Magnetic Movement Trays for Warhammer 40K, Age of Sigmar & The Old World
Plasteel movement trays that carry your ranked unit from box to table and back without a single model going skating. Each tray ships with an adhesive magnetic backing layer - peel, stick, and your tray locks to any metal-lined case, magnetic rack, or steel sheet. Models lock to the tray. Tray locks to the carrier. Nothing wobbles.
Built for Warhammer 40K, Age of Sigmar, The Old World, A Song of Ice and Fire, and any 25mm to 50mm based rank-and-flank or skirmish game.
Formations and pack sizes
Trays in every common formation the community asks for:
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Block - square rank formations from 4-man up to 30-man
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Straight line - single-rank skirmish lines
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Triangle - wedge formations for cavalry and elite units
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Cloud - staggered 40K combat formation
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Oval - cavalry, monsters, and oval-based units
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Lance - diagonal cavalry charge for The Old World
Base sizes covered: 25mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 40mm, and 50mm round; 25x50mm and oval cavalry. Pack sizes from singles up to 6-packs depending on tray geometry.
Why plasteel beats MDF
MDF army trays look fine until they get dropped, get damp, or try to fit in a transport case already packed to the lid. Plasteel is thinner, slimmer in the box, and will not delaminate at the edges after a few tournament seasons. The trays sit lower under your models, so the army still reads as being on bases - not on a slab.
Magnetic carrying - the actual point
Magnetic movement trays only work if every link in the chain holds. Your model needs a magnet, or it needs to sit on a flush-fit magnetized base. The tray needs a magnetic bottom. Your case needs a ferrous floor or a magnetic rack. Skip any one of those and you are still in glue-and-pray territory.
Our trays handle the middle link. For the bottom link - case or rack - pair with self-adhesive steel sheeting (sold separately). For the top link - base to tray - pair with our flush-fit basing magnets sized to your base.
FAQ
Q: Are these the same as the "mag trays" or "miniature trays" sold elsewhere?
A: Same idea, different build. Most third-party mag trays are MDF with a sheet of fridge-magnet rubber glued underneath. Ours are plasteel with a flexible neodymium-loaded adhesive - stronger pull, thinner profile, much less model wobble during transport.
Q: Can the adhesive magnet bottom be used on an MDF tray I already own?
A: Yes. Peel the adhesive sheet, stick it to the underside of any MDF tray, and you have converted it into a magnetic tray. The all-in-one plasteel version we sell is thinner and lasts longer, but the conversion works.
Q: Can I magnetize a whole army to one of these?
A: That is the design intent. Magnetize each model's base - 4.5x2.2mm flush-fit for 25mm and 28mm bases, 4.5x2.6mm for 32mm and up, 6x2mm for 130mm and larger ovals. Models snap to the tray and stay during transport.
Q: Do you carry MDF movement trays?
A: No. We make plasteel trays because they outperform MDF in thickness, durability, and water resistance. If you specifically want MDF, several other vendors carry it.