Magnetizing Heavy Warbeast Kit -- Just made 'How To' Video

[CytoSlide]

Hey guys I'm sure most of the senior guys out there have already magnetized their heavy warbeast kit(s) and did it in such a way as to put mine to shame, but today I got my magnets so I decided I'd take some pictures of the process of magnetizing my Carn/Scyth,Ravagore kit and make a quick video so that people who are newer to the hobby, or those that want to learn from my mistakes, can watch the youtube video and magnetize their own kits. It is a new camera for me so I'm relearning how to use the settings, so please excuse the several out of focus pictures.

I'm new to Legion and am in no way an expert, but 10+ years playing 40k has given me a lot of model building experience and I figure I might as well put some of it back into the communities that I've learned so much from. Thanks, and happy wargaming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBL-QYJASY8

Cyto

[dunce002917]

OMG! Thank you thank you thank you!

May EVERBLIGHT bless you!

[regleant]

I am curious on a few things, as I did a few things differently, but am fairly new:

- You didn't post anything on the arms, or how you lined them up to know where to drill?
- You used only 1 magnet in the body / arms. Do you have problem with joints rotating? I used 2 side by side so that they wouldn't rotate / spin
- Why drill near the top of the head? I drilled into the center and had no problems.
- Have you thought about using a dremmel instead of a drill? I imagine if you slip using a drill, you could lose a finger. A dremmel isn't going to damage skin in the least.
- How did you deal with the magnets naturally flipping themselves around, as they are apt to do? I personally use toothpicks to flip magnets around and hold them into the hole.

[Overread]

Nice tutorial, I've recently done similar for mine and used similar, if slightly different methods.

In my case I used a pin vice, probably took me a little longer than the power drill, but still easy to drill into the plastic. I just used a single drill bit (3mm) however I might pinch your idea of drilling twice so that I don't end up nearly stabbing my thumb again (shoulders are fairly easy, the head was the harder one).

Once the magnets were mounted in the carapace I then put a dab of paint (any colour) on the fixed magnet. I cover the surface, but only of the magnet itself; then just gently push the head/arm over the mount point. That should leave a paint spot on the inside of the mount point. From there you can guide your drill to get a good placement for putting the other magnet.

As for getting the magnets in the right way I work with greenstuff. I drill out the slot for the magnet on the arm/head a little deeper than is needed. That gives me a little bit of space to put in a tiny blob of greenstuff. I then put the socket magnet direct onto the magnet on the carapace, then the little greenstuff blob in the mount slot. Push the two very lightly together and then pull them apart.
This way you can add small bits more or cut away bits of greenstuff until it gives a firm bond into the socket with no give. From there the magnet in the shoulder should stick to the greenstuff stronger than to the other magnet. You can add a little dabble of superglue around the edges of the socket magnet to quicken and add a little more strength.

If you ever have a magnet come off its glue mount you can generally pull it off another magnet with a stack of magnets or a single bigger, stronger, magnet. This won't work, of course, if its superglued or greenstuffed into place (then your only option is to cut/drill around to get the magnet out - which is messy).


I also found that I had my head magnets end up nearer the top of the head, partly as my neck magnet was slightly raised up as well. I prefer this as it means that the 2 part heads have the drilling done mostly on the top section and thus into a single bit of plastic, instead of hitting around the middle and thus onto the join point for the two head parts.

[CytoSlide]

I am curious on a few things, as I did a few things differently, but am fairly new:

- You didn't post anything on the arms, or how you lined them up to know where to drill?
- You used only 1 magnet in the body / arms. Do you have problem with joints rotating? I used 2 side by side so that they wouldn't rotate / spin
- Why drill near the top of the head? I drilled into the center and had no problems.
- Have you thought about using a dremmel instead of a drill? I imagine if you slip using a drill, you could lose a finger. A dremmel isn't going to damage skin in the least.
- How did you deal with the magnets naturally flipping themselves around, as they are apt to do? I personally use toothpicks to flip magnets around and hold them into the hole.

For the arms I put the arms over the nubs and gauged approximately where the magnet in the torso was touching in the arm hole. As long as you leave a little bit of the magnet sticking out it'll snap right onto the torso magnet even if it is 'misplaced' by a tiny bit.

I do not have a problem with joints rotating, as is evident from the models being in the exact same pose even once rotated upside down. If the joints were lose then the arms would have rotated towards the ground with the gravitational pull, but they didn't. 2 would ensure that they stay exactly where you want them at all times, but with 6 arms, I'd rather save the magnets for the next beast and just take extra care to leave some of the magnet sticking out for full contact.

The center of the head would work great as well. However, two of the heads are made out of 2 pieces (the Carnivian and the ravagore), a top and a bottom. There is therefore a seam right in the center of the heads, so I decided rather than drill on a seam (much like building a house on a fault-line...) I'd just drill higher on the torso and put the magnets in the top of each headpiece, avoiding any possible fracturing.

I had no problems with the drill but I'm an 'experienced user', and if I made any false moves I'd probably drill right through the mini. The way I was using it made it near impossible for me to hurt myself drilling. I know many people have a pin-vise and use this to take the drill piece by hand and drill out the magnet hole. This works great, doesn't require a drill, but is slower.

I used the non-drill end of the drillbits to hold the magnets. It is not a magnet itself, and therefore will hold it in either direction. I put the magnet on the end of the drill, put part of my finger over the magnet on the torso, move the drillbit-with-magnet close to the magnet to check polarity, and if it pushes the magnet away I know I am good to go. If it pulls, I flip the magnet around and put it back on the end of the drillbit. From there, I put glue in the hole I've drilled and put the magnet straight in with the drill-bit, then angle it off kilter and pull it away ( at that point the super glue > the stickyness of the magnet to the metal). Because the end pointed outwards pushed the magnet on the torso, it means the opposite side (the side now facing outwards now that I pushed it straight into the hole) will attract the torso magnet. I did this for each arm.

As Overread said, using green stuff can help out. I didn't find it necessary, but I have used it with magnetization in the past (with Tau Crisis suits, for example).

[Duff]

I took a look and subed you, Great vid man. Lets see some more

[CytoSlide]

I took a look and subed you, Great vid man. Lets see some more

Yeah no problem. I've got the time and means to make some guides and battle reports for Legion so I might as well make as much content as people will want. I know it only took me two or three weeks of web-scouring to exhaust all the Legion of Everblight info out there on the web (including forums, youtubes, blogs, battle college etc.) so I'm more than happy to increase the amount of content out there.