Cyrox Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Hi folks, Done a video guide on how to magnetise the new plastic Leviathan dreadnought - hope you find it useful! WrathOfTheLion, Magos Takatus, Xenith and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Nice one There's only one thing in addition to everything you've done there, and that would be to use the already completed drill arm to orientate the magnets for the second arm as this would ensure that both arms could go on either side. As it stands, there is potential to lock the arms to one particular side due to un-matched polarisation. Aarik, WrathOfTheLion and Cyrox 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5852029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 That’s a really good point, I should have thought of that. Hopefully I got lucky and managed to match the polarity, i better go check! Grotsmasha and Canadian_F_H 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5852046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I'll pickup some leviathans before the year is over and try this out. Thanks for sharing. Cyrox 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5852085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 Video for the ranged weapons now uploaded: Captain Caine 24th, WrathOfTheLion, Grotsmasha and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5860831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sothalor Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Great guides; vis a vis the elbow joint magnets - is there any reason not to assemble and glue the magnets into the elbow pieces before putting them together? What I mean is: those pieces come in two halves that are then glued together to create the sort of "inverted U" of the elbow joint piece. Wouldn't it be easier to glue the 6mm magnets into place while they're still in separate pieces? Obviously this would require a bit more bookkeeping to make sure the correct pieces and polarities all go together. Cyrox 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5862416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 10:30 PM, Sothalor said: Great guides; vis a vis the elbow joint magnets - is there any reason not to assemble and glue the magnets into the elbow pieces before putting them together? What I mean is: those pieces come in two halves that are then glued together to create the sort of "inverted U" of the elbow joint piece. Wouldn't it be easier to glue the 6mm magnets into place while they're still in separate pieces? Obviously this would require a bit more bookkeeping to make sure the correct pieces and polarities all go together. Yeah in hindsight thats probably a better way of doing it, and like you said as long as the polarities are right it shouldn't be an issue. Sothalor 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5863613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Magged mine all up (linky) I stuck the mags in the elbow joints before glueing them together. Gotta have a spacer in between so they dont pull together as they glue though. WrathOfTheLion, Aarik and Cyrox 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5864084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Hi Cyrox. Thanks a lot for the videos. Do you know by any chance, if the plastic arms are fitting a resin leviathan? I magnetized mine between the elbow and shoulder joint and thinking about buying some plastic weapons. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5916670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 There is space in the top of the plastic elbow for a magnet (see below pic), but its fairly shallow so you might be able to see the magnet once you add it to both the plastic elbow and the shoulder on the resin one? I don;t have a resin Leviathan now so I can't compare it sorry. The max thickness you would be able to use is 1mm - i think you can get 0.5mm thick magnets, but I don'y know how powerful they are? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5917016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavien Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Thank you for the info! The thickness isn't a huge problem. I would first glue it together with the elbow part and then drill the magnet hole. Just from looking at the video I would guess plastic has the same dimensions, but we all know GW Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/375290-how-to-magnetise-the-plastic-leviathan/#findComment-5917602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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