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Post by andyskinner on Jan 8, 2020 13:52:34 GMT
My son punched magnet circles out of magnet sheets and glued to bottom of some of his miniatures, so he can store in a tin. He is more into skirmish sizes. I thought it was a good idea, and have many magnets to apply! I got a leather punch (24mm is the best size). I glued 10 spear elves and three cavalry last night, and had done some cavalry before. photos.app.goo.gl/LrbUAwVh2WXroaLv9They stick pretty well. The tins came from Walmart. Less than $2 each after Christmas. (Walmart.com says 86 cents now, but you have to find in a store.) I was doing with super glue first, but it was awful for my fingers, because you have to align the base and magnet. So I used tacky glue last night for these. I used the lid to hold them as they dry, because it is important for the magnet to be flat. I've got one that is dimpled into the base (a different figure on 40mm), and it hardly sticks at all. I will redo that one. The tins mostly stack, but not firmly. I have 8. My son got 12. I have 64 elves on 25mm bases, maybe 10-12 40mm. Probably many more goblins/orcs. About 48 dead guys plus 7 cavalry. (Not planning on basing my spiders.) So I will have to make sure I spend some magnet-gluing time regularly. Tacky glue experience was much better than the super-glue one. Punching the circles is pretty quick. I am finishing painting 20 more dead guys (included in 48 above), and I'll finally get another AoF game in. I'll probably replace Poison with Rend for spiders. Think of it as on 6, bite makes it past armor in way that poison gets in, so armor doesn't count. Interesting that Rend costs more. I'm sure it is trade-off. EDIT: Looks like I need another dose of matte spray! Not that shiny in life, but I may give 'em another shot. andy |
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Post by heaumer001 on Jan 9, 2020 13:18:09 GMT
That IS a good idea! In fact, I do it too.  Squadmarks.com sells magnet rounds for cheap. The cheap tins are a good idea. I have always used galvanized flashing cut into squares and taped into the bottoms of plastic shoe boxes. |
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Post by andyskinner on Jan 9, 2020 13:18:30 GMT
Last night I did a unit of bow and one of sword, and I added pictures of 30 infantry and 6 cavalry in a tin. New pictures in the link above show the tins on their side, and a couple of cavalry figures stuck on the side, just for fun.
It does seem that 4 units of 10 and a few leaders will be a typical box.
I have a small number of figures that are too tall. For example, 5 of the 6 Morgul Knights fit upright in the tins. But the banner bearer is too tall. I'm hoping these will be few enough in number that I can just mount them on their sides. Other wise I'll need an occasional taller box.
I have some flying figures with magnets that hold them to their bases. I wonder if I could connect two magnets with a string, put one on the belly of the flying figure, and the other on the metal wall of the tin. I wonder if I could use that to attach to floor of tin.
andy
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Post by andyskinner on Jan 9, 2020 13:25:43 GMT
Thanks for the pointer to Squadmarks.com. Punching the magnets is working well for me, and now that I've settled on tacky glue, I don't think the sticky backs will change anything. But it seems a good thing.
My son painted his tin up (the one where I first got the idea) nicely, themed for his genestealer cult. I can't find a picture of that one. Mine are going to look Christmasy for a while.
andy
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Post by jrxl on Jan 10, 2020 4:13:29 GMT
Magnets in the bases are great. Aside from easier storage I use them for easy priming (stick them all on an old baking sheet), brush painting (stick the model on any old tin can for a handle), and you can use any appropriate sized piece of metal as movement trays for larger games.
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Post by andyskinner on Jan 10, 2020 12:53:30 GMT
Almost done magnetizing my elves. I can definitely get more than 40 figures in a tin without optimizing too much. I could probably do a good bit more if I pushed them in close, but it would take more time.
I may want to put outlines on the bottom of the tin to show which units go together, so I don't have to pick out similar figures. I was looking at about 45 figures in a box, and while I can see the specific figures, it might be faster to see borders grouping each unit.
andy
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Post by andyskinner on Jan 25, 2020 17:34:43 GMT
The elf tins were coming along very well, with stencils and everything. I primed one of the lids today, and the paint immediately bubbled and wrinkled. I was in the garage, and had left a heater in there most of the morning. Maybe it was too cold. The underlying paint was supposed to be primer/paint combo. The first picture here shows the problem. photos.app.goo.gl/QF9ULJbuRcdNDscMAI did the other lid with airbrush, and no bubbling, but it is very hard to tell about coverage. It comes out in a much smaller stream, and is so clear. I'd be nervous about doing the whole tins with it, not being sure how well I covered. Maybe I'll just be very careful with the tins until warmer weather and then try the spray again. It is too smelly to do inside. I guess another alternative is to put my airbrush spray booth near to the sliding door, run the hose (which I haven't used, since I don't do that much and have filters) to the door, and spray inside where warmer. But if cold wasn't the problem, then the rest may wrinkle, too. That would be sad. andy |
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Post by James K. on Jan 26, 2020 7:18:01 GMT
Those look really cool all done up to theme! Hopefully the issue was just the cold and can be remedied going forward.
I had printed off a few miniatures for a new D&D group I joined, and was a little unsure how to transport them. I grabbed a small, long chocolate tin that I had kept to use for storage and finally opted to add magnets to the mini bases. I found some scrap magnet sheet from one of the kid's activity book toys and glued those scraps to the bottom of the minis and it worked really well!
Definitely will take this route going forward, buying some magnet sheets and adding them to all my mini bases so they can travel when I need them to. Such an easy way to do it.
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Post by andyskinner on Jan 28, 2020 14:07:34 GMT
I am using these tins (carefully) until they are sealed, and I guess I'll try again with warmer weather.
In the meantime, I got all my regular infantry into the tin with spears, and cavalry and leaders/characters into the one with a star. I was getting 8 per row without too much manipulation, so seems pretty good.
I've finished my Dead Kingdom miniatures (and will wait until a battle for pictures). They are now in tins, but not decorated ones yet. Next time I will scuff the outside surface first with sandpaper or something. Not sure what I'll do for the Dead. Black with skull stencil seems obvious, but I wonder what else I might do. Chain stencils around it?
andy
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Post by spencer on Feb 3, 2020 21:46:44 GMT
andyskinner could it have anything to do with how slick the tin was and the adherence of the primer to the surface? Alternatively, maybe your primer reacted with whatever was on the tin previously. I wonder if giving the tin outside a light sanding before priming might help.
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Post by andyskinner on Feb 4, 2020 12:00:07 GMT
I do intend to buff the next one. But I will wait for warmer weather, too.
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