What do you hold a mini with when painting?

[Alviaran]

What I do:

- cut the tab between the mini's feet

- pin one foot with 1cm sticking out of the mini

- put it on top of a cork

This is what I do. I further have the corks glued to spare bases (well, that's only my big one. The rest are on GF9 econo bases because they are heavier) to give them a nice wide base to set down on while I work as well. I have enough for a full unit with attachments in Warmachine or a full crew in Malifaux to work on all at once. Only my Avatar remains for my Malifaux crew so the corks have all been freed up for my next project.

[munch]

I use my hand holding the base or sometimes bluetack the base to a paint pot then use the paint pot (just make sure you wont need that paint soon or sometimes I use a vice.

[Backno]

I use 2 old GW pots plastic glued together with a wad of sticky tack on top. Lets me hold a full handle using all my fingers, greatly reducing the fatigue of paints a ton of guys at once.

[Dark Alleycat]

Thick pill bottle plus blue tac stuck to the base.

[Omenbringer]

If the foot willl support it, I put a pin in the foot then use a Pin vice to hold the model. If the foot wont support it then I just mount it to the finished base.

If however you leave the tabs on the model then you can always just replace the pin vice with a set of lockable forceps.

[Gaspy]

I tend to paint groups of figs at a time, also, I pin everything to a scenic base (painted separately). I use a simple thick-lipped clamp to hold the figure I'm painting at the moment. I rotate the figs around as I paint and fear blu-tac would be insufficient to the task.

I like the nails idea. Might try that.

[MunkeyKungFu]

I blu tac mine to a paint pot I won't be using. Your fingers are usually very greasy and when you handle the model it transfers and can mess the paint job up.

[Vinncent]

I prefer gently, temporarily stick to the base, or if it's pin hold the model on the cork.