Magnetizing a Deff Dread is relatively easy. The trick is to drill all the holes for your magnets, and glue in the magnets themselves, before you assemble the body. I can't really help with magnet sizes - my general rule is to get magnets that match your drill bit sizes - but I think I end up using magnets that match a 3/16" drill bit.
Whatever you do, you want to absolutely make sure that the polarity is the same on all four body magnets. Dry fit, dry fit, dry fit.
The upper arms can be unbalanced because they're longer, so get magnets that will hold them in place, or use a brass rod as a pin to hold the arm up.
On the arms themselves, you're doing to be drilling into a ball joint, so it can help to file some of the plastic and give yourself a bit of a flat surface to drill into.
As I said, you'll want to drill and glue the magnets into the body before you assemble it, otherwise it's going to be much harder to do than it needs to be. It can also help to slap on a layer of green stuff on the inside on top of the magnet to help keep it in place better.
And again... dry fit. Multiple times if necessary.
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