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While I have seen a bit of discussion on this. I don't remember seeing a poll.
Now when I say Space Marine, this includes all power armor types. (Chaos, Loyal, etc)
What is your SM army composed of? Are you upgrading all your older bases?
Do you have a preference in the base size your opponents use?
If you feel it has a significant difference in play, please enter your preference in the poll.

My army is all 25mm and I really dont want to change that just out of pure lazyness. However being smaller sure does help them in a variety of gameplay ways. I have no preference for what the people I play with use.

32mm is perfect for jump units and rhr like.

And marines look better. But 25 is perfectly fine too.

I initially disliked the move from 25mm to 32mm but after obtaining some 32mm bases, I grew to like them. That said, my army is mixed 25mm and 32mm and I really don't care how my opponent bases his or her space marines or chaos space marines whether it be 25mm or 32mm or both

Mine is mixed, though it's only mixed because I have both Scout and power armor in it.

All power armor is on 32mm, all scout armor is on 25 mm (As the god-emperor intended!). Power armor looks MUCH better on 32mm bases, I will freely admit. I really enjoy the way my Blood Angels look on the bases, especially with all the jump pack marines I employ. Far far less wobbly model syndrome!

Edit: Don't care what my opponent's bases look like, so long as they're not modeling for advantage on them (I.E. putting obviously new school plastic terminators on 25mm or 32mm bases instead of the 40mm bases they came with). I don't have a problem with old school terminators staying on their original 25mm bases either, etc.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I have some old termies on 25.

I always bring some nee guys on 40 too for just in case.

If you keep sqauds uniform. I see no issue mixing sizes.

I restarted a CSM project recently and started using 32mm bases. They look much better in my opinion. It seemed strange when GW first introduced marines on 32mm bases but now I'm wondering why they didn't do it sooner. I wouldn't bother rebasing everything from an existing army though

For the 30k stuff I’m working on, I’m trying to stick with the new 32s.

Filling out my 40k stuff, I’m aiming for consistency, and thus 25s. Although when putting together a new chapter champion for my honor guard squad, I stuck him on a new base. He just felt like he deserved it. (He’s packing one of those new thunder hammers from the DW box)

Don’t care what my opponent does. I might raise an eyebrow over something like new plastic TDA on 25s, but seeing that my old lead ones are still there, I don’t really have a leg to stand on making a fuss over it.

By the time the 32mm bases were released, I already had 80+ marines assembled and painted on 25mm, so sticking with 25mm is a no brainer.

The 32mm bases do look nice, but I prefer the placement opportunities that the 25mm give. Units can occupy a smaller space for cover, or fit more models on a floor in a building.

Maybe someday I'll feel luxurious, and upgrade for the looks, but since my collection is going on 120 models on 25mm, I wouldn't bet on it.

Mine are all on 32mm bases for aesthetic reasons, but I don't really mind whatever my opponent feels like putting on the field.

 Insectum7 wrote:
By the time the 32mm bases were released, I already had 80+ marines assembled and painted on 25mm, so sticking with 25mm is a no brainer.

The 32mm bases do look nice, but I prefer the placement opportunities that the 25mm give. Units can occupy a smaller space for cover, or fit more models on a floor in a building.

Maybe someday I'll feel luxurious, and upgrade for the looks, but since my collection is going on 120 models on 25mm, I wouldn't bet on it.

Not only did the new bases come out when I already had a sizable force (150ish marines), they also came out when I was halfway through actually detailing/snow flocking my old collection! Just to drive another nail into the “nope, not going to do it” coffin.

While I like the play of the smaller bases, the new big ones do look much better and add a lot more stability.

Don't care - SO uses mixed bases since neither of us cares to scrape models off their old bases, and I really do not feel like leveling another unfun tax against other players.

I prefer the 32mm bases, but I also realize the impracticality of going back and re-basing a bunch of models. For now, we're probably going to be seeing a lot of 25mm bases, with some scattered 32mm bases, but just like Terminators, eventually, they will all be 32mm.

There is an inherent advantage for a larger base during movement for distance traveled, but smaller basses have the advantage in close combat, and anytime you deepstrike or exit a vehicle. Basically, anytime you have to be "within X" of something, smaller basses are better, but when you are measuring to/from something, bigger bases are better. /shrug

After being around for the Terminator Base Fiasco, I don't really care anymore. I'd rather just sit down and throw some dice while moving my little plastic toy soldiers.

My Chaos Marines are still mostly 25mm, though I'm trying to get 32mm bases for them as I personally like them a lot more. My Blood Angels are a lot newer and all 32mm.

I don't mind what my opponent has, though I do like each unit to have bases all the same size.

While I like the look of the 32mms, the majority of my army is 25mm. The convention I decided to use is 3+ wounds models go on 40mm, 2 wounds models go on 32mm, and 1 wound models go on 25mm. Its a nice visual clue on the table top.

 Crimson Devil wrote:
While I like the look of the 32mms, the majority of my army is 25mm. The convention I decided to use is 3+ wounds models go on 40mm, 2 wounds models go on 32mm, and 1 wound models go on 25mm. Its a nice visual clue on the table top.

You should magnetize them to their bases and shift down as they take wounds.



(Jokes aside, that sound like it probably looks quite nice.)

My marines ar all on sculpted 25mm resin-bases and I won't change anything about it, newer ones will get those, too.
It's always confusing when I fight against a bud with Necrons, who got his warriors on 32mm but all of his elite on 25mm...

All mine are on 32's. I bought my marines as a modelling project so it was a no brainer to go with 32's.

To the point that I picked up some marines that are stuck to 25's a whole ago, and if I can't get them off I'm just going to sell them because I wouldn't be able to stand having mixed bases in my army.

I based all of my recently built Deathwatch on 25mm bases.

My own army will be on 25mms because I do not want to rebase over 100 marines.

For my opponent though, I could care less. If someone is genuinely trying to use the base difference for an advantage, then I'm willing to bet that this isn't the only thing he's going to get anal about during the course of the game.

personally I think GW screwed the pooch changing base size, my stuff is 25mm and will stay 25mm I will not alter or change because of their new 32mm bases. this is just a marketing stunt in poor taste as far as i'm concerned.

My terminators originally came on 25mms and I rebased them. Partially because they look better on 40mms, because it differentiates them better from my power armor dudes, and because there's only like a handful of them to rebase (I buy like maybe 5 terminators with old bases every 6 months, if at all).

But I have a full battle company of marines. There's no way in Nurgle's G-string am I rebasing all of that.

My army is currently all 25mm, but after seeing the Deathwatch on the 32mm I want to convert.

25mm. 32mm is reserved for Termies and Heroes, in my eyes

Doesn't matter too much to me, but I definitely think the 32mm bases look better than 25mm. It also shows a size difference between the likes of your average guardsman and a hulking space marine.

Asterios wrote:
personally I think GW screwed the pooch changing base size, my stuff is 25mm and will stay 25mm I will not alter or change because of their new 32mm bases. this is just a marketing stunt in poor taste as far as i'm concerned.

Just as well GW isn't asking or telling you to alter your base sizes then.

I have a Marine army made entirely from models predating 1997. You bet I'm using 25mm bases for those dudes.

25mm now, mixed in future. Like hell I rebase hundreds of models. Especially as it just makes boards more cramped. Can't increase board size enough to compensate for the extra area taken.

Jump packs 32, regulars on 25 for me.


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And I really don't care if my opponent uses 32 or 25 for marine bases

Modern marines never even fitted right on25mm with the wide elg stance.

And jump packs where a nightmare.