Rebasing my BA

[Are Verlo]

I have started rebasing my marines. But I have a question about Scouts. They still come with the smaller (25mm) bases don’t they?

 

And then a question about official rules: do I really have to rebase my men?

[sebs_evo7]

I only bothered to rebase because i felt the 32mm gives marines more presence. This was prior to primaris however

[Are Verlo]

I feel like it’s all or nothing. Having both 25mm and 32mm in the same unit looks wrong, and it is weird to have one asm unit with 32mm and another with 25mm bases. And then there is the case with the old figs with slots.

[Arkhanist]

There are no official 40k rules about base size any more. Even tournaments seem to be easing off as long as you're not taking the mick, given the many repacks to different sizes. Now templates are no longer a thing, it's much less important than it used to be. Larger bases extend aura reach; but also make it harder to fit models in tighter spaces and escape combat so it's somewhat self-balancing. If you'd rather keep your old models on their original bases, that's entirely acceptable. I'd agree mixing bases within a unit looks a bit odd though.

 

The GW approach now seems to be mostly 'rule of cool' - i.e. whatever base size fits the model best. 25mm for power armour was definitely getting rather tight; overhanging feet and weapons etc particularly for characters. 32mm does make sense, especially for jump pack units where it helps stop them falling over. There does seem to be a trend for new characters to get a base size bump from their similarly armoured troopers (e.g. primaris and death guard characters mostly getting 40mm) presumably to show them off and make them easier to pick out.

 

Scouts could go either way; 32mm gives them room to breath, but they are less bulky than their power armoured brothers so 25mm is still a reasonable size for them. 

 

For older metal slottabases, just cut off the tabs and pin them to whatever base size suits.

[LordCommanderSamirus]

I've been doing the same thing.  Not only were mine on 25mm bases but all were also an early 2000s retro green with flock basing scheme.  So thats being updated.

[Ekfud]

The 32s look like a good size on oldmarines as well as new, and they definitely help keep top heavy minis like jump packs upright (particularly metal/resin). The exception; I’m thinking about keeping a new unit of sniper scouts to 25mm so they have a better chance of staying on smaller ledges of terrain; which also matches an old vindicare that likes to hide in high places.