Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
This is a really simple thing to do. I picked it up from Les at awesomepaintjob.com
Basicly it gives you a little more control of how you hold your miniture while painting and keeps your fingers away off your base.
1. You need the figure you are painting setup on the base as you want it and ready to prime.
2. Loctite Blue Tac or similar product ( the blue stuff you use to put posters up on the wall so they don't have holes in your dry wall)
3. A old dried out Games workshop paint pot
make a ball of blue tack
push the blue tack onto the top of the lid for the Games Workshop Paint Pot so that it covers the whole top and is smoothed around the edges (this keeps it from pulling off as easy when you take your model off.
Push your model PUSHING ONLY ON the base firmly into the blue tac till you have it in the position you would like.
Prime Your model and your ready to paint.
If you would like to add some weight to the handle Les suggested filling the GW paint pots with sculpty clay. ( I haven't tried that yet.) Also if you want a bigger grip you can take two of the Games workshop pots and put the bottom to bottom and super glue them together that way you can grip it with your whole hand. If you get froggy you could even wrap the whole contraption in some foam tape. (ok maybe that could be going a little far.)
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.” ~George Carlin
You know, I tried this a few days ago, with a top heavy metal mini? It generally worked, but the model was so heavy, my poster putty wiggled a lot and I was afraid it would fall off. Granted, you used a lot more then I did, I just used a pea sized chunk. I definitely will try this again with as much as you used.
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
about a quarter of the way thru this video les describes how to remedy that exact problem with the metal models.
He puts a rare earth magnet on the other end of his 2 gw pots so he has one side you can put blue tac and another with the magnet.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/04/28 15:39:18
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.” ~George Carlin
I've been doing this for some time, but only when painting the base rims.
I paint the model separate from the base, because I don't want to end up splashing brown paint on my Marines' legs.
To provide me something to hold on to, I put pins in the soles of the model's feet, and then drill a couple holes into a cap from a soda bottle. Insert pins, and you've got a nice little handle to hold on to.
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.” ~George Carlin
Sorry to repost in this thread after 3 months but I'm new to the site and going through your articles...
For those still interested in this, the plastic lids from Coca-Cola or other soda bottles are ideal for this. I've been saving them for ages and find them very useful.
While on the subject of blue-tac, you can also use small amounts directly on the miniatures to act like easily manageable masking tape to cover areas you dont want to get paint on, great if you are detailing and want to 'section off' the area around it and prevent paint leaking onto the other parts of the model.
.
