Help magnetizing a carnifex.

[TheHiveKing]

can anyone give me some tips on magnetizing a carnifex?

[tylertt]

This guide should help give you some ideas. If someone else does not do it in the next few days, I'll take some photos of my Fexes with some explanations too.

www.miniwargaming.com/content/A0KAfxmA92gc

[TheHiveKing]

May 21, 2015 16:19:13 GMT tylertt said:

This guide should help give you some ideas. If someone else does not do it in the next few days, I'll take some photos of my Fexes with some explanations too.

www.miniwargaming.com/content/A0KAfxmA92gc

Thanks for the link.

[BattleMetalChris]

I use 1mm x 5mm (wide and flat) which you can get cheap on Ebay. Just search for 'n52 magnets'.


My method for attaching them is:

• Cut a circle in the joint socket on the body for the magnet to fit into (I find a flat-head screwdriver the width of the magnet is perfect for this, a knife is actually trickier, and a drill leaves an angle on the bottom of the hole which isn't as good for glueing the magnet in).
• Glue in a magnet with superglue.
• Once the glue is dry, drop in another magnet so it attaches to the first, and scrape a few lines on the top with a sharp knife, or put a dab of paint/marker-pen on there - this will identify which way to stick it to the limb.
• With both magnets still in, dry-fit the limb to see how it lines up with the magnets, and where you need to cut.
• Cut off a few millimetres off the end of the limb so the ball-joint has a flat surface
• Push this up against the magnets in the socket and see how it 'sits'
• Cut off more, checking regularly by repeating the step above to make sure it sits at the correct angle.
• Once you're happy with both the angle and how much you've cut off, hook the second magnet out of the socket and glue it marked side-down (remember how you marked top of the magnet before?) to the limb.

Your limb should now attach at the correct angle, and with the magnets the correct polarity. Make sure you wait for the glue to dry before test-fitting it or it'll just pull the magnet off when you try and remove the arm.

[tylertt]

May 22, 2015 0:53:29 GMT BattleMetalChris said:

Make sure you wait for the glue to dry before test-fitting it or it'll just pull the magnet off when you try and remove the arm.

This.

When I first started magnetizing, I messed up a few magnets by getting over eager and not just waiting a few minutes to let it all dry. You'll save yourself tons of headaches if you just take your time and don't rush anything.

[drakiskier]

this topic keeps coming up. and i keep giving the same advice i give every time...

put magnets in the sockets of the torso for the arms. and when you do the arms.... DONT USE MAGNETS... use steel ball berrings that do not care about polarity.

cut the ball of the arm off, super glue the ball berring to the end, greenstuff over it to smooth it and make a groove that will keep the arm in position.

you use half the number of magnets, no care about magnet polarity... and ability to adjust the pose at any time.

[bloodtyrant]

So I click on this random thread at 12:30 am and I see my guide from 7 years ago being referenced...

God my photography was so bad back then, I didn't re-read what I wrote but I don't think I've changed the way I magnetize my stuff since then. I was such a nerd back then lol

[blackrainbow]

May 26, 2015 4:42:15 GMT bloodtyrant said:

So I click on this random thread at 12:30 am and I see my guide from 7 years ago being referenced...

God my photography was so bad back then, I didn't re-read what I wrote but I don't think I've changed the way I magnetize my stuff since then. I was such a nerd back then lol

So, are you going to go back and update that thread then? New pics and all the wisdom you've gained magnetizing over the years should help so many!