Perfect timing! I literally just got myself this kit today and was thinking earlier about magnetising this for future proofing when the other weapon sprues come out. Thank you for making this and your other guides, they are all such great sources of both advice and inspiration.
No problem. I really enjoy making these and providing some inspiration and help back to the broader community. And totally agree on you with future proofing, buying an $80 model is one thing, but I really dont want to spend 10+ hours painting another leviathan just because I wanted to try a new weapon combination.
Agree on that for sure. In fact one question you may be able to shed some light on for me, if you've built a resin leviathan, do you know if the arms on this new plastic one would correctly link up to be magnetisable to a resin shoulder/body? I've heard some people say the joints are slightly different in how they go together, but considering you mated resin arms to the plastic shoulders, I want to assume the opposite would be possible.
@@Skringly so the connection point between the shoulder and elbow joint are super similar on bothe the plastic and resin leviathian in that they are both male/female thin wide disks. I can't say with any certainty though if the size of the disk is the same or not. If that makes any sense. I am confident you can make them work though. Just might require a little bit of cutting.
@@AmnioticlyTanked Awesome, thanks for your insight. I'm sure it can be made to work with enough time and effort. I plan to pick up the resin Night Lords unique Leviathan at some point and the hope is that I'll have commonality with the various arms be they plastic or resin across both the plastic dread and the resin one.
The leviathan dreadnought with range weapons come to pre-order on this Saturday and I absolutely wanted to magnetise it. This video just got out at the perfect time ! Super tuto, definitely going to do that 👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Its one of the reasons I rushed this video out so fast last week! I got the kit on Saturday and have the video out Monday night. Glad you found it useful!
@@arthurvissol8901 thats the plan. From looking at the sprue my expectation is they will be able to be magnetized the same way as the plastic close combat weapons
The circular vent from the middle of a Mk3 backpack fits in that hole on the shoulder bit perfectly. I then just gently bent the "Ammo pack" from the contemptor melta fist weapon over the hole on the leviathan fist.
@@marcna4582 No problem! I can shoot you over some better pics as well of the foot positioning as I had to do some fenagling. Including cutting the front toe on the right leg to have it gripping the side of the scicarian.
@@AmnioticlyTanked That would be awesome Sir . I have just got into GW and started with heresy LOL really have enjoyed the building and choping up of stuff and the painting
I have realised that the shoulder is different for the melee version and the ranged version (area where the cables connect). This means that if you permanently glue the shoulders for the ranged unit you bought, that you now have no recess for the cable to sit. This will mean that you will need to cut the ball joint flush but it would still be flush against a vent and won't 100% look right. There is a small flat area under the vent and I plan to use some real wire and just ignore the wire pieces provided.
Yeah, its definetly something that Games Workshop could have been better at calling out. For mine I permanently attached the bits from the close combat weapons so while I have a place for the cable, I just have an empty socket whenever I put a ranged weapon on. The other option that I think another commentor suggested is just leave the cable off, but then you are left with an empty hole on the fists... Idk, doest not seem like there is a perfect solution for every configuration.
Great video! I want to get one but I'm holding off for the long range version as I already have a resin close combat version. Will def be using magnets though to chop and change with the resin on. Love the base you created there too.
Thank you again!!! I have a resin one for my astral claws army, but never picked one up for a 30k army so figured I would need to grab a plastic one as soon as it came out. Honestly though, I prefer the resin one. The gaps on this model are pretty terrible and I am probably going to be spending a good chunk of my time this week clearing them up... I also need to decide which army this guy is going on. As far as the base thank you, but I can't take credit for the idea. Pretty sure Mat Kane was the fist person to do it, and then Myles from Lil Legend studio copied him which is where I knicked the idea from!
Thanks! I have one in box still but I am still not sure what I want to actually do with it. So its coming just I have no idea on the timing of it. I do have a video on converting up some heresy Indomitus terminators coming out this weekend though that I am super excited about. And will probably get trying to get them painted up and into a painting video as well asap
insane work mann, i hope you can speak slower tho so i can clearly understand what you were saying since im not native english speaker, binging all your conversion video right now.
Thank you and I will keep on trying to slow down. I know its something I need to do but I naturally speak super fast. Sorry about that and I hope you are still enjoying my other videos!
Magnet guide is great and all but can we take a moment to recognize the crazy awesome base you built for this thing?
hahah thanks. I saw something similar done on an Ultramarines Levi' a couple of years back and always knew I wanted to do something similar
Perfect timing! I literally just got myself this kit today and was thinking earlier about magnetising this for future proofing when the other weapon sprues come out. Thank you for making this and your other guides, they are all such great sources of both advice and inspiration.
No problem. I really enjoy making these and providing some inspiration and help back to the broader community. And totally agree on you with future proofing, buying an $80 model is one thing, but I really dont want to spend 10+ hours painting another leviathan just because I wanted to try a new weapon combination.
Agree on that for sure. In fact one question you may be able to shed some light on for me, if you've built a resin leviathan, do you know if the arms on this new plastic one would correctly link up to be magnetisable to a resin shoulder/body? I've heard some people say the joints are slightly different in how they go together, but considering you mated resin arms to the plastic shoulders, I want to assume the opposite would be possible.
@@Skringly so the connection point between the shoulder and elbow joint are super similar on bothe the plastic and resin leviathian in that they are both male/female thin wide disks. I can't say with any certainty though if the size of the disk is the same or not. If that makes any sense.
I am confident you can make them work though. Just might require a little bit of cutting.
@@AmnioticlyTanked Awesome, thanks for your insight. I'm sure it can be made to work with enough time and effort. I plan to pick up the resin Night Lords unique Leviathan at some point and the hope is that I'll have commonality with the various arms be they plastic or resin across both the plastic dread and the resin one.
would love to see more magnetization videos.
Amazing job. Thank you for your sacrifice.
My pleasure!
The leviathan dreadnought with range weapons come to pre-order on this Saturday and I absolutely wanted to magnetise it. This video just got out at the perfect time !
Super tuto, definitely going to do that 👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Its one of the reasons I rushed this video out so fast last week! I got the kit on Saturday and have the video out Monday night.
Glad you found it useful!
@@AmnioticlyTanked if the pieces of the range version are not like the resin kit, will you make a short vid for it ?
@@arthurvissol8901 thats the plan. From looking at the sprue my expectation is they will be able to be magnetized the same way as the plastic close combat weapons
@@AmnioticlyTanked super thank you. Can't wait for it as I have just started with magned 😁😁🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The circular vent from the middle of a Mk3 backpack fits in that hole on the shoulder bit perfectly. I then just gently bent the "Ammo pack" from the contemptor melta fist weapon over the hole on the leviathan fist.
Is how I solved the cable problem, I never liked the way the cable looked on the fist anyway :)
Ahh damn, why didn't I think of just leaving the cable off? Would have also let the close combat weapons be usable on both arms!
Although I will probably never buy a leviathan for my wallet's sake, please make more of these.
I'd just thicken the elbow joint with thin plastic glue and let primer on the joint so friction holds the arm weapons
Would work. The thinner resin storm cannon I wanted to include in this build would not have stayed on using your method though.
Good idea, will try this method as I don't want to order tiny magnets for now due to kids
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
where did you get the resin bit for the base Or STl File. As that looks epic
Thanks! Its from the Sigismund forge world model. Picked it up from Egg Head Minitures.
@@AmnioticlyTanked Thanks so much for the reply i shall be getting that just for the base.
@@marcna4582 No problem! I can shoot you over some better pics as well of the foot positioning as I had to do some fenagling. Including cutting the front toe on the right leg to have it gripping the side of the scicarian.
@@AmnioticlyTanked That would be awesome Sir . I have just got into GW and started with heresy LOL really have enjoyed the building and choping up of stuff and the painting
Great guide. I’ll probably just skip the cables entirely and fill the holes with putty
Thanks!
If you pick up the ranged weapon kit, there are back plates on it that don't have the hole which could work for you.
I have realised that the shoulder is different for the melee version and the ranged version (area where the cables connect). This means that if you permanently glue the shoulders for the ranged unit you bought, that you now have no recess for the cable to sit. This will mean that you will need to cut the ball joint flush but it would still be flush against a vent and won't 100% look right. There is a small flat area under the vent and I plan to use some real wire and just ignore the wire pieces provided.
Yeah, its definetly something that Games Workshop could have been better at calling out. For mine I permanently attached the bits from the close combat weapons so while I have a place for the cable, I just have an empty socket whenever I put a ranged weapon on.
The other option that I think another commentor suggested is just leave the cable off, but then you are left with an empty hole on the fists... Idk, doest not seem like there is a perfect solution for every configuration.
Great video! I want to get one but I'm holding off for the long range version as I already have a resin close combat version. Will def be using magnets though to chop and change with the resin on.
Love the base you created there too.
Thank you again!!! I have a resin one for my astral claws army, but never picked one up for a 30k army so figured I would need to grab a plastic one as soon as it came out.
Honestly though, I prefer the resin one. The gaps on this model are pretty terrible and I am probably going to be spending a good chunk of my time this week clearing them up... I also need to decide which army this guy is going on.
As far as the base thank you, but I can't take credit for the idea. Pretty sure Mat Kane was the fist person to do it, and then Myles from Lil Legend studio copied him which is where I knicked the idea from!
GW: has premade holes for magnets
This guy: *haha nope*
I try to get as much hobby time out of each kit as possible. Got to maximize that time/$ ratio!
Nice and easy guide to follow as always! Any chance you'll tackle magnetising the Kratos next? 😂
Thanks!
I have one in box still but I am still not sure what I want to actually do with it. So its coming just I have no idea on the timing of it.
I do have a video on converting up some heresy Indomitus terminators coming out this weekend though that I am super excited about. And will probably get trying to get them painted up and into a painting video as well asap
@@AmnioticlyTanked looking forward to seeing it already!
insane work mann, i hope you can speak slower tho so i can clearly understand what you were saying since im not native english speaker, binging all your conversion video right now.
Thank you and I will keep on trying to slow down. I know its something I need to do but I naturally speak super fast.
Sorry about that and I hope you are still enjoying my other videos!
So this job would be wildly easier with 3x1 and 6x1 magnets, huh?
3x1 yes for the torso guns. not sure how much of a difference 6x1s would make
Very helpful! How did you do the base?
Its really just the scenic base from the Sigismund forge world model
@@AmnioticlyTanked Thank you! Looks immense!