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Hello dakka,

I have purchased wood and magnetic Litko square bases for my early imperial romans. The thought is that I would plop them down on ferrous sheet metal with a decorative edge to match the miniatures. However, from my experience cutting metal in non hobby arenas, know that my tin snips will make any sheet metal curl, scratch and roll. How have wargamers gotten around this problem? I could use an angle grinder, but I think it will be jagged and VERY tedious to get my legions to the field in that case. Using the adhesive polymer magnetic sheet is probably a no-go too due to polarity affects making the little Italians jump around. What say you dakka? I would prefer an answer from someone with a little gray in their hair.

Thanks
DrG

Desubot.
Cutoff wheel = angle grinder
Magnetic sign = polymer magnetic sheet

Any other ideas?

Anyone used a "nibler"?

bubber, flexi magnetic sheets will run into polarity problems. The bases are already magnetic.


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I will have to experiment. I will update the thread with my findings.

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