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So I know some of you are complete loons in regards to magnetizing -everything-.
So I come to you with a quandry and some questions so that I can magnetize this: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space-Marine-Dreadnoughts/DARK-ANGELS-VENERABLE-DREADNOUGHT.html

The weapon arms have holes in them to mate up with a peg from the body, the same as other Dreads. It's no problem to saw off the peg and replace it with a magnetic strip, if need be.

So, my question for you all is:
How would you magnetic loons go about doing this?

You could just glue a washer to the body and fill the hole with a good size magnet or put 2 magnets on the arm around the hole.

Find a magnet of about the right diameter and insert it into the hole. Trim back the "peg" a bit and add a magnet on the end.

I hadn't thought of the washer, actually. It'd work well I think if I could find a magnet that would just barely jut out of the hole on the weapon and sawed off the peg allowing them to effectively 'mate'.

I forgot to add that this is the site that I originally found and was looking through for magnets:
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp

Any suggestions?

Washer that fits around the mounting pin.
Two small (2-3mm) inset into the arms - opposite points around the 'ring' where the washer mates up.

Two magnets still allow rotation but hold it firmly. I use this method on my old METAL sm dreadnoughts (the 2nd ed ones).

I magnetize a lot, except for the dreadnought arms. By themselves they're snug enough to not fall off. Except for the FW venerable one, but 4 layers of superglue make the body peg thick enough for the weapon arms to fit nicely.