Tutorial Magnetizing Terradons / Ripperdactyls Tutorial from @Aginor and @Seraphage

The Terradon claws fit both variants better.

 

Thanks!

In other news: I noticed that the way I am doing this right now we are going to need eleven or 12 magnets per Terradon/Ripper so I ordered some additional magnets last night.

 

I use these for almost everything.
https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B008YGBMY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1512732894&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=neodym+magnets+2x1mm&dpPl=1&dpID=414mpbP8vxL&ref=plSrch

I have a few bigger ones (8mm diameter and 1mm thick) but most of the time the 2x1mm are good.
Smaller ones are pretty weak and bigger ones are unnecessary in many cases.

 

I magnetized the first rider today. Well, most of it.

Here you can see the arm parts (no hands for the Terradon versions yet just the arm).



I messed up one of the arms a bit so I will have to put a little bit of liquid green stuff in there to cover up. My most common error is to not put the magnets in deep enough.

For the shield I tried something new.
The shield itself has a regular magnet but for the other side I wanted to avoid having the clunky magnet on there. So I snapped off a tiny part (2mm x 1mm) off the end of a fret saw blade and glued it to the arm. When painted it will be pretty much invisible I guess.
The magnet attaches to it quite well and since the shield is very small there is no risk of it falling off.

 

Tonight I built the second one, without the rider though.
I found out another trick: if the holes for the paper clip part are too big (it is hard to drill them very accurately) you can fill them a bit with a tiny amount of poster putty. That helps keeping the parts together.

I am still not sure if I can get fully rid of the gaps in the patagiums near the tail but I will try.
Of course everyone should be aware that there will be visible crevices where the parts meet, that's just the price you pay for something convertible, but I will try to find a technique to keep them as small as possible.

 

Thank you very much!
The idea was yours though, you gave me that nudge to really try it.

I will continue working on them soon, right now I am painting my Bastiladon but I am already thinking about how to get those flyers on their flying stands, which isn't quite as trivial as I thought.

EDIT:
Same goes for the pilots. I thought I could magnetize those neck rings but that's pretty much impossible. So I am searching for alternatives.

 

I just read through this thread and noticed that I really never finished this, so I will post a few pics and notes about the finished conversions soon.

 

Examples:
- You bought a Stegadon and cannot decide which weapon option (including EotG) you want to build: make it convertible by attaching parts with magnets.
- You cannot decide between the Scar-Veteran weapons, Spear or Blade? Magnetize his weapon arm, so you can have both available
- you usually want Rippers, but sometimes you need Terradons? Do what I did in this thread, no need to buy six of each and let half of them gather dust all the time.

 

I have these:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B008YGBMY0/ref=psdcmw_9518128031_t2_B01ARLYHGE

 

Oops, sorry. Posted the German amazon link.
Standby....

 

These should do it:
https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Fa...=1536235553&sr=8-1-fkmr2&ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr2_1