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I've been desperately trying to catch up with various requests and have a bunch of new magnetizing kits available.

The Tau Crisis suit was a model I've had done for ages, but hadn't got around to doing instructions for. Now done.

As the result of a request, some of the Eldar models got bumped up the "to do" list; the Falcon, Wave Serpent and War Walker are available now, and a Wraithlord kit and several others are in hand.

The Falcon and Wave Serpent Kit include my new Large Flying Base kit and this is also available seperately - I think it would be well suited to things like the Tau Hammerhead and smaller flyers with a lot of metal parts.

I'm behind on getting videos done - they're a pain in the bum to be honest - but will try to sort that out this week!

Assault Marine kits have been up on the site for a while - can't remember if I've already mentioned them here!

After that, I plan to get back to my own priorities - Predator, Baal Predator, Tactical Squads and Terminators!

And as mentioned elsewhere, I found some drill bits that are ideal for pinning with paperclips, if anyone has a need for those!

Piccies and instructions sir would help massively I think.

I really like the look of those flying bases. I will be placing an order with you soon. Do you know off hand how well they work with something as large a Devilfish?

The remaining pictures and instructions should be up tonight! Instructions are up for the Crisis Suit, War Walker and the Large Flying Base, so just the Falcon and Wave Serpent details to go up.

@Big Tim: The Devilfish is precisely the sort of model the Large Flying Base Kit was designed for!

They are on the his site ;D

Thanks, BloodQuest! I appreciate the service you're providing here and will no doubt soon join the ranks of your customers.

I'd like a kit for magnetizing Storm Ravens, something that can be completely concealed inside the tiny wing segment part of the turbo-thrusters.

Commander Endova wrote:I'd like a kit for magnetizing Storm Ravens, something that can be completely concealed inside the tiny wing segment part of the turbo-thrusters.

Haven't got my grubby mitts on a Storm Raven yet, but obviously shall have to make it a priority, especially as I play BA anyway...

I've figured out how to do it. 2 cuts, no drilling, and 4 decent sized block magnets.

Sorry for the delayed update - I've been down with the lurgey for a couple of days!

Anyway, the Wave Serpent instructions are up and can be found here:

http://www.themanufactorum.com/kits/eldar/wave_serpent/assembly.htm

Here's a quick pic of the unfinished model atop the new Large Flying Base. It's hard to tell from the picture, but it's at quite an extreme angle - the right wing is almost touching the table...

Do you have any plans to do landraider kits in the future? I would like to be able to switch between the normal and crusader versions, and I am sure there are others.

Not sure if I'm seeing that right but that looks like a ball magnet so the Serpent can swivel on axis? That would end badly with people trying to pivot illegal ways

Enslaviour wrote:Do you have any plans to do landraider kits in the future? I would like to be able to switch between the normal and crusader versions, and I am sure there are others.

Predator and variants, then Land Raider and variants are the next two items on my personal list! They've been put back several times because I've had requests for other things, but I will be starting on the Predator today, with the Land Raider not too far behind.

BlueDagger wrote:Not sure if I'm seeing that right but that looks like a ball magnet so the Serpent can swivel on axis? That would end badly with people trying to pivot illegal ways

Actually, the mechanism is the other way round -- a steel bearing sandwiched between two magnets. If it were a magnetic ball, it wouldn't work properly. Anyway, the assembly is designed to be "grippy" otherwise it would just flop all over the place. That prevents "accidentally" nudging the heading, if that's what you're referring to?

But if people want to cheat, they're going to cheat. The point of the flying bases was always twofold - to eliminate the problems with GW's bases (they break too easily if you don't glue them on, and don't stay on if you don't), and to let you pose the model to give it a bit more of a dynamic feel, a lot better than seeing the sad sight of grounded flyers all over the game table.

This large flying base is new, but I've sold hundreds of the original "standard" version without complaint (other than feedback on how best to put them together).

To my knowledge, there's been no particular issue with cheating, but then I guess the buyers wouldn't necessarily confess!

Long story short, it never occurred to me that it would be a problem, and it doesn't appear to be in practice.