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Hey everyone! If you've seen my previous blog on magnetizing Stegadons, then consider this the new and improved 2.0 guide. I'll be covering how to magnetize your Stegadon for all loadouts and some practices I've learned along the way.
What you'll need
All assembled bits looks a bit like this:
Magnetizing - Skinks
Setup
Your Stegadon kit will come with 7 skinks.
Magnetizing the skinks
Use your drill bit to drill holes in the feet of your priest and chief. Be careful as if you drill too far, you'll go right through the foot. The magnets might not fit fully in the foot, but this is OK, as it will only hang out maybe 20% of a mm out. Sometimes the foot might separate a little, but this is OK as it's hardly visible, and can sometimes be fixed with a bit of greenstuff.
When you're ready to insert your remember to place your smaller magnet onto your reference magnet. The reference magnet will be as if its in your howdah, so make sure your skink magnet is on the reference BEFORE gluing. Sometimes I like to put a small bit of super glue on the skink magnet after placing it on the reference, then slot the drilled hole over the skink magnet, so I know for a fact it's how I want it.
In this image, magnets are in both feet, and are sticking how I want them too according to the reference base
Skink bow operator
For this skink, you only need a magnet in his back right foot, as we'll be putting in magnets in the front of the crossbow.
Remaining crew
Drill holes in both feet and apply magnets.
With all of these done, we can move onto the Stegadon bits
Magnetizing - Stegadon bits
The Howdah/Stegadon
Apply your magnets as follows. Remember to use your reference!
When you've magnetized your howdah, it will look like this without the skinks (remember, we're gluing on two long tailed skinks)
With all magnetized skinks
What you'll need
- A base with a larger magnet, glued or sticky tacked on. This will be known as your reference base. The reference base is the assumed direction of your howdah, the top of the magnet is what your skinks and stegadon bits will be attaching to on the howdah.
- 1mmx1mm magnets (about 10). These will be referred as skink magnets.
- 2mmx1.5mm magnets (about 20). These magnets will be used on the Stegadon bits as they hold much stronger than the 1mmx1mm. These will be referred as stegadon magnets.
- A drill and various sized bits.
- A bit of greenstuff (only to fix mistakes)
- Assemble all of your skinks
- Assemble both the priest and skink chief as well.
- Assemble your stegadon as a single dinosaur.
- Assemble all of the pieces as you see fit.
All assembled bits looks a bit like this:
Magnetizing - Skinks
Setup
Your Stegadon kit will come with 7 skinks.
- 1 Priest
- 1 Chief
- 5 crew
- The priest
- The chief
- 3 of the crew (two stubby tails and one longer tail)
- A stubby tail skink will be always glued onto the crossbow.
Magnetizing the skinks
Use your drill bit to drill holes in the feet of your priest and chief. Be careful as if you drill too far, you'll go right through the foot. The magnets might not fit fully in the foot, but this is OK, as it will only hang out maybe 20% of a mm out. Sometimes the foot might separate a little, but this is OK as it's hardly visible, and can sometimes be fixed with a bit of greenstuff.
When you're ready to insert your remember to place your smaller magnet onto your reference magnet. The reference magnet will be as if its in your howdah, so make sure your skink magnet is on the reference BEFORE gluing. Sometimes I like to put a small bit of super glue on the skink magnet after placing it on the reference, then slot the drilled hole over the skink magnet, so I know for a fact it's how I want it.
In this image, magnets are in both feet, and are sticking how I want them too according to the reference base
Skink bow operator
For this skink, you only need a magnet in his back right foot, as we'll be putting in magnets in the front of the crossbow.
Remaining crew
Drill holes in both feet and apply magnets.
With all of these done, we can move onto the Stegadon bits
Magnetizing - Stegadon bits
The Howdah/Stegadon
Apply your magnets as follows. Remember to use your reference!
When you've magnetized your howdah, it will look like this without the skinks (remember, we're gluing on two long tailed skinks)
With all magnetized skinks
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