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i save money by capitalizing on the store's Buy 2 get 3rd item free deal.


I was in 4-h and saved up a ton of cash from that. bought a truck, have paid for 2 years of collage and had enought for Gaming.

i suppose i will have to get a job soon though.

Gwar! wrote:

syanticraven wrote:My problem stems when you get the model and it does not have the weapon (or attachement) you wanted glued or you glue it up and change your mind a month later - I refuse to break a model to re arm it.

It is what makes me hate the WYSIWYG rule.

Learn to Magnitise.

I know the procedure but what is needed first is unknown to me.

A form of drill, a clamp, some green stuff and magnets but what kind of drill and bit, where do I get the magnets? These things I dont know.

And I had all the money in the world during university. Now I have graduated it seems to have all disappeared

syanticraven wrote:

Gwar! wrote:

syanticraven wrote:My problem stems when you get the model and it does not have the weapon (or attachement) you wanted glued or you glue it up and change your mind a month later - I refuse to break a model to re arm it.

It is what makes me hate the WYSIWYG rule.

Learn to Magnitise.

I know the procedure but what is needed first is unknown to me.

A form of drill, a clamp, some green stuff and magnets but what kind of drill and bit, where do I get the magnets? These things I dont know.

And I had all the money in the world during university. Now I have graduated it seems to have all disappeared

Being a limey myself, I can help here.

http://www.powermagnetstore.com/

I have used this store before, so I can vouch for it (not used it in a while though).

What you want are the Disc (or if you need a more secure fit and have room to drill deep, Rod) magnets, they range from 2mm wide x 0.4mm Deep to HUEG! And the ones you need for models are literally pennies to buy!

http://www.powermagnetstore.com/acatalog/copy_of_Disc_Magnets.html
http://www.powermagnetstore.com/acatalog/Rod_Magnets.html

As for the Drill, get a hand held "Pin Vice" off ebay with small drill bits (mm size ones). Works just fine.

You never seize to amaze me man. Thanks very much.
Also any suggestion on what pin vice to get. there seems to be a sh*t tonne.

syanticraven wrote:You never seize to amaze me man. Thanks very much.
Also any suggestion on what pin vice to get. there seems to be a sh*t tonne.

Cheapo Generic Hong Kong £3 one.

syanticraven wrote:You never seize to amaze me man. Thanks very much.
Also any suggestion on what pin vice to get. there seems to be a sh*t tonne.

Got a hobby knife? Take the blade off; put a drillbit in; profit.

The hobby knife costs more though lol.

Also seen a Citadel one for £9.49 and P&P was £9.49 +£18.97. Who the hell would actually pay that when they could just get pick up one from the GW store for cheaper lol.

Sorry, I assumed you had one, since it's one of the basic tools on the hobby.

Mind if I ask how much a hobby knife is there?

Don't bother with the GW one, any 30p Stanley Knife will do.

My scapul knife from my dissection kit will do i think.

And it is £8.
To me the basic tool is glue and everything else is just rounding off edges or smoothing imperfections

Work + save money. Ill shop about online if its something that's been released for a while. Big exception for me is the new Dark Eldar this winter. I've wanted to rebuild my cabal for a long time and the new models look too good not to to get them.

legoburner wrote:I hang around outside my local GW, then when I see a very young schoolkid buy a load of models, I wait for them to get around the corner then *POW*, and run off with their purchase

Well that and only buying stuff when I'm ready to paint it and have no more unpainted stuff in the queue. Always buying big ticket items from discount retailers like dark sphere helps a lot too.

I do the same thing. It also works on Halloween. Fun times.