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I think the hardest part was figuring out a) what flexibility I needed to build into the main arm and b) how to do it. In hindsight, as long as you can take off the counterweight on the catapult, the arm will flip right over. No need to magnetize the pivots. However, I did. The first step is whittling down the mounting pegs so that they are a uniform 1/8" in wide. This pic shows the trimmed peg on the right, the original peg on the left.


Next, I cut a 1/8" sleeve using plastic tubing that will fit over my peg. I snipped off the original one, leaving just a little bit, glued my plastic sleeve to it, then glued a pair of 1/8" disc magnets inside. Another pair of magnets went into the mounting holes on the pivot wheels


Current state:
So far, I have the main arm and basket magnetized and am working on the connection points between the big piece of warpstone, the bushings (1/8" disc magnets), and how the warp lighting discharger attaches to the arm (1/16" magnets in 3 spots).



When I'm done and if it is successful, I'll write up an article.




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Good productive weekend. Chaos Land Raider is primed black, as well as 20 zombies for Junior Paint Minion. Warp Lighting Cannon kit is magnetized to allow switching between the two variants.

All in all, I think there are 19 separate points magnetized, using 19 1/8" disc magnets and 20 or so 1/16" disc magnets. I still need to green stuff over the exposed magnets on the big piece of warpstone, as well as on the end of the catapult arm, but all in all, I'm happy that I was able to do it.

Plague Catapult


Warp Lighting Cannon
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