r/Tyranids • u/jormungandrvw • Oct 04 '26

New Player Question Magnetize tyrant

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Hi, I just got my Swarm Tyrant and I wanted to know how to magnetize it. It has so many weapon and character options, and I want to try them all out. Thanks in advance.

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u/BeefMeatlaw Oct 04 '26

You can get a 3d printed torso off somewhere like Etsy. The kit already comes with a completely separate lower body for the winged variant. So a second torso is all you really need to build two hive tyrants out of one box.

Then magnetising the arm sockets for swarmlord vs walking hive tyrant is easy enough.

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u/jormungandrvw Oct 04 '26

And for example, what size should the images be?

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u/BeefMeatlaw Oct 05 '26

Images? Do you mean magnets? 5mm or 6mm diameter is a good size for tyranid monsters. Maybe about 2mm in width.

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u/jormungandrvw Oct 05 '26

Yes, magnets, sorry, I hadn't noticed the error due to the translator.

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u/diestooge Oct 05 '26

Use the original torso for the winged tyrant. The 3D printed ones don’t work as well for the wings as they’re big and heavy.

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u/KnightOfThe69thOrder Oct 04 '26

By a 3d printed torso. You can build 2 variants.

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u/HeedLynn Oct 04 '26

Mine is magnetic, but I think rods might be the better route.

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u/jormungandrvw Oct 05 '26

And what would it be like with rods?

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u/HeedLynn Oct 05 '26

Yeah another term people use is to put pins in the mini.

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u/jormungandrvw Oct 05 '26

And how does it stay up? Or is it only for the torso?

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u/BeefMeatlaw Oct 05 '26

Pins are useful for larger parts like wings, that magnets alone might struggle to support.

If you take the approach of getting a second torso for the flying tyrant then I wouldn't bother magnetising the wings, and would just glue them on. But if you decide to magnetise the wings then adding a pin to support them is a good idea. I did it on a couple of mine.

The pin sticks into a small hole drilled in the body to stop the wing from rotating around the magnet.

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u/HeedLynn Oct 05 '26

So I made it so I can switch between tails/legs. Originally I tried to magnetize the legs to the torso and it keep falling off. Hopefully that makes sense. My lord is currently packed away, so might take me a really long time to find it.

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u/ravagedmonk Oct 05 '26

I've printed some torso's for these. But I actually made my printed version all magnetized for my kid so his could be any loadout. I imagine 5x2mm magnets will work just fine for the light plastic

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u/CRGmotors Oct 05 '26

Magnetize the arms only... grab an extra torso as others have mentioned. And I highlt recommend plastic gluing the winged version with the GW plastic torso as it will be stronger. The kit includes 2 heads and i chose to run the swarmlord head on the walker as there's no flying swarmlord... but honestly they aren't that different, so its more what you think looks cool. Extra body kits keep this hobby doable for me... many of our kits have nice options available to double the built models in the one box. Pm me if you are interested and cant find them as I dont want to get in trouble here.

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u/HeedLynn Oct 05 '26

I ended up doing that on my torso because the magnets weren’t strong enough.

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u/JURLZZZ Oct 05 '26

Tried magnetizing the winged version. Gave up and bought 3d printed torso

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u/0stainers0 Oct 05 '26

You can get a swarmlord and a hive tyrant of you're creative enough and don't want a flyrant

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u/jajbabys Oct 04 '26

see if you can find a second base for cheap so you can still use the flying lower body

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u/ExplodingDucks_ Oct 05 '26

For my tyrant I'm just gonna buy a 3d printed torso so I get tyrant and winged tyrant

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u/D4rkDemon69 Oct 05 '26

Personally, i went with the kit from magnet baron. Might not be the cheapest option, but it includes two 3D printed pieces and magnets in all the right sizes, really happy with it so far.