Mauler vs Forge Fiend vs Magnets?

Magnets are a bit tedious installing but you know you'll be happy you did afterwards

Worth it. My Tfex/Tervigon, and my two tyrants agree. Just saves a ton of money in the long run

Word, we humbly await your progress

Thanks for the move moderator!

Ohkay, so magnetization is done, pics pending...

I ended up using the clawed back feet on the most rear set of legs (like for the mauler) and then positioning the body so that the middle legs with the hooves (for the forgefiend) would be in the right place, which left the front right mauler foot/knuckle position up in the air - so I used the chaos emblem/scenic base from the plastic chaos terminator lord which was the perfect height for the right mauler claw.

I assembled the body, carapace, vents, and tail as normal, but left the neck off so I could access the inside of the forgefiend/mauler while magnetizing in case some fell into the body cavity.

I actually got away with using pretty small 3 mm magnets I believe.. they were the perfect size for the smaller 2nd joint on the shoulder mounts, and with a 2nd one used in the main shoulder mount the two together hold the larger claws of the mauler in place and the shoulder pieces for the forgefiend with cannons attached too.

The only part the magnets are not quite strong enough for are keeping the cannons level, they have a tendency to rotate downward, so I would either recommend using larger magnets for the guns or what I will probably do is drill out holes for another pair of magnets on the weapon mounts and weapons.

I then glued the neck in place, and magnetized the heads so I can do easy head swaps.

The only other conversions I did was I glued the larger shoulder pads onto the mauler arms, used the smaller rear leg guards on the weapon mounts for the forgefiend (so I wouldn't have to magnetize the shoulder pads, I was just done drilling and gluing at that point) and then I used some of the plastic daemon prince shoulder guards to cover the back legs joints (or I could have modelled up some green stuff or used some other plastic card to make guards for the rear legs).

All in all I used 22 magnets I believe, but have the option of using the maulerfiend with either lashers or magma-cutter, or the forgefiend with hades cannons, ectoplasma canons, and either regular head or ectoplasma head.. so all in all not a bad investment and really, this model was easier to magnetize than a lot of the smaller models (guardsmen mostly) because there was more plastic to work with.

The only other observation I made was that the lasher tendrils would make great power scythes for converting the helbrute from the starter set into having either 2 melee weapons or switchign out the powerfist...

the ranged weapons were a bit too oversized so without cutting them down (reducing barrel length mostly) I wouldn't mount them on a dread or helbrute yet... but, if someone had the leftover lasher-tendrils I'd think they'd work great on a dread, or even divided up you could put them on the front of a chaos tank as either spikey bitz, helblades (or whatever they call them), or even have them climbing out of an open turret to signify the possessed trait for the tank....

okay, pics to follow as soon I get them posted online somewhere.

- Josh

Okay - Pic 1 - positioning the body, mauler claw down on chaos scenic base bit



Pic 2 - body ready for any set of legs



Pic 3 & 4 - magnet size, location, and drilled out space - by leaving the neck off, you can actually help position the magnet from inside the model if you make your drill hole too big or the magnet isn't flush





Pic 5 - random size comparison showing how lasher tentacle would work for power scythe on helbrute....



More finished photos to follow later.

Josh

if you post on a forum like this, the answer is always going to be magnets.