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I have never done a good job painting models with clear bases. I looked at the articles available, but I only saw one about transitioning to acrylic bases.

How do you prime them? Two steps? How do you wrangle them when painting? A wire up the butt?

Any help appreciated. My next two armies are Craftworld and Harlies, so I better get this sorted.

Prime the model and likely paint is separately - glue it on the base at the end.

You can mount the miniature to just about anything with a tiny bit of superglue or a metal pin if you need to (glue the feet with super glue to a popsicle stick or shove a pin in the bulk of one leg.

Paint and prime separately, locking it down with some form of restraint if you would normally use the base for stability. Attach to a base when finished painting.

I always paint everything separately by pinning the various assemblies with paperclips in inconspicuous areas, then shoving the paperclip into a large cork for handling.

You can always prime by hand. Its probably going to be easier for a model like this anyway. It doesn't take as long as you would think, and its easier to not miss spots.

I do a lot of hand basecoating due to inclement weather conditions at my current residence anyway.