A 'daft' question regarding the above.  How do I secure/hold figures without bases when painting them?  I have just received a "job lot" of 50 figures from Walthers.  All posts and articles I am searching either have figures on bases, or else recommends that figures are left on the spruce during painting.  I have tried spot-gluing them to a plastic strip but it doesn't seem secure enough for brushwork.  All comments and hints gratefully received   

Tim i usually stick a pin where it hurts most? that holds them
firmly to paint.
 :oops:      8)

:shock:  :shock:  :shock: I will give it a go :shock: Many thanks, Owen :!:

Tim

I use "blue tac" on a pencil or piece of plastic, which works well too.

Bob(K)

That sounds like it would work, Bob - and unlike other methods it is within the Geneva Conventions :wink:

… However, not having any BluTac, I have created this little 'figure holder' using a cut of 1/4 inch balsa wood and a few 1 1/4 inch large headed pins.  Looks rather grotesque but it may just work :twisted:

Ouch :!:

it's tears in the eyes time :!:  :!:         

     :oops:

Tim after you have painted them remove the large
offencive item, replace it with a smaller refined one
that is what i do to stick them in place on the layout.

 :shock:  :shock:  :oops:  :oops:        8)

Thanks, Owen :!:  :!:

Tim - using the pin for future positioning is a good idea - you can move them about at will (provided of course, that their "site" is soft enough to take a pin.)  They tell me it's less painful if you heat the pin first - it drives in more easily !!! :roll:  :roll:

Petermac

I have always used Blue-Tac under the feet or backside of my positioned figures. The only place it won't work is on loose material but there shouldn't be too much of that about.

I like the Blu-Tac way too, and also use the wax polish for my lawn bowls. It holds them very well and can be less visible than the Blu-Tac, but depending on where you use it, it can leave a shiny spot.
 For painting them I glue their feet to the flat end of a pencil with PVA, and ram the pointy end into a block of foam while they dry.

 Mike

my but you are a sadistic lot ( or should that just be sad ?)
o.k i also glue them to a little clear plastic then stand em
any where i want.   :shock:  :shock:           8)

Petermac said

They tell me it's less painful if you heat the pin first - it drives in more easily !!! :roll:  :roll:

They?  What voices are these, Petermac :?:  :?:  :!: