Tutorial on how to build and magnetize a Kroot warrior so his loadout can be changed. No painting in this one.

What you need:
- Six 2x1 mm neodym magnets
- hobby knife
- an old hobby knife
- a mold line remover
- a hand drill
- a thumbtack
- super glue (gel)
- a sharpie

It is most likely not necessary to do this, as probably no one has a problem with declaring what weapon your warrior uses beforehand. I managed to get spare models via ebay so I don't have to proxy the tracker and can build a second warrior. I enjoy the extra steps like magnetizing, barell drilling or pinning. Even with a flimsy model like this, magnetizing is absolutely possible. This can also be seen as a general purpose tutorial for magnetizing.

Preparing the parts

1. Clip part 22 and 23 from the sprue. Grab a 28mm base from the box. Please note that the Kill Broker has a 32mm base. If you wish you can sand it down a bit to improve adhesivenes of basing material.
2. Remove parts 24 to 28 and a head of your choice from the sprue.
3. Remove remnants from the sprue with your hobby knife and mold lines with either your hobby knife or a mold line remover, as usual
4. Glue part 22 and 23 together according to the manual. Let it dry for a bit, as we're drilling the parts soon. You can glue it to the base, I chose not to for now.
5. Glue part 24 and 25 together according to the manual.

Preparing parts for drilling

1. Dry fit the arms on the torso and check where the glue would usually go. Use your thumbtack to create a guiding hole for your drill on the left and right arm.
2. Picture is from a Pathfinder torso, but in the end it should look like this.

Drilling torso and arms

1. The hole on the right arm should go on the triangle shaped recess. Check the depth of the drill hole by putting a magnet in it from time to time. You can put the magnet on your blade and put it in easily, or you could use a 3d printed magnet tool.
2. The magnet should and can fit snug into the holes of the torso. Start by applying little presure with your palm on the drill. The more pressure you apply the faster the drill goes in.
3. Dry fit the arms on the torso again to ensure you have the right spot for the magnets in the arms. Repeat the last step an drill the holes in the arms.
4. Kroot Rifle - right arm
5. Kroot Rifle - right arm, from the back. Once you have reached a certain depth you want to proceed more carefully so you don't drill through the back of the part when drilling the arms.
6. Kroot Rifle - left arm
7. Kroot Scattergun - right arm
8. Kroot Scattergun - left arm
9. Put two magnets in both sides of the torso so that one sticks out. Dry fit the arms on the second magnet to see how it looks.
10. If you're not satisfied with the results you can fill the holes with green stuff. It's tough to get everything to fit perfectly right when magnetizing, a small gap can be expected. If everything fits, clean up the drill holes with your blade. Proceed with glueing the magnets in the torso.

Glueing in the magnets (torso)

1. Get an old/broken/expendable blade and put a magnet on it. Polarity is not important in this step. Put super glue gel on the magnet and on the sides of the magnet.
2. Put the magnet in the drill hole of your torso.
3. Slide the blade off. Don't be too slow, the blade could pull out the magnet again. You can stabilize the magnet while pulling off the blade with your fingernail and press it inside with the back of a brush. Remove excess glue with a paper towel if necessary.
4. Repeat on the other side.
5. Let the glue dry thoroughly. If you put on a magnetized arm for testing, the magnet could be pulled out. In the meantime, you could drill the barells with a 1mm drill if you wish, using the same technique as before.

Glueing in the magnets (arms)

1. Drop a magnet on the torso. That way we can get the right polarity for glueing the magnets in the arms.
2. Mark the side that sticks out with a sharpie. The marked side has to go inside the arm. Let the sharpie dry for a bit, as the glue might remove it.
3. Put the magnet with the marked side up on your blade. Add glue a described before and put it in the arm. Repeat the step for the second arm. Repeat the step for the third and fourth arm, however, drop and mark magnets on the other side of the torso to ensure polarity is right.
4. Let everything dry thoroughly. You don't want magnets pulling themself out because the glue hasn't dried. Glue on the head and the model to the base.

(Optional) Glueing the rifle arms together

1. If you wish you could glue the arm (26) on the rifle (24), I didn't do it as it came out looking good enough for me just putting the arms in place and while playing no one notices a small gap anyway.

Priming

1. Prime your model with Matt Black Undercoat if you want to slapchop, or Matt White Undercoat or any other colour you work with. You can put bent paperclips on a whine cork to prime and paint your arms seperately.