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Warhammer base sizes by game (2026)
Current base sizes for Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, The Old World and Kill Team in text tables, plus what a 60 mm base really measures.
Contents
- What are the base sizes for Warhammer 40k?
- Is 40k 32 mm or 28 mm?
- What size base is a Space Marine on?
- Which 40k models use 40 mm, 60 mm and 80 mm bases?
- What are the Age of Sigmar base sizes?
- What are The Old World base sizes?
- What about Warhammer Fantasy Battle bases?
- What base sizes does Kill Team use?
- Does base size matter?
- What does a "60 mm" base actually measure?
- Downloads
- Sources
Most Warhammer infantry stands on 25, 28.5 or 32 mm round bases. Elites and characters move up to 40 mm, monsters and walkers sit on 60–160 mm rounds or ovals, and a lot of vehicles have no base at all — GW just writes "hull". The tables below give the current sizes for Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, The Old World and Kill Team, taken from Games Workshop's own documents (June–October 2026), followed by what the bases actually measure, from our CAD.
Model with no listed size, a conversion, or a 3D print? Use the free 1:1 printable templates instead of guessing.
What are the base sizes for Warhammer 40k?
40k uses round bases from 25 to 160 mm and ovals from 60 × 35.5 to 170 × 109 mm. Tanks and most transports are measured from the hull. The sizes below are from GW's Warhammer 40,000 Event Companion — Base Size Guide, last updated June 2026, which lists every unit in every faction.
A 32 mm round base is the standard infantry base in 40k since 2015: every Primaris kit, modern Chaos Marines, Necron Warriors and Ork Boyz come on it. The 28 mm round (28.5 mm in GW's list) is the slightly smaller one that a lot of older and xenos kits use, and it is still current.
| Base | Typical use | Examples (GW, June 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 mm | Light infantry, swarms, older kits | Cadian Shock Troops, Kabalite Warriors, Gretchin |
| 28.5 mm | Older GW infantry, many xenos | Termagants, Guardian Defenders, Scout Squad |
| 32 mm | Standard infantry since 2015, power armour | Intercessor Squad, Necron Warriors, Boyz |
| 40 mm | Terminators, heavy infantry, most characters | Terminator Squad, Custodian Guard, Captain |
| 50 mm | Heavy suits, big characters | Centurion Assault Squad, Obliterators, Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-weapons |
| 60 mm | Dreadnoughts, daemon princes, monsters | Dreadnought, Helbrute, Hive Tyrant |
| 80 mm | Sentinels, large monsters | Scout Sentinels, Ghazghkull Thraka, Illuminor Szeras |
| 90 mm | New-style dreadnoughts, speeders | Redemptor Dreadnought, Ballistus Dreadnought, Invictor Tactical Warsuit |
| 100 mm | Knights' Armigers, grav tanks, primarchs | Armiger Warglaive, Repulsor, Mortarion |
| 130 mm | Big walkers and greater daemons | Onager Dunecrawler, Great Unclean One, Rotigus |
| 160 mm | Monoliths, Defilers, Titans' smaller cousins | Monolith, Defiler, Soul Grinder |
| 60 × 35.5 mm oval | Cavalry and hounds | Flesh Hounds, Attilan Rough Riders, Serberys Raiders |
| 75 × 42 mm oval | Bikes and jetbikes | Chaos Bikers, Vertus Praetors, Warbikers |
| 90 × 52.5 mm oval | Outriders, juggernauts | Outrider Squad, Bloodcrushers, Lord on Juggernaut |
| 105 × 70 mm oval | Walkers, Land Speeders, Carnifexes | Land Speeder, Carnifexes, Ironstrider Ballistarii |
| 120 × 92 mm oval | Flyers, big beasts, Dreadknights | Valkyrie, Bloodthirster, Nemesis Dreadknight |
| 170 × 109 mm oval | Imperial and Chaos Knights, Stormsurge | Knight Paladin, Knight Despoiler, Stormsurge |
| Hull (no base) | No base: measure from the hull | Rhino, Leman Russ Battle Tank, Battlewagon |
The charts below are the ones this page has carried since 2023 (last revised 2024). They are still right for the vast majority of kits, but where a chart and the table disagree, the table wins — it is the newer document.
Is 40k 32 mm or 28 mm?
Both are in use. Space Marines and most newer infantry stand on 32 mm. Termagants, Hormagaunts, Aspect Warriors, Scouts, Kasrkin, Flayed Ones and plenty of Astra Militarum and T'au are on the smaller one, which everyone calls 28 mm and GW's list calls 28.5 mm. Same base. Not sure? Use the one that came in the box.
Which one your model needs is simple: the base in the box. GW's guide is the event reference for the base each kit currently ships with. If an older kit came on 25 mm and the guide now says 32 mm, event packs normally accept either — but ask the organiser rather than assume, and for the rest of us it only matters if the whole squad matches.
What size base is a Space Marine on?
A Space Marine in power armour is on 32 mm (Intercessors, Tactical Squads, Hellblasters, Sternguard). Anything in Terminator or Gravis armour goes up to 40 mm. Characters on foot are 40 mm, Dreadnoughts 60 mm, Redemptor-class Dreadnoughts 90 mm, and the smaller grav-tanks (Impulsor, Gladiator, Repulsor) sit on 100 mm rounds. Below are the units people search for most, across factions, with GW's June 2026 listing.
| Unit | Faction | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Intercessor Squad | Space Marines | 32 mm |
| Assault Intercessor Squad | Space Marines | 32 mm |
| Scout Squad | Space Marines | 28.5 mm |
| Terminator Squad | Space Marines | 40 mm |
| Captain | Space Marines | 40 mm |
| Captain in Terminator Armour | Space Marines | 50 mm |
| Lieutenant | Space Marines | 40 mm |
| Aggressor Squad | Space Marines | 40 mm |
| Bladeguard Veteran Squad | Space Marines | 40 mm |
| Heavy Intercessor Squad | Space Marines | 40 mm |
| Dreadnought | Space Marines | 60 mm |
| Redemptor Dreadnought | Space Marines | 90 mm |
| Outrider Squad | Space Marines | 90 × 52.5 mm oval |
| Impulsor | Space Marines | 100 mm |
| Rhino | Space Marines | Hull |
| Roboute Guilliman | Space Marines | 60 mm |
| Custodian Guard | Adeptus Custodes | 40 mm |
| Battle Sisters Squad | Adepta Sororitas | 32 mm |
| Cadian Shock Troops | Astra Militarum | 25 mm |
| Kasrkin | Astra Militarum | 28.5 mm |
| Leman Russ Battle Tank | Astra Militarum | Hull |
| Necron Warriors | Necrons | 32 mm |
| Immortals | Necrons | 32 mm |
| Boyz | Orks | 32 mm |
| Nobz | Orks | 32 mm |
| Termagants | Tyranids | 28.5 mm |
| Genestealers | Tyranids | 32 mm |
| Hive Tyrant | Tyranids | 60 mm |
| Legionaries | Chaos Space Marines | 32 mm |
| Plague Marines | Death Guard | 32 mm |
| Rubric Marines | Thousand Sons | 32 mm |
| Khorne Berzerkers | World Eaters | 32 mm |
| Guardian Defenders | Aeldari | 28.5 mm |
| Kabalite Warriors | Drukhari | 25 mm |
| Strike Team | T’au Empire | 25 mm |
| Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits | T’au Empire | 50 mm |
| Hearthkyn Warriors | Leagues of Votann | 28.5 mm |
| Skitarii Rangers | Adeptus Mechanicus | 25 mm |
| Onager Dunecrawler | Adeptus Mechanicus | 130 mm |
| Armiger Warglaive | Imperial Knights | 100 mm |
| Knight Paladin | Imperial Knights | 170 × 109 mm oval |
Which 40k models use 40 mm, 60 mm and 80 mm bases?
40 mm is the biggest single group in the game (222 entries in GW's list): Terminators of every chapter and legion, Aggressors, Eradicators, Inceptors, Bladeguard, Custodian Guard, Meganobz, Ork Warbosses, Ogryns, Wraithguard, Zoanthropes, Raveners, and nearly every Space Marine character on foot — Captain, Lieutenant, Chaplain, Librarian, Apothecary, Techmarine.
60 mm is walkers and big infantry: the classic Dreadnought, Contemptor, Helbrute, Deff Dread, Killa Kans, Wraithlord, Kastelan Robots, Kataphrons, Broadside Battlesuits, Canoptek Spyders, Thunderwolf Cavalry, Hive Tyrant, and named characters like Abaddon and Guilliman.
80 mm is a short list (19 entries): Armoured and Scout Sentinels, Myphitic Blight-Haulers, Avatar of Khaine, Ghazghkull Thraka, Lord Solar Leontus, Illuminor Szeras, the C'tan Shard of the Void Dragon, Pyrovores. If you need an 80 mm for something else, double-check — the next steps up are 90 mm (Redemptor, Brutalis, Ballistus, Doomstalker) and 100 mm (Impulsor, Repulsor, Armigers, War Dogs, Mortarion, greater daemons).
What are the Age of Sigmar base sizes?
Age of Sigmar uses the same round and oval family as 40k, but 40 mm is far more common because nearly every Stormcast infantry unit and most heroes on foot stand on it. Sizes below come from GW's Battle Profiles, September 2026, plus the October 2026 Khazalite Holds profiles.
| Base | Typical use | Examples (GW, September 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 mm | Light infantry, grots, skeletons | Clanrats, Deathrattle Skeletons, Moonclan Stabbas |
| 28.5 mm | Lighter infantry in a few factions | Stormvermin, Freeguild Fusiliers, Clanshields |
| 32 mm | Standard infantry | Chaos Warriors, Saurus Warriors, Ardboyz |
| 40 mm | Stormcast, elites, most heroes on foot | Liberators, Brutes, Putrid Blightkings |
| 50 mm | Big infantry and beasts | Kurnoth Hunters with Greatswords, Rat Ogors, Rockgut Troggoths |
| 60 mm | Larger heroes and beasts | Akhelian King, Daemon Prince, Revenant Seekers |
| 60 × 35 mm oval | Light cavalry, hounds | Ratling Guns, Flesh Hounds, Hexwraiths |
| 75 × 42 mm oval | Heavy cavalry, bull centaurs | Chaos Knights, Blood Knights, Bull Centaurs |
| 90 × 52 mm oval | Monstrous cavalry, dracoths | Gore-gruntas, Bloodcrushers, Dracothian Guard Concussors |
| 105 × 70 mm oval | Treelords, Doomwheels, dragons' little cousins | Treelord, Doomwheel, Dreadlord on Black Dragon |
| 120 × 92 mm oval | Big monsters, chariots, war machines | Grey Seer on Screaming Bell, Frostlord on Stonehorn, Stegadon |
| 130 mm | Mega-Gargants, greater daemons, Nagash | Warstomper Mega-Gargant, Great Unclean One, Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead |
| 160 mm | Archaon, Alarielle, Maw-krushas | Archaon, the Everchosen, Alarielle the Everqueen, Megaboss on Maw-krusha |
| 170 × 105 mm oval | Stardrakes, Ironclads, Black Coach | Lord-Celestant on Stardrake, Arkanaut Ironclad, Black Coach |
Some AoS units list two sizes, e.g. "32mm [4], 28.5mm [5]" for Vulkyn Flameseekers in Cities of Sigmar: four models in the unit are on 32 mm, five on 28.5 mm. About 100 entries in the September profiles are mixed like this — mostly heroes with a companion model, or units whose champion or beasts stand on a different base (Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows: 60 × 35 mm, champion on 40 mm).
Popular units, as GW lists them:
| Unit | Faction | Base |
|---|---|---|
| Liberators | Stormcast Eternals | 40 mm |
| Vindictors | Stormcast Eternals | 40 mm |
| Annihilators | Stormcast Eternals | 40 mm |
| Lord-Celestant | Stormcast Eternals | 40 mm |
| Lord-Celestant on Stardrake | Stormcast Eternals | 170 × 105 mm oval |
| Freeguild Steelhelms | Cities of Sigmar | 25 mm |
| Freeguild Cavaliers | Cities of Sigmar | 60 × 35 mm oval |
| Clanrats | Skaven | 25 mm |
| Stormvermin | Skaven | 28.5 mm |
| Rat Ogors | Skaven | 50 mm |
| Grey Seer on Screaming Bell | Skaven | 120 × 92 mm oval |
| Chaos Warriors | Slaves to Darkness | 32 mm |
| Chaos Knights | Slaves to Darkness | 75 × 42 mm oval |
| Archaon, the Everchosen | Slaves to Darkness | 160 mm |
| Bloodletters | Blades of Khorne | 32 mm |
| Bloodcrushers | Blades of Khorne | 90 × 52 mm oval |
| Plaguebearers | Maggotkin of Nurgle | 32 mm |
| Putrid Blightkings | Maggotkin of Nurgle | 40 mm |
| Pink Horrors | Disciples of Tzeentch | 32 mm |
| Daemonettes | Hedonites of Slaanesh | 25 mm |
| Deathrattle Skeletons | Soulblight Gravelords | 25 mm |
| Deadwalker Zombies | Soulblight Gravelords | 25 mm |
| Blood Knights | Soulblight Gravelords | 75 × 42 mm oval |
| Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead | Soulblight Gravelords | 130 mm |
| Chainrasps | Nighthaunt | 25 mm |
| Grimghast Reapers | Nighthaunt | 32 mm |
| Mortek Guard | Ossiarch Bonereapers | 25 mm |
| Crypt Ghouls | Flesh-Eater Courts | 25 mm |
| Ardboyz | Ironjawz | 32 mm |
| Brutes | Ironjawz | 40 mm |
| Gore-gruntas | Ironjawz | 90 × 52 mm oval |
| Gutrippaz | Kruleboyz | 32 mm |
| Moonclan Stabbas | Gloomspite Gitz | 25 mm |
| Squig Hoppers | Gloomspite Gitz | 32 mm |
| Rockgut Troggoths | Gloomspite Gitz | 50 mm |
| Gluttons | Ogor Mawtribes | 40 mm |
| Warstomper Mega-Gargant | Sons of Behemat | 130 mm |
| Saurus Warriors | Seraphon | 32 mm |
| Skinks | Seraphon | 25 mm |
| Dryads | Sylvaneth | 32 mm |
| Kurnoth Hunters with Greatswords | Sylvaneth | 50 mm |
| Witch Aelves | Daughters of Khaine | 25 mm |
| Namarti Thralls | Idoneth Deepkin | 32 mm |
| Vanari Auralan Wardens | Lumineth Realm-Lords | 32 mm |
| Vulkite Berzerkers with Fyresteel Weapons | Fyreslayers | 32 mm |
| Arkanaut Company | Kharadron Overlords | 25 mm |
What are The Old World base sizes?
The Old World is square and rectangular again: 25 × 25 mm for regular infantry, 30 × 30 mm for heavy infantry, 25 × 50 mm for light cavalry, 30 × 60 mm for cavalry, and 50 × 100 mm or bigger for chariots, war machines and monsters. The big change from Warhammer Fantasy is the 30 mm family: Saurus Warriors, Bloodletters and Marauder Berserkers are on 30 × 30 mm, Black Knights and Blood Knights on 30 × 60 mm. Most characters on foot stay on 25 × 25 mm (Vampires, Necromancers, Grey Seers); the big ones take 30 × 30 mm (Saurus Heroes) or 40 × 40 mm (Ogre characters).
| Base | Typical troop type | Examples (GW legacy lists) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 × 25 mm | Regular infantry, most characters on foot | Clanrats, Skeleton Warriors, Black Ark Corsairs |
| 30 × 30 mm | Heavy infantry, larger warriors | Saurus Warriors, Bloodletters Of Khorne, Plaguebearers Of Nurgle |
| 40 × 40 mm | Monstrous infantry, swarms | Ogre Bulls, Crypt Horrors, Kroxigor |
| 25 × 50 mm | Light cavalry, wolves, weapon teams | Dire Wolves, Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Weapon Teams |
| 30 × 60 mm | Cavalry | Black Knights, Cold One Knights, Cold One Riders |
| 50 × 75 mm | Monstrous cavalry, large beasts | Bloodcrushers Of Khorne, Bull Centaur Renders, Fiends Of Slaanesh |
| 50 × 100 mm | Chariots, war machines | Doomwheel, Cold One Chariots, Corpse Cart |
| 60 × 100 mm | Big chariots, hydras, shrines | Manticore, Hell Pit Abomination, Ironblaster |
| 100 × 150 mm | Dragons, Stonehorns, greater daemons at full size | Zombie Dragon, Stonehorn Riders, Exalted Seeker Chariot Of Slaanesh |
The examples are from the free Legacy army lists GW publishes (Skaven, Vampire Counts, Lizardmen, Dark Elves, Ogre Kingdoms, Daemons, Chaos Dwarfs) and the July 2026 FAQs for Forces of Fantasy and Ravening Hordes. The core factions' sizes are in the paid army books, but the convention by troop type is the same; the 2024 chart below covers them.
What about Warhammer Fantasy Battle bases?
Warhammer Fantasy Battle (up to 8th edition, 2015) used 20 × 20 mm for most infantry, 25 × 25 mm for heavy infantry, 25 × 50 mm for cavalry and 40 × 40 mm for ogres. Players of 6th and 8th edition and of The Ninth Age still base this way, so the charts stay.
If you are bringing a WFB army into The Old World: 25 mm infantry, 25 × 50 mm cavalry and 40 mm ogre-sized bases carry over as they are; 20 mm infantry needs 25 mm, and heavy infantry and cavalry usually need the 30 mm width. A converter under the old base is cheaper than rebasing a hundred models — that is what ours are for.
What base sizes does Kill Team use?
Kill Team uses the 40k bases, so an operative stands on whatever its parent 40k unit stands on. Most kill teams are on 25, 28.5 or 32 mm rounds; Marine teams on 32 mm, Guard and Skitarii on 25 mm, Scouts, Kasrkin, Corsairs and Kroot on 28.5 mm.
| Kill Team operatives (40k unit) | Base |
|---|---|
| Intercessor Squad | 32 mm |
| Scout Squad | 28.5 mm |
| Kasrkin | 28.5 mm |
| Death Korps of Krieg | 25 mm |
| Sisters Novitiate Squad (Novitiates) | 28.5 mm |
| Skitarii Rangers | 25 mm |
| Exaction Squad | 28.5 mm |
| Imperial Navy Breachers | 25 mm |
| Hearthkyn Warriors | 28.5 mm |
| Legionaries | 32 mm |
| Nemesis Claw | 32 mm |
| Fellgor beastmen | 32 mm |
| Plague Marines | 32 mm |
| Kommandos | 32 mm |
| Beast Snagga Boyz | 32 mm |
| Immortals | 32 mm |
| Corsair Voidscarred | 28.5 mm |
| Hand of the Archon | 25 mm |
| Mandrakes | 28.5 mm |
| Pathfinder Team | 25 mm |
| Kroot Farstalkers | 28.5 mm |
| Vespid Stingwings | 28.5 mm |
| Neophyte Hybrids | 25 mm |
| Von Ryan’s Leapers | 40 mm |
Does base size matter?
For matched play and events, yes. Ranges, engagement range, objective control and coherency are all measured from the base, so a Terminator on a 32 mm base is smaller and harder to hit in melee than one on 40 mm, and tournament packs ask for GW's listed sizes. For a game at home, nobody cares as long as both players know what they are measuring from.
What we see in our own orders: people rarely swap 25 mm for 28 mm, or 28 mm for 32 mm. When someone comes back a few weeks later, it is almost always for a bigger base for the same army — the infantry went on 25 mm, now the heroes and monsters need 40, 50 or 60 mm. So check the big bases in your list before you order, not just the troops.
If you need to go up a size (old 25 mm Marines to 32 mm, WFB 20 mm infantry to 25 mm, 25 × 50 cavalry to 30 × 60), you do not have to prise anything off. A converter is a ring or a frame the old base drops into; it takes seconds per model and the paint job survives.
What does a "60 mm" base actually measure?
Not 60 mm. GW's base names are size classes, and the real dimensions differ from the name by a millimetre or more. We cut our rounds to match the GW pattern, so the numbers below are the dimensions from our CAD — footprint is the outside of the bottom lip, top is the flat surface the model stands on.
| Nominal size | Footprint (bottom) mm | Top surface mm | Height mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 mm round | 25 | 23.8 | 3.5 |
| 28 mm round | 28 | 26.8 | 3.8 |
| 32 mm round | 31.6 | 29.4 | 4 |
| 40 mm round | 39.6 | 38.6 | 4 |
| 50 mm round | 49 | 47.3 | 4.2 |
| 60 mm round | 63.6 | 62.4 | 4.2 |
| 70 mm round | 69.1 | 67.47 | 4.2 |
| 80 mm round | 79.1 | 77.4 | 5 |
| 90 mm round | 89.5 | 87.6 | 4.3 |
| 100 mm round | 98.5 | 96.9 | 5 |
| 130 mm round | 130 | 127.34 | 5 |
| 160 mm round | 158 | 154.53 | 4.5 |
The ones that trip people up: "60 mm" is 63.6 mm across the bottom, "32 mm" is 31.6 mm, and a "25 mm" base is 25 mm at the footprint but 23.8 mm on top. Measure the top if you are checking whether a model fits, measure the footprint if you are checking whether a base fits a slot or a movement tray.
If you are fitting bases into a movement tray or a magnetic sabot, go by the footprint in the table, not the name on the bag: a slot cut to 60.0 mm will not take a "60 mm" base that is 63.6 mm across.
Every size in the tables — and the odd ones that are not — is in our range as plain plastic, ABS or 3D print. Need something that is not listed? Build it in the Base Builder: round, square, rectangular or oval, from 10 to 290 mm.
Downloads
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- WH40k round bases chart — download
- WH40k oval bases chart — download
- WH40k bases range chart — download
- The Old World bases range chart — download
- AoS round bases chart — download
- AoS oval bases chart — download
- AoS bases range chart — download
- WFB square bases chart — download
- WFB rectangular bases chart — download
- WFB bases range chart — download
- HH oval bases range — download
- HH round bases range — download
- HH square and rectangular bases range — download
These charts may be reproduced and distributed for non-commercial purposes; please do not modify the files.
Sources
- Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000 Event Companion — Base Size Guide, last updated June 2026 (Warhammer Community downloads).
- Games Workshop, Warhammer Age of Sigmar — Battle Profiles, September 2026, and Battle Profiles: Khazalite Holds, October 2026.
- Games Workshop, Warhammer: The Old World Legacy army lists (September 2024 editions) and the Forces of Fantasy and Ravening Hordes FAQ & Errata, July 2026.
- Hobby Heaven, OBS base geometry from our CAD drawings (footprint, top surface, height).
GW's documents change with every edition and balance update; the tables carry the document date, and we re-check them when GW publishes a new one. Spotted a unit that is wrong or missing? Tell us and we will fix it in the next revision.