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i have a few mini's that i want to detail out more .. which will involve painting parts separately ... up until now i have just been holding onto the parts directly .. but this time i would prefer to mount them onto some pins or something to paint better ...

these are plastic mini's .. so what should i use to hold them with ... and if i am attaching them to something what kind of glue do i use that can be unbonded later without damage to the part or the paint?

I glue any seperate heads I want to paint to a spare piece of sprue using a dab of super glue in the lower part of the neck (the bit that will be hidden when assembled) which is stable enough to paint without being hard to remove when completed.

Superglue bonds are generally brittle - a tiny dab on a bit with a small surface area will snap cleanly off with minimal pressure and any remaining glue can be scraped/chipped away in seconds. If the part doesn't have a small enough area (like the rounded bottom of a head does), make the "handle" have it - use a clipped toothpick or the like, instead of the flat face of a bit of sprue.

Larger bits that receive pins can have those pins shoved into a wine/beer/champagne (the wider, the better, as it allows you to stand them on the table without fear of them toppling over) cork or a pre-drilled length of dowel, if the parts are light. Heavier parts (i.e. the bodies of larger metal models), especially those with off-center pins, tend to spin around during manipulation when held with a mere friction fit, so I use a pin vice in those cases for a stronger grip.

ok great ... will look the parts over and see what i can do .. i know i can put pins in the feet for sure since that will be fastened through the base ...

Drill a hole, glue in a paper clip or similar (florist's wire is nice & soft), push into a cork.
Once painted, snip off & file any excess wire away - as this will be the gluing point the loss of paint shouldn't be a problem.