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Ok I know the rules on basing, but I'm wondering if this could possibly slide by... I'm not trying to gain an advantage I just want all resin bases for my army

The 40mm bases turned out to be a little bit bigger than the new small flying bases.



I mean the old eldar jetbikes came on large flying bases... just throwing that out there

I don't think you'd run into many people griping about your nice looking resin bases. The height difference looks superficial. I'd say go for it.

i don't think hight is the issue, what some people may have an issue with is the extra diameter, though it appears to be such a small increase i doubt anyone would be that bothered

The much older jetbikes came on smaller bases, sometimes on hexagonal clear bases, later on they had the big bases, are they on the smaller ones again?

God knows where you stand on the "model must be placed on the base it was packaged with" argument given they've changed it so many times.

I think it says in the rulebook you can mount a model on a bigger base but not a smaller one than the one provided

that might have been last edition though

It says in the rulebook that the models MUST be on the bases they are supplied with (they dumped the larger/smaller allowances in this edition.)

There is an allowance to use LARGER bases but only if your opponent (or Tournament organiser) is OK with it.

It's difficult to see what advantage a bike gets from being on a slightly larger base.

I don't think people would make an issue out of a bigger base only a smaller one would..,
It even says so in the rulebook, You may put your miniatures on bigger bases if you want to, but not on smaller ones

At my LGS, we always have played that if a conversion or anything done to the model that makes it LARGER is fine. If you think about it, your only hurting yourself by making something larger. Like, the base situation you have here. They could possibly get one more model in base contact or you will now not be able to land on that wierd little ledge because your base is too large...

I just dont see a problem with any modelling if you are making it larger than what was intended. Now if you make it smaller... then thats a whole other arguement.