Battle in the Vines Project Update - Magnetic Display Board

Last year at BIV I took a Librarian, 60 Tac Marines, 20 Dev Marines, 3 Rhinos and a Whirl Wind. This year I am taking 101 marines. That't it. No armour, no terminators, just marines. This raises an interesting problem. How do you transport them? Do you really want to take them in and out of their case and sort them before and after each game. No.

So the answer is a tray. The problem with trays is that one good bump and all your hard work ends up smashed on the floor. The answer is magnets.

What you need

1. A flat surface magnets can stick to like a cheap white board, Metal sheet, I used an oven tray.

2. A small Paint roller

3. Cheap acrillic paint

4. Flock

5. Damp Cloth

6. Magnets

BEFORE YOU START - Put your army on the tray and make sure it fits

Firstly the tray. if you can take a magnet when you buy it to make sure. I used a teflon coated steel oven tray

Use your roller to cover the surface of the tray in paint, I used brown, making sure to cover all the area, any spots you leave will show when the flock doesn't stick

Apply liberal amounts of flock, I used Citadel Sand followed by, Static Grass. It is important to keep this thin, too thick and the magnets wont work as well. It is also important to do this quickly before the paint dries.

Take some time to wipe the sides of the tray with a damp cloth to remove excess. While this is drying apply magnets to bottoms of your minis.

Then assemble your force

I can tip this to about 40 degrees before they start to fall over and even then its only the captain and an assault Sgt.

Originally I use PVA Glue, and sand before the layer of paint and flock but then the magnets didn't stick. Luckily I used a non stick pan and the set glue lifted straight out.

Let me know what you think.

LATER THIS WEEK

- Close ups of the Captain

- Space Wolf Update

- Side Project Update

- a look at the New South Wales, Australia, tournament schedule and top 10 tournament tips.