Magnetic paint question

[Hairy Haggis]

Hey Guys,

I heard something on a home improvement show about MAGNETIC PAINT. I was wondering if anyone here has used such a thing?
I ask because I want to buy a resin model of the 20,000 leagues Nautilus but with all the curved surfaces no miniature could stand up without falling over. If magnetic paint works I can mount my mini's on some rare earth magnets and have them stand on the decks of the Nautilus. Anybody here use this paint yet?

As always at your service,

Colonel Hairy Haggis
 

[Svennn]

Never heard of it and very dubious of its existance/capabilities but I definately want it to work as you have already painted great images in my head

[OSHIROmodels]

Someone here has already done that (or something very similar). I think it was for a rather large asteroid and VSF, a search should prove useful.

cheers

James

[Overlord]

It was one of our local club members:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=17882.0

[Captain Nemo]

If magnetic paint works I can mount my mini's on some rare earth magnets and have them stand on the decks of the Nautilus. Anybody here use this paint yet?

I mount all my Minis on rare earth magnets for the express purpose of being able to change the bases they are standing on. For example if one of my canal martians takes an Aether ride to the planet Venus he would just look silly standing in the swamplands on a Mars red base. (But then I am a bit OCD)

I have used Magnetic spray paint in the past, which was fine for my bases with little detail. However you must use A LOT of this paint to get it to work! I ended up trashing a beautiful martian flyer because by the time I had enough paint on the deck, it had lost all its detail. So this may not work very well on the Nautilus you mentioned. One solution I have come to is mixing iron powder into my resin, but any thing you buy will have to be painted.
And any fine details will be lost.  

[Alfrik]

Having done construction painting of metal hand rails and pipe works, there is an Iron base paint that can be used with some electrical leads attached to opposite ends of the metal work. Then when the Iron based paint is sprayed at low pressure, it "wraps" around the pipe without hitting the wall. Tricky to use though, and very expensive. Just thought to throw this in

[Conquistador]

Having done construction painting of metal hand rails and pipe works, there is an Iron base paint that can be used with some electrical leads attached to opposite ends of the metal work. Then when the Iron based paint is sprayed at low pressure, it "wraps" around the pipe without hitting the wall. Tricky to use though, and very expensive. Just thought to throw this in

Dude, that is an experience crying out for visual recording!  Awesome sounding, probably mundane after a while...

Gracias,

Glenn

2016 and retirement to New Mxico on the horizon!