Shortsonfire79 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Lets see. The most commentation I've had on this thread yet. Andrecus: Magnets..finnicky? Sounds like a personal problem to me. =-D Asterixlee: I think they will be a tad too large for your special weapons. I haven't tried it yet, because I KNOW they'll be too big. For the Dreadnought, it will be fine, its what I do (for the leg/torso connection, and arms). ONE PROBLEM!! When you do dreadnoughts, make sure you look at the arm before you glue the 2 pieces together (left/right halves) BECAUSE, some of the arms aren't flat. You'll want to layer some plasticard in the arm before you assemble them. After that, you're home free. And for tanks, it'll be fine, because the magnets you list, are the exact same size of mine, and since mine work just fine, then yours should too. SgtNACHO: especially when your trying to get a lil piece of metal into a corner, it is quite annoying getting the polaritys right Put a stick of magnets on the opposite side of the corner, with the OPPOSITE polarity, the magnet you want in the corner would then attract to it, which would give you time to magnetize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asterixlee Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Damn, you really think those will be too big? So perhaps some 1/16"x1/32" for the marines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 I also had 1/32" thick, (my first magnets) quite large. If you plan on putting them in the hands, it'll be WAAYYY too big, if you look at it, the magnet dia. is bigger than the hand almost. You'd probably be good with 1/16" dia. x 1/32" thick, 100 for $6.00 from KJ (I just checked) I might invest in some of those, since they're cheap, and I know they'll be perfect, but if I end up not using them, I'll have some fun with them. My first set of 200 magnets (1/16" thick) I brought them to school, and my nerdy friend (always talking about superglue and model rockets) played with them all class. So much fun. =-D Go for 1/16" dia. x 1/32" thick. I will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asterixlee Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I wasn't going to mount them in the marine's hands. I was going to put them in the shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Oh like the way I said a while back? Then it would be fine. Those are the same magnets I used in the videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asterixlee Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Whew, thank Odin... You used a 4mm drill bit then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Go for 1/16" dia. x 1/32" thick. I will be. That's the kind I used. Fits perfectly in a Marine's hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Yup, 1/8", 4mm. I hate the way that we keep switching conversions. Just shove it in a power drill, vrrrrr for a bit, and glue the magnet in. Thanks Andrecus, I knew it would, but hows the pull on those things? Its about 1/4th of the ones I'm currently using, which I guess is okay... For weapons I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 It's pretty good, actually. Can hold a weapon as big as a combi melta onto an arm pretty well. I like em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 heh heh. I realized these weapons aren't that heavy. =-D Do you magnetize both hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Both hands as in how? Do you mean both the hands of a Tac Marine or both the hands on a Commander? I mag-ed both the combat weapon arms and the ranged weapon hands on my Commander. I actually magnetized every ranged weapon hand in the box, since all the close combat weapons were already attached to arms... I didn't magnetize any of my Tac Marines... I would only magnetize the ones with heavy weapons anyway, but if I did mag my Tac Marines, I would probably do both arms, yeh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Yeah, I figured. Sounds good, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 No problemo dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay79 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I should have replied sooner but A++ on these videos. They are excellent and give great information. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Haha, no problemo dude, as long as I got some feed back, and it helped you. Which it sounds like it did. =-D Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Hey guys, just magnetized the arms on one of my Scouts. I wanted him to be able to hold a Heavy Bolter or a Bolt-pistol Combat blade combo, so I magnetized the heavy bolter arms... They hold the Heavy Bolter on very nicely, so magnetizing heavy weapons with 1/16" dia. x 1/32" is a go... (That's like, squad heavy weapons, I doubt 1/16" dia. x 1/32" would hold vehicle weapons very well. Maybe if you used more than one...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Post up those pics man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 These video tutorials that you've made are awesome. They're very informative and easy to follow. It raelly helps to actually see whats happening in real time rather than just seeing pictures. I don't suppose there's any chance of seeing how you do dreadnought arms in another video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Sure thing man, I don't have a dreadnought, but I ordered 4 from someone, like...a month ago, and I might magnetize that. Or I'll just pretend I'm magnetizing, and just use the one I have now. I'll think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thanks man that would be appreciated greatly if you could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 yeah sure, but I have a sculpting video to make first, and this is finals week, so don't expect anything until next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkuth Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I just found out that 1mm x 3mm magnets stick together just fine through 1mm (or a bit less in this case) of solid plastic, which means I managed to magnetize a CML to a terminators back without having to have bare magnet visible when another weapon option is used. I might take some pictures when I make the next one if anyone's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 yeah sure, but I have a sculpting video to make first, and this is finals week, so don't expect anything until next week. No worries take all the time you need there's no rush what so ever. I'd be a real A-hole to demand that you do you do it right away, especially when you've gone out of your way to make such cool vids for us all out of the goodness of your own heart. I just want you to know that I really do appreciate the tutorials that you've done and also any that you do in the future as well. If my previous post came across as demanding I appologise with all sincerity. I look forward to seeing your sculpting tutorial and am certain it will be of high quality, like the ones that you've already done. Thank you once again and good luck with your exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 I just found out that 1mm x 3mm magnets stick together just fine through 1mm (or a bit less in this case) of solid plastic, which means I managed to magnetize a CML to a terminators back without having to have bare magnet visible when another weapon option is used. I might take some pictures when I make the next one if anyone's interested. Yes, I'd have loved to do this, but at the time, I didn't currently have small enough magnets, so I couldn't place any in the CML, so I didn't do it =-P If you'd like to post, go right ahead! No worries take all the time you need there's no rush what so ever. I'd be a real A-hole to demand that you do you do it right away, especially when you've gone out of your way to make such cool vids for us all out of the goodness of your own heart. I just want you to know that I really do appreciate the tutorials that you've done and also any that you do in the future as well. If my previous post came across as demanding I appologise with all sincerity. I look forward to seeing your sculpting tutorial and am certain it will be of high quality, like the ones that you've already done. Thank you once again and good luck with your exams. Aherm, you have some brown stuff on your nose... =-D Just kidding. But thank you, those are quite the kind words. I love kind words, especially when they're directed towards muah. I don't suppose Asking doesn't really constitute DEMANDING, and you didn't say. DO A DREADNOUGHT VIDEO..NOW!!! =-D I get out of school at 12:00 all week, so I'll try and do them ASAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 A sculpting vid, you say? Intriguing... Oh, and what's a CML? I'm guessing: Chapter Master Launcher or something... Yes, I did notice that eve really small neodymium magnets can hold other magnets even through quite a bit of plastic. I suppose larger ones go through more plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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