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Ugh. So this is me decompressing after a horrific screwup on Belial.

So, that thing where I've said before in this forum -- always double check magnet polarities? Yeah. I didn't. I thought I had it marked right. I got the magnet in Belial's left torso twisted backwards and didn't realize until after I'd magnetized the arms. So... dig out two magnets or one? One it is. Glue used was Krazy Glue which I usually use on non-Plastic models due to the strength of the hold (joke's on me there).

Here's the correctly magnetized side:



Here are all the neatly magnetized arms (TH/SS and SoS/SB courtesy of spares from the Deathwing boxed set)



Here's the results of what you have to do to dig a magnet out of a Finecast torso:



Here is my sacrifice to the Blood God Khorne after one of my best drill bits snapped and the pin vise went straight into my ring finger:



But, there is somewhat good news -- After about 30 minutes of sculpting, I got the side reasonably close to original shape so I can sand it and re-drill the magnet hole after it cures overnight:



Showing that the sides are, in fact, even: