Necron Troops Base Size

[Ordo Septenarius]

Several friends said that current Necron troops base size is 32mm, but the current box set comes with 25mm.

What is the current "Correct" base size? I have hundreds of both sizes, so I just need to know which to use.

[Tushan]

Several friends said that current Necron troops base size is 32mm, but the current box set comes with 25mm.

What is the current "Correct" base size? I have hundreds of both sizes, so I just need to know which to use.

Its upto you - GW staff are giving out free packs of the 32mm bases alongside necron box set purchases until the repacks hit the shelves

[Houghten]

It is also supplied with four 40mm round bases, three small flying bases, and thirty-nine 25mm round bases and forty 32mm round bases to give you the choice of how you want to base your miniatures.

So... yeah. It's officially in writing on the GW site: you have a choice. Anyone and everyone who wants there to be an official ruling one way or the other so they can declare armies tournament legal or not tournament legal can stick their fingers in their ears and sing "la la la la," and while they're distracted the rest of us can sneak up behind them and hang insulting signs on their backs.

[Erik Setzer]

So... yeah. It's officially in writing on the GW site: you have a choice. Anyone and everyone who wants there to be an official ruling one way or the other so they can declare armies tournament legal or not tournament legal can stick their fingers in their ears and sing "la la la la," and while they're distracted the rest of us can sneak up behind them and hang insulting signs on their backs.

So can I use this to get people to stop moaning about me not having gotten around to rebasing all my old Terminators?

[Charistoph]

So can I use this to get people to stop moaning about me not having gotten around to rebasing all my old Terminators?

You mean you haven't used it yet?

Have they converted their Tactical/Assault/Sternguard/Vanguard/Devastator Marines to 32mm, yet?

[The Vanus Temple]

Up to you! I've based (and rebasing) all of mine onto 32mm as they look loads better. I'm the reason they're always out of stock online ;) bought 150 of them so far...

[Erik Setzer]

The funny thing is, one of the biggest reasons for moving Terminators to 40mm bases wasn't so much "dynamic models" or anything like that, it was the same reason they were errata'd to have 5+ inv. saves in White Dwarf: Plasma cannons would murder entire squads in early 3rd edition after they'd Deep Strike in. 40mm bases made it harder to kill them all. And then allowed bigger models, too. But my 25mm bases aren't exactly a benefit to me.

Probably will change them anyway, just because some of my Terminators have them and some don't, inside the same army, and that just looks weird.

[Katharon]

They should have kept only Space Marines to the enlarged 32mm bases. It's appropriate since it fits their size image. Giving it out to everyone is stupid. If they try doing it to Imperial Guard, I'll flip them off out of necessity.

[Mr Mystery]

Does make some sense for Necron Warriors - as their feet currently stick out over the edge of the base.

[Erik Setzer]

Does make some sense for Necron Warriors - as their feet currently stick out over the edge of the base.

Because for some reason being asleep for sixty millions years means everyone woke up dreaming about straddling an imaginary horse or something...

[Charistoph]

Does make some sense for Necron Warriors - as their feet currently stick out over the edge of the base.

Well, Necron Warriors, Immortals, and Crypteks are as STRong and Tough as a Space Marine... Of course, Lords, Overlords, Praetorians, and Lychguard are even Tougher and STRonger, so they should be on 40mm, right?

[w7west]

As neat as the idea of upgrading my bases seems, the last time I tried to remove plastic models from bases (glued immortals to 40mm bases on accident) I ended up in a urgent care getting stitches to put my thumb back together.

I decided afterward that an exacto knife is a horribly dangerous tool to remove plastic models from bases when you use GW plastic glue and instead went with sprue clippers to get them off. This worked well although it slightly misshaped the bottoms of their feet making them concave.

So, for those rebasing their guys, what technique are you using to remove your models from their base? If it's exacto you are a brave one indeed.

[Erik Setzer]

For me it'd be a combo. Clip until most of the material is gone, then use the knife to carefully cut the remainder away. Use the wrecked base for rubble or just chuck it.

My fingers already have plenty of marks from a knife, though. Since I tend to put in a fresh blade before I start on a major project, a lot of my larger models have blood on them somewhere. I had to stop working on my Knight for a short period because the parts were getting too sticky to work with. (I christened my Khorne dice at the same time.) I just accept it as a hazard of the job. Also, I tend to have a really weird disconnect with handling things safely, even if I "know better." You should probably not follow my techniques.

[Morgrim]

I've found that if I paint the base and model before gluing, the plastic glue has enough bite to hold them securely as long as I need while still just enough give that they snap apart when a vigorous twisting is applied. Then there is just a bit of quick sanding and retouching around the feet. Your mileage may vary, my army is dark eldar and my troops tend to have only a small portion of foot on the ground to begin with.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I'm conflicted - taking apart 30 immortals, 10 triarch praetorians and rebasing the whole lot sounds like a lot of work I don't really want to do (A chore) but on the other hand I do think the new bases suit the models a LOT more and they look much better on them. I'm wondering if anyone sells some kind of "base expander" or something that can slot around the old ones to make them 32mm.

[Erik Setzer]

I'm wondering if anyone sells some kind of "base expander" or something that can slot around the old ones to make them 32mm.

I can't go to the sites and grab URLs because a lot of them are blocked by our office firewall, but a Google search shows up a few options:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=25mm+to+32mm+base+adapter

Heck, it's such a popular search that just typing in "25mm to 32mm" shows the first option completing the search with "base adapter."

[Dave Mcturk]

Because for some reason being asleep for sixty millions years means everyone woke up dreaming about straddling an imaginary horse or something...

thanks. pmsl. :)

my biggest pain is the drunken scorpions who even when 'weighted' fall over at the slightest hint of a breeze, tyranids and orks who act like mating frogs and csm terminators

not that its an easy job but a larger basic base size and probably even a 'larger' mid base size wouldnt hurt the visuals.

{dont mention tau drones or nid zoe's}