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Thanks to Aunny for this.
Many people have been wondering about how to use magnets on a Crisis Suit, and I believe that I have figured out a way without using the really expensive rare earth magnets.
I just use the standard strip magnets (they have a glue-adhesive on the back with some kind of paper covering it) that you can get at any craft store (or better yet, Wal-Mart), a sharp hobby knife, a thin file, Games Workshop plastic Glue, and a ruler.
This is the most important step, so don't try to mess it up. When you look at the arm, it has a small slot that hold the weapons on, so I used this as a center when I was cutting down. I went about 0.5 cm in width (hand to elbow). This provides enough space for a nice magnet that will hold a weapon in place. As I went deep into the arm, I used the size of thickness of the magnet to help figure out how far into the arm I should go, about the thickness of a penny will do fine.
As an extra bonus, I went and made the magnet flush with the arm, so it looks great! I did this to both arm and the left shoulder. The shoulder was no more difficult than the arms, other than it is a little bit trickier to carve out (a picture later).
I made the magnets fit the hole, not the other way! It is also important to get the polarities straight with the magnets, for there is nothing more frustrating than finding out that your weapons repel instead of stick! The normal polarity on the strip goes like this:
| N | S | N | S |
You can test this easily because when you bend the strip together, it won't stick to itself and slides over. I used one polarity for the magnets on the crisis suit, and the other for weapons (so it ends up being using with outsides of the strips). I cut the magnets slightly smaller and they slid into place nicely. Be sure to test the magnets before gluing them!
This is an example of magnets in one of the arms:
And an example of the shoulder magnet:
There is no real problem when it comes gluing the magnets on the weapons. Just file off the little "nub" that is originally used to stick the weapon onto the arm or shoulder, and just glue down an small square opposite polarity magnet! (Sorry if you can't see it that well, but it's there!)
The weapons do stick out a bit, but that's just a small flaw, seeing how you can change your weaponry to match any army. When figuring out points, make the most expensive configuration you can find and go from there, that way you'll even have points left over when you decide to swap the Missle Pod to a Burst Cannon. Now it's time to paint your model! It's fine to paint over the magnets, just don't slop too much on.... here's a look at my configurations:
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| Comment made by Tauruler1 on 03:46:28, 19 March 2008 |
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| I've done this to my crisis suit. Having troubles with the magnetic strip though. The darn thing's a little weak for my taste. |
| Comment made by taugundrone on 10:33:03, 18 February 2008 |
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| Yay magnets! Dont put them On your Computer! |
| Comment made by taugundrone on 10:31:43, 18 February 2008 |
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| Those magnets are kinda weak |
| Comment made by rocker360 on 10:10:37, 15 October 2007 |
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| gd where u get the magnits from |
| Comment made by Droids_Rule on 10:36:23, 9 October 2007 |
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| Great article! I know some folks here thinks rare-earth magnets are better, and they are, but this tutorial is perfect for those of us who are too cheap and/or lazy to get them! |
| Comment made by suvantom on 08:31:17, 18 August 2007 |
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| great idea i'm gona do this on my crisis suits maby even te stealth one 2 |
| Comment made by Stealth on 04:06:14, 28 July 2007 |
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| Why don't you just get a pin vice, super glue and paper clips. Drill a hole in the arms, shoulder pads ect, and put super glue in the hole, meanwhile drill a hole in the weapons. Straighten a small length of paper clip and put it in the arm, shoulder pad. When this drys the weapon fits in and comes off. It costs a lot less that magnets and is also a lot stronger. |
| Comment made by .::cmd.Farsight::. on 15:18:56, 2 July 2007 |
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| love it =D i just ordered the tau megaforce for sum expansion on my army and i think ill do that to the 2 included battlesuits =] i also did this to the back hatch on my chaos rihno it works =p i give it an 8 outta 10 cuz its not amazing but it works =D |
| Comment made by Karashi Lissera on 12:47:45, 29 May 2007 |
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| yes magnets would work better then velcro. but i cant seam to fine any small magnets |
| Comment made by dante dat killa on 10:38:24, 20 May 2007 |
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| thanks for that i think i might just use it |
| Comment made by Abaddon the despoiler on 12:27:51, 15 April 2007 |
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| damm that one i never thought of |
| Comment made by Niatica on 11:50:51, 13 April 2007 |
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| Really cool! |
| Comment made by shinobi on 16:05:45, 27 February 2007 |
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| Thats a pretty good way to do it, another way is using magnets like the ones from www.kjmagnetics.com then just drilling a hole in the arms and shoulders, and a corresponding hole in the weapons. I magnetized my commander this way, as well as every weapon, the multi-tracker, target lock, and positional relay. There is only one small problem with this method: You have to be very careful not to feck up your model. I reccommend a pin vice for drilling the holes. |
| Comment made by Metalstorm on 01:34:02, 13 February 2007 |
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| good article very in-depth but it would've been better if u used Rare-Earth magnets as these are a bizzillion + 1 times stronger |
| Comment made by sargentbilco on 12:36:14, 23 December 2006 |
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| great i love it would it still be as good if i used rare earth magnets? ps.merry chrismas all burn the humbugs!!!! |
| Comment made by Nicanobi on 16:21:07, 29 November 2006 |
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| Wow! That's amazing! I'm going to fit all my battlesuits with magnets. |
| Comment made by stsonic on 12:03:22, 18 November 2006 |
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| thanks for the tip :D (someones getting owned now) |
| Comment made by spitfire on 07:57:41, 4 September 2006 |
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| yes! great stuff ive been thinkin about usin magnets for a while but i was gona use little magnets but magnet strip works even better! ty! |
| Comment made by thefirewarriors on 18:00:15, 25 August 2006 |
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| Man, I wish i found this article sooner! |
| Comment made by Warwolt on 11:09:42, 11 August 2006 |
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| Ah, thiss really helps out against people who are hardcore WYSIWYG! Going to use this on my commander, thats for sure. Thnx for the tip :D |
