terminators – 40mm
• Daemon Prince of Slaanesh – 60mm
• Daemon Prince of Slaanesh with Wings – 60mm
• Flawless Blades – 40mm
• Fulgrim – 130mm
• Heldrake – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Infractors – 32mm
• Lord Exultant – 40mm
• Lord Kakophonist – 40mm
• Lucius the Eternal – 50mm
• Maulerfiend – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Noise Marines – 40mm
• Sorcerer – 40mm
• Tormentors – 32mm

Daemons of Slaanesh

• Daemonettes – 25mm
• Fiends – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Keeper of Secrets – 100mm
• Seekers – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Shalaxi Helbane – 100mm

Genestealer Cults Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide

• Aberrants – 32mm
• Abominant – 40mm
• Achilles Ridgerunners – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Acolyte Hybrids with Autopistols – 32mm
• Acolyte Hybrids with Hand Flamers – 32mm
• Acolyte Iconward – 32mm
• Atalan Jackals – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Wolfquad (Atalan Jackals) – 60mm
• Benefictus – 32mm
• Biophagus – 25mm
• Clamavus – 32mm
• Goliath Rockgrinder – Hull
• Goliath Truck – Hull
• Hybrid Metamorphs – 32mm
• Jackal Alphus – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Kelermorph – 32mm
• Locus – 32mm
• Magus – 32mm
• Neophyte Hybrids – 25mm
• Neophyte Hybrids (Heavy stubber / Mining laser / Seismic cannon) – 32mm
• Nexos – 40mm
• Patriarch – 50mm
• Primus – 32mm
• Purestrain Genestealers – 32mm
• Reductus Saboteur – 32mm
• Sanctus – 32mm

Grey Knights

• Brother-Captain – 40mm
• Brother-Captain Stern – 40mm
• Brotherhood Champion – 32mm
• Brotherhood Chaplain – 40mm
• Brotherhood Librarian – 40mm
• Brotherhood Techmarine – 32mm
• Brotherhood Terminator Squad – 40mm
• Castellan Crowe – 40mm
• Grand Master – 40mm
• Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Grand Master Voldus – 40mm
• Grey Knights Land Raider – Hull
• Grey Knights Land Raider Crusader – Hull
• Grey Knights Land Raider Redeemer – Hull
• Grey Knights Razorback – Hull
• Grey Knights Rhino – Hull
• Grey Knights Stormhawk Interceptor – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Grey Knights Stormraven Gunship – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Grey Knights Stormtalon Gunship – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Grey Knights Venerable Dreadnought – 60mm
• Interceptor Squad – 32mm
• Kaldor Draigo – 40mm
• Nemesis Dreadknight – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Paladin Squad – 40mm
• Purgation Squad – 32mm
• Purifier Squad – 32mm
• Servitors – 25mm
• Strike Squad – 32mm

Imperial Armour – Grey Knights Units

• Grey Knights Thunderhawk Gunship – Unique
• Land Raider Banisher – Hull

Imperial Agents

Here’s the latest Imperium Agents & Allied Forces base size list. It includes Inquisition, Assassins, Deathwatch, Navy Breachers, Arbites, and more—great for soup lists or narrative rosters.

Assassins

• Callidus Assassin – 32mm
• Culexus Assassin – 32mm
• Eversor Assassin – 32mm
• Vindicare Assassin – 32mm

Deathwatch

• Corvus Blackstar – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Deathwatch Kill Team – 32mm
• Watch Captain Artemis – 32mm
• Watch Master – 32mm

Inquisition

• Inquisitor – 32mm
• Inquisitor Coteaz – 40mm
• Inquisitor Draxus – 32mm
• Inquisitor Greyfax – 32mm
• Inquisitorial Agents – 25mm
• Inquisitorial Agents: Gun Servitors – 32mm
• Navigator – 32mm

Arbites (Adeptus Arbites / Exaction Squads)

• Exaction Squad – 28.5mm
• Exaction Squad: Cyber-mastiff – 25mm
• Subductor Squad – 28.5mm
• Subductor Squad: Cyber-mastiff – 25mm
• Vigilant Squad – 28.5mm
• Vigilant Squad: Cyber-mastiff – 25mm

Imperial Navy Breachers

• Imperial Navy Breachers – 25mm
• Navis las-volley / Endurant shield models – 28.5mm

Other Agents & Support

• Rogue Trader Entourage – 25mm
• Voidsmen-at-Arms – 32mm
• Sanctifiers – 25mm
• Ministorum Priest – 32mm

Transports / Vehicles

• Imperial Rhino – Hull
• Inquisitorial Chimera – Hull
• Sisters of Battle Immolator – Hull

Imperial Knights

• Armiger Helverin – 100mm
• Armiger Warglaive – 100mm
• Canis Rex – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Castellan – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Crusader – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Errant – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Gallant – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Paladin – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Preceptor – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Valiant – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Knight Warden – 170x109mm Oval Base

Imperial Armour – Knight Units

• Acastus Knight Asterius – Hull*
• Acastus Knight Porphyrion – Hull*
• Armiger Moirax – 100mm
• Cerastus Knight Acheron – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Cerastus Knight Atrapos – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Cerastus Knight Castigator – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Cerastus Knight Lancer – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Questoris Knight Magaera – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Questoris Knight Styrix – 170x109mm Oval Base

Leagues of Votann Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide

• Brôkhyr Iron-master – 32mm
• E-COG (Iron-master companion) – 25mm
• Ironkin Assistant (Iron-master companion) – 28.5mm
• Brôkhyr Thunderkyn – 40mm
• Cthonian Beserks – 28.5mm
• Cthonian Beserks (Mole grenade launcher) – 50mm
• Einhyr Champion – 40mm
• Einhyr Hearthguard – 32mm
• Grimnyr – 40mm
• CORV (Grimnyr companions) – 25mm
• Hearthkyn Warriors – 28.5mm
• Hekaton Land Fortress – Hull
• Hernkyn Pioneers – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Hernkyn Yaegirs – 28.5mm
• Kâhl – 40mm
• Sagitaur – Hull
• Ûthar the Destined – 40mm

Necrons

Characters & Infantry

• C’tan Shard of the Deceiver – 40mm
• C’tan Shard of the Nightbringer – 40mm
• C’tan Shard of the Void Dragon – 80mm
• Chronomancer – 40mm
• Cryptothralls – 32mm
• Deathmarks – 32mm
• Flayed Ones – 28.5mm
• Hexmark Destroyer – 50mm
• Illuminor Szeras – 80mm
• Immortals – 32mm
• Imotekh the Stormlord – 40mm
• Lychguard – 32mm
• Necron Warriors – 32mm
• Ophydian Destroyers – 50mm
• Orikan the Diviner – 40mm
• Overlord – 40mm
• Overlord with Translocation Shroud – 40mm
• Plasmancer – 32mm
• Psychomancer – 40mm
• Royal Warden – 32mm
• Skorpekh Destroyers – 50mm
• Skorpekh Lord – 60mm
• Technomancer – 50mm
• Transcendent C’tan – 60mm
• Trazyn the Infinite – 40mm
• Triarch Praetorians – 32mm

Vehicles & Constructs

• Annihilation Barge – Large Flying Base
• Canoptek Doomstalker – 90mm
• Canoptek Reanimator – 60mm
• Canoptek Scarab Swarms – 40mm
• Canoptek Spyders – 60mm
• Canoptek Wraiths – 50mm
• Catacomb Command Barge – Large Flying Base
• Convergence of Dominion – Hull
• Doom Scythe – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Doomsday Ark – Large Flying Base
• Ghost Ark – Large Flying Base
• Lokhust Destroyers – Large Flying Base
• Lokhust Heavy Destroyers – 60mm
• Lokhust Lord – Large Flying Base
• Monolith – 160mm
• Night Scythe – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Obelisk – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Tesseract Vault – 120x92mm Oval Base
• The Silent King: Szarekh – 100mm
• The Silent King: Triarchal Menhir – 50mm
• Tomb Blades – Small Flying Base
• Triarch Stalker – Hull

Imperial Armour – Necrons

• Seraptek Heavy Construct – Hull*

Orks

Infantry & Characters

• Beast Snagga Boyz – 32mm
• Beastboss – 50mm
• Beastboss on Squigosaur – 80mm
• Big Mek – 50mm
• Big Mek in Mega Armour – 40mm
• Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun – 40mm
• Boss Snikrot – 40mm
• Boyz – 32mm
• Breaka Boyz – 32mm
• Breaka Boyz: Boss Nob – 40mm
• Burna Boyz – 32mm
• Deff Dread – 60mm
• Deffkoptas – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Flash Gitz – 40mm
• Ghazghkull Thraka – 80mm
• Makari (Ghazghkull’s Grot) – 25mm
• Gretchin – 25mm
• Gretchin: Runtherd – 32mm
• Kommandos – 32mm
• Lootas – 32mm
• Meganobz – 40mm
• Mek – 32mm
• Mozrog Skragbad – 80mm
• Nobz – 32mm
• Painboss – 40mm
• Painboy – 32mm
• Squighog Boyz – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Squighog Boyz: Nob on Smasha Squig – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Stormboyz – 32mm
• Tankbustas – 32mm
• Tankbustas: Boss Nob – 40mm
• Warbikers – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Warboss – 40mm
• Warboss in Mega Armour – 50mm
• Weirdboy – 40mm
• Wurrboy – 32mm
• Zodgrod Wortsnagga – 50mm

Vehicles, Beasts & Flyers

• Battlewagon – Hull
• Big’ed Bossbunka – Hull
• Blitza-bommer – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Boomdakka Snazzwagon – 150x95mm Oval Base
• Burna-bommer – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Dakkajet – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Deffkilla Wartrike – 150x95mm Oval Base
• Gorkanaut – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Hunta Rig – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Kill Rig – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Killa Kans – 60mm
• Kustom Boosta-blasta – 150x95mm Oval Base
• Megatrakk Scrapjet – 150x95mm Oval Base
• Mek Gunz – Hull
• Morkanaut – 170x109mm Oval Base
• Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy – 150x95mm Oval Base
• Shokkjump Dragsta – 150x95mm Oval Base
• Stompa – Hull
• Trukk – Hull
• Wazbom Blastajet – 150x95mm Oval Base

Imperial Armour – Orks

• Gargantuan Squiggoth – Hull*

Space Marines 

Infantry & Characters

• Adrax Agatone – 40mm
• Aggressor Squad – 40mm
• Ancient – 40mm
• Ancient in Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Apothecary – 40mm
• Apothecary Biologis – 40mm
• Assault Intercessor Squad – 32mm
• Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs – 32mm
• Bladeguard Ancient – 40mm
• Bladeguard Veteran Squad – 40mm
• Captain – 40mm
• Captain in Gravis Armour – 40mm
• Captain in Phobos Armour – 40mm
• Captain in Terminator Armour – 50mm
• Captain Sicarius – 32mm
• Captain with Jump Pack – 40mm
• Centurion Assault Squad – 50mm
• Centurion Devastator Squad – 50mm
• Chaplain – 40mm
• Chaplain in Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Chaplain on Bike – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Chaplain with Jump Pack – 32mm
• Chief Librarian Tigurius – 40mm
• Company Heroes – 40mm
• Darnath Lysander – 40mm
• Desolation Squad – 32mm
• Devastator Squad – 32mm
• Eliminator Squad – 40mm
• Eradicator Squad – 40mm
• Heavy Intercessor Squad – 40mm
• Hellblaster Squad – 32mm
• Inceptor Squad – 40mm
• Incursor Squad – 32mm
• Infernus Squad – 32mm
• Infiltrator Squad – 32mm
• Intercessor Squad – 32mm
• Iron Father Feirros – 40mm
• Judiciar – 40mm
• Kayvaan Shrike – 40mm
• Kor’sarro Khan – 40mm
• Librarian – 40mm
• Librarian in Phobos Armour – 40mm
• Librarian in Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Lieutenant – 40mm
• Lieutenant in Phobos Armour – 40mm
• Lieutenant in Reiver Armour – 40mm
• Lieutenant Titus – 40mm
• Lieutenant with Combi-weapon – 40mm
• Marneus Calgar – 50mm
• Marneus Calgar: Victrix Honour Guard – 40mm
• Pedro Kantor – 32mm
• Reiver Squad – 32mm
• Roboute Guilliman – 60mm
• Scout Squad – 28.5mm
• Sternguard Veteran Squad – 32mm
• Suppressor Squad – 40mm
• Tactical Squad – 32mm
• Techmarine – 40mm
• Terminator Assault Squad – 40mm
• Terminator Squad – 40mm
• Tor Garadon – 40mm
• Uriel Ventris – 40mm
• Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs – 32mm
• Vulkan He’stan – 32mm

Dreadnoughts, Vehicles & Flyers

• Ballistus Dreadnought – 90mm
• Brutalis Dreadnought – 90mm
• Dreadnought – 60mm
• Drop Pod – Hull
• Firestrike Servo-turrets – 80mm
• Gladiator Lancer / Reaper / Valiant – 100mm
• Hammerfall Bunker – Hull
• Impulsor – 100mm
• Invader ATV – Hull
• Invictor Tactical Warsuit – 90mm
• Land Raider / Crusader / Redeemer – Hull
• Predator Annihilator / Destructor – Hull
• Razorback – Hull
• Redemptor Dreadnought – 90mm
• Repulsor / Executioner – 100mm
• Rhino – Hull
• Storm Speeder (Hailstrike / Hammerstrike / Thunderstrike) – 90mm
• Stormhawk Interceptor / Stormraven Gunship / Stormtalon Gunship – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Vindicator – Hull
• Whirlwind – Hull

Imperial Armour – Space Marines

• Astraeus – Hull*
• Thunderhawk Gunship – Unique*

Space Wolves Base Sizes (Updated June 2025)

• Arjac Rockfist – 50mm
• Bjorn the Fell-handed – 60mm
• Blood Claws – 32mm
• Fenrisian Wolves – 40mm
• Grey Hunters – 32mm
• Iron Priest – 32mm
• Logan Grimnar – 80mm
• Murderfang – 60mm
• Njal Stormcaller – 40mm
• Ragnar Blackmane – 40mm
• Thunderwolf Cavalry – 60mm
• Ulrik the Slayer – 32mm
• Venerable Dreadnought – 60mm
• Wolf Guard Battle Leader – 40mm
• Wolf Guard Headtakers – 40mm
• Wolf Guard Headtakers: Hunting Wolves – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Wolf Guard Terminators – 40mm
• Wolf Priest – 40mm
• Wulfen – 40mm
• Wulfen Dreadnought – 60mm
• Wulfen with Storm Shields – 40mm 

Tau Empire

Infantry & Characters

• Breacher Team – 25mm
• Cadre Fireblade – 25mm
• Commander Farsight – 60mm
• Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit – 60mm
• Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit – 60mm
• Commander Shadowsun – 50mm
• Crisis Battlesuits (Fireknife / Starscythe / Sunforge) – 50mm
• Darkstrider – 32mm
• Ethereal – 40mm
• Firesight Team – 40mm
• Kroot Carnivores – 28.5mm
• Kroot Farstalkers – 28.5mm
• Kroot Kill-broker – 32mm
• Kroot Flesh Shaper – 32mm
• Kroot Hounds – 28.5mm
• Kroot Lone-spear – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Kroot Trail Shaper – 32mm
• Kroot War Shaper – 32mm
• Krootox Rampagers – 50mm
• Krootox Riders – 50mm
• Pathfinder Team – 25mm
• Stealth Battlesuits – 32mm
• Strike Team – 25mm
• Vespid Stingwings – 28.5mm

Battlesuits & Vehicles

• Broadside Battlesuits – 60mm
• Ghostkeel Battlesuit – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Riptide Battlesuit – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Stormsurge – 170x109mm Oval Base

Vehicles & Flyers

• Devilfish – Large Flying Base
• Hammerhead Gunship – Large Flying Base
• Piranhas – Large Flying Base
• Razorshark Strike Fighter – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Sky Ray Gunship – Large Flying Base
• Sun Shark Bomber – 120x92mm Oval Base

Tidewall Fortifications

• Tidewall Defence Platform – Hull
• Tidewall Droneport – Hull
• Tidewall Gunrig – Hull
• Tidewall Shieldline – Hull

Imperial Armour – T’au Empire

• AX-1-0 Tiger Shark – 160mm
• Tiger Shark – 160mm
• Ta’unar Supremacy Armour – 160mm
• Manta – Unique*

Thousand Sons Warhammer 40k Base Size Guide

Infantry & Characters

• Ahriman – 40mm
• Exalted Sorcerer – 32mm
• Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch – 40mm
• Infernal Master – 40mm
• Rubric Marines – 32mm
• Scarab Occult Terminators – 40mm
• Sekhetar Robots – 40mm
• Sorcerer – 40mm
• Sorcerer in Terminator Armour – 40mm
• Tzaangor Enlightened – 40mm
• Tzaangor Enlightened with Fatecaster Greatbows – 40mm
• Tzaangor Shaman – 40mm
• Tzaangors – 32mm

Monsters, Vehicles & Walkers

• Chaos Spawn – 50mm
• Daemon Prince of Tzeentch – 60mm
• Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings – 60mm
• Defiler – 160mm
• Forgefiend – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Helbrute – 60mm
• Heldrake – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Magnus the Red – 100mm
• Maulerfiend – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Mutalith Vortex Beast – 120x92mm Oval Base

Vehicles – Shared Chaos Platforms

• Chaos Land Raider – Hull
• Chaos Predator Annihilator – Hull
• Chaos Predator Destructor – Hull
• Chaos Rhino – Hull
• Chaos Vindicator – Hull

Daemons – Tzeentch Aligned

• Blue Horrors – 25mm
• Flamers – 32mm
• Kairos Fateweaver – 100mm
• Lord of Change – 100mm
• Pink Horrors – 32mm
• Screamers – Small Flying Base

Tyranids Warhammer Bases

Infantry & Synapse Creatures

• Barbgaunts – 40mm
• Genestealers – 32mm
• Hormagaunts – 28.5mm
• Neurogaunts – 25mm
• Neurogaunts: Nodebeasts – 28.5mm
• Neurolictor – 50mm
• Neurotyrant – 50mm
• Parasite of Mortrex – 40mm
• Ripper Swarms – 40mm
• Termagants – 28.5mm
• Tyranid Warriors (Melee/Ranged) – 50mm
• Tyrant Guard – 50mm
• Venomthropes – 40mm
• Von Ryan’s Leapers – 40mm
• Zoanthropes – 40mm

Characters & Elite Beasts

• Broodlord – 75x42mm Oval Base
• Deathleaper – 60mm Standard Base
• Hive Tyrant – 50mm
• Lictor – 50mm
• Old One Eye – 105x70mm Oval Base
• The Swarmlord – 60mm
• Winged Hive Tyrant – 60mm
• Winged Tyranid Prime – 50mm

Monsters & Bio-artillery

• Biovores – 80mm
• Carnifexes – 105x70mm Oval Base
• Exocrine – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Haruspex – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Maleceptor – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Mawloc – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Psychophage – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Pyrovores – 80mm
• Screamer-killer – 90mm
• Tervigon – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Toxicrene – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Trygon – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Tyrannocyte – 100mm
• Tyrannofex – 120x92mm Oval Base

Flying Units

• Gargoyles – Small Flying Base
• Harpy – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Hive Crone – 120x92mm Oval Base

Spore Units & Fortifications

• Mucolid Spores – 40mm
• Spore Mines – 25mm
• Sporocyst – Hull

Norn Beasts

• Norn Assimilator – 100mm
• Norn Emissary – 100mm

Imperial Armour – Tyranids

• Harridan – Unique*
• Hierophant – Hull*

World Eaters

Characters & Infantry

• Angron – 100mm
• Eightbound – 40mm
• Exalted Eightbound – 40mm
• Goremongers – 32mm
• Jakhals – 28.5mm
• Jakhals: Dishonoured – 40mm
• Khârn the Betrayer – 40mm
• Khorne Berzerkers – 32mm
• Lord Invocatus – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Lord on Juggernaut – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Master of Executions – 40mm
• Slaughterbound – 50mm
• Terminator Squad – 40mm

Monsters, Daemon Engines & Vehicles

• Chaos Spawn – 50mm
• Daemon Prince of Khorne – 60mm
• Daemon Prince of Khorne with Wings – 60mm
• Defiler – 160mm
• Forgefiend – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Helbrute – 60mm
• Heldrake – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Maulerfiend – 120x92mm Oval Base

Chaos Vehicles – Shared Platforms

• Chaos Land Raider – Hull
• Chaos Predator Annihilator – Hull
• Chaos Predator Destructor – Hull
• Chaos Rhino – Hull
• Khorne Lord of Skulls – Hull

Daemons – Khorne Aligned

• Bloodcrushers – 90×52.5mm Oval Base
• Bloodletters – 32mm
• Bloodthirster – 120x92mm Oval Base
• Flesh Hounds – 60×35.5mm Oval Base
• Skarbrand – 100mm

*Note: These larger models do not use traditional round or oval base types. If using them in events, confirm with the TO what “Hull” dimensions are acceptable or required for your event format.

40k Drukhari Tantalus Measurements & Base Size Comparison

In summary, the Tantalus on a 170mm base is like a shark in the water—dangerously sleek but still within the rules of engagement. If you’re feeling particularly rebellious (and let’s face it, we’re talking about the Drukhari here), go bigger, but you might catch some side-eyes from the peanut gallery at your next game.

Either way, the Tantalus is guaranteed to make an entrance—base or no base.

Drukhari Tantalus Base Size Comparison

The Tantalus is a truly eye-catching Dark Eldar model, known for its sleek curves and undeniable sense of “don’t mess with me” floating just above the battlefield. But when it comes to slapping this big beauty down on the table, a question arises: What base should this elegant death machine rest upon?

First off, let’s clear the air—Forge World, the creators of the Tantalus, did not package it with a base. Why? Maybe they thought it was too cool for one, or they just wanted to let hobbyists figure it out like a sadistic puzzle.

Regardless, it’s up to you to give this behemoth a platform that matches its gravitas.

Warhammer Bases from Gamers Grass.

Most folks have settled on a 170mm oval base, the same size as the Raider. This feels like a reasonable choice because it complements the Tantalus’ long, narrow profile. It’s Warhammer bases that give it the right amount of presence without making it look like it’s trying too hard to hog the limelight.

Tantalus Measurements

Now, you might be thinking, “But wait, isn’t the Tantalus bigger than the Raider?” You’d be right. The Tantalus is about 29cm long and 15cm wide, which definitely makes the 170mm base a little snug. Some hobbyists have gone rogue, opting for the Oval 195x120mm base, often used for things like Imperial Knights.

This adds some extra stability and gives it more space to breathe, but there’s a downside—it starts to look like the Tantalus is living beyond its means, sporting a larger base than it really needs.

In terms of height, the Tantalus hovers at around 8cm. Thanks to its low profile, it’s not towering over the battlefield, just elegantly skimming across it, much like the Drukhari would through realspace.

WTC Warhammer 40k Basing Guide

When it comes to Warhammer 40k, there’s a reason players are obsessed with precision and accuracy—and it’s not just for getting those perfectly painted miniatures to look their best. Enter the WTC Basing Guide (which you can download here), an often overlooked but essential part of competitive Warhammer 40k.

The WTC Basing Guide serves as the final word on what base sizes your models should be rocking when you bring your army to the table. It dictates precise measurements for every unit type, ensuring no one gets the unfair advantage of squeezing more models into cover or stretching that charge distance just a little too far.

The beauty of the WTC Basing Guide is that it takes the guesswork out of matching base sizes. It’s like the Marie Kondo of miniature war gaming—if your base size doesn’t spark joy (or at least fit within the mandated range), it’s time to make a change.

Some might grumble that re-basing an army takes time, but ask any serious competitor, and they’ll tell you that the consistency it provides is worth every moment of gluey fingers and precision clipping. Plus, let’s be honest, it’s a great excuse to give that ancient Tyranid Warrior a glow-up.

For example, Space Marines (who, let’s be real, are already OP enough) are strictly bound to 32mm bases for their standard infantry. No more of those sneaky 25mm bases for your chunky Primaris Marines, buddy.

Similarly, your beloved Custodes are sticking to their 40mm, towering over the battlefield as they should, without hogging even more space than they deserve.

The Warhammer Bases guide ensures that every tournament player is on an even playing field, at least when it comes to base size. You can focus on your list-building and tactical prowess without worrying if you’re about to be out-based by some cheeky player trying to get a few millimeters of extra wiggle room.

Ultimately, the WTC Basing Guide isn’t just about rules—it’s about maintaining the spirit of fair play.

Exciting Resin Designs Perfect for Warhammer Bases:

While you can always buy bases from Games Workshop, but there are a ton of awesome resin base designs out there from companies like Erik’s Hobbies to make your Warhammer 40k armies really pop! Their resin bases already have a texture or design, so all you have to do is paint them up and glue your miniatures to them!

Make sure you visit Elriks Hobbies (and use our affiliate code to save 10% on your purchase), or find out more in our how-to tutorial article here.

Shadows Edge Miniature Resin Bases

Shadows Edge also has awesome molded resin bases, so you can paint them and then glue your Warhammer 40k miniatures down to complete your army! Make sure you visit Shadow’s Edge to see more of the designs they offer.

Self-Adhesive Disk Magnets For Bases

Squad Marks sells packs of self-adhesive disk magnets that are perfect for flat-bottomed bases, such as laser-cut and resin bases for Warhammer 40k armies!

Tutorial: How to Magnetize Warhammer Miniatures & Best Magents For Bases

Get your magnetic miniature storage game on point with the massive selection of magnetic disk stickers available from Squad Marks. These magnetic stickers hold your miniatures securely on the tray with zero cutting or gluing!

Make sure you visit Squad Marks ( and use our affiliate code to save 10% on your purchase), or find out more in our how-to tutorial article on the best magnets for Warhammer bases here.

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From 25mm up to 170mm ovals for Knights and larger kits, we have you covered for almost every base size and flight stand! Be sure to visit the huge selection in our bases and accessories webstore today!

Bringing it All Together: 40k Base Sizes

So, while there is no official Games Workshop bases reference guide for tournaments, this guide covers all the current Warhammer 40k base sizes that come inside the most recent model kits purchased by faction and model name.

If you are looking for a base guide on GW’s other games, like Warhammer Age of Sigmar or The Old World, we have them for you below as well.

• Warhammer: The Old World Bases Guide
• Age of Sigmar Bases Guide

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Even after this Warhammer 40k base size reference guide, do you still wish Games Workshop had an official basing resource?

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