though I know a Tau player with a 8k point army that only ever painted like 5 fusion blasters and often forgets them or they drop off whenever he moves a commander
One benefit of adding magnets: soaks up more hobby time for fewer hobby dollars. One con for magnets: that only works if you stop adding to the pile of boxes
On large vehicles where you're already $100+ deep on a single model, or on something like a Kill Team where you're going to put in a lot more detail into everything and customization is critical, I think magnets absolutely have a place. On your random base infantry that makes up 90% of your army, it's overkill.
This 100%. Magnets should 100% be used for either bigger/expensive stuff or 'special units'. Most of my models are Orks, and I couldn't imagine magnetizing every single boy, loota, and burna. Nobz, maybe. Stuff like battlewagons, deff dreads, and kommandos though? You bet I'll magnetize those.
Idk, the idea of buying a standard marines box 4 times so you can have specific load out models for your tournament army is expensive. Might be worth the time over money.
But its also alot cheaper since you dont need to buy more full models, you have alot variety in choices, putting magnets on your models might take long But it won't take as long as building and painting a whole new squad
Its been much harder to find that motivation this past year, especially if you want them to game with, and you cant game with anyone due to lockdowns and what not. If i needed stuff from a boxset for a game next week (for example) id have them built and painted in 3-4 days lol
First: Do drill with a manual drill Second: Not everything needs magnets! (meltacharges,cc weapons etc.) Third: You do not need 2 magnets, a small patch of metal will do fine and is "moldable" Fourth: if you have problems sorting/keeping the parts - remember ...magnets will stick to.. yea metal! So a small tube of metal/old plates etc. will hold them. -[if you are a "displayer" its a nice look to have a squad armed and ready infront of a metal part(displate/plate i.e.) as a weapons rack of sorts.] Fifth: have a dedicated hobby space - even if its just a sidetable - so you can organize better... and once you hit the 100 model mark you should get a display anyway .> But First an formost is : Have Fun ! I have all my heavy weaps and mech-units (tanks, dreads...) mag'd on my 4k 1ksons army (30/40k) and my wscars (2k atm for 40k). Took some time, but the money saved is worth it! ( I am looking at you, heavy-kits)
@@northropi2027 just use a paper hole punch and thin gauge sheet metal. As a bonus you can use that hole punch as a rivet source for your crafting and you can also use the paper dots as coins, piles of treasure, and if you cover a super cheap mini with glue and sprinkle it with the dots you can then paint it gold/Silv/cop for Treasure golems. Just use sheet metal that has high iron content because high quality stainless steel isn't magnetic.
As someone who has magnetized an entire Grey Knights army including 30 Strike Marines, 30 Paladin/Terminators, and 5 characters - All with EVERY weapon option (Strikes - 30- halberds, 60 falchions, 30 swords, etc.), including hands/fists/pointing hands for when they're not dual wielding...DO NOT DO THIS. IT IS DUMB AND YOU WILL HATE YOURSELF. Just proxy or build more kits over time.
nooooooo, do it, i assure you magnetizing everything down to a models head WILL be worth it, trust me Alpharius, the most trustworthy fellow in the grim darkness of the far future!
@@Ed-ss1uh You just bought some Grey Knights? My advice would be to not stress about it. The most I would do is magnetize 10 Paladins/Terminators. Everything else I would just build out however and proxy the different weapons if needed. One tip for GK is to paint the tilting plates in different patterns for each 5 man squad. Then you can say "The strike squad with the red tilting plates have falchions, the white tilting plates are halberds, the half red/half white squad have warding staves" or whatever you choose. Gives a built in way for you and your opponent to differentiate when proxying. Can do the same thing with paladins/terminators.
Much appreciate the info on magnet sizes and recommendations! I am looking into building my first army of imperial knights and would like very much to magnetize the arms.
Bro, Same! I've magnetized so many dreads and knights, then only ended up using one or two of the load outs while the rest stay unpainted in a drawer. 🤣 Great video, man! ~ Wolfbrother Methos
I fully magnetized my delaque gang and it was a mistake, I spend 5 times more time than any other gang. And I almost never use spare weapons. This is so wasteful.
Limit magnets to vehicles, buildings and heavy weapons like the Eldar hover gun that comes with your Guardians. Otherwise don't bother unless you hate yourself.
Don't magnetize when you are fine with maybe having to buy another kit when you want another loadout later down the line seems like a good rule of thumb to me. I am currently thinking about fully magnetizing a blood angels furioso/lib/dc dread to have all 3 options (painting sounds like a nightmare though) atm lol, we'll see how far I go with that.
That's a thing I have thought about. Take a Tactical Marine squad, for instance. You field 5 guys, and one of them can take a special or heavy weapon. You decide to give your gunner a plasma gun. Later on, you decide that you want to give your gunner a missile launcher instead. So you buy another box of tactical marines, and build one with a missile launcher. And another with a heavy bolter, and another with a flamer, and so on. You already have the grunts you need for your unit, so you can build the second box entirely as gunners.
I've seen it done badly, and it is terrible especially if they are stored wrong, powerful magnetic balls of arms with chipped paint all over the place, personally i love using magnets, my pin vice skills were helped massively from using 1mm/1mm magnets and i totally agree with not using a power drill, a 1mm hole through your finger and a 3 hour A and E trip is never fun. magnetised death guard marines i would strongly recommend.
As a tyranid player I have to say, magnetizing the big guys like carnifexes and Tyrants is a fun, easy first foray if you are looking into learning how to do it. And then GW doesn't give you a reason to use anything other than twin-devourers.
Well easy to say as SM player. See the pricing of Tyranid Warriors? A basic troop you need? Well…. I magnetize or they start selling sales or discount. Lower the price or sell more in one box. Auspex Warriors too…
kill team, vehicles, crisis suits and terminators (maybe) are where magnets shine for me but everyone has a different point where they say enough is enough and don't want to put anymore time effort and money into a model.
I have 2 units of the old chaos warriors, thats 32 bois. 4 different options for them each...i was gonna magnitize but thatd be hell...should i just make 2 units of each option and color scheme? I guess by then ill have a litteral horde of watriors!
I personally magnetize the titanicus models and vehicles and monsters just in case I want to change the load out And of course, the bases so I can use my cookie boxes to transport them once they are painted
Honestly, I'd suggest that for people with experience, too. As far as I'm concerned, it's easier (and probably cheaper if you consider the cost of your time) to just build multiple squads of troops with different load outs rather than trying to magnetize every squad. If I want the option to bring a couple of squads of Intercessors with either bold rifles, auto bolt rifles, or stalker bolt rifles, I'll just build those squads rather than try to drill and magnetize 30 space marines and 90 weapons...
Pro-tip: Choose a polarization scheme and stick to it. Even between armies. a)Putting a dreadnaught arm on a WraithKnight is hilarious. b) If you are consistant you can swap flying bases, and or arms/weapons/etc as you buy more of kits you've already magnatized.
I will always magnetize my crisis suits, because throwing different load outs on them whenever I want and seeing the cool looking weapon load out options is great fun.
Great video! And great pro/cons for both sides. The only thing I regret NOT magitizing (and this is because I assembled them before I'd even heard of doing it) was my first 6 crisis suits. Turns out they're incredibly easy to magnetize and I swap out loadouts enough to justify the time investment
Magnetizing has a lot do do with FOMO. "If I build these weapons, I might regret it later because I want to use the other one!" "If I build a Trygon, I won't have a Mawloc!" When I was playing 5th edition, I magnetized my Carnifex with all options and only painted the Screamer-Killer loadout because that's what I needed for the tournament the very next day. I never played him any other way since and the other arms are still safe, but just primed black. Trust me, you DO have a favourite way of playing. Just equip your stuff that way. Unless magnetization is as easy as the Pyrovore/Biovore, then go for it.
I started collecting January this year and planned to magnetize everything I began, but real fast i realized that wasnt worth the time/effort on basic units, and the results didnt make me happy either. The arms would hold but it wasnt as sturdy as I would like, and I would open my storage carry case and have a few arms lose. Now I only bother with characters or larger vehicle type models as you are. Just too much extra work to end up with 200 magnetized arms in where just keeping them organized/stored is an entire annoyance itself when not once have I yet needed or wanted to swap them out.
How sad, that one of the most EXPENSIVE hobbycrafts, doesnt know (or use rather) about the *SIMPLE* concept of ball joints. Take a lesson from ban dai and their gunpla line and your problem would be solved. Sheesh! 😂 Ban Dai = Full articulation, huge models (lots of plastic), reasonable costs. Games workshop. = ZERO articulation, micro models (little plastic) very expensive and gouging costs.
Iam starting just now to magnetize my whole T'Au army since the wysiwyg fuck rule is quite something everybody gets salty about around here. "those are breachers" "BUT THEY DON'T CARRY SHOTGUNS" "Yes. That's probably better for you. Longer weapons = you can see them better". "THEY DON'T CARRY SHOTGUNS"
I magnetize single use equipment like oprional hunter-killer missiles on Imperial vehicles. Makes it a lot easier to keep track of which model has used it's missile. Especially when I field the half strength battalion... as in an actual battalion, 5 fighting companies plus command company... 25 Leman Russ tanks, 6 Bassilisks, 6 medusa siege guns, 2 Salamander cmnd vehicles, 10 Chimeras, 3 Hellhounds, 3 Sentinels, 1 Hydra flak tank,1 Destroyer tank hunter, 1 Manticore,1 Deathstrike, 1 LR Demolisher with mine plow, 4 Baneblades and a Shadow Sword... And that's the somewhat abhuman guard auxilia, not the 17th Legion chapter host...
I reserve magnetization for expensive models only. Currently the only mini magnetized in my army is my Leviathan Dreadnought (because FUCK getting 6x30$ arm attachments for a ~180$ model three times) and probably going to be my Redemptor Dreadnought (because I don't really want 2, and both the dakka gun and the plasma gun are cool so I'm gonna magnetize that). In some cases I just couldn't find a reasonable way to magnetize something Like my Baal Predator. Back tank and primary gun would be kind of annoying to switch (as i think the turret shield gets in the way) so I just made it all flamers. It's my Burner Baby. Other times I just didn't have any real options. My Land Raider is just a normal Land Raider. No other weapon options on the sprue so there's no real customizability. And the only other model that i WANT to magnetize is something i don't have yet (or doesn't have rules. MY SANGUINIUS WHY?), in this case my relic Contemptor Blood Angels Dreadnought.
I would say this is just no question to answer with yes or no. I use to magetize Tyranid models since thy very often come as multi Datasheet Boxes and due to the twist of the "Meta", your winged Hive tyran might not be as good anynore as the regular HT but still way to big to proxy the model. Though, I agree that it isn't always worth to magnetizue small infantery. Most of the time you can just tell what they are. But even though, if you play turnaments WYSIWYG might be a thing.
Space marine army. Magnetize vehicles Magnetize SOME infantry (special weapons (plasma) and characters with multiple loadout) Don’t magnetize most infantry (I’m a big standard bolter fan. Overwhelming bolter fire is my JAM) Magnetize leaders/captains/characters
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Thanks for this - just getting back into 40K after a very long break and in the process of assembling around 3000 points of models. I think you might have just saved my sanity!
a good call is also to use superglue on plastic. For example. I play(ed before corona) competitive 40k a lot. I know 90% of the time my scout sergeant gets a juicy storm bolter for good measure. Just some well invested points. Howevery, sometimes, when rules change you have to rethink the equip. Or sometimes you are just like 1 stormbolter over the points limit. Good thing, that Bolters and Stormbolters come with their hands on. So i just conected them with superglue. In 1 year i probably switched the scout sergs right hand ranged weapon twice by just breaking it off, giving it 3 good rubs with a file, and glueing one of my aprox. 5000 bolters on instead. This takes literally no time whatsoever and is way easier than magnetizing a wrist. Same goes for most sergeant/veteran melee weapons. Thunderhammers, power swords, relic blades, chainswords all come with hand on the weapon and the wrist being the connector. So if the new points update drops and you have to rethink your weapon of choice, just break and re-glue. Its hard to notice at all. And for everyone who has his priority in playing and is fine with like a "tabletop standard" paintjob its just fine. Wouldnt do this on display-minis though for obvious reasons. Can absolutely relate to the dread issue :D Back in 7th i wanted a iron hands dreadnought army just for the cracks. Magnetized everything. But since i ended with a 1.4 meter wall of dreadnoughts, i might aswell have never done it :D if you have 10 standard dreads, you can afford to have all the different loadout, since when you bring them ALL its a fun apo game and weapon efficiency is no factor.
I can say that, Yes, Space Marine Veterans are still in the game. Personally, I'd probably magnetize some of the vehicle kits like the Land Raider, or Leman Russ if it comes with a few different weapon loadouts. Aside from that, perhaps the weapons for Gravis Armor and Centurion models... and Tau Crisis suits... well... anything Tau that's bigger than the stealth suits.
Part of me is also having a minor aneurism at how quickly someone is able to 'lose' 100's of $$$ of plastic. I know exactly where every bit of the pieces of old SPRUE I have are located simply because these things are expensive as hell. I'm eventually going to get use out of even the TRASH parts.
Eh...I'm more of the mind of just using magnets on the big vehicles like tanks and the like..I'm interested in the T'au and have a Hammerhead that I never have got around to doing..mostly cause I have VERY little options on places to play..like..2 places, and one is an official Games Workshop place..an hour away..that doesn't have many tables to begin with. Also nobody who isn't already heavy into their army..very few people willing to help a newbie around where I live.
I’d personally say magnetizing is amazing for 95% of vehicles and large/expensive figures, and pretty “meh” when it comes to smaller ones. Magnetizing a Leman Russ or an Exorcist can give you so much freedom with your loadout, but with smaller figures it’s a lot more work (all those tiny magnets on 10x the figures) for a lot less payout.
Some models like tau crisis suits and tyranid warriors are just a no brainer to magnetize. Warriors have like 4 different melee and ranged options and can take a combination of melee and ranged or be pure melee. If you have like 6 warriors in your army you are talking about hundreds of different models worth of permutations. You would have to be insane to waste all that money and the "display" argument doesn't really hold any water imho. Plus consider that you don't have to magnetise and paint EVERY option right away. Chances are good that when you bought the kit you already had a good idea of what you wanted to build it as because you like plasma or the current meta heavily favors devourers over deathspitters or whatever. Having the options in the future to go and swap and finish building all their weapons is amazing. Often times GW is allergic to balance so frequently in your codex some options or even units will be stupendously more competitive than others to the point that you would have to be actively throwing a competitive game to include them in your list; and then literally next edition it's flipped on its head where the old hotness is unusable and the old rubbish is now the meta pick. If you can't see that GW wants you to run out and buy the exact same kit 3 or 4 times over the years just to get different options you are blind lmao. As an avid GSC enjoyer their infantry really sucks for magnets. They are tiny, don't have great connection points unlike space marines, and have a bazillion load out options per model. I dont even bother. I build all the special options where I can and use brood brothers models to fill out my generic autogun/shotgun rank and file. Some squads like hybrid metamorphs or acolytes I've just accepted that I'll have to buy multiple squads or proxy in games when I have to. That's another benefit of SM that all their models except maybe certain mono pose heroes and scout squads are very customizable and give you nice and flat surfaces on their relatively large bodies to drill into.
My favorite use for magnets is fragile models with parts that always seem to break and swapping characters on mounts, which some want to break anyway, so why force a hard attachment point? Example 1: giant dragons that have a beefy arm attachment, but spindly bits that stick out and break. use more than 1 magnet to hold the arms on, so they hold orientation instead of rotating down. Example 2: WH Fantasy dark elf army units (in game or as I use them now for D&D) do I want a knight, sorceress, etc on that horse, cold one, or raptor style cold one? (those raptors, especially old style, always seem to loose their knights &/or fall apart) *alternative to this is to drill and pin only 1 side of that equation, so you can still swap figures. No fiddly bits. Too much work, as I already like to customize too much to finish things!
Here's what I've done, and continue to do. I can only recommend magnetizing bigger models, that have multiple weapon choices. You wanna swap out out a Baneblades turret for a Tremor cannon? Magnetize that shit. You wanna swap out a Space Marines Heavy Bolter for a Heavy Flamer? Do not magnetize that shit. It's better to magnetize bigger, harder to lose parts, because chances are 1) you won't lose it and 2) you'll probably actually do something with it, instead of leaving it unpainted in your shame drawer.
I magnetized my 40 DW marines because I hate wysiwyg. Didn’t take all that long either. Hell, most of them even got magnetized shoulders so I could swap out for heavy weapons, pistol and chainsword, or regular bolters. Especially on the vanguard vets. The bits box for magnetized weapons and arms is hilarious And then of course the imperial knight for the treatment as well.
Just placed an order from K n J. Thank you for the sizing guide too. Finally painting some vehicles and I've been worried about weapon options. Not anymore, now I choose all the options!
I'm playing Imperial Knights specifically *because* I can easily just magnetize all their options instead of buying and painting a whole new unit every time the rules change. That and the relatively low cost of an entire Knight army vs. other armies make them friendlier to my budget. Also them being really big means my clumsy, damaged hands won't ruin the assembly or paint too badly, but that's beyond the scope of the discussion.
A very valid point, vehicles and walkers are one thing but troops are another. Barring a special character I just can't see the time/expense/storage work that goes into such a move being worth it in the end. You have to ask yourself the question "how much is my time worth". Take the Space Marine Devastator box, you get enough bits for 6 guys and have 12 heavy weapons but some of them are a real cast iron pain in the cackler to modify correctly and your going to have real fun being able to get full versatility. Now for the little bit of extra cash, less than you will spend magnetizing in the long run, you can pick up a tactical box and have 13 devastators with heavy weapons and a MASSIVE amount of stuff to make the other 3 marines into as well as upgrade other marines with. You have no idea how many crappy marines I upgraded from the waste up with leftover bits and that was before bit sellers and 3rd party sellers. Legs are cheap!
When I need to replace my company commanders laspistol with. Plasma pistol I just bust put a knife, cut off the weapon, carefully around the wrist,cut the plasma pistol off of its arm around the same spot, glue and paint the seam. If I do that 10000x it's still faster than magnitizing .
Another thing about magnets: If you do it wrong, they are PITA to remove. I bought a set of pre-owned WarMachine models a while back that were magnetized; I got them very cheap, but the magnets were not strong enough (even though they were doubled and tripled up) to hold the parts securely, and to make the arms and weapons sit flush I had two options: Greenstuff the gaps, or remove the magnets. Since I only plan to resell them, I went with option B - remove the magnets. Tiny little 1.5mm magnets. How to get them out? They were superglued in place. I looked up "micro hole saws" on eBay, and the closest thing I could find were diamond-coated tools which were too thick. I had to _make_ my own tool. I used an old scriber handle made of very hard steel and filed teeth into it. Amazingly it actually works! I used it to saw down to the bottom on the magnet and then gently rock it out with a pair of tweezers. Also, be aware that neodymium magnets can be _very_ dangerous to children and pets if swallowed.
I would still magnetise if you play Tyranids... The larger critters at least, as they come with so many weapon options , in most army lists you can only bring one maybe two (like tyrannofex is a heavy support and in a battalion you only get 3 heavy support slots) , they come with 4-5 weapon options but each one costs more than a landraider to buy.... I wouldn't go as far as magnetising it so you can turn it into a tervigon but I would definitely magnetise the main weapon... Or the hive tyrant / swarm lord where you can just magnetise 4 arms to swap between the two variants and save you having to buy another one to be made into a swarm lord... Plus I think painting extra arms is quicker than having to paint two (or three) ENTIRE swarm lord models (and that dude is a big'un). My plan was to have just two, one with wings and magnetised weapons, and one without wings that can either be a swarm lord or a hive tyrant. If you didn't magnetise you would need 2 winged ones and 3 non winged ones if not more , because hive tyrant (winged or not) has so many gun options , anti tank anti heavy infantry anti small infantry..... And they cost £40/$80 each.... And the guns look completely different from eachother... And depending on what army you play against bringing the right gun is extremely important, as Tyranids are among some of the weakest armies and your only way to win is having a perfectly tailored army to what your opponent is playing.... So yeah Tyranid players trust me magnetising is your friend on this one..
Not too fond of magnetising arms, as I usually have a clear idea of what I want to do pose-wise; things like reloding/carried ammo, or painted plasma-OSL don't go well with magnetisation. I do use them on things like sponson weapons on more expensive kits, though, though less frequently main guns, and could very well consider using them if I did more flying units, to avoid breaking flying stems.
I'm a Genestealer Cults player and it's my first ever army. There is no way in hell I am magnetizing any of the infantry. The thought of putting all that extra work just for different options on 5-8 point models is crazy. It would almost be less time consuming to work minimum wage to afford more units and outfit them with the different options than it would be to magnetize the 1st unit. That being said, I did magnetize my Goliath and my Sanctus. For models that you typically only want 1 of, that are expensive and have important options, magnetize is easy and worth it.
yeah, magnetize, but not everything, most infantry isn't worth magnetizing, some vehicles, but not all are worth magnetizing. Basic troops, just buy more, usually they're useful sooner or later, besides they're usually fairly simple to paint.
Wow. You are using really small magnets. I use 3-4mm large magnets for infantery models and my knights have 8-10mm lagre ones embedded. I always start my magnet hole with a needle, than enlarge it with a sharp scalpel. I never paint the weapons, i don't need, but store them in a small zip-bag for every kind of model. So when the Meta changes, I can just magnetize the weapon I need, paint ist and voila. New loadout without paining a new mini.
"STOP Magnetizing our Models"
- shows you exactly how you perfectly magnetize your models... O_o
Reverse psychology at its finest
it's done for clicks.
@@flynntaggart8549 yeah, figured that is @EonsOfBattle 's style to open his videos.
my thoughts exactly. i thought i was clicked on the wrong video.
@@flynntaggart8549 that name.... I get that name, and I'm not ashamed for it.
As a Tau player I couldn't imagine not magnetizing Crisis Suits.
Filthy fish man. *BLAM*
It is a lot of work, but very satisfying to have fully customizable battlesuits
Agree. Absolutely agree.
There are two types of wargamers: those with fully magnetised battlesuits and those who don't play Tau.
though I know a Tau player with a 8k point army that only ever painted like 5 fusion blasters and often forgets them or they drop off whenever he moves a commander
I laughed more watching this than most comedy shows
Hi
Have you ever painted skinks or serphon if so do you have any ideas for the main paints I would need?
Glad you enjoyed it!😊
Nice!
@@GosuKiwi16 he made a video painting a model with scaly skin identical to a seraphon. I don't remember the name but it's a fairly new video
One benefit of adding magnets: soaks up more hobby time for fewer hobby dollars.
One con for magnets: that only works if you stop adding to the pile of boxes
I enjoy magnetizing - and I don't even play, I'm just a builder / painter.
absolute madness
I was thinking that someone that was anti-magnet must not play, your a walking counter argument.
But if you are enjoying painting, doubleing the needed time is perfect, isn't it?
same
Magnets are love. Magnets are life.
On large vehicles where you're already $100+ deep on a single model, or on something like a Kill Team where you're going to put in a lot more detail into everything and customization is critical, I think magnets absolutely have a place. On your random base infantry that makes up 90% of your army, it's overkill.
This 100%. Magnets should 100% be used for either bigger/expensive stuff or 'special units'.
Most of my models are Orks, and I couldn't imagine magnetizing every single boy, loota, and burna. Nobz, maybe. Stuff like battlewagons, deff dreads, and kommandos though? You bet I'll magnetize those.
Don’t magnetize anything you buy in bulk.
True, like for necrons I'd rather just do extras warriors each with gauss reapers and gauss flayers than try to magnetize their hair thin arms
Yep. Vehicles are too damn expensive not to have hot swapped loadouts.
Idk, the idea of buying a standard marines box 4 times so you can have specific load out models for your tournament army is expensive. Might be worth the time over money.
"Stop magnetizing your models!"
Starts magnetizing every part of his models, giving you step by step instruction.
thats kinda how clickbait works
"It may seem like I'm sending mixed messages... And that's because I am!"
I respect the hell out of this.
7:20 Always important to bring your knife to a game to settle those iffy dice rolls.
Always be prepared for war!
it. was. cocked. ok. we gonna have anymore issues buddy?
Just don't bring a knife to an artillery duel...
Oh, by the way: *INCOMING*
"I'm a few years older, a few years wiser and a few days sober" That made me explode with laughter and spray my tea XD
So the actual reasons to not magnetize are:
1. It takes a lot of work
2. It means you get less models
3. You could lose pieces
But its also alot cheaper since you dont need to buy more full models, you have alot variety in choices, putting magnets on your models might take long
But it won't take as long as building and painting a whole new squad
Don’t magnetize just get 8 warlord titans for all weapon choices and 2 additional ones for just in case
But I only have two kidneys. And I need at least one for myself!
@@Pikkabuu the flesh is weak. Replace them with water purifiers and you'll be fine.
I agree
I'm the type of guy that gets super excited when my models come in and proceed to stare at them for the next 6 months
@Athos Aramis I am inferior
Imagine putting your shit together after only 6 months of procrastinating. I can't believe you even call you self a wargamer. Good day sir! ;)
Meanwhile I still have the “new” dark eldar hellions waiting for assembly...
Its been much harder to find that motivation this past year, especially if you want them to game with, and you cant game with anyone due to lockdowns and what not. If i needed stuff from a boxset for a game next week (for example) id have them built and painted in 3-4 days lol
"I'll get get around to it one of these decades." Hits so close to home.
"The reason anyone would do this if they could, which they can't, would be because they could, which they can't."
First: Do drill with a manual drill
Second: Not everything needs magnets! (meltacharges,cc weapons etc.)
Third: You do not need 2 magnets, a small patch of metal will do fine and is "moldable"
Fourth: if you have problems sorting/keeping the parts - remember ...magnets will stick to.. yea metal! So a small tube of metal/old plates etc. will hold them.
-[if you are a "displayer" its a nice look to have a squad armed and ready infront of a metal part(displate/plate i.e.) as a weapons rack of sorts.]
Fifth: have a dedicated hobby space - even if its just a sidetable - so you can organize better... and once you hit the 100 model mark you should get a display anyway .>
But First an formost is : Have Fun !
I have all my heavy weaps and mech-units (tanks, dreads...) mag'd on my 4k 1ksons army (30/40k) and my wscars (2k atm for 40k).
Took some time, but the money saved is worth it! ( I am looking at you, heavy-kits)
I blew through my first shipment really fast because I didn't realize metal worked. Dammit, that'd fix the polarity thing too.
@@northropi2027 just use a paper hole punch and thin gauge sheet metal. As a bonus you can use that hole punch as a rivet source for your crafting and you can also use the paper dots as coins, piles of treasure, and if you cover a super cheap mini with glue and sprinkle it with the dots you can then paint it gold/Silv/cop for Treasure golems.
Just use sheet metal that has high iron content because high quality stainless steel isn't magnetic.
That minefield of magnets are just asking to attract to eachother
As someone who has magnetized an entire Grey Knights army including 30 Strike Marines, 30 Paladin/Terminators, and 5 characters - All with EVERY weapon option (Strikes - 30- halberds, 60 falchions, 30 swords, etc.), including hands/fists/pointing hands for when they're not dual wielding...DO NOT DO THIS. IT IS DUMB AND YOU WILL HATE YOURSELF. Just proxy or build more kits over time.
nooooooo, do it, i assure you magnetizing everything down to a models head WILL be worth it, trust me Alpharius, the most trustworthy fellow in the grim darkness of the far future!
Just bought some b4 watchin this video, trying not to have an existential crisis over this hobby
@@Ed-ss1uh You just bought some Grey Knights? My advice would be to not stress about it. The most I would do is magnetize 10 Paladins/Terminators. Everything else I would just build out however and proxy the different weapons if needed.
One tip for GK is to paint the tilting plates in different patterns for each 5 man squad. Then you can say "The strike squad with the red tilting plates have falchions, the white tilting plates are halberds, the half red/half white squad have warding staves" or whatever you choose. Gives a built in way for you and your opponent to differentiate when proxying. Can do the same thing with paladins/terminators.
Same!!! Magnetize backpacks on all the interceptors. All terminators magnetized!!
Why not?
I love magnetizing everything but I hate when I'm moving troops around in bunches and arms/weapon hands fall off.
"I don't remember why I walk into a room"
same here ;)
Had to remember there he wasn't talking about me.🤪
I also feel this pain. It cuts deep into my soul.
I don't magnetize because i have 2 dogs who eat anything and everything on the floor, so best to avoid any serious problems caused by eating magnets
Legend has it The Lost Captain is still magnetized to the back of the fridge to this day...
Lost in the Warp surrounded by all the missing left socks.
I decided to sub as soon as you said “few days sober”
Instructions unclear; I ended up gluing all of my minis to the interior of my figure box and now my fingers are stuck together.
I am for the magnet. The only downside long term is storage for the extra pieces, keeping it all together.
Zip lock baggies or a dollar store storage thing with labels
@@liesureleeminis8268 I do that too and it works great! but I really feel like a dummy when I loose the whole bag!
@@EonsOfBattle I keep my bags in the original boxes the unit came in.
@@EonsOfBattle magnetize or metal up your storage boxes, that also prevents chafing in storage.
Much appreciate the info on magnet sizes and recommendations! I am looking into building my first army of imperial knights and would like very much to magnetize the arms.
"This video is made possible in part by viewers like you. Thank you!"
*Flashbacks to PBS Kids*
"...And a few days sober"
lol
earned yourself a Sub for that
Bro, Same! I've magnetized so many dreads and knights, then only ended up using one or two of the load outs while the rest stay unpainted in a drawer. 🤣
Great video, man!
~ Wolfbrother Methos
I fully magnetized my delaque gang and it was a mistake, I spend 5 times more time than any other gang. And I almost never use spare weapons. This is so wasteful.
This dude is now my spiritual mentor, lol. Plus I just love the fact he collects Black Templars as well ;)
Limit magnets to vehicles, buildings and heavy weapons like the Eldar hover gun that comes with your Guardians. Otherwise don't bother unless you hate yourself.
And another thing with magnet: You usually dont get good poses. Thats why I dont do that.
Don't magnetize when you are fine with maybe having to buy another kit when you want another loadout later down the line seems like a good rule of thumb to me. I am currently thinking about fully magnetizing a blood angels furioso/lib/dc dread to have all 3 options (painting sounds like a nightmare though) atm lol, we'll see how far I go with that.
That's a thing I have thought about. Take a Tactical Marine squad, for instance. You field 5 guys, and one of them can take a special or heavy weapon. You decide to give your gunner a plasma gun. Later on, you decide that you want to give your gunner a missile launcher instead. So you buy another box of tactical marines, and build one with a missile launcher. And another with a heavy bolter, and another with a flamer, and so on. You already have the grunts you need for your unit, so you can build the second box entirely as gunners.
I've seen it done badly, and it is terrible especially if they are stored wrong, powerful magnetic balls of arms with chipped paint all over the place, personally i love using magnets, my pin vice skills were helped massively from using 1mm/1mm magnets and i totally agree with not using a power drill, a 1mm hole through your finger and a 3 hour A and E trip is never fun. magnetised death guard marines i would strongly recommend.
As a tyranid player I have to say, magnetizing the big guys like carnifexes and Tyrants is a fun, easy first foray if you are looking into learning how to do it.
And then GW doesn't give you a reason to use anything other than twin-devourers.
would you recommend magnetizing tyranid warriors? Been looking at getting a box of them and all the options look good to me.
@@B1-997 Actually yes, tyranid warriors arms are quite easy to magnetize, so go for it.
Well easy to say as SM player. See the pricing of Tyranid Warriors? A basic troop you need? Well…. I magnetize or they start selling sales or discount. Lower the price or sell more in one box. Auspex Warriors too…
This video should be called “Don’t be a doofus and take care of your shit, especially if you use magnets”
kill team, vehicles, crisis suits and terminators (maybe) are where magnets shine for me but everyone has a different point where they say enough is enough and don't want to put anymore time effort and money into a model.
I have 2 units of the old chaos warriors, thats 32 bois. 4 different options for them each...i was gonna magnitize but thatd be hell...should i just make 2 units of each option and color scheme? I guess by then ill have a litteral horde of watriors!
No argument except on one point: don't ever walk into a game and halfway thru tell your opponent, "oh, *these* guys? All flamers".
I enjoyed this video, and I am going to side with Pro Magnetizing Jay for my new Riptide, and then Anti Magnetizing Jay for the rest 🤣
I personally magnetize the titanicus models and vehicles and monsters just in case I want to change the load out
And of course, the bases so I can use my cookie boxes to transport them once they are painted
You can always send me some of your bits and pieces to make and paint. I'll be a nice person and take them off your hands. Lol
Being a naive beginner, so far, I'm only going to be magnetising my vehicles.
Honestly, I'd suggest that for people with experience, too. As far as I'm concerned, it's easier (and probably cheaper if you consider the cost of your time) to just build multiple squads of troops with different load outs rather than trying to magnetize every squad. If I want the option to bring a couple of squads of Intercessors with either bold rifles, auto bolt rifles, or stalker bolt rifles, I'll just build those squads rather than try to drill and magnetize 30 space marines and 90 weapons...
@@frocat5163 I would simplify it down to anything in the heavy slots , if the glued heavy weapon need swaped I can pick one from the heavy teams.
dude this is the firstvideo of yours i've watched. you crack me up! its awesome! I can't wait to watch more :)
Knights and other vehicles should always be magnetized, anything else is optional.
Word of mouth: Magnetize anything larger than a leman russ IE Titans and Baneblades
This gets a like just for the it's always sunny reference. The Gang Gets Magnets 👌🏻
Pro-tip: Choose a polarization scheme and stick to it. Even between armies. a)Putting a dreadnaught arm on a WraithKnight is hilarious. b) If you are consistant you can swap flying bases, and or arms/weapons/etc as you buy more of kits you've already magnatized.
Seems like a good idea for kill team
The minis should come with predrilled holes and GW should sell magnet kits.
So you dare drawing on your Codex ? That's bold, made me shiver haha
I was miffed at the clickbate title but the content was good so I guess there's that
Magnetize your bases so you can transport 'm with minimal damage.
You say this just as I finished magnetizing all 15 options for my ork Nobz
I will always magnetize my crisis suits, because throwing different load outs on them whenever I want and seeing the cool looking weapon load out options is great fun.
Battletech & Necron players must gauss the gauss.
Every bit of my necrons are magnetized... because disassembling and reanimating in real time never gets old.
Especially making it look like they are destroyed and then come back to life like dawn of war animation.
Amusing and informative thanks for the video.
Do you think it's worth 3d printing warhammer?
I do, because of GW`s outrageous prices!!!!!
@@duppyman9025 yeah but there is amazon and finding the prints for them are super hard
This is true , however the 3d printing game is getting better and saves so much money!
@@duppyman9025 ok thank you
highlighter on a codex...
HERESYYYY!!!!!!!
I magnetize my kill teams its only two boxes of miniatures most of time :)
Yep, K&J rock :)
"Literally lost it"
Yeah, me too
Great video! And great pro/cons for both sides. The only thing I regret NOT magitizing (and this is because I assembled them before I'd even heard of doing it) was my first 6 crisis suits. Turns out they're incredibly easy to magnetize and I swap out loadouts enough to justify the time investment
Magnetizing has a lot do do with FOMO. "If I build these weapons, I might regret it later because I want to use the other one!" "If I build a Trygon, I won't have a Mawloc!" When I was playing 5th edition, I magnetized my Carnifex with all options and only painted the Screamer-Killer loadout because that's what I needed for the tournament the very next day. I never played him any other way since and the other arms are still safe, but just primed black.
Trust me, you DO have a favourite way of playing. Just equip your stuff that way. Unless magnetization is as easy as the Pyrovore/Biovore, then go for it.
I started collecting January this year and planned to magnetize everything I began, but real fast i realized that wasnt worth the time/effort on basic units, and the results didnt make me happy either. The arms would hold but it wasnt as sturdy as I would like, and I would open my storage carry case and have a few arms lose. Now I only bother with characters or larger vehicle type models as you are. Just too much extra work to end up with 200 magnetized arms in where just keeping them organized/stored is an entire annoyance itself when not once have I yet needed or wanted to swap them out.
How sad, that one of the most EXPENSIVE hobbycrafts, doesnt know (or use rather) about the *SIMPLE* concept of ball joints.
Take a lesson from ban dai and their gunpla line and your problem would be solved. Sheesh! 😂
Ban Dai = Full articulation, huge models (lots of plastic), reasonable costs.
Games workshop. = ZERO articulation, micro models (little plastic) very expensive and gouging costs.
Iam starting just now to magnetize my whole T'Au army since the wysiwyg fuck rule is quite something everybody gets salty about around here. "those are breachers" "BUT THEY DON'T CARRY SHOTGUNS" "Yes. That's probably better for you. Longer weapons = you can see them better". "THEY DON'T CARRY SHOTGUNS"
I magnetize single use equipment like oprional hunter-killer missiles on Imperial vehicles.
Makes it a lot easier to keep track of which model has used it's missile.
Especially when I field the half strength battalion... as in an actual battalion, 5 fighting companies plus command company... 25 Leman Russ tanks, 6 Bassilisks, 6 medusa siege guns, 2 Salamander cmnd vehicles, 10 Chimeras, 3 Hellhounds, 3 Sentinels, 1 Hydra flak tank,1 Destroyer tank hunter, 1 Manticore,1 Deathstrike, 1 LR Demolisher with mine plow, 4 Baneblades and a Shadow Sword...
And that's the somewhat abhuman guard auxilia, not the 17th Legion chapter host...
I have two small kids at home. I could totally see me going to play but having nothing but bodies with no arms... (NIGHTMARE INTENSIFIES)
I reserve magnetization for expensive models only. Currently the only mini magnetized in my army is my Leviathan Dreadnought (because FUCK getting 6x30$ arm attachments for a ~180$ model three times) and probably going to be my Redemptor Dreadnought (because I don't really want 2, and both the dakka gun and the plasma gun are cool so I'm gonna magnetize that).
In some cases I just couldn't find a reasonable way to magnetize something Like my Baal Predator. Back tank and primary gun would be kind of annoying to switch (as i think the turret shield gets in the way) so I just made it all flamers. It's my Burner Baby.
Other times I just didn't have any real options. My Land Raider is just a normal Land Raider. No other weapon options on the sprue so there's no real customizability. And the only other model that i WANT to magnetize is something i don't have yet (or doesn't have rules. MY SANGUINIUS WHY?), in this case my relic Contemptor Blood Angels Dreadnought.
I would say this is just no question to answer with yes or no. I use to magetize Tyranid models since thy very often come as multi Datasheet Boxes and due to the twist of the "Meta", your winged Hive tyran might not be as good anynore as the regular HT but still way to big to proxy the model.
Though, I agree that it isn't always worth to magnetizue small infantery. Most of the time you can just tell what they are. But even though, if you play turnaments WYSIWYG might be a thing.
Space marine army.
Magnetize vehicles
Magnetize SOME infantry (special weapons (plasma) and characters with multiple loadout)
Don’t magnetize most infantry (I’m a big standard bolter fan. Overwhelming bolter fire is my JAM)
Magnetize leaders/captains/characters
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Thanks for this - just getting back into 40K after a very long break and in the process of assembling around 3000 points of models. I think you might have just saved my sanity!
a good call is also to use superglue on plastic.
For example. I play(ed before corona) competitive 40k a lot. I know 90% of the time my scout sergeant gets a juicy storm bolter for good measure. Just some well invested points. Howevery, sometimes, when rules change you have to rethink the equip. Or sometimes you are just like 1 stormbolter over the points limit. Good thing, that Bolters and Stormbolters come with their hands on. So i just conected them with superglue. In 1 year i probably switched the scout sergs right hand ranged weapon twice by just breaking it off, giving it 3 good rubs with a file, and glueing one of my aprox. 5000 bolters on instead.
This takes literally no time whatsoever and is way easier than magnetizing a wrist. Same goes for most sergeant/veteran melee weapons. Thunderhammers, power swords, relic blades, chainswords all come with hand on the weapon and the wrist being the connector.
So if the new points update drops and you have to rethink your weapon of choice, just break and re-glue.
Its hard to notice at all. And for everyone who has his priority in playing and is fine with like a "tabletop standard" paintjob its just fine.
Wouldnt do this on display-minis though for obvious reasons.
Can absolutely relate to the dread issue :D Back in 7th i wanted a iron hands dreadnought army just for the cracks. Magnetized everything. But since i ended with a 1.4 meter wall of dreadnoughts, i might aswell have never done it :D if you have 10 standard dreads, you can afford to have all the different loadout, since when you bring them ALL its a fun apo game and weapon efficiency is no factor.
I can say that, Yes, Space Marine Veterans are still in the game.
Personally, I'd probably magnetize some of the vehicle kits like the Land Raider, or Leman Russ if it comes with a few different weapon loadouts. Aside from that, perhaps the weapons for Gravis Armor and Centurion models... and Tau Crisis suits... well... anything Tau that's bigger than the stealth suits.
Part of me is also having a minor aneurism at how quickly someone is able to 'lose' 100's of $$$ of plastic. I know exactly where every bit of the pieces of old SPRUE I have are located simply because these things are expensive as hell. I'm eventually going to get use out of even the TRASH parts.
Eh...I'm more of the mind of just using magnets on the big vehicles like tanks and the like..I'm interested in the T'au and have a Hammerhead that I never have got around to doing..mostly cause I have VERY little options on places to play..like..2 places, and one is an official Games Workshop place..an hour away..that doesn't have many tables to begin with. Also nobody who isn't already heavy into their army..very few people willing to help a newbie around where I live.
I’d personally say magnetizing is amazing for 95% of vehicles and large/expensive figures, and pretty “meh” when it comes to smaller ones. Magnetizing a Leman Russ or an Exorcist can give you so much freedom with your loadout, but with smaller figures it’s a lot more work (all those tiny magnets on 10x the figures) for a lot less payout.
Some models like tau crisis suits and tyranid warriors are just a no brainer to magnetize. Warriors have like 4 different melee and ranged options and can take a combination of melee and ranged or be pure melee. If you have like 6 warriors in your army you are talking about hundreds of different models worth of permutations. You would have to be insane to waste all that money and the "display" argument doesn't really hold any water imho.
Plus consider that you don't have to magnetise and paint EVERY option right away. Chances are good that when you bought the kit you already had a good idea of what you wanted to build it as because you like plasma or the current meta heavily favors devourers over deathspitters or whatever. Having the options in the future to go and swap and finish building all their weapons is amazing. Often times GW is allergic to balance so frequently in your codex some options or even units will be stupendously more competitive than others to the point that you would have to be actively throwing a competitive game to include them in your list; and then literally next edition it's flipped on its head where the old hotness is unusable and the old rubbish is now the meta pick. If you can't see that GW wants you to run out and buy the exact same kit 3 or 4 times over the years just to get different options you are blind lmao.
As an avid GSC enjoyer their infantry really sucks for magnets. They are tiny, don't have great connection points unlike space marines, and have a bazillion load out options per model. I dont even bother. I build all the special options where I can and use brood brothers models to fill out my generic autogun/shotgun rank and file. Some squads like hybrid metamorphs or acolytes I've just accepted that I'll have to buy multiple squads or proxy in games when I have to. That's another benefit of SM that all their models except maybe certain mono pose heroes and scout squads are very customizable and give you nice and flat surfaces on their relatively large bodies to drill into.
2:55 hurts to watch...
My favorite use for magnets is fragile models with parts that always seem to break and swapping characters on mounts, which some want to break anyway, so why force a hard attachment point?
Example 1: giant dragons that have a beefy arm attachment, but spindly bits that stick out and break. use more than 1 magnet to hold the arms on, so they hold orientation instead of rotating down.
Example 2: WH Fantasy dark elf army units (in game or as I use them now for D&D) do I want a knight, sorceress, etc on that horse, cold one, or raptor style cold one? (those raptors, especially old style, always seem to loose their knights &/or fall apart)
*alternative to this is to drill and pin only 1 side of that equation, so you can still swap figures.
No fiddly bits. Too much work, as I already like to customize too much to finish things!
Here's what I've done, and continue to do. I can only recommend magnetizing bigger models, that have multiple weapon choices. You wanna swap out out a Baneblades turret for a Tremor cannon? Magnetize that shit. You wanna swap out a Space Marines Heavy Bolter for a Heavy Flamer? Do not magnetize that shit. It's better to magnetize bigger, harder to lose parts, because chances are 1) you won't lose it and 2) you'll probably actually do something with it, instead of leaving it unpainted in your shame drawer.
I magnetized my 40 DW marines because I hate wysiwyg. Didn’t take all that long either. Hell, most of them even got magnetized shoulders so I could swap out for heavy weapons, pistol and chainsword, or regular bolters. Especially on the vanguard vets. The bits box for magnetized weapons and arms is hilarious
And then of course the imperial knight for the treatment as well.
Just placed an order from K n J. Thank you for the sizing guide too. Finally painting some vehicles and I've been worried about weapon options. Not anymore, now I choose all the options!
I'm playing Imperial Knights specifically *because* I can easily just magnetize all their options instead of buying and painting a whole new unit every time the rules change. That and the relatively low cost of an entire Knight army vs. other armies make them friendlier to my budget.
Also them being really big means my clumsy, damaged hands won't ruin the assembly or paint too badly, but that's beyond the scope of the discussion.
yeah I'm starting to rethink magnetisation thinking about the sheer scope of all involved
but I've also already brought the magnets so........ XD
A very valid point, vehicles and walkers are one thing but troops are another. Barring a special character I just can't see the time/expense/storage work that goes into such a move being worth it in the end. You have to ask yourself the question "how much is my time worth". Take the Space Marine Devastator box, you get enough bits for 6 guys and have 12 heavy weapons but some of them are a real cast iron pain in the cackler to modify correctly and your going to have real fun being able to get full versatility. Now for the little bit of extra cash, less than you will spend magnetizing in the long run, you can pick up a tactical box and have 13 devastators with heavy weapons and a MASSIVE amount of stuff to make the other 3 marines into as well as upgrade other marines with. You have no idea how many crappy marines I upgraded from the waste up with leftover bits and that was before bit sellers and 3rd party sellers. Legs are cheap!
When I need to replace my company commanders laspistol with. Plasma pistol I just bust put a knife, cut off the weapon, carefully around the wrist,cut the plasma pistol off of its arm around the same spot, glue and paint the seam. If I do that 10000x it's still faster than magnitizing .
Another thing about magnets: If you do it wrong, they are PITA to remove. I bought a set of pre-owned WarMachine models a while back that were magnetized; I got them very cheap, but the magnets were not strong enough (even though they were doubled and tripled up) to hold the parts securely, and to make the arms and weapons sit flush I had two options: Greenstuff the gaps, or remove the magnets. Since I only plan to resell them, I went with option B - remove the magnets.
Tiny little 1.5mm magnets. How to get them out? They were superglued in place. I looked up "micro hole saws" on eBay, and the closest thing I could find were diamond-coated tools which were too thick. I had to _make_ my own tool. I used an old scriber handle made of very hard steel and filed teeth into it. Amazingly it actually works! I used it to saw down to the bottom on the magnet and then gently rock it out with a pair of tweezers.
Also, be aware that neodymium magnets can be _very_ dangerous to children and pets if swallowed.
I would still magnetise if you play Tyranids... The larger critters at least, as they come with so many weapon options , in most army lists you can only bring one maybe two (like tyrannofex is a heavy support and in a battalion you only get 3 heavy support slots) , they come with 4-5 weapon options but each one costs more than a landraider to buy.... I wouldn't go as far as magnetising it so you can turn it into a tervigon but I would definitely magnetise the main weapon... Or the hive tyrant / swarm lord where you can just magnetise 4 arms to swap between the two variants and save you having to buy another one to be made into a swarm lord... Plus I think painting extra arms is quicker than having to paint two (or three) ENTIRE swarm lord models (and that dude is a big'un). My plan was to have just two, one with wings and magnetised weapons, and one without wings that can either be a swarm lord or a hive tyrant. If you didn't magnetise you would need 2 winged ones and 3 non winged ones if not more , because hive tyrant (winged or not) has so many gun options , anti tank anti heavy infantry anti small infantry..... And they cost £40/$80 each.... And the guns look completely different from eachother... And depending on what army you play against bringing the right gun is extremely important, as Tyranids are among some of the weakest armies and your only way to win is having a perfectly tailored army to what your opponent is playing.... So yeah Tyranid players trust me magnetising is your friend on this one..
Not too fond of magnetising arms, as I usually have a clear idea of what I want to do pose-wise; things like reloding/carried ammo, or painted plasma-OSL don't go well with magnetisation. I do use them on things like sponson weapons on more expensive kits, though, though less frequently main guns, and could very well consider using them if I did more flying units, to avoid breaking flying stems.
THESE GUYS ALL HAVE FLAMERS???? Whaaaaa? I get that nobody has time to stick individual magnets on troopers, so just use whatever you glued to them!
I'm a Genestealer Cults player and it's my first ever army. There is no way in hell I am magnetizing any of the infantry. The thought of putting all that extra work just for different options on 5-8 point models is crazy. It would almost be less time consuming to work minimum wage to afford more units and outfit them with the different options than it would be to magnetize the 1st unit.
That being said, I did magnetize my Goliath and my Sanctus. For models that you typically only want 1 of, that are expensive and have important options, magnetize is easy and worth it.
yeah, magnetize, but not everything, most infantry isn't worth magnetizing, some vehicles, but not all are worth magnetizing. Basic troops, just buy more, usually they're useful sooner or later, besides they're usually fairly simple to paint.
Wow. You are using really small magnets. I use 3-4mm large magnets for infantery models and my knights have 8-10mm lagre ones embedded. I always start my magnet hole with a needle, than enlarge it with a sharp scalpel. I never paint the weapons, i don't need, but store them in a small zip-bag for every kind of model. So when the Meta changes, I can just magnetize the weapon I need, paint ist and voila. New loadout without paining a new mini.
in my case I ONLY magnetizing my deathwing terminators, ALL OF THEM, GK's paladins, all my vehicles and battle suit armour's.