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I have been using the GW modular tiles for a year or so now, and I was thinking of putting magnetic spray paint on the underside of the tiles, to have the terrain stick to it so it wouldn't fall over.

Does anyone have enough experience with this / has seen this done before to let me know if it works?

I would be using 1/8" earth magnets on the bottoms of the terrain/etc

Thanks

I have experiemented a bit with this stuff, as had a few of my colleagues in the local terrain community.

And sadly, while it "works" its holding power is VERY limited - there is just too little ferrous material depositied in the spray.

It might work, but I would not count on it.

If you want to mount something on the underside, try thin sheet metal sheets, which you can get from most hardware type stores - they are relatively cheap, but not very easy to work with.
(I have made magnetic display boards with it).

Again, the paint *might* work for you, but in all of my experience with it, it has not had enough holding power.

Thanks Dave

From what else I can read online it would work better if I were to spray it UNDER the flock, but going through the tiles might just be too much material

Magnetic paint has a very low holding power. Better try to place (rare earth) magnets on the underside of your terrain pieces and work flat nail heads into the structure of the titles where you are most likely to place the terrain.

The roll-on magnetic paint has decent holding after three coats. It's still not nearly as good as metal.