Model advice needed

[Jarl of Wulfen]

So I bought another SW squad box and I'm ultimately not sure what to build. I have 5 grey hunter squads, 2 with plasmas, 2 with meltas, 1 flamers, 2 10 man CC squads and 3 long fang squad. Should I do some WG with combis or throw some jump packs on them? I just can't decide and would like some advice from the Aett

[Frater Cornelius]

Well, highly depends on what your ultimate goal is. I would first build two units of 10 GH with 2 special weapons, probably meltas. After that I would look into Terminators and TWC. But that is me, someone who deploys GH and TDA by pods and does melee with TWC. I am not a fan of Bloodclaws or any melee units that only moves 6" for that matter.

 

Either way, I would first get 2 units of 10 GH up and running and then look into what strategy you would like to pursue. Once we know your general plan, we can advice much better.

[Jarl of Wulfen]

I have 50 grey hunters already, hehe. 2 10 mans with 2 plasmas, 2 10 mans with 2 meltas, and 1 10 man with 2 flamers. The CC units are 10 man with 2 power weapons, a power fist, and 3 plasma pistols. These guys were my stormclaws from EoT campaign.

[Frater Cornelius]

You certainly do not need more PA models then. If you insist, then it's PAWG with combi-weapons. I would look into other units like TDA, TWC or armour.

[Z00Z]

If you not fussed with the extra effort id look into WG magnetised combi and jump packs magnetised and pf magnetised. You then have quite a bit of versatility to run them as wg , gh pack leaders or thunderstrike combi-plasma unit

[Jarl of Wulfen]

I've never magnetized power armor weapons, what size magnets do you use?

[Rune_Priest_Rhapsody]

You could make some Blood Claws as well.

 

PAWG with combi's are also a great option. You get 10 bodies in the kit, so go 2 or 3 combi melta and 2 or 3 combi plasma and the rest bolters, or fins a magnet size that fits and magnetize as suggested. I magnetized some jumpers onto my Blood Angels a while back but I cannot remember what sized magnets I used.

 

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[Quixus]

I've never magnetized power armor weapons, what size magnets do you use?

3 mm diameter 1 mm height for magnets in the arms. Smaller if you want to magnetize the wrists,

[Vykryl]

I started using 1/8 by 1/16 inch magnets as that's what the local guy carries. They work on power armour but just fit. Ordered some 3 by 1 mm for power armour to use now and save the others for TDA.

[rgr_maddog]

 

 

 

I've never magnetized power armor weapons, what size magnets do you use?

3 mm diameter 1 mm height for magnets in the arms. Smaller if you want to magnetize the wrists,

Or 1/8" diameter by 1/32" if US customary units work better for you.

[benane]

I used 2x1 mm magnets for the wrists and shoulders of my TWC. 2 mm is fine for PA guys allthoug my thunderhammer arms tend to slide down. But they have magnets in the wrists as well as the shoulders.

[rgr_maddog]

I started using 1/8 by 1/16 inch magnets as that's what the local guy carries. They work on power armour but just fit. Ordered some 3 by 1 mm for power armour to use now and save the others for TDA.

Beat me to it!

[Frater Cornelius]

 

I've never magnetized power armor weapons, what size magnets do you use?

3 mm diameter 1 mm height for magnets in the arms. Smaller if you want to magnetize the wrists,

Magnetizing wrists? Madness! :O

[Quixus]

I haven't tried it yet but the new Tac and Vet kits seem to force you to do it. The weapons with hands and the arms are separate bits and I don't know how many spare arms there are

 

I read somewhere that it would be a good idea to drill the hole in the hand only ~0.5 mm deep and the hole in the arm ~1.5 mm deep for extra stability.

[benane]

Also make the first little hole with the tip of an exacto knife, so the hole is really in the middle.

[Tygwyn]

I find that working with 3x1mm works in the shoulder - but you're better off with stronger ones. I've got some N52s which work a treat.

[Quixus]

I find that working with 3x1mm works in the shoulder - but you're better off with stronger ones. I've got some N52s which work a treat.

Even N45s of that size and those (no idea which grade they are) are strong enough. They are a bit weak for dreadnought arms, but there you can easily use more than one per side.

[Valerian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2eH2Mdr4Gg

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqdzpUkIpxo

 

Hopefully these two links will work. This two part tutorial on how to magnetize infantry models was especially helpful to me.

 

Valerian

[Guest loganwolf]

Why not make the power armoured part of the thunder strike formation.....