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I keep getting different opinions on this.

Using a few Warhounds of Chaos as Flesh Hounds for a while now, them being on square Cavalry bases seem to fit.

Just recently I got two boxes of the old, metal Flesh Hound models. They come with two different types of bases, the square cavalry and the circular terminator bases. "Fine" I say, Terminator bases seem to be the one for 40k. And then I look at the back of the box and it shows the Flesh Hounds on square cavalry bases against Eldar units. Wait, which one do I use now?

Receiving the Karanak model, he doesn't even come with a circular base. But the base in the Daemons Codex shows him on a circular base.


Does it really matter which base to place them on?

Just go to the GW website and look at the model in question.
It lists what bases they're supplied with.
In this case cavalry bases.

It doesn't matter.

40K generally uses round bases where possible, but Daemons have been coming with both for some time now, and for years before that only came with squares, so people are used to seeing them on either.

I fit them on rounds since outside of most 40k beasts use 40mm rounds.

Personnaly I use biker bases as I bought a lot of resin ones and carried on doing that ha. That was the closet match to the square bases (which I personnaly dislike using in my 40k army)

I use 40mm rounds for my Fleshhounds.

40mm round is aesthetically pleasing and doesn't confer any type of bonus IMO.

Davall wrote:
40mm round is aesthetically pleasing and doesn't confer any type of bonus IMO.

So getting hit less by blast markers isn't a bonus in your opinion? Cool then playing against you I'm sure you let your opponent only ever take 1 hit from a blast marker or template yes?

Personally I think they look best on bike bases but they have not been consistently supplied with a single base size. 40mm and Warhammer Cavalry bases seem to be concensus for sizes. If going to a Tournament check for their regulations as having bigger bases is usually an advantage.

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 FlingitNow wrote:

Davall wrote:
40mm round is aesthetically pleasing and doesn't confer any type of bonus IMO.

So getting hit less by blast markers isn't a bonus in your opinion? Cool then playing against you I'm sure you let your opponent only ever take 1 hit from a blast marker or template yes?

Personally I think they look best on bike bases but they have not been consistently supplied with a single base size. 40mm and Warhammer Cavalry bases seem to be concensus for sizes. If going to a Tournament check for their regulations as having bigger bases is usually an advantage.

With proper spacing you can do the same with the bike bases. Yes, it is harder to organize, but doable.

Here, I will fix it for you. No noticeable benefits

With bike bases if you're at max coherency a 5" template dead centre of your base should hit 3 models with a 40mm base you hit 1. As it allows you to avoid the 2.5" radius from centre of the template. Granted a player will most likely shift such template off centre to hit 2 models. But it is definitely an advantage for anassault unit like hounds. Also larger footprint enables you to corral your opponents better to force assault. I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't use 40mm bases but it is clear you get an advantage from doing so and 60mm bases would further improve that advantage. It is a point I wanted to make because people often assume you can have larger bases and there's no advantage to such. When clearly there is.

As I said, if you play the bike bases properly, you can keep it to one model assuming they go dead center, two if they shift it. It takes up a lot more room, but it is doable. Don't just imagine them lined up parallel in a row as tip to tip works as well and then put them in a racetrack pattern. Aka a variant of the old "horseshoe of death".

Bike bases allow you to block in an opponent just fine. Just turn them a bit sideways when you make B2B. Yes, it is being wiggly with the intent most likely, but considering that Flesh Hounds only come with square cavalry bases AFAIK, you are illegally switching the base to the bike bases anyway. Did they ever update the packaging to include the new oval bike bases with the Flesh Hounds? IF so, the entire discussion is moot anyway

*edit* Looking at Gw's site they are still on square bases. I guess that makes sense otherwise this thread wouldn't/shouldn't exist...

 FlingitNow wrote:
With bike bases if you're at max coherency a 5" template dead centre of your base should hit 3 models ...

Unless you place them end to end...