In many cases in is left to the miniature owner to decide what base he wants to use. In the light of the above, the desire of some people to enforce very strict basing standards for 40k models seems even more ridiculous. The list includes Marauder Bomber/Marauder Destroyer, Kharybdis Assault Claw, Thunderhawk gunship, Sokar pattern Stormbird, Tau Manta, Orca DropshipВ (OOP) and Tyranid Harridan. The same goes for many super-heavy flyersВ - the usual flyer base can't really support the weight of this model and modelers are left to create their own bases.Many Titans, especially Eldar ones are often shown on some kind of custom base, mostly for stability purposes.Some FW artillery like Krieg Quad Launcher is shown on a bigger round base that predates the introduction of the 80/100/130/160mm bases.GW still sells Catachan snipers, one of which is based on a outdated square base.At the same time the plastic miniature can be seen on theВ 75x42 mm base on the ' Sector Imperialis 60mm Round, 75mm Oval & 90mm Oval Bases' page on GW website. Plastic Seekers of SlaaneshВ box is supplied with biker bases, but the limited edition re-release of old metal miniatures was sold on 60x35mm ones.Genestealers kit comes with 25mm bases, while Deathwatch Overkill box has these models supplied with 32mm ones.The Necron infantry also varies between 25mm and 32mm bases.Canoptek Spyder is supplied with a large flying base, but it's pictured on a small one at GW website.In a Wrath of the Hive Mind bundle they were supplied with both Tyranid Warriors from the same set come with 50 mm bases, while separately they still come on 40 mm bases.The same goes for Carnifex - old version is still sold on 60 mm round base, while it was supplied with aВ 105x70 mm oval base in Deathstorm set.Miniature in Deathwatch Overkill box comes with yet another variant - a 50mm round base. Old Broodlord was sold on 40 mm round base while the one from Shield of Baal: Deathstorm used to be supplied with 75x46 mm oval base.At the same time, repackaged Forgeworld versions are supplied with 130 mm round bases, with the exception of their Keeper of Secrets, which stands on 105x70 mm one Old Greater DeamonsВ were based on 60 mm round bases, but newer versions use 120x92 mm oval or 100mm round ones.The same goes for XV8В Crisis suitsВ - plastic models were moved to 50mm bases with a release of new GW kit, while resin versions from Forgeworld stand on 60mm ones.GW Avatar of Khaine usesВ 40 mm base, while Forgeworld one is sold with 60mm one.

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