Citadel Painting Handle

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**Gamgee**

Yodhrin wrote:
Yup, that's exactly what the thread needs, anti-GW butt jokes

I can't stand painting in sub-assembles, makes it much harder to get a consistent zenithal highlight on the model, so this might be handy, though as with everything else price is key. If it's noticeably cheaper than that handle thing that was on KS a while back, and if there's a realistic prospect I can mod it with the grip bar concept from said KS handles, I'll probably grab one. EDIT: While I'd normally agree with you Do_I_Not_Like_That, having tried most of those suggestions and a few more, none of them will measure up to that handle if the gripping mechanism is worth a damn. I've had home-made solutions come apart or fail to hold the mini too often, these days I just hold the base itself which isn't particularly comfortable.

As for mouldline removal tools - seriously? Nobody figured out that you can just turn your knife around and use the back of the blade which is functionally the same as these scraping tools?

Tried it with my wargame knife and it doesn't get a good flat even surface when I use the back.

**kb_lock**

argonak wrote:

I'm not normally one for GW tools (overpriced mid range stuff generally), but this actually looks really slick. If its well built and less than $30 I'd probably pick one up. I wonder what its max model size is?

You're high if you think this will be anywhere near that price

**NoggintheNog**

Its £5/$8/€6-50

(from the new white dwarf)

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Cheers for that, at that price it's a steal

**Scrub**

Games Worksop selling a lump of plastic for only a fiver!?!

Definitely impulse buy territory, though!

**SnotlingPimpWagon**

Scrub wrote:
Games Worksop selling a lump of plastic for only a fiver!?!

Definitely impulse buy territory, though!

On the previous page people were urging to point out the "cheaper alternative" for only $10. GW one costs 8, according to NoggintheNog. Did it have to be free?

**NoggintheNog**

I had to doublecheck the price when I read it to be honest, Its much cheaper than I thought.

Goes up to 40mm base size too.

**Yodhrin**

Well gak, for a fiver I'm sold. I'm genuinely surprised, I was expecting it to be yet another "nice, but not THAT nice" GW HHHhobby tool or at least to have to give it serious thought, but this'll be the first GW hobby tool I've bought since...damn, since back when they had the hobby knife with the rubberised contoured grip.

**Do_I_Not_Like_That**

Yeah, but how much is it in Australia?

**bubber**

NoggintheNog wrote:
Its £5/$8/€6-50

(from the new white dwarf)

Cheers for that.
Question is, do I buy 10 so I can do a whole squad at once???

**DanceOfSlaanesh**

One problem with a tool such as this is if its bigger then the base it blocks the brush when painting from an angle below and going up. I will probebly still prefer to mount it with bluetac on something slimmer.

**Elbows**

Excellent price if someone really wants these - and priced properly for someone who's going to purchase 3-4-5 of them. Well done GW.

**Rayvon**

Elbows wrote:
Excellent price if someone really wants these - and priced properly for someone who's going to purchase 3-4-5 of them. Well done GW.

Yep,

At £25 for five you can get a small squads worth and it will not break the bank.

**Chopstick**

A friend made a "model holder" a few weeks back. It had frame to rest the index finger on, (above the miniature). giving a more comfortable grip.

**oni**

A very interesting tool. I see the usefulness for small characters, but I don't think it would be very practical for painting units of multiple models and I highly doubt the price point will be low enough for it to be worth buying ten of them.

Hmmm... I may pass on this one.

**Ghaz**

oni wrote:
A very interesting tool. I see the usefulness for small characters, but I don't think it would be very practical for painting units of multiple models and I highly doubt the price point will be low enough for it to be worth buying ten of them.

Hmmm... I may pass on this one.

You do see that the price has already been listed as $8 US?

**The Phazer**

That's... surprisingly cheap, and a vice system will be better than blu-tac. Definitely worth getting one to see what it's like for £5.

**Breotan**

This looks amazing but I've already got the expensive "luxury" wood ones so I'll be passing on this.

**ImAGeek**

At £5 I’ll definitely pick one up.

**Ouze**

I will definitely buy one or two of these. As other people have said you can use pill bottles or wine corks, and I've used all of those things and never been super happy. Wine corks especially I have found problematic with metal models - they love to tip over.

This looks to have a much wider base.

Looking at those fancy wooden ones, I now realize I also need to add a metal wire to act as a finger rest. Man that's smart.

**TheDraconicLord**

For that price? SOLD

I focus on one miniature at a time, and the old blue tac trick really doesn't help with some miniatures, I find it too unstable.

Nice one, GW!

**lord_blackfang**

I'll get this for sure, and hope it heralds a new era of reasonably priced GW tools.

**Thargrim**

DanceOfSlaanesh wrote:
One problem with a tool such as this is if its bigger then the base it blocks the brush when painting from an angle below and going up. I will probebly still prefer to mount it with bluetac on something slimmer.

Yeah i'm okay with this price but that part is a bit concerning. It does look a tad big, and being able to comfortably paint and twist it around so you can reach all areas of the model is important.

**Desubot**

£5

Thats it?

thats surprising.

i was expecting at least 10-15

i will probably nab one my self.

**Galas**

Yeah, for this price this is the kind of thing I buy when I enter the store looking for something insteresting, I don't find anything, but
I feel compelled to buy something for having entered the store, so I buy a pot of paint, etc...

**Mr.Church13**

As I have never once in 10 years of hobbying found a blue tac that holds for more than 5 seconds of brushing this thing is a dream come true.

No lager will I be locked into holding a tiny base till my fingers hurt.

**PourSpelur**

Picked up a 24 pack of these for $20. Best thing ever in my opinion.

**Yodhrin**

Those look extremely comfortable to hold for extended periods

Seriously I can barely cut up enough cereal boxes to make a roof for a Mordheim building without getting finger blisters and sore joints, holding those would be worse than just holding the base surely.

**NAVARRO**

Amazing price! I wonder how does it deal with oval bases.

**PourSpelur**

Yodhrin wrote:
Those look extremely comfortable to hold for extended periods

Seriously I can barely cut up enough cereal boxes to make a roof for a Mordheim building without getting finger blisters and sore joints, holding those would be worse than just holding the base surely.

The little bar between the finger holes is a locking clip. Pinch and they stay pinched. I'll use them from priming all the way to sealing, light scrub and the paint falls off because they're stainless steel.