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Regular Dakkanaut




Auburndale FL

Does anyone whom owns Cypher Lord figure I could fit them on 25mm bases?

Thanks

 
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






Anybody balanced on one foot you could. Anybody on two feet typically has their feet placed in quite a wide stance. So they either wouldn't fit or there would be a lot of foot overhang on the rim.
   
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None of them are so wide that they won't fit on 25mm bases at all. Even the widest ones will have enough of their feet on the base to stick them down securely, if you don't mind a bit of overhang.

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Auburndale FL

Basically the idea is
I'm making an Egyptian, Persian, Babylonian style army.

Hedonites of Slaanesh
Using the mortals as they obviously fit the motif, however for the Demons especially the Daemonettes I was looking at other options to fit the theme better.

One Page Rules and Lost Kingdom (3D printed )
Have ranges for basically Tomb King replacement models. I was looking at some to replace things like Daemonettes with Mummified Infantry as they have no weapons and they even have things that may replace like the Chariots (Tomb King style chariot) Contorted Epitome maybe with a small sarcophagus leaking magic etc.

Another option to stay legal for GW tournaments is to paint Cypher Lords or Splintered Fang as they match Slaanesh Mortals and are a little less Egyptian but still in theme. However Daemonettes are on 25mm bases so I don't want something that just looks stupid.

Lastly I am using the new Keeper, Synessa models so it may be wise to simply use Daemonettes but just use bits etc to make them look more in theme.

Does anyone have any suggestions or comments to help me decide?

Thanks

 
   
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Huge Bone Giant






Tzeentchian Kairic Acolytes might be a good base. They have short skirts and if you paint their skin actual black instead of natural skin tones you could sell them as animated statues to take the place of daemons, Tomb Kings style. They don't perfectly match Egyptian style and you'd probably have to source fitting weapons and heads representing the gods, but you'd probably get away with using most of the body without conversion.

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Regular Dakkanaut




Auburndale FL

They are 32 mm as well sadly so I would have to put them on the 25mm do you think they would fit better.

 
   
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Huge Bone Giant






I think "better" isn't something you will easily find with GW models. It's not just that their upscaled models generally benefit from bigger bases due to their size, but GW has a habit of doubling down on it by sculpting poses with legs spread wide. As Duskweaver said, it's physically possible to fit most of these models on 25mm bases. The deciding factor is going to be how much you can get behind the feet hanging over the edge a little. For most models sculpted for 32mm it wouldn't be that much, but you'll find a lot will either stand at the very edges of a 25mm or hang over slightly. You'll get a consistently cramped look out of rebased models. Some like it, others don't.

I tend to rebase my models on 25mm as well. I don't seem to have any pictures of AoS models where I got overhang, but here's a new Battle Sister whose size is in line with modern GW humans. You'll be looking at that kind of overhang. In this case it's just tactical rocks, but ultimately it's still caused by the wide stance.



Here's also a WIP one. Not sure if you can see it well, but for things that hang over the edges I use green stuff to sculpt a concave support piece underneath. Structurally unnecessary but helps smooth over the look a good bit. Might be something of interest to you.


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Regular Dakkanaut




Auburndale FL

I feel like she fits on that good, I wonder the stance on the Cypher Lords it does look rather wide.

There is also the Splintered Fang some of them are actually on 25mm

 
   
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Huge Bone Giant






I don't think Cypher Lords will be a problem. I don't own the warband, but going off the pictures on the online store the normal guys are all on 25mm and 28mm bases. Of them, one spear guy and one sword guy have wide stances that max out their base size. Even if they are on 28mm bases, losing 1.5mm on each side is not a lot. The leader is the only one on a 32mm base, and his feet don't come close to the base edges. I'd say you're good.

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Auburndale FL

That is a great point I thought it was more of them on 32mm when I looked.

I wonder if they would be good replacements for the Daemonettes?

 
   
 
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