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Ah, ok, thanks. I was just wondering, I must've read it wrong.
On that note, does anybody know a good tutorial for magnetizing weapons for Crisis suits?

I think that is half the point of the thread.

I'm probably wrong, but its almost expected, seeing as how anybody can read this. After all, it is a thread discussing the Tau, and since there is a separate forum for painting and modeling, this would then be left to discuss rules.

oho.
So would I post my magnet question here or there?

Ah, ok.

So then, with battlesuits. Its almost the same as with dreadnoughts, but obviously since i dont want to be stuck with one configuration for weapons, are there any good tutorials for magnetizing arms and weapons? (as in, inserting magnets)

I've done it. Ther's two ways to do it. The simple way, or the prettier, more complex way. Here's a quick and dirty tutorial. When I get around to buying some more magnets after Christmas, I'll come back and re-write it and add pictures.

Regardless of which way you choose, they start the same way: What you want are the smallest disk magnets from K&J Magnetics. They'll come in a long stack stuck together. Use a sharpie to mark the flat end of the stack with one color, and a different color sharpie to mark the other end. This'll help you keep the polarities straight. Every time you take a magnet off an end, mark the other side of it the appropriate color, and then re-mark then now shorter stack.

The simple method is thus: take a pare of magnets, and join them at thier edges. You should have a something like this: (N)(S) This pair of magnets will fit right into the slots on Crisis arms and shoulders. For the weapons, cut off the nubs that would normall fit into the slots, and glue another pair of magnets in place there, remembering to reverse the magnet order. If you have a pair of magnets that are (N)(S) in the hardpoint, the weapon's magnets should be (S)(N). This is a real simple method, but does leave your weapons sticking out from the suit abit.

For more advanced modelers, you can use a pin vice or dremel to drill out the Crisis arms and set the magnets deeper into the arms and shoulders, which will result in weapons and systems that sit in more flush to the suit, and are less prone to being knocked loose.

Some people will tell you to use only one magnet that's larger. That's doable, but I like the smaller magnets for thier weaker hold, and thier ability to fit two of opposite polarities in, to ensure weapons face the right direction.

That's.... not quite what I was saying. Put a pair of disc magnets into the arm slots, so it should look like this picture:



In this picture the front magnet is one polarity (lets call it N for simplicity's sake), and the back is the opposite (S.) When you glue the magnets onto the weapons, you have to do the opposite; S in front, N in back.

hm, it is hard to discern what that picture is demonstarting, despite the quality. Ill wait to manufactre my commander until you post a tut with pics. THanks for the original one though ^^