How to Magnetise Decimators Arms

Hi all,

Just a quick follow-up post about how I magnetised the arms of my 2 decimators, so that I can swap them between each model.

This was my first dive into the world of magnetising a model, and to be honest I was a little hesitant to start with. I think it was the combination of the price of the model, and the potential issues if/when I when wrong..

I made a decision one evening on how I was going to tackle the arms, and just dived in!

I've got all of the weapon options (including 2 claws) all magnetised up- the butcher cannons aren't painted at all as the cannons were severely bent when I received them- and I need to re-do the cannons with a rod or similar.

  

To each arm a tiny earth magnet was added, around 3-4mm in diameter, firstly I drilled a hole into the same side of each arm, around 4mm wide, and 2mm deep for each magnet to fit in snuggly. This was done with the GW drill bit, then the whole widened with a knife (be careful- or ask an adult- I asked my wife to supervise me...) Prior to each magnet being glued in place, I checked the polarity of each magnet was the same.

I then glued another earth magnet- this time a 5mm diameter, 1mm wide into the arm receiving bracket- again the polarity was checked using the arms to make sure it was facing the correct way. This was repeated for each arm bracket. (At this stage be careful not to damage the two recieving brackets- these might break at this stage if you aren't careful- I did this once, it it was a pain to glue back into place.)

I then drill into the weapon mount, and added a piece of paper clip- again this was glued into place- this would be used to prevent the arm from 'spinning' when magnetised- the weapons would point down without this. I then painted the top of the clip, and marked on the arm bracket were to drill into to accept the clip. I repeated this for each weapon. This stage is important to check you are happy with how the weapons 'sit in place'

I hope this makes sense- and please feel free to use these points!  

Hopefully my decimators will be finished soon to post the results...

Chaos Daemons Decimators WIP

Hi one and all,

A quick update to show you my current WIP- 'the twins' my 2 Decimators. The moment I saw the models I knew I had to have at least one in my force, I like the overall look and feel of them- also their rules are pretty handy- plus they have a variety of wargear options. Straight away I knew this would be a project involving magnets, I wanted to have all the weapon options available.

I will do a post (I'd call it a magnet masterclass- but I'm no expert..) later on to explain how I magnetised the weapons, but briefly I have magnetised them in such a way that all options are interchangeable with both decimators, and have pinned them so that the torsos rotate, and are also interchangeable.

 I opted for a black armour appearance for both of them, as a way of having them appear 'chaos' without a colour that defines a set god- the plan is to have the paint the 2 faces on each model- one on the left leg, the other on the arm tom a set god- (red for khorne, green nurgle etc)

 I've also gone for a simple bronze edging on the armour plating, and boltgun metal for the interior wires/piping etc-the weapons were kept simple also, with a scheme to match the rest of the model.

 Once these are finished I'll upload the final results..