Artillery bases

The relevant rule is BRB p.80: "A model should always be mounted on the base it is supplied with. That said, some models aren't supplied with a base. In these cases you should feel free to mount the model on a base of appropriate size, or simply pretend that the model is on a suitably sized base."

Obviously with AoS changing everything over to round bases (or models just being discontinued) you have to look back to what base the model came with when it was available during 8th. There's a list of that here: eefl.freeforums.net/thread/611/base-size-conversion

Most warmachine models didn't come with bases - for example all the Dwarf artillery, and the elven bolt throwers - so you can just build them without a base if you want. However, I find that models look better on a base and are a bit more sturdy too. I've therefore put Dwarf artillery on whatever square base best matches the footprint of the warmachine, so a mix of 40x40, 50x50, 60x40, 75x50.

Warmachines don't normally have bases according to rules. As it's a complete charge when you nudge a piece of the machine. So you can make fun angles/gamy angles. To continue the charges/overrun.

That said I like to run my war machines on oval/round AoS bases as I always got a ton of those over from rebasing to square
But the base is never part of the gameplay.

I always think but have not done yet something like this.

Thanks guys, those are some cool options. Ill check out The warlord ordinance box.

I use these for my dwarf artillery. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Resin-Artillery-Movement-Tray-Base-Unpainted-Cannon-Mortar-Warhammer-Empire/262916161215?hash=item3d37063ebf:g:gmoAAOSwTM5Y3O8C

It has the advantage of giving an inch or so on both sides of the artillery piece so you can wedge them between your combat blocks and more importantly it looks good on the table 😀.