Why minimum 5 models?

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**warmaster21**

Toofast wrote:
Valkyrie wrote:
Newer variants of them do indeed come in 3 minimum, such as Custodes, Paladins, and Interceptors. I suppose for some of the older kits it's just to avoid having to redesign the sprues and repackage them as 3's, and also as 10 is a nice round number, you start producing packs of 3's you'll end up with an unwanted surplus.

Take a look at AoS and see how many unit sizes match what comes in the box. Almost none of them do.

Cold one knights used to be 4 to a box with minimum unit 5, while chaos knights were bigger, had more metal, came in the box of 5 (minimum unit size) and cost the same....

**Eldarsif**

I think one of the reasons is just legacy. A lot of the older units came in 5 and then that just stuck. Seems to be habit rather than anything else considering the fact that MSU for wracks used to be 3.

**kaotkbliss**

It annoys me that TWC are 3 and not 5. Then since I have 2 I would have a unit of 5 with 1 left over. Now I need to get 4 more... ug

and I keep seeing people mentioning taking long fangs in units of 6? When I started in 2nd ed, they were units of 5 only. And so I will always only get 5

**Andykp**

I’m sure there’s a rule for under sized units in the book somewhere.

**SHUPPET**

backlash13 wrote:
Talinsin wrote:
My favorite is that before Tooth & Claw, Aberrants came as a sprue of 4 in Deathwatch: Overkill. 4 to a sprue, min squad size...5.
Have fun spending $250 to run one unit of Aberrants!

...or just being patient until the inevitable solo release with the codex....<_<

They said that about Chaos Chosen too

**AndrewGPaul**

I remember this being a problem over 25 years ago.

Eldar Aspect Warriors came in squads of five. Not five or more, five. How many did you get in a blister pack? four.

**Eldarsif**

AndrewGPaul wrote:
I remember this being a problem over 25 years ago. Eldar Aspect Warriors came in squads of five. Not five or more, five. How many did you get in a blister pack? four.

Good times. I still have extremely fond memories of these blisters.

**Just Tony**

Simple, how many come in a box at retail? 5? Yep, that's why. Same reason that 6th Ed. WFB units had 4 man frontage count as a rank.

**Carnikang**

backlash13 wrote:
Talinsin wrote:
My favorite is that before Tooth & Claw, Aberrants came as a sprue of 4 in Deathwatch: Overkill. 4 to a sprue, min squad size...5.
Have fun spending $250 to run one unit of Aberrants!

...or just being patient until the inevitable solo release with the codex....<_<

Abberants sprue only came in Deathwatch: Overkill, which released back in .. 2013-2014? We still don't have a separate box for Abberants. Had to buy big boxes or trawl ebay all that time.

**Stormonu**

Andykp wrote:
I’m sure there’s a rule for under sized units in the book somewhere.

As if we needed an official rule to fix the issue.

But yes, GW “lets” you field ONE undersized unit.