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Post by Naitsabes on Apr 23, 2017 17:52:58 GMT
plastic glue will melt two plastic pieces together and yes, won't bond metal to plastic. simple superglue has worked for me.
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Post by wilsonthenarc on Apr 24, 2017 12:51:36 GMT
What do you guys to adhere the magnet to the underside of the base? I have found that the plastic glue hasn't been working the best for me. Liquid Nails
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Post by Horace on Apr 24, 2017 14:48:16 GMT
Liquid Nails is awesome for all kinds of hobby stuff.
Green stuff with super glue slathered over the top of it is also great for all sorts. It sets like a rock and is really handy when you can't be bothered pinning things
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Post by wilsonthenarc on Apr 24, 2017 15:47:55 GMT
FYI: My process is timely... I got super sick of having under-magnets "Pop Out" mid game. I over Engineered the magnetizing of my bases.
Phase 1: I do a dot of liquid nails to hold the magnet. I let it dry at least 48 hours. A week if I can swing it.
Phase 2: Then I get my fingers dirty and use globs of liquid nails to "Encapsulate" the magnet and fill the empty spaces of the underside of the base. Needs lots of moist towelettes around to wipe the liquid nails and keep the edges of each base clean.
I also let this dry for as long as possible before use. At least 48 hours. A week is better.
Phase 3: Hit the underside with a sanding block to smooth the finish. I found a special sanding block at Harbor Freight that does a tits job on dried Liquid Nails. I also hit the underside with 2 coats of standard matte spray varnish.
They're magnetized, but smooth as a baby's bottom. And (since embracing this process) I have not had a magnet pop out.
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Post by Bureaucrat of Chaos on Sept 17, 2017 12:40:03 GMT
Just to follow up on this thread, I made this tray the other day using the method Horace describes above. I'm going to put 24 MoKWoCs with halberds on it!
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Post by Mioum on Sept 19, 2017 3:22:42 GMT
Looking good! How will the model rank up with the rocks and leaves overflowing inside the tray?
For mine, when I started to get serious with my tray, I bough plasticard and made my own (sheet of various thickness and square rod). Worked great, and did a great many trays that way. Then I added rubber steel to it as I started to magnetize my armies over time. Rubber steel is great for many reasons, its flexible and easy to cut (scissors or hobby knife) and the models 'snap' less on it so its better for more delicate models (as an owner of so many skeletons, that's what I needed) and prevent the magnet to detach from the base a lot more.
But as my armies expanded and new armies came in (thank you 8th edition, you made me buy more models than I ever dreamt off), I needed more and more trays, and I decided to buy MDF laser-cut tray (similar to what wilsonthenarc posted). The place where I buy them from, you can have them just MDF, or get them with rubber steel insert and magnets for your unit. For some units I added real steel sheet (for all metal units) instead, since I transport my units all ranked up in their tray, I needed that extra pull power for those.
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Post by strutsagget on Sept 19, 2017 11:56:10 GMT
Fastest way to do movement trays. Magnet sheet cut to size, self glue to thin cardboard (cornflake/shoebox size) buy small cheap Chinese earth magnets/ neo dyms. Use white paste (blue tack/häftmassa)on bottom of base press in magnet(plastic/light weight models). Upgrade later to green stuff. So I would vote for magnets and ghouls. youtu.be/Jn1uimRrRhE
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Post by mottdon on Sept 19, 2017 13:23:38 GMT
Lol, that was pretty funny! (I know some guys like that...)
I agree with your method, strutsagget. That's pretty much what I do as well. Simple, easy, fast, cheap.
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Post by Bureaucrat of Chaos on Sept 19, 2017 14:40:32 GMT
How will the model rank up with the rocks and leaves overflowing inside the tray? There should be enough margins for them to fit. Or I'll remove a grain or two.
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Post by mottdon on Sept 19, 2017 14:49:15 GMT
I really like the leaves you put on your tray, Bureaucrat. What are those and where did you get them?
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Post by Bureaucrat of Chaos on Sept 19, 2017 17:03:24 GMT
Thanks! Those are naturally occurring little pieces from birch seed pods. If you live in an area with plenty of birch trees, you will find these 'everywhere' at the certain time of year when the seeds are released. I live in such an area but was still lazy enough to just buy them. They are sold as dedicated basing materials, don't remember where I got mine, but for example here: www.greenstuffworld.com/en/model-leaves/277-leaf-scatter-litter-natural-leaves.htmlI'm debating with myself if I should colour them using fx red, yellow and green washes/glazes.
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Post by mottdon on Sept 21, 2017 12:57:12 GMT
Thanks for the link! I just placed a big order with them. They had lots of great basing options there. I also bought one of their leaf punches. I want to see how good those are compared to the seed pods you used (I ordered some of those as well). I'll try both out and see how closely they compare. If they are close, I'll see how difficult it is to paint/wash the seed pods to get variation in color and compare that to the ease of just punching different colors/materials. Hopefully this'll produce some good results!
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Post by Bureaucrat of Chaos on Sept 21, 2017 20:07:18 GMT
Great! Looking forward to following your experiments! Will report any experiments of my own as well
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Post by Horace on Sept 21, 2017 20:21:57 GMT
I got some of those leaves from Secret Weapon, they come in green, brown (like Bureaucrat of Chaos has) & red autumn colours. You can make your own by breaking up certain pods trees drop and mixing with paint but I'm too lazy
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Post by mottdon on Sept 22, 2017 12:22:53 GMT
This is the leaf punch that I bought. Hopefully it'll work well. It'd sure make getting a lot of various colored leaves to use!
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