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I just realized this simple trick on how to avoid the following problem:

When I basecoat my miniatures after assembly, I usually place them on a box, which stands on lots of old newspapers spread out over the floor of my garage to avoid spraying the floor. So when I spray from the top (and sometimes angled from the side), I usually only manage to cover about 70% of the miniatures with paint. Their undersides often do not get the basecoat, so afterwards I have to take up paint and paintbrush and cover the remaining areas, sometimes asking myself the question why I bother to invest in spray paint at all if I anyway end up having to basecoat each miniature by hand afterward.

Well the answer is simple: basecoat the sprues before assembly! Basecoating a 2D surface is always tons easier than having to angle your can around three dimensions, and while this doesnt save you from having to pick up the paint brush to cover the small areas where you'll later remove the bits from the sprues using a pair of cutters, exposing plastic, it's still a lot less work than entire areas of your miniature that didnt catch paint.