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I have a friend who is getting a few crisis suits, and wants to magnetize him, so I did some research and found that the opinion is generally to use a 1/16" x 1/32" magnet, which can be found here.

So, should he use these or a different size?

looks good to me

I voted Other, thinking 1/8' disc magnets, but in retrospect, since you're only doing the weapons, if you drop a pair of 1/16" magnets into each side, you should be fine.

I used 3mm x 3mm x 0.5mm square magnets from here. They are thin enough to surface mount on the arms and shoulders and look a lot like additional armour if you don't put anything on them. much easier than trying to drill or carve an appropriate sized hole for a thicker magnet.

I've done one of my kits for a Crisis suit - haven't listed it yet because I haven't finished the instructions, but I'll post some pics this evening.

Sorry, people, I don't seem to be able to actually FINISH anything the last few days.

Anyway, here's a few images selected from the full sequence of how I magnetize a Crisis suit:









Should have the full instructions done by the end of play Tuesday (February 8)

http://www.themanufactorum.com/kits/tau/crisis/assembly.htm