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Having no rulebook on hand, and looking at a few cheap Deamon Princes, a question pops into mind.

Do models in 40k have to have the circular bases to be legal? I know Daemon come with both bases, and the majority I've seen for sale (Where I shop) are already fixated on the fantasy square bases. I'm mainly curious if the square bases disqualify for 40k legality or not.

Models must be on the base supplied with them. If it came with a square base then it's ok to use.

Generally its better to have round for 40k and square for fantasy. Since many deamons can be used ion either game they come with both. It is legal to use them with square bases as long as the model came with square in the package.

Melchiour wrote:Models must be on the base supplied with them. If it came with a square base then it's ok to use.

Awesome. Thank you very much. Now I'm off to buy some Daemon.

Though if you field a whole army of daemons on square bases for 40k you might get snapped at because it's very unorthodox

You would only be getting 'snapped at' by new players. Anyone who's been playing for longer than 5 minutes would remember a time when Daemons only came with square bases, and so square-based Daemons in 40K weren't at all uncommon.

They fit right in with the square-based Dreadnoughts (when they came with bases at all) and Monstrous Creatures.

Everything being supplied with a round base is a comparatively new development, and is purely an aesthetic issue, not something that is required by the rules.

Grey elder wrote:Though if you field a whole army of daemons on square bases for 40k you might get snapped at because it's very unorthodox

Nah. I had to ask because I'm purchasing a couple Daemons for my army, and the only ones at the local flea market are on square bases. My lesser daemon are all on round bases, since I don't plan to play Fantasy with them... Hell, I'm too lazy to finish my Lizardmen army -_-

insaniak wrote:You would only be getting 'snapped at' by new players. Anyone who's been playing for longer than 5 minutes would remember a time when Daemons only came with square bases, and so square-based Daemons in 40K weren't at all uncommon.

They fit right in with the square-based Dreadnoughts (when they came with bases at all) and Monstrous Creatures.

Everything being supplied with a round base is a comparatively new development, and is purely an aesthetic issue, not something that is required by the rules.

Glad to hear that. I'm still new, so allot of the rules are being learned on the spot. My friends don't even have the recent codex, so... Allot of what I ask is because the tournaments I go to are a codex ahead of me xD.

I'd just base all daemons on squares as they are legal in both games that way, and will increase their value.

I would base them on round then use regimental trays with round holes for ranking up. Ranking round figures is easier as you can rotate them slightly to fit them in with wavy arms.

Either works though...

The bases rule tells us:

"Citadel miniatures are normally supplied with a plastic base. If so, they must be glued onto their bases before they can be used in the game." BGB p. 3

So "their bases" would arguably include any base that model is, or has ever been, supplied with. There's absolutely no rule I'm aware of that prohibits square bases in 40k. If the model you're interested in buying is supplied with a square base, the square base is 100% legal.

Hope this helps!
-GK

Heck, I have Nids on round metal bases, as well as square bases. Then again, this was back when zoanthropes had arms and legs...

I prefer my opponent puts his Daemons on square bases. When they deepstrike in they are bunched closer together and I can get more under the template when my Kans with Grotzookas nail them.

So "their bases" would arguably include any base that model is, or has ever been, supplied with.

No it would not. It only refers to the base that particular model was supplied with. What base some other model was supplied with, even if it is of the same or similar type is inconsequential.