How to go to 4.0

[andre kc]

How, much paint does one need to put on a figures to make it weight 4.0 grems?

Why bulk em up with paint. Just weight the base. I got an upclose look at how this is done in Texas at the home of Double R Reg Rutledge. U can use small peices of magnetic adhesive tape. which fit on the bases perfect underneath, metallite also makes some small square jewlery making peices that can also be useful for bringing your squad up to 4.0

[Reginald Rutledge]

from the look of the detailed player. Like Biglock said, used a strip of adhesive magnet. You can get this at a Michaels or even Walmart. It does not take much. What you need is a weight scale to make certain you get to the weight that you need.

Reginald

[Raven maniac]

I use lead tape for the weight. If I need different weights I can adjust up or down. The magnetic tape works as well.

Darrian

[Kansas Bill]

Originally Posted by andre kc

How, much paint does one need to put on a figures to make it weight 4.0 grems?

One thing to remember... The 4.0 grams number you've read about here is base and figure combined weights. You will want to get a grams scale..

If you want to be at 4.0, and don't want to be over.. keep your figures to 2.7 grams max.. That way you can put just about any base under the figure.. (not counting boiled)

I use clear coat to put some extra weight on my figures.

[GrandMasterKC]

Coaches post a pic of magnetic tape. I know what the lead looks like.

DON'T GOOP YOUR PLAYERS UP WITH EXTRA CLEARCOAT!!! I've seen some HORRIFIC paint jobs due to excessive Mod Podge or Clearcoat.

All ya gotta do is cut a few strips of magnetic business card and put one between the platform and figure, and then smaller pieces under the base.

If you use an All-FF.com OL on TTCs then there is no need to add weight to any of them. Actually, I have 4 ProLine Rookies on Offense and 4 on Defense and they are all under 4.0. They just work for me that way. 4.0 doesn't mean you have to beef each and every player up, it's just the limit. There are very functional players under that weight. It's just how YOU coach them.

Good Luck.

[Michigan Joe]

Andre KC,
Go to the tips section, I created a post with pictures for how to weight ANY team to play up to 4.0. ANY TEAM can play 4.0, no team is obsolete. The method that I use is the reuseable adhesive (putty). This stuff would allow you to weight a team one day, and take it off the next. Jimbo's suggestion is a very good one too, its just slightly less reverseable but its a nice clean technique.
Regards,
Joe

[Jim Davis]

if you have to add some kind of weight , it being lead tape or magnetic tape or putty. then why go to a 4.0 weighted team why not just go with whatever
a reg r fig + the weight of the bases as your weight limit.

if you have to add something ,then to me this is not right.

[kotixblack]

If you can use magnets at 4.0, then why not boiled bases as long as the figure with the base attached is 4.0 or less?