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Tyranid Base Sizes

I haven't personally found a nice easy to understand list of Tyranid units and their current base sizes, so here one is.

Last Updated 01/07/2024

Unit Image Base Size(s) Notes
Barbgaunts 40mm
Biovores 80mm
Broodlord 75 x 42mm oval
Carnifexes / Old One Eye 105 x 70mm oval
Deathleaper 60mm
Exocrine 120m x 92mm oval base
Gargoyles 32mm bases aka small flying stands
Genestealers 32mm
Harpy 120x90mm oval flying base, height: 127mm
Haruspex 120m x 92mm oval base
Hive Crone 120x90mm oval flying base, height: 127mm
Hive Guard 50mm
Hive Tyrant / Winged Hive Tyrant 60mm (actual 65mm) While GW calls their base a 60mm size, it's more like 65mm.
Hormagaunts 28.5mm
Lictor 50mm
Maleceptor 120m x 92mm oval
Mawloc 120m x 92mm oval
Mucolid Spores 40mm
Neurogaunts / Nodebeast 25mm for the Neurogaunts and 28.5mm for the Nodebeast
Neurolictor 50mm
Neurotyrant / Neuroloids 50mm for the Neurotyrant, 25mm for the Neuroloids
Norn Assimilator 100mm
Norn Emissary 100mm
Parasite of Mortrex 40mm
Psychophage 120 x 92mm oval
Pyrovores 80mm
Raveners 40mm
Ripper Swarms 40mm
Screamer-Killer 90mm or 105 x 70mm oval The 2023 model uses a round base while the Carnifex variant uses on oval base
Spore Mines 25mm
Sporocyst 100mm
Termagants 28.5mm Ripper Swarms use a 40mm base
Tervigon 120m x 92mm oval
The Swarmlord 60mm (actual 65mm) While GW calls their base a 60mm size, it's more like 65mm.
Toxicrene 120m x 92mm oval
Trygon
Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-weapons 50mm
Tyranid Warriors with Ranged Bio-weapons 50mm
Tyrannocyte 100m
Tyrannofex 120m x 92mm oval
Tyrant Guard 50mm
Venomthropes 40mm
Von Ryan’s Leapers 40mm
Winged Tyranid Prime 50mm
Zoanthropes / Neurothropes 40mm
Harridan 120x90mm, height: 127mm People often add a larger base to give the model more stability
Hierophant No base required. People often add a base to give the model more structural integrity