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Made in gb
Fresh-Faced New User




Hi everyone. Beyond sticking magnets at the bottom of bases for transporting minis I’m a complete novice. I’m trying to find a guide for magnetising a deff dread so I can use the various weapon arms, but I’ve not been able to find a decent guide or video. Can anyone point me in the right direction or provide some tips?
   
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Stealthy Grot Snipa





Atlanta, GA

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.
   
Made in fi
Dakka Veteran





Alternative method doesn't involve any drilling and can be done after assembling the torso. Arm sockets can hold a disc magnet secured in place with green stuff and super glue. I think I used 8x1mm disc for upper arm and 6x1mm disc for lower arm (and Killa Kanz).

To attach opposite magnet onto arm, cut the shoulder ball in half and glue the disc onto remaining cross-section. Dry-fit before cutting to make sure that arms are angled correctly and can be assembled without interference.

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