Magnets

Old Hob

Old Hob

Baron
Hi all,

So now my Oldhammer army is starting to come together I need to work out how to transport it without knocking all the paint off! I've seen that many people swear by magnets and a metal tool box or metal strips glued inside a plastic tool box. I know I need rare earth magnets, but do the magnets have to sit flush with the bottom of the base, or will it still be secure with a c. 1mm gap? Asking as I have a few 'taller' bases a mate gave me, but don't really want to buy different magnet sizes if I can help it (obviously I will if that's what needs to be done).

Cheers
 
I think you'd be better trying a variety of types and sized to see what works best rather than one size fits all approach, due to the different sized models and bases.

Paul / Golgfag1
 
Cheers Paul,

I guess I was just trying to be lazy! But compared to the price of old lead, the cost of magnets is peanuts, so I guess I'll order a variety in.

Thanks for the quick response.
 
Most magnets doesn't work that well if there is a gap between magnet and surface. Also, what I saw, don't use wide magnets as they tend to attract each other so some times minis start to dance hehe plastic once of course. You could GS little bit and then super glued magnet to GS to be closer to surface. But yes, you should check it out, and, as said, one size fits all won't work because of, size of base and weight of miniature so sometimes you need to put stronger magnet of the same size more less. To be honest I never transported minis as I don't play outside hehe I got some 40K Orcs plastic ones on magnets so it's easier to put on table 60+ minis but I did notice that I needed stronger magnet for Blood Angels metal ones.
 
To get a magnet to sit flush at the bottom of the base, fill the underside of the base with cheap filler, put the magnet on a flat surface and press the model down on it. the excess filler gets pushed out around the base and can be wiped away, and the magnet sits in a housing that fits it perfectly when dried. The filler doesn't act as a glue on the magnet, so when it's all dry, pull it out with another magnet, put a drop of superglue in and replace it.
 
Old Hob":r2aiddmx said:
@dieselmonkey - that's genius. Thank you.
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No problem! I originally used different thicknesses of plasticard to get the magnet to the right height, but that was a bunch of trial and error and a right pain, then I worked this method out with greenstuff, before moving to filler as it was far cheaper and easier to smush! :lol:
 
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