Bases larger then 50x50.

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**studderingdave**

comming into a dilemena here. i plan on making my own GUO for the up and comming demons book, and i know its not gonna be able to fit on a 50MM base. in 40k this is not an issue, cuz i would just bust out a CD, or a vinyl record, or if need be, cut a 14 inch diameter piece of plywood, but i dont really see things in fantasy getting that large. even if i wasnt making my own, how would i run say the FW GUO? a 50x50mm base would bare cover his crack.

im planning on gluing four 50mm bases together to make a giant 100x100 for my sculpted GUO. any problems with this?

**Dakkaladd**

If you really need the room you could use two chariot bases.

**studderingdave**

isnt that the same thing as 4 50mm's?

**Negativemoney**

In WHFB you are bound by the common base size for the model. In the case of the GUO it must be mounted on a 50mm base as per the rules regarding base sizes in BRB.

**studderingdave**

ok, so i couldnt even run a FW GUO then?

**Boss Salvage**

Negativemoney wrote:In the case of the GUO it must be mounted on a 50mm base ...

OR 20!

In other words, he could ride a 50mm base underneath one mother of a rock / pile of crap / mound of nurglings / etc ...

Though I'd still let you use a custom 100x100 base but treating it as a 50x50 for purposes of counting rank bonus within a unit. Otherwise bigger base doesn't give you too many benefits, beyond larger charge / sight arc.

- Salvage

EDIT --

No, I'm actually pretty busy at work today

**studderingdave**

thanks for the laugh salvage. just to be clear to the rest of the community, im not looking for a larger base to get any form of extra bonus, its just impractical to mount a King Tubs on a 50mm base. some people will whine "but they make a GD of nurgtle, and he goes on a 50mm base" well those people can keep with stock models and have a nice day, ill be making my fatty large and in charge.

**fellblade**

Just keep a spare 50mm base with "Objects on table are smaller than they appear" painted on it, and toss it down whenever your big fatty gets into HtH.

**Mannahnin**

If you're going to use him in tournaments, I'd do what Salvage or Fellblade suggested and either work out a way to make him fit, or have a swappable base. An alternative if you're playing with friends is to just house rule him to have a smaller Terror radius. That's really the only advantage to the bigger base. Shrink his Terror radius by the radius increase of the bigger base. Or a little more if rounding gives you an even number of inches.

**studderingdave**

no tourneys for me, simply casual play. for the terror thing i would just measure from the center of the base then.