Hi there, I have 14 figures to do for a ship im working on, and plan to use oils to paint them. Can anyone suggest the best method of securing them while painting? They are not on a sprue, as many have been altered from thier original state

Hi. I'd like to share my ideas with you. I've worked with a lot of 1/72 figures, both with and without bases. If your figures come attached to bases, carefully poke a hole in the base near the middle, then stick a toothpick through. That should be satisfactory to hold for painting, and you can either pull the toothpick out and be done or cut the figure from the base. If the figures have no base (I've worked with a German brand named Preiser like this) you can use a very small pin vise to make a hole in one of the feet. Use a sharp toothpick for the hole and you should be good to go. I find the toothpick pushes in good enough to not require gluing, so when I'm done I just pull it back out. Hope this helps, and good luck with your project.

if its styrene figures I glue em on a stick with superglue


Resin figures I just leave on their castingblocks.

Cheers/Jan

I save the plastic tops from milk cartons, pop bottles, etc, for individual bases for figures; and they're resusable.