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Sorry, didn't know where to put this, but does anyone know what size magnets are really well sized and quite strong for a barbed hierodule? I'm talking about its arms, gun and scythe. Thanks!

This is a big and expensive model to be attempting if you haven't done a lot of magnetizing before.

The biggest issue is going to be "locking" pieces so that they hold a pose and don't sag or rotate out of position. That probably means a combination of magnets and pinning or multiple magnets per joint, rather than sticking in the largest magnet that can be hidden within the model.

Michael Kan has a page about assembling one http://kan.org/michael/mkp/tyranid_hierodule.php, and he has magnetized other models, so it might be worth asking him for advice. I know he's on Dakka - just can't remember his user name.

I guess my question is why do you want to magnetize the arms? So that you can swap out between the Scythes and Barbed variants? You might be able to swap out the arms, but the bodies and poses are different.