Magnetization Masterclass - Magnetize Warhammer Miniatures 

A few things missing 1) I'd recommend a dust mask, especially if working with Forge World resin 2) Use a hand hobby drill, far more control 3) A centre punch tool will save you blades and less likely to cause injury 4) I use two different coloured fridge/notice board magnets and label one 'body' and the other 'attachment', now I always know the polarity of all my minis without having to find one to check 5) Don't overdo the magnet type if it's not needed - ie. N52s on a small part is not necessary and more effort is needed to separate 6) You can use drill bits that leave a flat bottom finish so the magnet is flush in the hole (forstner, spot weld or mill cutter bits for example) - apart from all that, not a bad guide.

So wait. Where's the pdf and the link for these magnets?

an iron or steel bb in weapon + magnet in figure helps you not mess up half your deff dredd attachments first

I have a growing army of Warhammer 40k units, and I'm reaching the point where I'm confident in starting to magnetize. Where can I find more information re: ordering some of the mag savvy magnets you show in your video? As well, what diameter drill bit and magnet are you using in this video?

Advice: You dont ever EVER use any tool again your hands. :-/

I hear you can reverse the polarity of a magnet by dipping a needle in boiling chicken broth, dancing counter-clockwise while balancing a pineapple on your head and dropping your pants and firing a rocket.

Just my 2 cents. I think a manual Handdrill is way enough and even a bit more safe for Drilling minis. Anyway great Video! Just fixed one of my brutes of course was diffrent polarised than the rest...

Man, you just helped me build my models to make them poseable for stop motion movies i am working on. Thx alot Doug :-). This was very helpful.

I want labeled magnets. I tried searching up those magnets but they don't exist anymore. Any other alternatives?

Hello, Thanks for the tutorial. im about to do this myself, what size magnet where you using on the nobz? i didnt find the pdf.

What happened to the size guide!

What sizes of magnets do you recommend for small footsoldier units, and bigger ones like Riptides and the like

Yep this is very important.

Is there a new link to where to buy those marked magnets? The link provided no longer works :(

Definitely a really helpful video although I tend to avoid magnetizing small infantry models because of how tricky mounting the magnet gets

This is the music from the faust's painting clinic channel . Love it :)

Well it's not as easy with every modell. sometimes the magnets need to be placed perfectly on the arm, take crypt horrors/flayers for example. Would like to know if someone has advices how to magnetize them.

Interesting this, I'm a WH40K (and AoS) player and I bought a bunch of magnets because with all the possible weapons config options in WH40K (which changes in usefulness once every 3-4 years or so) it's a good thing to keep your weapons configs changeable and modular. This I'm now doing for the smaller single units not just the large Imperial Knights which cost around £80 each. One thing is I bought a tonne of N42 strength magnets (I bought 1000s) and they turned out to be very expensive but strangely the N52 magnets which are much stronger were cheaper. I have enough for now. Make sure you get the polarity right before you glue them in.. The tiny magnets in the palm of the hands are the hardest to do I reckon. And yes I do have Tzangors which are to be used in both AoS and WH40K.

I am very much interested in Skaven due to how fun they seem narratively, but their model base is very split at the moment due to the keywords. Some of the models are also not all that available, those which are seem to all have square bases and if I look at the Acolytes I would want for clan Skyre, they cost a fortune (9,10€ per model!). I am thinking either Skyre on its own or Verminus with some Eshin flanking and character hunting sprinkled in are attractive to me aesthetically. The later also might just take Masterclan too since they are already reduced to 'Skaven' or 'Chaos' anyways. Not really into Pestilens unfortunately. Do you think there is a way to make it work? Is it worth it despite how outdated they seem? Any advice on how to go about it?

You can use a push pin to start that pilot hole if you don't want to risk the hobby knife, or just don't have a spare old one you want to wreck.

Hi. Thank you very much for this video. It was very informative. Is it possible you DM me your guide? Thanks a lot.

This greatly helped me magnetize my havocs and khorne berzerkers. Thanks for making this clear and concise.Two thumbs up! Small tip for people who do not have marked magnets: Mark them with red nail polish and wait until it is really dry before putting the magnets back together into a rod. Otherwise they will stick together like glue and take a lot of force to separate again.

@2+Tough. Using a power drill on my minis would have me in a constant panic attack. One small “opps” could mean hours of potential repair work need, if it possible to repair. I have a small hand drill (jeweler’s drill) that I will be using to set my magnet points on my newly delivered AOS Dracothian Guard x6 models. Intend to have Storm Glaive as primary weapon (Fulminators) and have the lightning hammers (Concussors) and Thunderaxes (Desolators) as situational back ups depending on my opponent’s forces. No need to leave those awesome weapon options in my bits tin. this will be my first ever attempt at magnetizing any of my minis. 🙏🏼🤞🏼🖖🏼. Sigmar be with me and guide my drill hand. Lol. ⚡️. As with all your AOS content, thanks for all your hard work and care for the hobby. Your lore videos have really helped to fully immerse me in the game. Hammers of Sigmar forever⚡️⚡️

heck, magnetization is why i got into the hobby in the first place. few weeks ago actually, working on my first dread now, goddamn love magnets, sizes are def hard at first though

My friend, you have balls of steel for using a full power drill at full speed before you line it up against the model. I tend to use small hand pin vices or more recently I started using the wow stick (mostly for pinning due to bit sizes) which is lovely because it is high power but low speed so I feel like it has tremendous controllability.

I started with the ravager gun barrel magnet, if your statement is true i am now magnetically unstoppable

In machining parlance what you are referring to as a priming hole is actually called a pilot hole. Just thought you might want to be as accurate as possible.

Pro tip I learned drilling concrete that would apply here measure a magnet on your drill bit and mark the drill bit and that will be your depth marker and makes it easier to know when to stop

Where did you say you were going to have the link for the guide on Magnetize?

I swear I quadruple checked polarity. Still screwed it up 😂

What size magnets roughly do you recommend please

Thanks for a great video. Just ordered a stack of magnets, to start magnetizing new minis. One question about painting the minis afterwards. Do you paint each part separately or on the mini and remove them afterwards?

This was really helpful! I started magnetizing my Rubric Marines (probably not a good idea to start with due to some joints being in the wrists and the little hands holding the guns), followed with some Ork Loota/Burnas, and now I magnetized my Tyranid Warriors. Gonna move on to my Deathwatch, but I need more magnets, ahaha. Thanks!

Actually really liked the music. Very chill

You should be using a smaller drill bit, what is that quarter or eighth inch? Human sized models like Empire and Imperial Guard need like a 1/16 bit man.

You have a rockin awesome beard dude!

The guide is in inch. Some1 know the dimensions in mm?

Safety second? 🤷‍♂️

This vid comes at a perfect time i just got my carnosaur and plan to magnatize him

I still hate magnetizing

What brand of magnets has that red dot? Thats brilliant! You plugged them but there is no link and googling it shows nothing...

i am about to get an Archaon the Everchosen, i wanna magnetize his wings, on the size guide, would the 1/8" x 1/16" work best for that? Edit: does the magnetization master set on the store come with 1/8" x 1/16" magnets?

Is that the oculus home music?

Awesome tutorial. Thankyou for sharing bud.

Could you do a tutorial for magnetising ball joints?

Awesome, just what I needed. Thanks

Yeah ! Magnet bitch !

Thanks man. I’m out here a new player trying to get my tyranids going. Got a leviathan set and have most of them painted looking nice but I need some boss monsters and I’m just realizing I need to learn this magnet skill to assemble the tyrant and others and I’m LOST. Thanks so much.

I so wish I had even thought about this before I glued my Frigate and 2 Gunhaulers. Oh well, when I make my Arachnaroks I'll see if I can magnetize the platforms so I can switch them out

Can we get a Part 2 advanced class? What about when those two magnets have to touch 100 percent perfectly or else it just wont jibe at all. For example: Arbites. most dont have flat areas on the bottom of the arm with a flat area on the body. The area of connection for the two pieces are staggered or inclined in such a way. Sometimes its as if the bits were molded intentionally to discourage magnetization. I know its not the case, but when these models come out hard as hell to magnitize, you know GW just considers it an extra perk and laugh their way to the bank. I need as much advice with advanced magnetization as possible and doesnt seem like much advice on advanced is to be found in any ones videos. Who will be the first? How about magnetizing the new Cadian field ordinance batteries? Ive seen a few solutions to that one but if you go in thinking its as easy as two holes, connect point a and b then prepare to be gravely discouraged. Id like to see you handle some of the harder stuff like that. Reason being, I like your technique and would like to know how youd handle some of the harder problems beyond the simple. Some things involve jerry rigging I may not have even though of! May not even think of unless I see how someone else handles these kinds of problems. Thats the kind of magnet videos we need next.

Love the video! I play Tau and the arms are much skinner, is it possible for me to do this?

Great Video and I love the marked magnets ideal but I am too wimpy to use a power drill. I think the hand jeweller drill is safer, IMHO. Was there a reason you took the guide down? Keep up the fine work and spread the word. Thank you.

Found out the hard way! If you paint pieces separately like I do, drill your holes before you paint!

where dit you buy the magnets with dot's on, i looked on google on the name of "mag savi" and "savi magnet" but to no avail

Thank you for this... I had trouble with magnetise my verminlord tho...

I'll be using these methods to magnetize my gunplas, I always have trouble with falling arms or legs

Why's this dude sound like the piggybank from toy story

Awesome video thank you. Really helpful since I'm just starting to work with orcs. I am a bit nervous drilling considering how thin some of their arms are.

I’ve been looking for the magnets you use, they come pre marked? Where can I get these?

have you every looked at using metal paint or metal tape? I think its krylon, that makes a spray can with metal based paint and i found a couple tapes that have metal flake in it to use with magnets.

I just got a pin vise and 300 teeny magnets. thank you for this video!

@2+tough do you recommend doing this before priming the minis?

Will the drill bits offered fit in a manual vise drill? I use one for pinning currently don’t have a dremel

What sizes of magnets did you use to sell? I ordered the complete set and I’m almost out!

오 내가 찾던거다

What is the drill bit your using and the magnet size

This video helps alot! Many thanks :D

Hey can I get a list of all the items you use to magnetize you minis

you can mark the depth you want with a piece of tape

Great step-by-step approach. Thanks a lot. I can't wait to get started :)

Guide no longer available?!?

Malus Darkblade lore please !!!!

I watched this video a while ago and spent the last month looking for it so I could get the name of the seller of the pre-marked magnets. I'm glad I found it, too: you do a much better job explaining what to do and why than other videos on magnetization that I've watched.

eXCELLENT VIDEO

Magnet guide doesn't seem to be reachable at the moment?

What perfect timing! I was just thinking of doing magnetization on future Sequitors and Stormcast models to make full use of the sprue.

Like the video. But boy does this just keep one from getting into it. Buying a set, then buying some paint, brushes, glue ect. oh wait not enough you need magnets as well....

Great vid

Thank you.

I very much appreciate you making this tutorial. It is useful and clear. I do however have 1 gripe. I hear you say in for example; your Start Collecting reviews, that you recommend we build X option of Y units. I fully get that the models are useful however I personally don't believe in the "what you see is what you get" mentality. If a person wishes to build mini's with spears but has the option for swords, I think some leeway is appropriate when making an army list and not be confined by your modelling choices. (Not talking about proxies, just selected weapon option for example) just hope you can support that point aswell as believing to be rigid in your choices scares off a lot of new players and leads to unwanted double purchases for example.

"Repel" not "repulse". ;)

Hey Doug what's the motorised drill called again? And does it work for smaller magnets?

Have to give you my email for the magnet size guide? Thanks but no thanks

Awesome Doug, that was a mega (nob) helpful video! I’ve had the magnets for a while but haven’t been sure about using them, I will be jumping in both feet now!