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Custom Warhammer Bases Articles, Products, Guides & News

Get the latest news, product drops, tutorials, and inspiration for crafting or collecting custom Warhammer bases that take your miniatures to the next level.

From scenic resin bases to modular terrain inserts and themed groundwork, this is the place to keep up with all the best options for basing your army with style.


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Whether you’re building a narrative diorama, making your characters stand out, or just adding a touch of detail to your units, custom bases add that final layer of polish to any Warhammer force.

Check back often for the latest releases—there’s always a new way to ground your models in something epic!

Kenny from Next Level Painting is giving us another painting-made-easy tutorial. This time he’s focusing on a base from Elrik’s Hobbies.

Read More | January 10th, 2020

Tile Bases Made Easy: Stone Effect Painting Hacks

Kenny from Next Level Painting is giving us another painting-made-easy tutorial. This time he's focusing on a base from Elrik's...

Base your miniatures exactly how you want them with over 40 designs from Micro Art Studio  They’ve got quite the selection!

Read More | November 26th, 2019

Micro Art Studios Has Over 40 Resin Base Design Styles

Base your miniatures exactly how you want them with over 40 designs from Micro Art Studio  They've got quite the...

Customize your miniatures by giving them a life and a story of their own with these new custom nameplates from Versatile Terrain.

Read More | September 12th, 2018

Make Custom Nameplates & Fire Arcs for Your Miniatures!

Customize your miniatures by giving them a life and a story of their own with these new custom nameplates from Versatile Terrain.

Just picture your Necron army sitting on these new Crystal Field Bases from Tabletop Art! Come check out all the different sizes and styles available!

Read More | April 19th, 2017

Crystal Fields Cast 28mm Bases For The Tabletop

Just picture your Necron army sitting on these new Crystal Field Bases from Tabletop Art! Come check out all the...

Avast ye Scurvy dogs,  look to the horizon, pirate themed bases be approaching quick! Elrik’s Hobbies is bringing you some salty new bases!

Read More | February 16th, 2017

Walk the Plank With Pirate Themed Bases – REVIEW

Avast ye Scurvy dogs, look to the horizon, pirate themed bases be approaching quick! Elrik's Hobbies is bringing you some...

Coming in fresh from Sunny California I’m going to show you how to paint those super amazing resin bases to make your models look BETTER!

Read More | May 12th, 2016

Make Your Painting Go Faster With Resin Bases!

Coming in fresh from Sunny California I’m going to show you how to paint those super amazing resin bases to...

Would you like to learn how to paint themed bases? Painting a theme on your bases is another way to unify your army rather then just painting the armor all the same color.

Read More | April 22nd, 2015

Make a Theme – Winning with Bases

Would you like to learn how to paint themed bases? Painting a theme on your bases is another way to...

Need to rebase your models to 32mm bases cheap and easy? Checkout this $5 alternative to buying all new bases!

Read More | June 24th, 2025

HOBBY SMART – New 32mm Base Adapters for $5

Need to rebase your models to 32mm bases cheap and easy? Checkout this $5 alternative to buying all new bases!

Everyone and their mum’s favourite basing material at the minute seems to be cork board to make stone bases, here is a slightly different way to use cork board and plasticard to make some fancy alternatives to resin bases with just a few simple extra steps.

Read More | April 1st, 2015

How To – Making Tile Bases CHEAP

Everyone and their mum’s favourite basing material at the minute seems to be cork board to make stone bases, here...

Hi guys, looking to make some sweet custom swamp bases? It’s actually pretty easy to make a great swampy-looking base for your larger showcase models!

Read More | August 21st, 2014

Swamp Base Tutorial

Hi guys, looking to make some sweet custom swamp bases? It’s actually pretty easy to make a great swampy-looking base...

Hey all! I have been meaning to post this for a while.  Those in the know have noticed a long time ago that 75% of the thousands of models I have painted have been on bases from Jeff at Dragon Forge.   I thought it was about time I sat down and wrote a proper article […]

Read More | June 16th, 2025

Product Review – Dragon Forge Bases

Hey all! I have been meaning to post this for a while.  Those in the know have noticed a long...

Aloha all ye bored-on-the-Internet! I’m Whitestagg  and I have the Zeus-infuriating hubris to think my words might entertain you.  When not angering the Gods I am an old hat gamer (been in the GW bog since ’98) who currently resides in the table top wargaming wasteland that is greater metropolitan Kailua-Kona.Today I’d like to break down how […]

Read More | June 24th, 2025

Whitestagg’s Ork Rok Bases Part 2 Painting

Aloha all ye bored-on-the-Internet! I’m Whitestagg  and I have the Zeus-infuriating hubris to think my words might entertain you.  When...

Greetings fellow wargamers!  Caleb with White Metal Games here with another fun tip/tutorial for you! Those of you that follow my blog will know that I am a long time Tyranid aficionado. I love me some bugs. And whether you love or hate the new Nid codex, we can all agree that the Tyranids are a dynamic, evocative race […]

Read More | April 3rd, 2014

How To – Custom Honeycomb Bases for Tyranids

Greetings fellow wargamers!  Caleb with White Metal Games here with another fun tip/tutorial for you! Those of you that follow my blog will know...

With the exciting new Tyranid release from GW it seemed like a good time to talk about adding variety to the Broodlord model. Currently there is only one Broodlord model and it has only one pose and no optional parts. How can you add some variety to the model if you’re building more than one? […]

Read More | January 13th, 2014

Broodlord Attack! Customizing Single Pose Models.

With the exciting new Tyranid release from GW it seemed like a good time to talk about adding variety to...

Sick of your skimmers always falling of their bases, or drooping onto the table? Time to magnetize your flight stands! It’s actually pretty easy AND affordable to magnetize a whole army’s worth of skimmers all in one go, and I’ll show you how. All you need are some 1/4″ x 1/16 magnets and accompanying drill […]

Read More | September 3rd, 2013

How To: Magnetizing Flight Stands Securely

Sick of your skimmers always falling of their bases, or drooping onto the table? Time to magnetize your flight stands!...

Checkout the latest from Secret Weapon Minis? For all you Zombie / Nurgle enthusiasts out there they have a great new product called the Sack O’ Corpses! These great parts will help you spread undead love around the table top, as well as some great new colored “fallen leaves“ to set the right mood for your models’ […]

Read More | June 25th, 2025

Have You Seen the “Sack O’ Corpses” ?!!

Checkout the latest from Secret Weapon Minis? For all you Zombie / Nurgle enthusiasts out there they have a great...

Hey everyone, it’s CJ again. Since having done the tutorial for a Krootichan there was something I noticed that isn’t out there on the internet too much, and I want to rectify it. Recently here we built a Tyranid army and we started with a set of alien invasion shale bases which went off the market mid build. […]

Read More | May 25th, 2013

Pine bark to Shale Basing Tutorial

Hey everyone, it’s CJ again. Since having done the tutorial for a Krootichan there was something I noticed that isn’t out there...