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« on: January 01, 2012, 04:59:33 pm »

I've now magnetised my elf army using magnetic tape and steel paper and it seems to have worked out pretty well:-



Full details over on my blog.

http://maccwar.blogspot.com/2012/01/practical-guide-to-defyign-gravity.html
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2012, 08:08:57 pm »

I'm not sure those glasses will be practical in-game and might cause some storage issues Wink
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2012, 08:23:56 pm »

But depending what they are filled with, they might make the game more enjoyable... Or more complicated.   Wink

I have been thinking that maybe magnetic bases might be the way to go for me with my Mantic figs. I'll have to take a look at Maccwar's blog once I get home to see his method.
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2012, 09:18:21 pm »

The approach I'm thinking of is drilling a hole in the centre of the bases pre-assembly, so that after the model is glued to its base there's a nice neat recessed hole ready to glue a magnet into.
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2012, 09:42:29 pm »

I think that maybe mantic missed a trick when they tooled the bases in the first place, a ready made hole would have been a good idea.
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 12:10:18 am »

I mag the bases before I assemble.  No need to blu-tac them to a holder when painting, I can just stick them to a metal "handle".
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