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 Kelly502 wrote:
I'll post the email from GW as a photo of the actual email concerning the bases.

It's pointless as the Customer Service people won't have any information before the rest of us do. You may just as well be asking your local red shirt. Whatever the situation is, it has been decided and is being pushed in whatever way GW Nottingham wants. They may make a statement or they might not. We'll just have to keep our eyes open and see what happens with new releases.

Personally, I look at this as license to base my Marines on those round-lipped 30mm bases should I desire. And since I ordered a bunch from that CMoN/MAS kickstarter, I may just do that.

SirDonlad wrote:

 Flashman wrote:

Bulky models = 40mm
T4 = 32mm
T3 = 25mm

if GW had just said this i think we would all be talking about how 'that was actually quite clever' right now.

I have been sort of doing this, but for saves
Guard: 5+ 25mm, 4+ 30mm
Marines: 3+ 25mm, 2+ (Artificer Armor) 30mm.
Though I do like the toughness idea.

Makes some kind of sense, as a rule of thumb. I tried out a kroot on a 30mm base - fairly tall, and with a wide 'reach' from the rifle. Just didn't look as right on that size base as a bulky marine.

Just like when the newer terminators came out, you were not required to rebase your older models on bases they did not come with. This has been GWs stance from the beginning. I find the letter above a bit disturbing since it appears they have changed from this stance a bit saying this was an option, since before it was strictly the bases they come with.

This a huge nerf for blast weapons hitting them and slight nerf for deep strikers. I say slight as I haven't had any issues dropping terminators with 40mm bases so I don't really see why 32mm will make that big a difference.

Hopefully relevant pics from the paint article I posted up, if anyone's interested...



Black Reach marines on 30mm bases, the ones made by dice.co.uk for a couple years and sold by EM4 Miniatures, Heresy Miniatures, Hasslefree Miniatures etc. The size doesn't look too bad, does it?

And then the kroot I mentioned:



Doesn't quite gel as much, does it? As I said above, it's got the reach, but the relatively narrow stance, footprint, what-have-you it doesn't quite fill the space like a marine.

If your going to go 30mm, you should look at Impact! Minaitures.
100 30mm bases for £7.77 , $12.57 USD, 10.30 Euros, $14.54 CAD, $14.72 AUD

I, for one, welcome our new 32mm overlords. Luckily, I've only just started basing my Alpha Legion Tac Marines, so I'm only having to re-base like six of them, but I love the look of the 32mm bases. With the poses for the Marines, it's hard to get a good scenic basing effect on the little 25mm bases; not to mention how much they overhang!

That being said, I will be doing all my PA Marines on the new bases, but I will not be putting non-Marine models on them should 25mm go the way of the Squats. Everyone on 32mm would look stupid. What would happen to slottabases?

I've been basing all of my regular Space Marines on 30mm bases, and basing Sergeants and other (non-terminator armor) characters on the 32mm bases to make them stand out a little bit, all while not spending a billion dollars rebasing my Marines.

I keep thinking it doesn't affect me at all, I don't play space marines... Then realised I'm doing 30k. Doh! Luckily I only have 15 sons of Horus based as of yet, and they aren't painted or properly based or anything.

Heres a thought, had my first game at our gaming club for around 20 years (stopped playing for quite some time and just played from home).

Anyway to cut a long story short, GW carry cases packed with 2k pts of Orks. They only just fit with the 25mm base and I am pretty sure a 32mm base wont fit.

Thankfully I have a shed ton of KR multicase foam but just no box to put it in.

Was going to order some last night for my Stormboyz.. but they are out of stock at GW at the mo...

So its working?

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Was going to order some last night for my Stormboyz.. but they are out of stock at GW at the mo...

So its working?

Then you'll fnd out they are limited edition, like the hardcover books

Has anyone released plastic 32mm bases identical to GWs yet?

My two cents would be that 32mm allows for more base decoration than 25 mm, so even if your kroot-guardsmen-whathaveyou don't fill it up all by themselves, just place something nice there. a half-burried helmet, a log, a small shrub... makes the models look better.

I think it's only very small models - grots - would look a bit lost on those 32 mm.

Right now I'm wondering whether lasercutting 30-32mm circles out of thin MDF would be the cheapest way to get tons of bases.

The problem with MDF bases is that they warp. And considering the amount of PVA glue you put on a base...

What?
They just don't. And if you're actualyl afraid, paint an X on the underside with PVA glue and sand it down after finishing the base.

Mymearan wrote:
Has anyone released plastic 32mm bases identical to GWs yet?

No, but they've released nonidentical plastic 30mm bases years ago, that are perfectly good...

Mymearan wrote:
The problem with MDF bases is that they warp. And considering the amount of PVA glue you put on a base...

I have tons of 3mm MDF terrain, and none of it has warped.

Also, Litko has been selling MDF bases for years and I have never heard or read anyone complaining about warping.

This quote is for 32mm circular bases in 3mm Craft Plywood 100 Pack: $24.99

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/311197756664?_mwBanner=1

Here you go 50x 32mm mdf bases for dirt cheap.

 adamsouza wrote:

Also, Litko has been selling MDF bases for years and I have never heard or read anyone complaining about warping.

This quote is for 32mm circular bases in 3mm Craft Plywood 100 Pack: $24.99

Those are plywood, not MDF.

 adamsouza wrote:

Mymearan wrote:
The problem with MDF bases is that they warp. And considering the amount of PVA glue you put on a base...

I have tons of 3mm MDF terrain, and none of it has warped.

Also, Litko has been selling MDF bases for years and I have never heard or read anyone complaining about warping.
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This quote is for 32mm circular bases in 3mm Craft Plywood 100 Pack: $24.99

Really? The MDF bases I got from Mantic warped as soon as I flocked them.r

 Vermis wrote:

Mymearan wrote:
Has anyone released plastic 32mm bases identical to GWs yet?

No, but they've released nonidentical plastic 30mm bases years ago, that are perfectly good...

That's great, but I'm pedantic and want 32mm :/

If you're having problems with MDF/Wood/Plywood bases warping try using superglue rather than PVA to stick on your flock/gravel

you need to be a bit quicker, but it solves the problem

The latest Necron box set hit the internet and the infantry were all on 32mm bases. I think we can safely say the answer to the thread title is a definite "yes".

 Breotan wrote:
The latest Necron box set hit the internet and the infantry were all on 32mm bases. I think we can safely say the answer to the thread title is a definite "yes".

Yep. And what bugs me the most is GW has pretty much been mum on the topic. "It's a beer and pretzels game. Figure it out between yourselves."

I think if they just came out and said "Because of the way some of the mini's are modeled, we will begin integrating in 30mm (32mm, feth them) bases to better suit the models. X models in the future will be using the 30mm bases and Y will remain on the 25mm bases." people wouldn't be as annoyed as this crappy attempt at slight of hand.

I don't think it's slight of hand. It's just them being unwilling to share their plans with us. Not that it's any less frustrating that way.

Highly doubt they're switching to 32mm completely. If they were, then why were the Genestealers in Deathstorm on 25mm bases?

The genestealers use slotta rather than flat bases,

so to move them to 32s would have required an additional tool (or possibly more than one depending on if GW runs a single machine longer, or several machines for a shorter amout of time)

since the switch over is not going to be quick (according to the original Lords of Wargaming rumour) better to leave them on 25s as there are not too many plastics that still use slottas and they may be unsure of whether they're keeping those sculpts or might re-do them to use flats

All my armies are on 25's, yeah will be a pain, but the new sizes are really not so bad. To "update" I'm just going to paint the new 32's a metalic color, then glue the 25's on top. Even base gunmetal, brass or gold works. Think how a trophy base sits. Being rasied up that gnats ass of a level doesn't hamper.

-more thinking, get about 75 of these, paint them up, put magnets then just glue metal under the other models. Keeps transportation foam same size. Easy fix. Paint the 32's to look like marble or metal or whatever hits your fancy. Can use for multiple armies this way. Problem solved.

32mm bases back in stock, pack of 10 $4.95 USD. Just got an email, so I successfully ordered several packs. Just an FYI.

The new Harlequins are NOT on 32mm bases. That would indicate that it might be the new trend only for certain models, at the very least.

But...I have probably 60 Marines based on 25s...