X-Wing Miniatures Game - Ball and Gimbal Modification

A group of my friends are deep into Fantasy Flight's wildly popular Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game. They have custom painted miniatures, starfield playmats, and variant models purchased from Shapeways. Will even went so far as to download and print out the fan-created campaign system Heroes of the Aturi Cluster.

All photos courtesy of Steve from Leave No Model Unconverted

I regularly receive emailed battle reports from Steve after their games and as I peruse their latest exploits I can't help but to be impressed by their array of miniatures. Specifically, the way they are mounted on ball and gimbal magnets!

 

Look at the way they appear to bank and swoop and turn. It is a simple modification, but it adds so much to the spectacle. Look at that Y-Wing banking after scoring a kill. That's beautiful!

Steve (of Leave No Model Unconverted fame) ordered the magnets from K&J Magnetics and did the work. I am somewhat hesitant to do any alteration to prepainted models, but I think that most would agree that these magnets are a welcome upgrade. What do you think?